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From: bicker@hoqax.att.com (Brian Charles Kohn)
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Subject: Re: AT&T's Call Manager: Security Problem?
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Date: 13 May 91 20:08:28 GMT
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In comp.dcom.telecom, 0003829147@Mcimail.com (Sander J. Rabinowitz)
wrote on 9 May 91 02:42:00 GMT:

> I would hope AT&T has a way of blocking
> this particular service for people who so request it ... indeed, it
> would seem blocking would become mandatory in certain situations (ie.,
> public telephones, COCOTS).

Uh, if I'm not mistaken, this service only works from your home phone.
That is the security mechanism.

It's not a calling-card service per se ... it's just a record-keeping
tool.


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