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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 09:55:18 PDT
- From: lauren@cv.vortex.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Illinois Bell Now Allows Remote Call Forwarding Changes
- Message-ID: <telecom12.685.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 685, Message 8 of 10
- Lines: 34
-
- Greetings. Remote call forwarding, as described, could be a very
- handy service. But a few questions pop immediately to mind:
-
- 1) How long is the PIN? (Four digits is not sufficient!)
-
- 2) Can the subscriber change the PIN through some relatively "secure"
- mechanism?
-
- 3) Is there any mechanism to notify the subscriber or take other
- actions if there are a large number of incorrect PINs entered
- for a number? (E.g., by someone with a PC running through the codes
- night after night trying to find someone's PIN?)
-
- 4) Can you disable or "opt-out" of the remote feature entirely if you don't
- want it to be available for your number, short of eliminating call
- forwarding from your service entirely?
-
- Let's see how well IBT thought this one out.
-
- --Lauren--
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: The remote feature is only turned on if someone
- wants to use it; It is only a four digit PIN, however that is a
- compromise between convenience and security which seems to work okay
- for the majority of subscribers. The number (different for each CO)
- that you dial into to use the remote feature *is* equipped to trap
- information about who is calling it; I'd be reluctant to change your
- call forwarding without permission, have you complain to IBT about it
- and have them respond 'oh, it was changed from over at Patrick's house
- about three in the morning ...'. All in all, the security is average
- and the convenience it affords is above average. A nice trade off. PAT]
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