[875] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] suspicious users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Anderson)
Wed Jul 3 16:50:37 1996
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 09:22:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gary Anderson <ganderson@clark.net>
To: poseur@gil.net
cc: Suicide Object <wvdputte@reptile.rug.ac.be>,
Peter Orbaek <poe@theory.lcs.mit.edu>,
linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, delznic@axess.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960628040725.15562B-100000@Wakko.gil.net>
On Fri, 28 Jun 1996 poseur@gil.net wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 04:12:19 -0400 (EDT)
> From: poseur@gil.net
> To: Suicide Object <wvdputte@reptile.rug.ac.be>
> Cc: Peter Orbaek <poe@theory.lcs.mit.edu>,
> linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, delznic@axess.net
> Subject: Re: [linux-security] suspicious users
>
>
> > Note: This system is for the use of authorized users only.
> > Individuals using this computer without authority,
> > or in excess of their authority, are subject to having
> > all of their activities on this system monitored and
> > recorded by system personnel.
> >
> > Tracing you is currently sponsored by Glock 17L (tm)
>
> Ummmm... admittedly I don't know nearly as much about Linux as most of
> the readers on this list, but I do know a bit about law.
>
> Stating that only those who use the computer without authority or beyond
> their authority doesn't really cut it. The reason is that it is
> necessary to look over the shoulder of those who "may" be abusing access
> in order to determine if they are indeed doing so.
>
> So, I'm afraid your disclaimer will have to be a bit more unsettling. If
> anyone is really interested in this, I'll devote a little time to write
> up something that may be a bit more bullet-proof.
>
> -Mark
>
This probably just about covers it. It is the notice used on our systems
in the office:
This system is for the use of authorized users only.
Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in
excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their
activities on this system monitored and recorded by system
personnel.
In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this
system, or in the course of system maintenance, the activities
of authorized users may also be monitored.
Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring
and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible
evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may provide the
evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials.
__
****************************************************************************
_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ | Gary Anderson
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | ganderson@clark.net
_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ | --------------------
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | finger me for my
_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | pgp public key
****************************************************************************
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion.
Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed
and color, but also on ability.
-- T. Lehrer
