Thank you, that’s very clear and sums it all up! 

One lingering question: even without providing a fully attestable chain of 
custody, if the call took a route A -> B -> C, are signatures cumulative such 
that I could block calls attested by B coming through C? Or am I constrained to 
blocking a certain level of attestation only through the last/proximate peering 
hop (C) that directly touches me?

I suppose success is going to come down to the on-the-ground realities, 
political viability, etc of taking that “block attested calls from carrier X” 
step.

—
Sent from mobile, with due apologies for brevity and errors.

> On Sep 2, 2020, at 2:47 PM, Paul Timmins <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> The solution is that you sign your calls with your certificate. Carriers 
> aren't doing LNP dips to verify the number is really yours, they're trusting 
> your attestation (A: yes, the caller id is verified, B: it comes from our 
> customer, but not verified, C: "this touched our switches, good luck with 
> it"). If you attest total nonsense as A, or send tons of nonsense in general, 
> people start blocking calls you sign.
> 
> 
> 
> It really verifies who is sending the call, and what that company says the 
> call is verified, not a full chain of custody of the number back to the 
> NANPA/PA. Could you attest A a call from "0" or "911", or "999-999-9999"? 
> Yes, you could. It'd work for a while, til someone said "Wow, Alex's SPID is 
> signing tons of bullshit. Let's block attested calls from his SPID"
> 
> 
> 
> -Paul
> 
> 
> 
> From: VoiceOps <[email protected]> on behalf of Alex Balashov 
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 2:42 PM
> To: VoiceOps
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Outsourcing STIR/SHAKEN Setup
>  
> LCR or no LCR, using a termination vendor that is different to one’s 
> origination vendor for a given CID is more normal than not in VoIP. I would 
> guess it’s the default wholesale use-case. Origination and termination are 
> very different business models with radically different economics.
> 
> I’m not clear on what the official STIR/SHAKEN solution to this is. I assume 
> it’s delegated certificates as Jared suggested.
> 
> —
> Sent from mobile, with due apologies for brevity and errors.
> 
>>> On Sep 2, 2020, at 2:39 PM, Carlos Alvarez <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> If I understand correctly, no as long as your providers are all supporting 
>> this.  What I think you mean is that you get origination/DIDs from say 
>> Bandwidth, and you use LCR to route calls to whoever is cheapest?  There are 
>> ways to work with that challenge as long as your carriers are ready to do so.
>> 
>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:28 AM Jared Geiger <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> If we purchase our numbers through wholesalers, would we need delegated 
>>> certificates if we are sending an outbound call through a vendor that is 
>>> not the wholesaler we got the number from?
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 7:22 AM Dave Frigen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> There is a STIR-SHAKEN process of registering and testing with the Policy
>>>> Administrator (PA) as a certified Service Provider (SP) before you can
>>>> purchase SHAKEN token certificates from a Certificate Authority (CA) and
>>>> begin to engage in using the technology. This is not a walk in the park.
>>>> Transnexus is one of two public CA's in the U.S. today. They are experts on
>>>> the subject and can help you through both processes. In order to get the
>>>> best call attestation you must prove to the PA and CA that you are a bono
>>>> fide service provider and not a bad-acting enterprise on a network that
>>>> deserves lesser attestation levels. 
>>>> 
>>>> One of the registration requirements is a SP 's access to valid national
>>>> phone number pools. This has been very confusing for some resale providers
>>>> that purchase and use numbers from wholesalers only. If your organization
>>>> does not have it's own numbering resources, you can register using your
>>>> wholesale provider's numbering pool data. Don't assume you have to register
>>>> with the FCC and possess your own pool of numbers to become a registered
>>>> SHAKEN SP.
>>>> 
>>>> SHAKEN ROBO call mitigation is a new frontier, and obtaining the best
>>>> attestation level possible for a SP is essential to the SP and the SHAKEN
>>>> ecosystem. Register and test for the best attestation level possible.
>>>> Transnexus is a seasoned expert on the subject and a U.S. registered CA 
>>>> with
>>>> the PA. 
>>>> 
>>>> Dave
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: VoiceOps <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary Lou Carey
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 5:36 PM
>>>> To: Dovid Bender <[email protected]>
>>>> Cc: Voiceops.org <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Outsourcing STIR/SHAKEN Setup
>>>> 
>>>> I'm a Carrier Consultant who's been helping CLEC, IXC, Paging, Wireless and
>>>> VOIP carriers install and maintain their PSTN networks for the the last 20
>>>> years. I can help clients get their FCC Certification to become a
>>>> STIR/SHAKEN carrier as well as Numbering Resources, NPAC / LSR training, 
>>>> etc
>>>> (if you need those pieces). Once my clients get their certification, I 
>>>> refer
>>>> them to TransNexus. Jim and his team can help you with the process of
>>>> turning your STIR/SHAKEN services up.
>>>> 
>>>> MARY LOU CAREY
>>>> BackUP Telecom Consulting
>>>> Office: 615-791-9969
>>>> Cell: 615-796-1111
>>>> 
>>>> On 2020-08-31 05:37 AM, Dovid Bender wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> > 
>>>> > Does anyone have a recommendation for a company that get us everything 
>>>> > needed for STIR/SHAKEN setup? By setup I mean helping us file to get a 
>>>> > cert etc. From the small research I have done there is a lot of 
>>>> > fragmented information out there and it would be easier for us to pay 
>>>> > someone else to do this then invest our own time to take care of this.
>>>> > 
>>>> > TIA.
>>>> > 
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > 
>>>> > Dovid
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