Payphone Project

https://github.com/jcs/payphone

by mixlologist • 13 years ago

67 12 13 years ago

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nsxwolf• 13 years ago

Curious to know if your Asterisk system is susceptible to red boxing.

periferral2• 13 years ago

I was unaware of red boxing. Had to look it up. Pretty neat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_box_%28phreaking%29

pavel_lishin2• 13 years ago

May I ask how old you are? I feel like a lot of people my age with an interest in "hacking" had one of these back in the day.

EvanAnderson• 13 years ago

It should be since all the coin-drop signaling is in-band.

gcb02• 13 years ago

He is making it so.

But that is interesting. The 80's system creators, probably let the authentication (rate and money counting) on the backend. And didn't filtered input probably because they thought anyone willing the cheat would just cut the wires and bypass any filter on the phone to send the tones... so in the end, the whole system was based on the tones being secret.

The 90's system assumes anyone cheating would be deterred by the sofware on the phone, and leaves an open line? So it is based on everyone using the phone? what happens if someone bypass the phone and go to the wire directly? is there a tone?

minikites• 13 years ago

Before clicking, I thought it was related to this Payphone Project: http://www.payphone-project.com/numbers/

derefr• 13 years ago

A retro payphone project, specifically.

A modern payphone, I think, would be an iPod Touch (or other equivalent non-cellular mobile device), available at the counter at bars/restaurants/hotels/etc., locked into an app that lets you tap your credit card to place a call. I could see Skype getting into that market.

(The modern spiritual replacement for a payphone, though, is just asking random people on the street if you could borrow their cell to place a call. You pay in status and social capital.)

gohrt• 13 years ago

That's how muggings happen :-/

Payphone Project

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