[Asterisk-Users] Fwd: [ISN] Voice Over IP Can Be Vulnerable To Hackers, Too

[Steven Critchfield]

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 15:02, tpanton at attglobal.net wrote:
> Folks seem to have forgotten that
> the original hackers were hacking
> "stable and secure" traditional PBXs 
> with captain crunch whistles!
> 
> Mitnik ran wild through PBX's and mobille networks.
> 
> Let's work to set up secure VOIP, but 
> don't let anyone kid you about the golden days when telephones were secure!
> 
> 
> (for extra points, why's the hacker mag called 2600?)

2600hz, the tone made by the Capt. Crunch wistle used to signal on the
lines.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>