[VOIPSEC] Truths on "Truth in Caller ID Act"

[J. Oquendo]

Geoff Devine wrote:
> I see this as a trust federation.  Today, you can be fairly confident
> that a wireline phone connected to the PSTN is not spoofing CallerID.
> Today, you can be fairly confident that an MSO PacketCable phone
> connected to the PSTN is not spoofing CallerID.  Today, you can be
> fairly confident that a cellular telephone connected to a cellular
> provider is not spoofing CallerID.
Trust? Such a misunderstood word in business isn't it. Trust seems to 
involve solely the terms pay me, and "amount now due" for most 
businesses. I associate business with Spy vs. Spy from Mad Magazine 
where both spies look each other in the eye smiling while holding knives 
behind their backs.

> Issue them something like a GSM SIM chip.  Have a
> contract with them.  Use AAA methods that are at least as hardened as
> what is used today on the cellular network.  If a service provider
> doesn't conform to these requirements, they're not allowed to join the
> trust federation.  If you don't like it, use a SIP URI rather than an
> E.164 number and live in the mayhem created by the IETF.
>
> Geoff
>   
More chips and identification won't help either. What will end up 
happening is more circumvention. What it sounds like to me more and more 
is: "If you don't play how I dictate you should play, then I don't want 
to be your friend." If you see nothing wrong with this concept, kudos to 
you. I feel its absurd, will lead to more issues than it will help and 
completely unproductive.


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