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Article #423Re: "UNWELCOME.TXT" - a better WELCOME message (and dynamic!)
From: Chris Hill
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 19:19
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 19:19
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>In article <452@marque.mu.edu> kcb@marque.UUCP (Kent Brodie) writes: >>one of the largest security "holes", as it were, is the fact that the >>default "welcome" message on VAX/VMS systems is just that-- it WELCOMES >>the user to the system. In the case of an unauthorized access to your >>precious system, the existance of this message can cause ALL SORTS of >>legal headaches, depending on your state/local laws. So I guess we'd all better take in the WELCOME mats from our front doors: the next trespasser will claim (s)he was WELCOME...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uxc!tank!eecae!shadooby!sharkey!mcf!mibte!gamma!thumper!faline!hill From: hill@faline.bellcore.com (Chris Hill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: "UNWELCOME.TXT" - a better WELCOME message (and dynamic!) Message-ID: <2270@faline.bellcore.com> Date: 12 Jun 89 19:19:18 GMT References: <452@marque.mu.edu> Reply-To: hill@faline.UUCP (Chris Hill) Distribution: usa Organization: Bellcore MRE Lines: 9