Any security plan must take such risks into account. Fortunately there are solutions to these threats. The most common of which is the use of traditional dialup up modem access. Modem access is good for protection session hijacking and interception access since the data path does not involve the Internet. But maintaining a secure dialup can be just as taxing and difficult as setting up secure Internet access.
Passwords are still susceptible attacks and theft and dialup systems are commonly miss-configured.
Other disadvantages of modem access is cost. Special dedicated hardware such as terminal server are necessary for maintaining dialup pools there is also the monthly cost of a dedicated bank of phone lines for the modems. Also the number of users will be limited toby the number of lines available. Some users will have to pay long-distance charges is they do not live in he local area. One time password systems offer a good defence against password attacks for both modem and Internet.