Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!netsys!vector!nobody From: "Joseph_J._Gerber.henr801E"@Xerox.COM Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Sensitive Data Encryption (8|170) Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 88 15:46:24 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 6 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu (TELECOM Digest Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 177, message 2 Mr Sauer -- Sensitive data encryption. On the voice networks we don't employ encryption. Take more precautions with data. Our PBX's have been penetrated on several occassions by hackers. Mostly for free usage. My sense is that corporate America is talking about security but not making the investment or putting much real weight behind standards for carriers.