FTF (FedoraTalk FAD) IRC Prep meeting :: 2009-10-13 @ 19:00 UTC (3 PM EDT/12 PM PDT)

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:48:59 -0500,
>  Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Would it be possible for me to tell asterisk, I come from this number and
>> this number, please give me a proper "Mike McGrath" id from those numbers?
>>
>> Although that probably doesn't work with businesses since everyone in the
>> westford office might look like the same person.
>
> You would also want to make sure people didn't treat this as absolute truth
> as with some kinds of phone service you can supply any number you want as
> the caller id number. So it is possible to spoof these numbers.

Yes, very easily spoofable.

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Jeff Ollie