Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-09 Thread Randy Bush
>> What is an "ebony phone"? (Google results for that phrase are mostly porn.) > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950S-WESTERN-ELECTRIC-EBONY-BLACK-ROTARY-DIAL-DESK-TELEPHONE-/333465026527 at least the swedes knew basic arithmetic

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-09 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 9:25 PM Ross Tajvar wrote: > > What is an "ebony phone"? (Google results for that phrase are mostly porn.) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950S-WESTERN-ELECTRIC-EBONY-BLACK-ROTARY-DIAL-DESK-TELEPHONE-/333465026527 I agree, that's a form of porn. #rule34 -chris > On Sat, Mar

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-09 Thread John Levine
In article <24166.56720.929382.920...@gargle.gargle.howl> you write: >I was thinking more in terms of millions of calls to congressional >offices per day, not individual requests for action. Who do you think has put the screws on the FCC to make STIR/SHAKEN happen?

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-09 Thread James R Cutler
In this case, “ebony phone” refers to the (usually) black housing of landline phones, either dial or manual that your parents probably used for years. Caller ID has long been supplied (for extra cost) to subscribers as a signal interspersed with the ring signal. The answer to “what about ebony

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-09 Thread Ross Tajvar
What is an "ebony phone"? (Google results for that phrase are mostly porn.) On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 12:55 PM Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:10 AM Bryan Holloway wrote: > > > > > > On 3/7/20 8:03 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J.

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-09 Thread bzs
On March 8, 2020 at 16:32 l...@satchell.net (Stephen Satchell) wrote: > On 3/8/20 4:00 PM, b...@theworld.com wrote: > > As I've said before what would likely work is if every time one of us > > (in the US anyhow) got a junk call we immediately called our > > congressional and/or senate

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread Valdis Klētnieks
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 17:17:37 -0400, b...@theworld.com said: > Which primarily leaves the question of why this Kabuki theater by the > FCC et al pretending as if it's some vast, uncontrollable evil like > the corona virus etc.? Because even in today's climate of regulatory capture posing as proper

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 3/8/20 4:00 PM, b...@theworld.com wrote: As I've said before what would likely work is if every time one of us (in the US anyhow) got a junk call we immediately called our congressional and/or senate office(s) and simply said "just got another junk call! (optionally add description.)"

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread bzs
I do the same, don't say anything when I pick up an unknown caller id until they say something, they disconnect about half or more of the time tho not always. As I've said before what would likely work is if every time one of us (in the US anyhow) got a junk call we immediately called our

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread bzs
Point taken. On March 8, 2020 at 15:06 dam...@google.com (Damian Menscher) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 2:18 PM wrote: > > > It's really not analogous to most of the mass attacks on the net > because the entire telco system is built to know who is using it in > great

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 3/8/20 9:59 AM, Damian Menscher via NANOG wrote: In the robocall case, there*is* something the end user can do to fight the abuse: answer every call, and keep them on the line as long as possible. They are paying for connected calls, for the connection duration, and for the humans to scam

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread Damian Menscher via NANOG
On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 2:18 PM wrote: > > It's really not analogous to most of the mass attacks on the net > because the entire telco system is built to know who is using it in > great detail. > You don't think transit providers bill their customers? The analogy holds surprisingly well. Any

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread bzs
It's really not analogous to most of the mass attacks on the net because the entire telco system is built to know who is using it in great detail. Have you ever made a billable call and *not* been billed for it? If you're getting the same "Hi, this is from card holder services" calls like

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread bzs
On March 7, 2020 at 14:54 s...@donelan.com (Sean Donelan) wrote: > > Has encryption ever solved scams/fraud/spam? > > Extended Validation SSL Certificates - Just pay a Certificate Authority > more money > > DKIM signed email - Just pay a mail provider more money to blast email > >

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread bzs
On March 7, 2020 at 02:03 morrowc.li...@gmail.com (Christopher Morrow) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell > wrote: > > > So, if my telco can bill the callers for those premium calls, they > > surely know who they are, or at least know where they are sending the >

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread Mike Hammett
m: "Damian Menscher via NANOG" To: "Brian J. Murrell" Cc: "NANOG mailing list" Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 11:59:07 AM Subject: Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 8:05 PM Brian J. Murrell < br...@inter

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-08 Thread Damian Menscher via NANOG
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 8:05 PM Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 18:37 -0500, b...@theworld.com wrote: > > > > Why don't they just ask the phone companies who are billing these > > robocallers who they are and we can arrest them. > > Exactly. > > I have always maintained that if my

