Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
Klaus Darilion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
It's not that easy. If you want to have open SIP URIs (just like email
is open for everybody) you will receive SPIT calls. E.g. the SPEER
group tries to define rules for VoIP peering which allows
authentication to enable open SIP URIs. (I won't open acces to my SIP
URI if I can not verify the senders URI).
Keeping spam in mind seems like a really good idea. I'm also a big
fan of keeping a cryptographic "paper trail" so that one can figure
out who spammed.
On the other hand, is SPAM / SPIT a big enough problem at this point
to warrant scuttling any interconnectivity? It seems a bit premature
to worry about a problem that may not develop for 5 years and allow
that fear to stop direct sip dialing.
Then we will have the same problem with email. Sometimes it's better to
learn and try to design new services with potential problems in mind.
With asterisk it's quite easy to make automated marketing calls. I'm
sure as soon as more people are reachable directly via SIP, you will get
marketing calls also via SIP. Then, the service providers will have to
reject incoming calls and think about solutions. I prefer starting with
solution to avoid disturbing users.
As an amusing aside, I inadvertently added a "captcha" to my phone
line when I had the local number go into an IVR that asks the caller
to press 1 for person XXX and 2 for person YYY and 3 of they are a
telemarketer. I don't think anyone other than my friends has ever
pressed 3, but the predictive dialers used by the phone-spammers
doesn't seem to pass the turing test and isn't able to press 1 or 2.
;-) I see lots of timeout-hangups in the IVR with caller-id's like
"CAR PROMO" or "VOIP CALL".
If spam/spit is ever a problem, I'm simply routing previously unseen
calls to a turing test of the same type and anyone that has previously
called (and/or been called) gets to bypass the turing test.
That for sure will work for geeks like you and me. But if you consider
the a telco which allows to reach all customers via SIP, the detection
should happen in the beginning. Also if my grandma calls me and she
hears "press 1 for ..." probably she will hang again.
regards
klaus
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