I have been on this mailing list for a while and was the person who started
a monstrous discussion due to a DCOM problem I've got here. Anyway, what I
am trying to find out are NT networks being hacked. Do any of you have
direct experience with someone breaking into your network and either
destroying it or causing you/your company untold thousands of dollars in
damages? I'm not asking about problems like "Melissa" but situations like
someone tapping into the PDC and hacking the user and server databases or
actually stealing SQL type data. I guess you could say I'm doing my own low
level "risk assessment" to better help the company avoid problems as they
begin developing apps to run on the Internet. There is just so much hype
from FW vendors, virus vendors (oops, Freudian slip)  and "protect my
network at all costs" zealots that I don't have a  feel for the real-life
problems of using the Internet. I installed the first Internet connection
here about 3 years ago and truthfully we've not had any problems directly
caused by Internet access other than the occasional crap that'll come
through E-Mail. Even Melissa never showed up here. 
I am very curious to hear of any real-world horror stories especially
related to NT networks and possibly financial business. We are an Insurance
company with plans to allow agents access to data on the internal network. I
have 12,000 internal users and eventually will have 5 T1 connections across
the country through the same ISP. I'm trying to avoid using nuclear force to
stop a herd of turtles. 

Thanks.
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