> On the other hand, users setting up their own
dial-in
> modems at their desks is virtually impossible to
> "implement, configure, and manage/monitor 
> appropriately".

Actually, it's not all that difficult.  Configure the
phone switch such that those dial-out lines that you
do need do not havd DiDs, and cannot be dialed into. 
Then, get yourself something like my mdmchk.pl to scan
for installed modem drivers on desktops.

> The "Lioten" worm that struck in early December used

> a short list of trivial passwords such as "12345".

Another excellent example of how a relatively 'dumb'
piece of computer code can run the Internet and
outsmart the admins...





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