It can be usefull for SOHOs. Not only telecommuters need some dialup
options, but also people who want to work from home, check their mail,
etc ...
Arnaud.
> I guess my first reaction to this question would be to ask why this
> would be desirable in the first place, when authentication mechanisms
> exist to establish identity & trust? Any scheme designed to establish
> identity based on caller ID kind of hoses telecommuters who constantly
> travel.
>
> - paul
>
> At 09:50 PM 5/19/96 -0400, Anton J Aylward wrote:
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> >I guess I missed it before, but does anyone know of vendors of add-on units
> >to protect dial-up ports y verifying the callerID against a database?
> >
> >I'm looking for something to add to a rackmount of Nx12 modems in a
> >corporate environment. No PC level toys please.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >/anton
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