Forwarding Design-L mail by: <carr0023@GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU> () on Nov 23 ------------------- This message revealed itself yesterday on my shell account. This could be some arbitrary law going down in the present, even worse than the McCarthy era witchunt. So much silence, even for academic concerns, and system administrators decide whom to prosecute for relevance. _________________________________________________________________ ___________ UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (gold.tc.umn.edu) This system is for the use of authorized account holders 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 routine system maintenance, the activities of authorized account holders 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 gathered to law enforcement officials.
-warning banner deleted- this is a mesg that appeared in the may/june 1993 InfoSECURITY NEWS "Legal Beat" column. it is supposedly recommended by the U.S. Justice Department to avoid violation of the ECPA. i got this info from the docs that came with UltraSHIELD, a security program for Macintoshes. the warning also 'showed up' one day on this acct which i found a bit disturbing but then realized where it came from after getting the mac security program. oh, i suppose i should say who the hell i am. my name is patrick finerty. i'm a fourth year grad student in biochemisty at the university of utah. this is an alum acct i have through seattle university and i can also be reached at the accts below. -pat finerty biochem grad student, u of utah finger for pgp key finerty@msscc.med.utah.edu pfinerty@nyx10.cs.du.edu pfinerty@seattleu.edu
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