Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 13:32:37 +0200 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! Message-ID: <1183634761.20050507133237@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <20050507110343.GA1647@Alex.lan> References: <20050506103934.10FA34BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <20050506105433.GA84877@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <2410174336.20050506130648@wanadoo.fr> <73834c0c2b28ff7e6a7cb7542d1e453e@chrononomicon.com> <1345420086.20050506204229@wanadoo.fr> <20050507010013.GF3564@Alex.lan> <1047713602.20050507030814@wanadoo.fr> <20050507012802.GI3564@Alex.lan> <335856051.20050507044416@wanadoo.fr> <20050507110343.GA1647@Alex.lan>
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Alex de Kruijff writes: > So? As long as your system is protected by a password nobody has a legal > defence. Unfortunately they do. For example, if they guess a user name and password and it works, they can enter your system and claim that they believed it was okay because nothing told them otherwise. You have to specifically advise them that they must be authorized, otherwise if they accidentally or deliberately enter the system through a technical compromise, they can defend themselves on this basis. > A admin that doesn't put up a warning like "breaking in is a criminal > act" is not at fault legaly or otherwise. Not at fault, perhaps, but he does leave the door open to certain types of compromises. Windows NT was developed with a specific OS feature to provide for this: it displays site-selected text at logon time and requies that the user click to acknowledge the text before logging in successfully. A great many organizations use this feature. -- Anthony
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