Cynthia D. Bridges-Fowler wrote:
 
>......  While I don't know what a "welcome" message on Brian's system
>might say, we've been advised here not to include the word "welcome" or
>any other word that could be construed as "welcoming" anyone onto our
>system due to a court case regarding hacking that was thrown out.
>Apparently, the site that was hacked had a "welcome" message, so the
>court said since they "welcomed" the hacker onto their system, they
>could not seek damages for the mischief he caused. A word to the wise....
 
True fact.  I think it was a DOD-wide directive that came out like
 a couple years ago, telling system managers to scrub the word
"welcome" & etc. from logon screens;  for exactly the reason that
Cynthia mentions...
 
.......  So if I hang a sign that says "Welcome" on the side of my
house, and I happen to forget to lock the front door one day,
can someone can walk in and totally trash the place, and still
say that I invited them in ??.......  Only in America, with 10+ times
the number of per-capita lawyers than Japan.....
 
Ken Sletten