> > ...
> > > I agree it's far from ideal. There are two possible solutions 
> > > to this sort of problem:
> > > 
> > > - Some sort of authenticated history mechanism that gives 
> > > the gateway
> > >   confidence that the call was routed correctly
> > 
> > A different take on a solution (aimed at ssh and self-signed HTTP
> > certificates) is discussed at:
> > http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dwendlan/perspectives/
> 
> I don't see how the technique described here can plausibly work
> with SIP, given that they rely on probes from different locations
> getting the same response, which is not a requirement for SIP.

If there is only one entity that 'owns' an identity -- which is
absolutely the case with email-style URIs with SIP -- it would
work.

And with E.164, there should also be only one entity that 'owns'
a number.  If there are multiple, they are PSTN gateways and none
of them own the number at all.

-d

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