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Date: | Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:58:26 GMT |
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In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] says...
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>At a seminar on security about a year or so ago, the speaker mentioned
>that, in a (then) recent computer hacker lawsuit, the hacker was ACQUITTED
>because, on the organization's computer, the word "Welcome" appeared in
>the system's welcome message. That might be stretching things a bit from
>our standpoint, yet that is exactly how the judge viewed it. So since we
>don't want to find ourselves in the same position as the lawsuit's
>organization, we've removed 'WELCOME' from all of our machines. Our
>"welcome message" says simply:
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> ******************************************
> * *
> * Kansas City, Kansas Public Library *
> * *
> ******************************************
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I wonder, then, how they would interpret the word "Public" in your banner as
well.
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Mark Landin
T. D. Williamson, Inc.
UNIX Sys. Admin
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