[VOIPSEC] Confirmed cases of SPIT

[Jon Callas]

On 14 Mar 2006, at 10:49 AM, <jcaldwell at SonicWALL.com>  
<jcaldwell at SonicWALL.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> To date, I have personally confirmed but single case of SPIT (Spam  
> over
> Internet Telephony).  The report was from one of our customers in the
> Netherlands's area and was reported as an unsolicited Religious
> Evangelism call apparently emanating from the US.  There has been a
> great deal of press and discussion surrounding SPIT.  However, I am
> interested in hearing if there have actually been other confirmed  
> cases.
> I am hoping the informed group of VoIP participants on this list  
> may be
> able to provide confirmed accounts of actual SPIT incidents.
>

Does this matter?

My home phone number gets spam faxes. Often / usually in the wee  
hours. It happens often enough that it is our practice to take the  
phone off the hook. Nothing can be done about it, just ask the phone  
company. Why should I care about SPIT, given that I'll bet if I  
switch my phone number to VOIP, nothing will change, and if I get  
*any* new phone number, it will go away?

	Jon

-- 
Jon Callas
CTO, CSO
PGP Corporation         Tel: +1 (650) 319-9016
3460 West Bayshore      Fax: +1 (650) 319-9001
Palo Alto, CA 94303     PGP: ed15 5bdf cd41 adfc 00f3
USA                          28b6 52bf 5a46 bc98 e63d