Orange box
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An orange box is a piece of hardware
or software that emulates caller ID
FSK
signals to spoof
caller ID information on the target's caller ID terminal. It takes advantage of call waiting caller ID (also called off-hook caller ID) by mimicking the phone company's central office equipment and sending the call waiting tone followed by the audible caller ID data. An orange box can also be used to spoof the initial Caller ID information sent after an incoming call rings, if the user has direct access to the target's phone line. One proposal to accomplish this involves an orange box used in conjunction with a magenta box
, which in combination is called a vermilion box
.
Alternatively, in software engineering
an orange box is any mechanism that records the sequence of events leading to a crash
, probably by analogy to the flight data recorder
(FDR) in airplanes, which is typically housed in an orange box (to ensure visibility in the wreckage after a crash). Curiously, the FDR itself is popularly (if misleadingly) known as a "black box"; possibly the term "orange box" was adopted in software engineering because "black box" already had a different meaning (see black box testing
).
Hardware
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores....
or software that emulates caller ID
Caller ID
Caller ID , also called calling line identification or calling number identification or Calling Line Identification Presentation , is a telephone service, available in analog and digital phone systems and most Voice over Internet Protocol applications, that transmits a caller's number to...
FSK
Frequency-shift keying
Frequency-shift keying is a frequency modulation scheme in which digital information is transmitted through discrete frequency changes of a carrier wave. The simplest FSK is binary FSK . BFSK uses a pair of discrete frequencies to transmit binary information. With this scheme, the "1" is called...
signals to spoof
Forgery
Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the intent to deceive. Copies, studio replicas, and reproductions are not considered forgeries, though they may later become forgeries through knowing and willful misrepresentations. Forging money or...
caller ID information on the target's caller ID terminal. It takes advantage of call waiting caller ID (also called off-hook caller ID) by mimicking the phone company's central office equipment and sending the call waiting tone followed by the audible caller ID data. An orange box can also be used to spoof the initial Caller ID information sent after an incoming call rings, if the user has direct access to the target's phone line. One proposal to accomplish this involves an orange box used in conjunction with a magenta box
Magenta box
A magenta box is a device used to simulate an incoming call by applying the AC ringing signal voltage to a POTS line to make the telephones on that line ring...
, which in combination is called a vermilion box
Vermilion box
The vermilion box is a hypothetical portable improvised line emulator.Its function is to spoof not only caller ID but every other aspect of an incoming telephone call, including ringing and DC line voltage...
.
Alternatively, in software engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
an orange box is any mechanism that records the sequence of events leading to a crash
Crash (computing)
A crash in computing is a condition where a computer or a program, either an application or part of the operating system, ceases to function properly, often exiting after encountering errors. Often the offending program may appear to freeze or hang until a crash reporting service documents...
, probably by analogy to the flight data recorder
Flight data recorder
A flight data recorder is an electronic device employed to record any instructions sent to any electronic systems on an aircraft. It is a device used to record specific aircraft performance parameters...
(FDR) in airplanes, which is typically housed in an orange box (to ensure visibility in the wreckage after a crash). Curiously, the FDR itself is popularly (if misleadingly) known as a "black box"; possibly the term "orange box" was adopted in software engineering because "black box" already had a different meaning (see black box testing
Black box testing
Black-box testing is a method of software testing that tests the functionality of an application as opposed to its internal structures or workings . Specific knowledge of the application's code/internal structure and programming knowledge in general is not required...
).