[VoIP] A valuable lesson

[John Novack]

You probably want to reconfigure your dial plan to prevent that 
happening again.
Look at better use of contexts and context includes.
My plan prevents any CNET access to either my voice mail checking, or my 
outbound services that cost me.
I also have no direct access to my PSTN connections.
If you have too many 911 calls to or from your house, you may not like 
the results. Some jurisdictions take a really dim view of false 911 calls.

John Novack

Donald Froula wrote:
> Well, I learned a lesson about proper use of contexts
> in one's extensions.conf Asterisk file!
>
> My wife called yesterday to say the police showed up
> at the door, claiming a 911 call had been received
> from my address. After reassurance, they departed.
>
> I browsed the CDR file and spotted what happened. Some
> poor CNETer (you may remain anonymous) was
> experimenting with ny voice dialer number and hit a
> seven digit number that turned out to be the access
> code for my FXO card, followed by 9-1111 (XX9-1111). 
>
> He found himself connected to our local 911 center!
> Poor guy....
>
> Needless to say, I fixed that. Need to take my wife to
> dinner this weekend....
>
> Don
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