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Your network should already be secure; chances are your server(s) is/are powered on 24x7 so disabling WoL on PCs is hardly a security measure. If an intruder is in a position to remote boot a PC he already has access to your servers!

I find WoL an invaluable aid to doing after-hours support. Often it's difficult to get access to users' computers during their working day, and then the silly ditzes turn the machines off when they go home, leaving me no way to sort out whatever it was they wanted fixing. Magic packet to the rescue - saved me (ok, the customer) a fortune in travelling costs already.