Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 7.0 Feature Reference page 663

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
Feature Reference 555-670-110
Features
Remote Access
Factory Settings
ARS FRL for Barrier Codes
or Lines/Trunks
Autoqueuing
Restriction for Barrier
Codes or Lines/Trunks
Maintenance/Programming
Barrier Code
Redirect Destination for
Calls to Unassigned
Numbers
Remote Access Code
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SECURITY ALERT:
Security of Your System. As a customer of a new communications
system, you should be aware that telephone toll fraud is an increasing
problem. Telephone toll fraud can occur in many forms, despite the
numerous efforts of telephone companies and telephone equipment
manufacturers to control it. Some individuals use electronic devices to
prevent or falsify records of these calls. Others charge calls to someone
else's number by illegally using lost or stolen calling cards, billing innocent
parties, clipping on to someone else's line, and breaking into someone
else's telephone equipment physically or electronically. In certain instances,
unauthorized individuals make connections to the telephone network
through the use of remote access features.
The Remote Access feature of your system, if you choose to use it, permits
off-premises callers to access the system from a remote telephone by using
an 800 number or a 7- or 10-digit telephone number. The system returns an
acknowledgment signaling you to key in your barrier code, which is selected
and programmed by the system manager. After the barrier code is
accepted, the system returns a dial tone to you. If restrictions are not in
place, you can place any call normally dialed from a telephone within the
system. Such an off-premises network call is originated at, and will be billed
from, the system location.
The Remote Access feature, as designed, helps the customer, through
proper programming, to minimize the ability of unauthorized persons to gain
access to the network. Most commonly, telephone numbers and codes are
compromised when overheard in a public location, through theft of a wallet
or purse containing access information, or through carelessness (writing
codes on a piece of paper and improperly discarding it). Additionally,
hackers may use a computer to dial an access code and then publish the
information to other hackers. Enormous charges can be run up quickly. It is
the customer's responsibility to take the appropriate steps to properly
implement the features, evaluate and program the various restriction levels,
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Disabled
Outward-Restricted
In Release 3.0 and later systems, there is no default barrier
code. In Release 2.1 and earlier systems, the default barrier
code is 16.
Primary Operator
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