FTF (FedoraTalk FAD) IRC Prep meeting :: 2009-10-13 @ 19:00 UTC (3 PM EDT/12 PM PDT)

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:48:59 -0500,
  Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Would it be possible for me to tell asterisk, I come from this number and
> this number, please give me a proper "Mike McGrath" id from those numbers?
> 
> Although that probably doesn't work with businesses since everyone in the
> westford office might look like the same person.

You would also want to make sure people didn't treat this as absolute truth
as with some kinds of phone service you can supply any number you want as
the caller id number. So it is possible to spoof these numbers.