Re: detecting wardialing

[Byron Copeland <nodialtone () comcast net>]

Don't know of any software that will alert like in an IDS sort of way..
me be impossible.  The phone companies can detect sequential dialing
attempts probably pretty easily.

If the wardialer is used correctly or written to support random dialing
at random intervals or some interval setting and randomness, then may
not be detectable at all.

You could stop it by going off-hook.  Maybe complain to the telephone
company about the number you think is sweeping your block of numbers. 
Call the guy and advise him to black list your numbers or else.

thoughts?


On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:26, Zachary Mutrux wrote:
> Is anyone aware of a PBX or software that can detect wardialing attempts?
> I'm thinking of something that detects fax or modem tones in a series of
> calls within a certain window of time. I understand the phone company does
> some detection of this kind of activity, but I'm wondering if there is any
> way to stop unwanted phone sweeps.
>
> Zac
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