The Telecom Digest for December 31, 2010
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:39:31 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: $15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GSM call
Message-ID: <p06240824c9415adf36e1@[10.0.1.2]>
$15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GSM call
By Jon Borland, wired.com | Last updated about 7 hours ago
Speaking at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Congress in Berlin on
Tuesday, a pair of researchers demonstrated a start-to-finish means
of eavesdropping on encrypted GSM cellphone calls and text messages,
using only four sub-$15 telephones as network "sniffers," a laptop
computer, and a variety of open source software.
While such capabilities have long been available to law enforcement
with the resources to buy a powerful network-sniffing device for more
than $50,000 (remember The Wire?), the pieced-together hack takes
advantage of security flaws and shortcuts in the GSM network
operators' technology and operations to put the power within the
reach of almost any motivated tech-savvy programmer.
...
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/12/15-phone-3-minutes-all-thats-needed-to-eavesdrop-on-gsm-call.ars
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:55:50 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: $15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GSM call
Message-ID: <pan.2010.12.30.21.55.46.889394@myrealbox.com>
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:39:31 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote:
>
> $15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GSM call By Jon
> Borland, wired.com | Last updated about 7 hours ago
>
> Speaking at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Congress in Berlin on Tuesday, a
> pair of researchers demonstrated a start-to-finish means of eavesdropping
> on encrypted GSM cellphone calls and text messages, using only four
> sub-$15 telephones as network "sniffers," a laptop computer, and a variety
> of open source software.
.......
Maybe this will prompt these lazy network operators to enable the far
better encryption practices that seem to be available and just not
implemented (as indicated in this article and others previously)?
It may be a good time to buy some shares in GSM network equipment
providers as the orders for upgrades start to come in.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:41:54 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Ars Staff picks: our 10 favorite iOS apps of 2010
Message-ID: <p06240825c9415b5752dd@[10.0.1.2]>
Ars Staff picks: our 10 favorite iOS apps of 2010
By Jacqui Cheng
Apple recently published its lists of top free and paid iPhone apps
of 2010, spurring discussion across the Internet as to whether the
apps in question deserved the honor. Those observers included the
staff here at Ars; we felt that we could come up with a better list
of the year's sweetest apps.
You have no doubt already seen our list of favorite Android apps for
2010, so here's our iOS list, in no particular order:
Ars staff picks: top 10 iOS apps of 2010
...
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/12/ars-staff-picks-our-favorite-10-ios-apps-of-2010.ars
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:47:54 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Simplest Phones Open to 'SMS of Death'
Message-ID: <p06240828c9416ad1f36a@[10.0.1.2]>
Simplest Phones Open to 'SMS of Death'
By John Borland
December 28, 2010
BERLIN - It's a scene from an as-yet-unmade thriller: Across a
country, tens of thousands of cellphones all blink white at the same,
and turn themselves off. Calls are lost, phones are rendered useless,
and the affected mobile operator is forced to pay a ransom or lose
customers.
It hasn't happened yet. But speaking at the Chaos Computer Club
Congress here, German researchers showed how vulnerabilities in some
the simplest, but most common phones in the world could conceivably
lead to just such a scenario.
Mobile phone security has been a growing concern due to the
increasing popularity of smartphones, whose web-browsing and
app-running capabilities allow attacks similar to those made against
computers. Yet more than 85 percent of the world's cellphones are
feature phones - simple devices with the ability to play MP3s or
browse the web, but without the power of the iPhone or Android-based
handsets.
Vulnerabilities have been found in this type of phone before, but new
open source tools allowing individuals to set up their own private
GSM networks have helped researchers find a host of bugs ranging from
pesky to serious in many of the world's most common handsets.
...
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/simplest-phones-open-to-"sms-of-death"/
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:51:43 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: iPhone rage: boy hit for refusing to switch off on plane
Message-ID: <pan.2010.12.30.06.51.42.696104@myrealbox.com>
http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/iphone-rage-boy-hit-for-refusing-to-switch-off-on-plane-20101230-19amy.html
iPhone rage: boy hit for refusing to switch off on plane
December 30, 2010 - 10:39AM
A US man who struck a teenage boy for refusing to turn off his iPhone
before a Southwest Airlines flight has been arrested on battery charges,
police said on Wednesday.
Police in Idaho took 68-year-old Russell Miller into custody when the
flight from Las Vegas landed in Boise on Tuesday evening.
Miller became angry when the teen continued to fiddle with his phone,
listening to music and playing games, after the flight crew ordered
electronic devices switched off before takeoff, police said.