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Eric Tykwinski
Totally agree with you there, I run a mail server/monitoring server on OVH. With TLSA records, DKIM, and MTA-STS, I’ll still see junk filters on it if I accidentally email someone other than myself. Yes my space has been SWIP’d and I send so low email volume so it’s reputation would be

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread John R. Levine
Most DNS registers avoid verifying customer information as long as the payment clears (for a short time). DKIM (and DNSSEC) is built on top of trusting tokens from third-parties which disclaim all liability. Right. The only promise that DKIM makes is that if you have a stream of mail signed

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/7/20 3:53 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, John Levine wrote: This must be some DKIM other than the one the IETF standardized and every large mail provider uses to manage mail streams.  There's no CA's, you publish your own verification key in your DNS, and it costs nothing

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, John Levine wrote: This must be some DKIM other than the one the IETF standardized and every large mail provider uses to manage mail streams. There's no CA's, you publish your own verification key in your DNS, and it costs nothing beyond the software upgrades to use. Most

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread John Levine
In article you write: > >Has encryption ever solved scams/fraud/spam? No, but signatures have helped so you can more easily identify known friends and concentrate the analysis on the rest. >DKIM signed email - Just pay a mail provider more money to blast email This must be some DKIM other than

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/7/20 11:54 AM, Sean Donelan wrote: Has encryption ever solved scams/fraud/spam? Extended Validation SSL Certificates - Just pay a Certificate Authority more money DKIM signed email - Just pay a mail provider more money to blast email SWIFT encrypted payments - Just find the weakest

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Sean Donelan
Has encryption ever solved scams/fraud/spam? Extended Validation SSL Certificates - Just pay a Certificate Authority more money DKIM signed email - Just pay a mail provider more money to blast email SWIFT encrypted payments - Just find the weakest bank somewhere in the world

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 1:11 PM Michael Thomas wrote: > > > On 3/7/20 9:53 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:10 AM Bryan Holloway wrote: > >> > >> On 3/7/20 8:03 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > >>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell > >>> wrote: > >>> >

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/7/20 9:53 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:10 AM Bryan Holloway wrote: On 3/7/20 8:03 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell wrote: So, if my telco can bill the callers for those premium calls, they surely know who they

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:10 AM Bryan Holloway wrote: > > > On 3/7/20 8:03 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell > > wrote: > > > >> So, if my telco can bill the callers for those premium calls, they > >> surely know who they are, or at least know

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls (fwd)

2020-03-07 Thread John R. Levine
In article , Christopher Morrow wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell wrote: > So, if my telco can bill the callers for those premium calls, they > surely know who they are, or at least know where they are sending the > bill and getting payment from. You are mistaken,

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-07 Thread Bryan Holloway
On 3/7/20 8:03 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell wrote: So, if my telco can bill the callers for those premium calls, they surely know who they are, or at least know where they are sending the bill and getting payment from. You are mistaken,

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-06 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM Brian J. Murrell wrote: > So, if my telco can bill the callers for those premium calls, they > surely know who they are, or at least know where they are sending the > bill and getting payment from. You are mistaken, billing is very hard. Telcos show this

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-06 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 18:37 -0500, b...@theworld.com wrote: > > Why don't they just ask the phone companies who are billing these > robocallers who they are and we can arrest them. Exactly. I have always maintained that if my phone number were one of those "premium" numbers (1-976 -- maybe I am

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-06 Thread bzs
On March 6, 2020 at 17:34 s...@donelan.com (Sean Donelan) wrote: > > https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-mandating-stirshaken-combat-robocalls > > Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed a major > step forward to further the FCC’s efforts to

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-06 Thread Clayton Zekelman
Good luck supporting it on legacy TDM switches. I know work-around exist, but nobody wants to invest any money in modifying legacy gear. At 05:34 PM 06/03/2020, Sean Donelan wrote: https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-mandating-stirshaken-combat-robocalls Federal

Re: Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-06 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/6/20 2:34 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-mandating-stirshaken-combat-robocalls Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed a major step forward to further the FCC’s efforts to protect consumers against spoofed

Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

2020-03-06 Thread Sean Donelan
https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-mandating-stirshaken-combat-robocalls Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed a major step forward to further the FCC’s efforts to protect consumers against spoofed robocalls: new rules requiring implementation of