[asterisk-users] "Fixing the Caller-ID Problem", by John Todd for O'ReillyNet

[Henry.L.Coleman]

Obviously we (as an industry) have to start to take notice of this spoofing.
otherwise "big brother" will start to legistrate against it. This will
give the CRTC or FCC another excuse to spend a lot of tax payers money on
something which is of marginal value.
My position is that there are only two reasons for wanting to change an
outbound CID:
1. to deceive the called party
2. to validate the calling party

I don't know how much notice people take of CID but obviously if if it can
be used to mis-represent or for fraudulant purposes then it will become
useless.


Henry L.Coleman CEO
*VoIP-PBX* 1-866-415-5355
Toronto Ontario
Canada


> I have a couple of useful bits that could be tacked on to this..
>
> 1. Telcos required to offer the ability to set the outbound caller id.
> 2. Telcos required to offer the ability to write to the CNAM database, in
> near-real or short time.
> 3. Telcos required to forward the ANI you provide to the 911 wire center,
> instead of the trunk number of a PRI.
>
> -Ejay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jay R.
> Ashworth
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:58 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-users] "Fixing the Caller-ID Problem",by John Todd for
> O'ReillyNet
>
> This seems like a piece members of this list would find interesting...
>
> 	 ===
> 	There is growing concern over the interaction of VoIP systems
> 	with the legacy PSTN, and the transmission of caller identity
> 	data--most notably, Caller ID on the PSTN. It is not always
> 	possible, or obvious how, to handle Caller ID data when moving
> 	to or from VoIP and the PSTN networks. There are even business
> 	models predicated on the ability of Caller ID to be transmitted
> 	to the PSTN with a value that is not "expected"; call centers
> 	are an obvious example, where customer-support staff make
> 	outbound calls with a Caller ID that may be from one of many
> 	possible clients. More troubling is the possibility that Caller
> 	ID may be used to trick unsuspecting call recipients into
> 	certain actions or beliefs, and it is this concern that's
> 	currently creating a legislative threat I believe must be
> 	averted.
>
> 	...
>
> 	Congress is currently considering legislation titled The Truth
> 	in Caller ID Act, which certainly sounds noble. Who doesn't
> 	want correct Caller ID when receiving a call? The truth is that
> 	this bill is redundant--the Wire Fraud Act already covers this
> 	issue, and adding more wording seems to be merely a
> 	re-statement of a certain circumstance or type of Wire Fraud.
> 	While the wording of this legislation does not effectively
> 	change the amount of power a prosecutor currently has, I
> 	believe it will certainly create confusion and fear in the
> 	technical and investment community because of the uncertainty
> 	it promotes. It's like saying, "I want you to not break the
> 	speeding laws AND I want you to not go over the speed limit!" A
> 	legal staff could spend a week--at $200 an hour--explaining
> 	that to a CEO, despite the consistency.
> 	 ===
>
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/10/18/solving-the-caller-id-proble
> m.html
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> --
> Jay R. Ashworth
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