"From what witnesses tell us, the suspect got involved with the juvenile
male and hit him, leaving a mark," said Boise Police Department spokesman
Charles McClure.
McClure said the teen did not require medical attention.
The phone fracas comes amid high-profile incidents of turbulence among
passengers and flight crews.
In August, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater became an overnight
celebrity after a dispute with a passenger prompted him to curse and quit
his job over the loudspeaker system.
If convicted of simple battery, Miller, a resident of Boise, could face a
maximum sentence of six months in jail and a fine of up to $1000.
Reuters
***** Moderator's Note *****
You go, grandpa! Young whippersnappers!
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:01:11 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: iPhone rage: boy hit for refusing to switch off on plane
Message-ID: <pan.2010.12.30.22.01.08.677906@myrealbox.com>
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:51:43 +1100, David Clayton wrote:
> http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/iphone-rage-boy-hit-for-refusing-to-switch-off-on-plane-20101230-19amy.html
>
> iPhone rage: boy hit for refusing to switch off on plane December 30, 2010
> - 10:39AM
>
> A US man who struck a teenage boy for refusing to turn off his iPhone
> before a Southwest Airlines flight has been arrested on battery charges,
> police said on Wednesday.
.........
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> You go, grandpa! Young whippersnappers!
>
> Bill Horne
> Moderator
I'm still waiting for the inevitable puns from this group re the iPhone
and "battery charges"...
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
***** Moderator's Note *****
Ah, but "Assault and Battery" is different than "Assault with a battery"!
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:52:18 -0500
From: tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Prepaid SIMs in the USA
Message-ID: <op.voiilgs5itl47o@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:24:55 -0500, tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:39:01 -0500, John Mayson <john@mayson.us> wrote:
>
>> ... I'd like a prepaid plan that gives high data usage, but low
>> phone usage that is cheaper than what I'm paying today. And since I'm
>> talking SIM cards, yes, GSM.
>>
>> What are my options in the USA? ...
>
> 2) Ask over at alt.cellular.attws about GSM counterparts to the well-loved
> PagePlus prepaid CDMA services.
Here's the response to my attempt to follow my own advice:
> ... Redpocket (AT&T MVNO) does offer a $49.99 (including all taxes
> and fees) plan with unlimited talk and text, and 50MB of data, which is
> better than PagePlus's unlimited plan with only 20MB of data. But no
> pay-as-you-go data, and no $30 plan like the 1200/1200/50MB plan on
> PagePlus. You get cut off at 50MB with no more data until the next
> month. On PagePlus you just pay for more data at 60ยข per MB.
> ...
> ... it's clear up front that it works only on AT&T's network.
HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:20:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <50210c62-6fe9-4951-ad34-205fcd8f6582@y3g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>
On Dec 29, 7:20 pm, Wes Leatherock <wleat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Sam Spade <s...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm amazed at the number of trucks I still see on the road
> > with their
> > 7-digit telephone number.
>
> Why? In many placess with only one area code 10-digit dialing
> of a local number generates and error message to the caller.
Possibly because trucks sometimes venture outside of their home area
codes?
Neal McLain
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:50:38 -0800
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <L9SdnUIsmu3TN4HQnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@giganews.com>
Neal McLain wrote:
> On Dec 29, 7:20 pm, Wes Leatherock <wleat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>--- On Wed, 12/29/10, Sam Spade <s...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm amazed at the number of trucks I still see on the road
>>>with their
>>>7-digit telephone number.
>>
>> Why? In many placess with only one area code 10-digit dialing
>>of a local number generates and error message to the caller.
>
>
> Possibly because trucks sometimes venture outside of their home area
> codes?
>
> Neal McLain
>
Where I live, that takes 20 minutes at 75 on the freeway. :-)
Then, there are overlays.
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:49:52 -0800
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <L9SdnUMsmu29N4HQnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@giganews.com>
Wes Leatherock wrote:
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm amazed at the number of trucks I still see on the road
>>with their
>>7-digit telephone number.
>
>
> Why? In many placess with only one area code 10-digit dialing
> of a local number generates and error message to the caller.
Why? Because where I see them is in the greater Los Angeles area, or
Seattle, etc.
