K_MULLHOLAND@unhh.unh.edu (KATH MULLHOLAND) (03/11/91)
In a recent digest posting, Macy Hallock stated: > I've also been known to use a PBX DISA local number for the same > thing, with much the same effect ... although I suspect the FG B is > more secure. And the Moderator noted: > you mention using someone's DISA. I *assume* you are authorized to > be on there; and if so, what kind of protection do you think it gives > you? The owner of the phone will get back-audited, and if he keeps > any sort of traffic records for the PBX the call will come back to the > DISA and your password for the use of same, no? And even if he does > not keep any traffic records, do you want your employer (whoever; you > *said* you were authorized to be there, right?) to get the grief as a Some PBX's have DISA's set up as just an inbound number to receive dialtone from the switch. If no access code is required, no *authorization* need be given. This is why some switch owners have discovered huge toll charges to various drug-producing nations on their phone bills. One excellent reason to requirsome type of access code on your DISA, and to turn off or change DISA numbers regularly. Kath Mullholand UNH Durham, N.