Xref: utzoo comp.sys.dec:1397 comp.os.vms:15193
Path: 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

>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...