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:50:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <246880.39853.qm@web111705.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
--- On Wed, 12/29/10, Lisa or Jeff <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
[ ... ]
> Regarding the previous posts regarding the term Centrex vs. "inward
> dialing", it appears from the history that the function was
> developed first and given a name later. In the early 1960s there
> were a few different combinations of machine types that would
> support Centrex. Some users had a 701 dial step-by-step PBX which
> was modified to accept digits from the central office; others were
> served by a step-by- step central office that was modified; still
> others were served by No. 5 crossbar or crossbar tandem. The two
> biggest features were direct inward dialing and identification of
> outward dialed calls so as to track charging and usage by extension.
> (I was employed at an organization that had ONI for that.)
The first applicatins of DID in Southwestern Bell territory were at
military bases--first Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and then at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma.
Both of these were technically government-owned and operated PBXs. I
don't know about Fort Sam, but Fort Sill was a step-by-step switch, I
believe AE although I'm not sure. A prefix was assigned and off-base
phones could then dial directly to what was formerly the extension
number. (Before that you dialed the main number and a
soldier/operator answered and dialed the extension you wanted.)
Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:56:18 -0800
From: Andrew Carey <carey@remove-this.ar-ballbat.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <D6B89542-98E1-4F5C-9D5C-3170A5974789@ar-ballbat.org>
>> I am aware the SBC actually deployed some calling features on a
>> No. 5 XBAR on the north side of Kansas City, MO. A friend of mine
>> subscribed to them circa late 1960s.
>
> This then confirms some rumors and speculation among 'enthusiasts'
> that Ma Bell had developed some kind of a 'stored program engine'
> for the #5 Crossbar that would replace the relay-logic markers and
> senders and such, and give the #5 Crossbar the ability to do the
> fancy Custom Calling Features<tm> just like the 1E.
>
> This is the only first-person account I've heard of anything like
> this actually happening. I assume that it was never really rolled
> out simply due to the ESS deployment plans.
Not Ma Bell, but there was such a system in the late '80s or early
'90s called CONTAC BASE from Network Access Corporation that served as
a front end and provided SS7 and CLASS features. I never had any
direct dealings with it so I'm hazy on the details. One of their
patents (4,853,955) is SS7 for the crossbar & 1/1A ESS. 4,903,263 is
another one for ISDN through the same.
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:08:44 -0800
From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: 911 "Friends-and-neighbors please call" list?
Message-ID: <siegman-4512D2.10084430122010@sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>
As a (partial?) solution to the 911 "can dial, but can't speak" or
"unknown location" problems, would it make sense to maintain a short
list of user-or-purchaser-supplied phone numbers (maybe 2 or 3 numbers)
linked to every phone number that can call 911.
If the 911 operator can't get a meaningful response or a clearcut
location from an incoming 911 call, s/he punches a button and an
automated call (or text?) goes to these numbers saying something like
"Phone number xxx has made an automated 911 call to 911 at location yyy
at zzz, but further communication with the caller has not been possible".
The owner-user of the originating phone could be responsible for adding
or updating these numbers of appropriate friends, relatives, neighbors
the list by dialing into the central registry. Each time a number is
added or changed, an email or autocall could go out the added number,
asking them to confirm this is OK by punching a key or code.
The point of this service would of course be that these callees, if
nearby neighbors, could rush over to check, or if distant relatives
would know who to call locally.
Seems to me this basic idea would be workable and not all that expensive
to implement (gradually), and might ease the local on local emergency
responders. But what abuses would it be subject to?
Alternative: A service like the above is offered by a commercial alarm
company. For a monthly fee they'll program your smart phone, or somehow
modify your cellphone or landline phone service, so that if you ever
dial 911, your phone service will also simultaneously dial their number,
and they'll provide the added "dial a friend" capability.
Maybe this already exists? -- I've not yet gotten involved in any
commercial home alarm services or any kinds of "grandma's fallen and she
can't get up" commercial alarms, although I've read about the smart rice
cooker alarm system that is allegedly widespread (?) in Japan.
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:29:13 -0800
From: "david" <nospam@nospam.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Is it possible to own a local number?
Message-ID: <ifij1t$cme$1@speranza.aioe.org>
I'm thinking of porting my landline number to VOIP service. However,
I'm afraid that during the switchover someone may screw up and cause
my beloved phone number to be recycled and given to someone else.
So, is there a way to purchase or own a local number outright, just
like one can register (and own) a domain name? So that no matter how
phone companies screw up, the number cannot be "lost" or reassigned to
someone else?
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:05:01 -0700
From: Fred Atkinson <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Is it possible to own a local number?
Message-ID: <20101230190626.6759.qmail@gal.iecc.com>
At 11:29 AM 12/30/2010, you wrote:
>I'm thinking of porting my landline number to VOIP service. However,
>I'm afraid that during the switchover someone may screw up and cause
>my beloved phone number to be recycled and given to someone else.
