Re: Denial of service attacks apparently from UUNET Netblocks

[David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>]

> > I would not be surprised if the caller's phone number were logged, most
> > modern modem banks talk ANIS and DNIS, which if I'm remembering correctly
> > is basically caller ID.  
> > doesn't seem to be an extra charge to get the data from the telco.
>
> ANI.  Actually, it's commonly CNID, which is slightly more useful.

Just want to make sure all parties here do not think ANI == CNID.
They are different critters. You get CNID usually. Real time
ANI is available on 800 trunks, but at a cost.



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