Toward authenticated caller ID transmission: The need for a standardized authentication scheme in Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation

Huahong Tu; Adam Doupe; Ziming Zhao; Gail-Joon Ahn

doi:10.1109/ITU-WT.2016.7805728

Toward authenticated caller ID transmission: The need for a standardized authentication scheme in Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation

Huahong Tu, Adam Doupe, Ziming Zhao, Gail-Joon Ahn

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Abstract

The rising prevalence of phone fraud is hurting consumers and businesses. With about a half million reports each year in the United States, phone fraud complaints have more than doubled since 2013. In the current calling line identification presentation scheme, the caller ID is trivially spoofed. Scammers are using spoofed caller IDs to trick their victims into answering unwanted calls and further a variety of scams. To provide a solution to this problem, this paper proposes an authentication scheme that provides the possibility of a security indicator for the current Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation supplementary service. The goal of this proposal is to help prevent users from falling victim to phone impersonation scams, as well as provide a foundation for future defenses to stop unwanted calls based on the caller ID information. This work will help to guide the future development of a standardized scheme in authenticating SS7 identities.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: ICTs for a Sustainable World, ITU WT 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9789261204310
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITU-WT.2016.7805728
State	Published - Jan 4 2017
Event	2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference, ITU WT 2016 - Bangkok, Thailand Duration: Nov 14 2016 → Nov 16 2016

Other

Other	2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference, ITU WT 2016
Country/Territory	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Period	11/14/16 → 11/16/16

Keywords

authentication
Caller ID
calling line identification
fraud
scam
spoofing
standardization
verification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Tu, H., Doupe, A., Zhao, Z., & Ahn, G.-J. (2017). Toward authenticated caller ID transmission: The need for a standardized authentication scheme in Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation. In Proceedings of the 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: ICTs for a Sustainable World, ITU WT 2016 Article 7805728 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITU-WT.2016.7805728

Toward authenticated caller ID transmission: The need for a standardized authentication scheme in Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation. / Tu, Huahong; Doupe, Adam; Zhao, Ziming et al.
Proceedings of the 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: ICTs for a Sustainable World, ITU WT 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. 7805728.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tu, H, Doupe, A, Zhao, Z & Ahn, G-J 2017, Toward authenticated caller ID transmission: The need for a standardized authentication scheme in Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation. in Proceedings of the 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: ICTs for a Sustainable World, ITU WT 2016., 7805728, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference, ITU WT 2016, Bangkok, Thailand, 11/14/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITU-WT.2016.7805728

Tu H, Doupe A, Zhao Z, Ahn GJ. Toward authenticated caller ID transmission: The need for a standardized authentication scheme in Q.731.3 calling line identification presentation. In Proceedings of the 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: ICTs for a Sustainable World, ITU WT 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. 7805728 doi: 10.1109/ITU-WT.2016.7805728

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