[Bug 24909] Anonymity API (e.g. suppressing caller-ID)

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24909





--- Comment #15 from Andres Salomon <dilinger at collabora.co.uk>  2010-03-23 15:56:14 PST ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #12)
> > > "Headers" -> "Network" (meaning conceal network routing information etc.)
> > 
> > I went with "PersonalInfo", providing examples of "URIs, telephone numbers,
> > various informational email headers, etc".  Maybe this should be split into
> > AddressingInfo (ie, Network stuff like phone numbers, email addresses, etc) and
> > PersonalInfo (useragent headers, etc)?
> 
> It might be useful, but SIP makes no such distinction. So we've come up three
> categories to anonymize:
> 
> originator info: caller ID, From address, etc.
> network info: origin/route IP addresses, contact URI, etc.
> client info: user agent information, capabilities, etc.
> 
> The first two are matched to "user" and "headers" in SIP, and the third one can
> simply be implemented by the UAC by omitting all revealing information that
> falls under this category, since none of it requires intermediate support.
> So I vote for the three flags :)

Sounds good to me.  I threw the history-info stuff into NetworkInfo flag, as
it's close enough that I don't see much point in having a separate flag.

I also restored the InitialAnonymityMode stuff too.

> 
> > Perhaps we could make this a property on the Connection iface called
> > "DisplayName", where we leave it up to the CM whether the property is 'read' or
> > 'readwrite'?
> 
> This then sounds more like AssumedIdentity interface than Anonymity :)
> 
> For purposes of anonymity, I think it's better to let the CM scramble the ID if
> the User flag is set, and have a read-only channel property of type string, to
> inform the UI about the apparent ID.
> 

Added to the Channel iface.


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