[plug] PPP on demand

[Bret Busby]

Christian wrote:
> 
> navarre at omen.net.au wrote:
> > Unless the Linux box is performing some form of automated
> > dial and mail fetch then the power switch on the Modem also
> > makes an easy and convienent method of preventing outbound
> > dialing. No root access required, no settup,...
> 
> If you're going not going to keep the modem turned on all (or at least,
> most) of the time, why bother with dial-on-demand?  Turning on the modem
> probably requires more actual "work" than manually instructing a machine
> to dial-up via one of several ways already suggested.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christian.

If the modem is left on, continuously, doesn't that make the network more
vulnerable to unauthorised access?