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- From: nick%ruly46.leidenuniv.nl (Nick Pearson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Courier and dialback
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 11:05:01 GMT
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- Bill Garfield (bubba@insync.net) wrote:
- : in1012@wlv.ac.uk (Max Caines) wrote:
-
- :>I want to set up a modem to access some of our services more securely using
- :>dialback. The 'called' end is a Courier, the caller is a Sportster. The
- :>Courier is set up to prompt for a password, then dial back. All works fine,
- :>except after the Courier hangs up it waits about a minute before redialling.
- :>According to the UK tech support people this is normal, though no-one knows
- :>why. This sounds unlikely to me. Does anyone know if the wait can be avoided?
- :>Come to that, does anyone know another modem that doesn't do this? I'd ask
- :>the suppliers, but I wouldn't trust them to give me an accurate answer.
-
- : The purpose in the delay is in fraud prevention. With some telephone
- : switching machines you can call a dialback modem and allow the modem to
- : hangup first while you hold the line open, waiting for the modem to go
- : offhook to place the dialback. When it does, you fake dialtone to it
- : then present answer tone from your own clandestine modem and it thinks
- : it dialed a legitimate number, all the while connecting to a fraudulent
- : point. By delaying the dialback attempt for 60 seconds, most switching
- : machines will drop the call that the perpetrator is trying to hold onto,
- : thereby thwarting the attempt to circumvent the dialback security.
-
- : Don't complain about it. Be glad it's there.
-
- Sure, but it would be nice if you could control this feature, i.e. switch
- it off ...
-
- Nick
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