Re: patch

On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 10:40:09AM +0200, Jörg Pommnitz wrote:

>  > Nope, have to talk SS7 and query the HLR
> Then there should be some kind of (HTTP?) frontend to SS7 that 
> allows just this kind of queries. I don't think that this would 
> violate privacy because it only provides the same kind of 
> information one could previously get from looking at the MSISDN.
> How feasible is this?

Feasable if the networks allow it, which is potentially a problem,
of course you could probably talk to an altnet carrier who has
interconnect with all the operators in a particular country and
persuade them to develop the system, as they'd need to have the
SS7 functionality to route calls.

It does then become country specific.

Steve

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