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From: Mike Viau on 17 Jul 2010 12:40 Hello list, I was wondering if anyone runs a system that essentially blocks unwanted calls from a list of programmed phone numbers. I have the caller display option on my phones service that returns the phone number of most incoming calls. I came across this idea after reading: If you want to go the freebie route, you can download free software that claims to block unwanted calls. This software works by hooking up your phone to your computer and letting the software screen incoming calls. Some of these downloads require you to have other hardware though. [1] Is there a package in Debian I should be aware of, something I can run on a personal computer? I was also considering designing embedded system to do the job, but I cringe at the thought of integrating a POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) modem in the embedded world. Any help or further comments are welcomed :) Thanks [1] - http://communication.howstuffworks.com/blocking-incoming-call1.htm _________________________________________________________________ Turn down-time into play-time with Messenger games http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734385
From: Camaleón on 17 Jul 2010 14:00 On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:37:55 -0400, Mike Viau wrote: > I was wondering if anyone runs a system that essentially blocks unwanted > calls from a list of programmed phone numbers. I have the caller display > option on my phones service that returns the phone number of most > incoming calls. (...) Ah, you look for the "Holy Grail" that any sacrified user around the world is also seeking to reject/discard unwanted/spam telemarketing calls :-) Well, I know there are some solutions (scripts or plugins) to achieve this for "VOIP" integrated solutions (such Asterisk) but I dunno if there is something similar for standalone applications :-? Oh... look, a Google search returned this: *** Telemarketing (Junk) Call Blocker http://sourceforge.net/projects/jcblock/ Program: jcblock Description: A program to block telemarketing (junk) calls. Description: A program to block telemarketing (junk) calls. This program connects to a serial port modem and listens for the caller ID string that is sent between the first and second rings. It records the string in file callerID.dat. It then reads strings from file whitelist.dat and scans them against the caller ID string for a match. If it finds a match it accepts the call. If a match is not found, it reads strings from file blacklist.dat and scans them against the caller ID string for a match. If it finds a match to a string in the blacklist, it sends an off-hook command (ATH1) to the modem, followed by an on-hook command (ATH0). This terminates the junk call. *** I have not tested but sounds very good :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.07.17.17.50.15(a)gmail.com
From: Alan Chandler on 17 Jul 2010 15:20 On 17/07/10 17:37, Mike Viau wrote: > Hello list, > > I was wondering if anyone runs a system that essentially blocks unwanted > calls from a list of programmed phone numbers. I have the caller display > option on my phones service that returns the phone number of most > incoming calls. > > I came across this idea after reading: > > If you want to go the freebie route, you can download free software that > claims to block unwanted calls. This software works by hooking up your > phone to your computer and letting the software screen incoming calls. > Some of these downloads require you to have other hardware though. [1] > > Is there a package in Debian I should be aware of, something I can run > on a personal computer? I was also considering designing embedded system > to do the job, but I cringe at the thought of integrating a POTS (Plain > Old Telephone System) modem in the embedded world. > I haven't got it set up right now, but in the past I have run freeswitch. Its essentially a better package than asterisk. You can download a .deb file from freeswitch.org. You can configure it pretty easily to do almost anything you want. I have some linksys boxes one of which takes standard phones and turns them into voip phones and the other of which will connect to a standard POTS line and convert the data from it into SIP traffic. PAP2T is the one that supports two phones. The other, I don't have the exact name of right now, but is a similar type of box to the PAP2T except one of the ports connects to the old telephone network. My guess is some combination of these might help. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C420201.6070308(a)chandlerfamily.org.uk
From: Alan Chandler on 17 Jul 2010 15:40 On 17/07/10 20:18, Alan Chandler wrote: The other, I don't have the exact name of > right now, but is a similar type of box to the PAP2T except one of the > ports connects to the old telephone network. I found out - its an SPA3102. This has one port for a phone, one port for a phone line, plus an ethernet port. It has a built in web server which you use to configure it. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C4202B9.10400(a)chandlerfamily.org.uk
From: Tzafrir Cohen on 21 Jul 2010 07:50 On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 08:18:25PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 17/07/10 17:37, Mike Viau wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> I was wondering if anyone runs a system that essentially blocks unwanted >> calls from a list of programmed phone numbers. I have the caller display >> option on my phones service that returns the phone number of most >> incoming calls. >> >> I came across this idea after reading: >> >> If you want to go the freebie route, you can download free software that >> claims to block unwanted calls. This software works by hooking up your >> phone to your computer and letting the software screen incoming calls. >> Some of these downloads require you to have other hardware though. [1] >> >> Is there a package in Debian I should be aware of, something I can run >> on a personal computer? I was also considering designing embedded system >> to do the job, but I cringe at the thought of integrating a POTS (Plain >> Old Telephone System) modem in the embedded world. >> Debian includes Asterisk and YATE. That said, both (and FreeSwitch, mentioned below) are an overkill for a simple home system. That is: unless you want to add your own logic in at the price of extra complexity. You'll need a telephony adapter. A simple modem will not do, as there's no standard interface that I'm aware of to use a modem as a voice channel. Zaptel/DAHDI provides interfaces for (mostly) some specialized hardware. It is an out-of-tree kernel module, though included in Debian and actively maintained. (Disclaimer: I work for one company that makes such specialized hardware and am involved in DAHDI and Asterisk) Alternatively, if your PSTN is ISDN, you have some other options. Or you could try switching to a whole VoIP system - replacing your landline with a SIP "line". Though that adds yet anthoer point of complexity and faliure. There's an interesting project around Asterisk on a cheap Blackfin-based embedded system. See http://www.rowetel.com/ucasterisk/ucasterisk.html However I tend to avoid the Blackfin, due to the system lacking an MMU and thus lacking long-term stability. But that's me. Also, as mentioend by Alan, you can use an external SIP-connected adapter. In that case I guess you could basically use just about any embedded system. > > > I haven't got it set up right now, but in the past I have run > freeswitch. Its essentially a better package than asterisk. You can > download a .deb file from freeswitch.org. You can configure it pretty > easily to do almost anything you want. FreeSwitch is a huge package of bundled software. Their tarball includes everything from arp to whatnot. They seem to avoid system copies on purpose. Good luck maintaining your system. > > I have some linksys boxes one of which takes standard phones and turns > them into voip phones and the other of which will connect to a standard > POTS line and convert the data from it into SIP traffic. PAP2T is the > one that supports two phones. The other, I don't have the exact name of > right now, but is a similar type of box to the PAP2T except one of the > ports connects to the old telephone network. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzafrir(a)jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzafrir(a)cohens.org.il | | best tzafrir(a)debian.org | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100721114316.GD17569(a)pear.tzafrir.org.il
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