[VoIP] Setting CID in *

[Jonathan Kay]

Doug Alderdice wrote:
> At 07:55 PM 8/18/2007 +0100, Jon Kay wrote:
>   
>> Good manners perhaps. But honestly, /who cares/?
>>     
>
> Those of us who have been subjected to abuse of our systems do care.  John 
> N. had the caller(s) that would ring up his lines and let them ring for 
> hours, I've had several instances of people ringing live answer lines in 
> the middle of the night.  
I wonder if this was malicious, accidental, or exploration? Did you ever 
trace the culprits?
I'm sorry that you've had grief in the past. I remember the posts about 
this.
 I would think that the registered CNET membership wouldn't set out to 
annoy or break anyone's exchanges. There seem to be a certain number of 
latter day Phone Hackers/Phreaks in the ranks, so they might be inclined 
to experiment a bit.  In fact, I have some ideas in the pipeline to 
provide a "tandem stacking" facility through my switch. And yes, John C. 
I'll get around to putting the listen through patch back on, when I get 
the time.
 But we have quite a few gateways/portals  and people hanging software 
clients off others Asterisk boxes. I think the potential for aggravation 
is a lot higher from that layer of access.
 I would wager that any deliberate abuse would not be from members of 
this list, more somebody that came across the VoIP access numbers via 
the web. I don't believe a user settable CLI is going to catch anyone out.
I'm always happy to be proved wrong of course.
 
 Next month is the second anniversary of your inaugural  transatlantic 
CNET call to my switch Doug, doesn't time fly!
I don't expect I'll get near ol' Micky, last time, he seemed to have a 
lot of body guards, who like to keep him a moving target :)


73 de Jon