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Where is the bit about "Allow Calls from "Only People I Have Allowed""

In the Client or the Server on VOPI


On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 16:35 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, kevin wrote:
> 
> > Do you mean a spammer could ring my home BT land line from finding my
> > Skype username?
> > Or contact me on Skype from finding my land line no?
> > or none of the above.
> 
> That's basically it, but using standards based VoIP rather than Skype.
> 
> The premise is that they already have your phone number - either a BT one 
> or a VoIP one and by using Enum they may have a way to call it for free if 
> you have some sort of VoIP access to it.
> 
> Gordon
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 15:01 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > Sorry for the indulgence, but I just want to "test this out" on the DCGLUG 
> > folks out there to judge some feedback...
> > 
> > eNnum for those who don't know is a DNS service which at it's simplest 
> > lets you get a URI in return for feeding in a phone number. (Just like 
> > you'd get a name for feeding in an IP address). The URI in question can be 
> > used directly by a lot of standards based VoIP phones and services - the 
> > net effect is that if I have my landline registered with enum and I also 
> > have a VoIP way to call my landline, anyone in the world can feed the 
> > number into the enum registry and get a VoIP URI and can then call me via 
> > VoIP for free.
> > 
> > The URIs look like web addresses - eg. sip:1234@xxxxxxxxxx might describe 
> > my phone.
> > 
> > Great, huh?
> > 
> > But what if the spammers get hold of it - they can get/guess your phone 
> > numbers and if my VoIP server allows anonymous calls to come from 
> > unregistered sources, then it's a spammers delight! Imagine robots all 
> > over the world placing calls to everyone who is VoIP accessible for free 
> > and playing adverts at them....
> > 
> > Anyway, I've just been contacted by someone trying to get me onto their 
> > reseller program so I can register all my clients numbers, etc. with enum 
> > and you know what, call me cynical, but I'm not convinced. A recent search 
> > told me it would cost up to £250 per registration and that's a lot of 
> > money to let spammers call me for free...
> > 
> > Potentially, it's a boon to bypass the telcos of the world, but I'm really 
> > not convinced myself...
> > 
> > So just wondering what the thoughts are from the south west...
> > 
> > Gordon
> Regards
> 
> Kevin Lucas
> Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!)
> Po House, Minions,
> Liskeard Cornwall 
> PL14 5LE
> 01579363386
> 
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Kevin Lucas
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Liskeard Cornwall 
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