Re: Warning Banner

[Yuri Csapo <ycsapo@Mines.EDU>]

Thornton Prime wrote:
> Personally, I see little utility in these warnings. My reading of the
> law surrounding computer system access suggests that there is no legal
> weight in these warnings, and that the system owner (company or
> government entity) has the right to monitor or prosecute without such
> warnings. At my last job, one of the lawyers agreed, saying that the
> real weight is in a statement in an employee handbook -- clicking an
> "OK" button on screen does not constitute a contract.
> 
> IINAL, but these banners or warnings are apparently a nuisance at best.

 From a legal standpoint, of course I agree. On the other hand from my 
administrative point of view I find them very useful. I use these things 
for everything from helpful hints for users to warnings about recent 
updates to the system.

I admin a few hundreds of Linux clients in public labs in a university 
setting, I realize not everybody will have this need.

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Yuri Csapo
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