FW: [Dundi] DUNDi popularity

[Jim Dalton]

> From: mcr at sandelman.ottawa.on.ca [mailto:mcr at sandelman.ottawa.on.ca] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 12:51 PM
> To: Jim.Dalton at transnexus.com
> Subject: Re: [Dundi] DUNDi popularity 
> 
> 
> >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Dalton <jim.dalton at transnexus.com> writes:
>     Jim> Like other folks on this list we are scratching our heads
>     Jim> wondering why DUNDi is not more popular.   Testimonials indicate
>     Jim> that DUNDi is useful for enterprise (private) networks, but we
>     Jim> have not heard of success for DUNDi in public networks.
>   
>   Because DUNDi does not solve the simple problem of who is 
> authoritative for which numbers.
> 
>   If you and I join our mutual networks, then I can claim to 
> *you* that I am the right destination for any number on the 
> planet. That means that I can hijack any call of yours that I want.
>   That means I can record it, misdirect it, etc.
> 

This is an excellent point.

If this shortcoming were solved, would DUNDi make sense for a public
network?