| | Signaling Vulnerabilities in Wiretapping Systems (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | DTMF digit signals consist of two audio frequency tones: a “low” tone corresponding to the horizontal “row” position of the digit on the keypad and a “high” tone corresponding to the “column” position. |
 | | Other telephone signals, however—most notably the on-/off-hook state, rotary “pulse” dialed digits, and incoming-call ringing signals—aren’t encoded in the audio domain on the target line, depending instead on the (DC) voltage and current on the wire between the CO switch and the target’s telephone instrument. |
 | | Although the dial-up slave unit can detect these signals relatively easily by observing the line voltage, they can’t simply be relayed back over the friendly line in the same form for processing by the agency (that line’s voltage and current maintain the connection through the telephone network between the loop extender and the agency itself). |
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