war dialers, are they a current threat?

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

Do folks here consider war dialers a real threat in this day in age?

How would others respond to a request in install a modem for dialup access
to a server that one cannot secure becuase:

1)  There's no compiler to install tools to try and secure the system


2)  You are supposed to make this soft chewy available to the whole inside
network

Being that your pbx has no dialback feature, what's the best way to
protect such a setup, if there is one?


Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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