Agreed.

-----Original Message----- From: Matt Holdrege [SMTP:matt@ascend.com] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 1:46 PM To: Taylor, Tom-PT [CAR:5V00-I:EXCH] Cc: ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.intel.com Subject: Re: Caller ID legal issues (was: caller ID and implementer's guid e)

All this means is that the protocol must allow flexibility. For example, it must be able to transport the caller-id presentation restriction and caller-id screening indicator. What the implementations do with that is not our business.

At 01:02 PM 5/13/99 -0400, Tom-PT Taylor wrote:

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I'm not sure about the first, except that many jurisdictions require

support

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of emergency services such (e.g. 911 in North America). There are definitely regulatory jurisdictions requiring "presentation restricted".

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-----Original Message----- From: Paul Long [SMTP:Plong@SMITHMICRO.COM] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 10:41 AM To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM Subject: Caller ID legal issues (was: caller ID and implementer's guide)

(I am straying from the original topic, so I changed the Subject.)

This is not a standards-related issue, so we can end this thread if someone objects, but I was wondering about the legal ramifications of caller

ID.

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Are there laws in some countries that require the following, or is it just considered good etiquette and/or a market-driven feature?

Caller ID to be transmitted if provided by the caller

Caller ID not to be displayed to the called party if so requested by

the

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caller ("presentation restricted")

Paul Long Smith Micro Software, Inc.

    -----Original Message-----
    From:   Chris Purvis [SMTP:Chris.Purvis@MADGE.COM]
    Sent:   Thursday, May 13, 1999 8:28 AM
    To:     ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM
    Subject:        Re: caller ID and implementer's guide

    Pete,

    Just a note about the security matter you mention.
    Some PC based H.323 endpoints allow one, with just a little

knowledge, to persuade them to output debugging which includes all elements

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decoded RAS/Q.931-H.225.0/H.245 messages. This is clearly

"undesirable"

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when security of information contained in such messages is required! It also might be quite hard for some people to switch off. I don't have a solution to this: I just raise it as an issue.

    Regards,
    Chris
    --
    Dr Chris Purvis - Senior Development Engineer, WAVE CC Software
    Madge Networks Ltd, Wexham Springs, Framewood Road, Wexham,

Berks.

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