Some new anti-terrorism nonsense
After months of being away from the site I’ve been working behind
the scenes to get everything up and running again as it once was. I
just tried doing an update to my telco database from NANPA and to
my dismay the code no longer worked. After a bit of digging I found
out that it wasn’t my code but it was a change that NANPA made that
most of you will never believe.
Telcodata.us
reported about this on October 28th, 2007 so forgive me for
missing the boat in my absence.
NANPA has removed all CLLI data from their site in the name of
anti-terrorism. Yes, they actually believe that CLLI codes somehow
promote, instill, or somehow otherwise assist terrorism. This is a
quote from
their official
document regarding the removal of CLLIs [
Google
HTML]:
“The availability of this information in a public domain makes
telecommunications networks vulnerable to attacks as the location
of Switch CLLIs that provide service for sensitive communications
and financial transactions is easily obtained and can be used as
targets for a possible terrorist attack”
So now we’re at a turning point with regard to CLLIs on the site.
Do we keep them until they are so old that they’re useless? Do we
remove them now? Can we find another source of this data? Will we
be approached by DHS and told to remove the data?
E-mail me with your suggestions.