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From: rmf@bpdsun1.uucp (Rob Finley)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Wanted: caller ID specs/plans/etc...
Message-ID: <1990Jun29.130847.25026@bpdsun1.uucp>
Date: 29 Jun 90 13:08:47 GMT
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In article <14669@ucsd.Edu> brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) writes:
>In article <6766@umd5.umd.edu> wchan@umd5.umd.edu (Winthrop D Chan) writes:
 (stuff deleted)
>I'm waiting until Telebit or one of the other advanced modem
>manufacturers offers this in their standard product - i.e., the modem
>loads a string register with the contents of the CLID on an incoming
>call.

If this were to take place, it would work even better than dialback security 
for sensitive computer services.  Is there a way to defeat this?  
Doesn't seem too easy...

Robert.