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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 > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html