>
>So, is there a way to purchase or own a local number outright, just
>like one can register (and own) a domain name? So that no matter how
>phone companies screw up, the number cannot be "lost" or reassigned to
>someone else?
There is a round about way. You have to be willing to spend
a little money to do it.
Contact the company that issues the number you want.
Get them to use that number to set up a voice mail box for you.
You generally have to keep the service for thirty days
before you can port it. Check and see what the policy is but do it
after the box is in service.
After thirty days (or whatever that particular carrier
requires), apply to the company that you want to use the number for
and port it to them.
I did this with Qwest and ported it to my former VOIP
provider without any problem. I've since ported it to yet another
VOIP provider.
Good luck,
Fred
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:05:05 -0800
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Is it possible to own a local number?
Message-ID: <iPSdnejtDNZseIHQnZ2dnUVZ_uednZ2d@giganews.com>
david wrote:
> I'm thinking of porting my landline number to VOIP service. However,
> I'm afraid that during the switchover someone may screw up and cause
> my beloved phone number to be recycled and given to someone else.
>
> So, is there a way to purchase or own a local number outright, just
> like one can register (and own) a domain name? So that no matter how
> phone companies screw up, the number cannot be "lost" or reassigned to
> someone else?
>
You are well-advised to port only between wireline/wireline,
wireline/wireless, or wireless/wireless. And, even there you must do it
correctly, or you can lose the number (which you never really ever "own.")
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:08:29 -0600 (CST)
From: jsw <jsw@ivgate.omahug.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <201012290108.oBT18Tn1003887@ivgate.omahug.org>
>If there is a rotary group customer on the final selector it will
>search for a vacant line to that customer in the group just like in a
>earlier seclector in the switch train. The last line is busied out in
>the hunt group.
This answers for sure one thing I've kinda been curious about, but
it reminded me of one thing I have never understood.
I always assumed that there would be something like that leaf switch
to catch that all lines busy condition and return line busy to the
caller, kind of like that 11th. step contact set on the other
selectors. This explanation does make perfect sense.
One thing I'm still puzzled about ...
Is it possible on a Step office to have a hunt group with more
than 10 (9) lines?
Was there maybe some circuitry to sense when all lines on a
given level were busy and cause it to step upward one more
level?
I can see how this might be done with a set of vertical
contacts, similar to that on the linefinder, but I never
recall hearing about anything like this in service.
Do you (anybody?) know?
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:06:54 -0600
From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: USA broadband isn't broadband per FCC report...
Message-ID: <4D1AC1EE.5040903@annsgarden.com>
>>> How about we dump "Broadband" and use a nice little TLA
>>> like "HSI" (High Speed Internet)? ...
>> You may have to fight at&t for rights to that "nice little
>> TLA" -- they're using "HSI" to name their at&t/Yahoo! DSL
>> service....
> Comcast also uses that TLA, so I think it may be considered
> generic. In general, descriptive phrases are harder to
> trademark than coined terms, and "high speed Internet" is
> clearly of that type.
Several cable TV companies use "HSI." It's certainly better than "cable
modem," an archaic term that morphed from the original definition of
"cable modem" -- i.e., the modem itself. I guess we can blame Stewart
Alsop for popularizing that term in his 1997 Fortune editorial "The
Cable Industry's Big Dream," which concluded with the words "cable
modems are a fantasy."
http://tinyurl.com/Alsop-Modem
Fortunately, "cable modem" has largely died out, but, unfortunately,
"HSI" hasn't caught on as a replacement. I've heard it called "cable
internet" and "cable DSL." I've even heard it called just "DSL" by
folks who apparently think "DSL" is a universal term for HSI.
As for "Broadband," Great Thinkers of the cable TV industry (and their
regulators) have for years been using that term to describe analog
distribution networks. This mindset led to such notable failures as
Warner Cable's QUBE in Columbus and Time Warner's Full Service Network
in Orlando. And, of course, the most spectacular failure of them all:
AOL Time Warner.
The first cable TV system I ever worked for (Madison, WI) operated under
an ordinance known as the "Broadband Telecommunications Franchise
Enabling Ordinance," enacted circa 1972. One of the Great Thinkers who
dreamed up that name was Paul Soglin, who, at the time, was a member of
the city council and a member of the committee that drafted the
ordinance. Soglin subsequently served six terms as mayor and ran
unsuccessfully for Congress, but he's remembered today mostly for his
outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Soglin
Neal McLain
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