Re: Network proximity warning

["Micheal Espinola Jr" <michealespinola () gmail com>]

On 8/3/06, Eric Moakley <moakley.eric () gmail com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for Legal notices issued
> by Network devices.  My company is currently looking for notices to
> add to our security policy notifying any intruder that they have
> entered secure space designated for company use.  This is to be
> implemented on the firewalls, routers, and switches as well as a
> notice upon successful log on to our AD server.  Does anyone have any
> setup similar to this or experience relating to its use/usefulness as
> an addition to security policies?  Or does anyone have any suggestions
> as to the content of such a warning?

I don't know how well this information still stands, but it was
debated a long time ago that any banner that had verbiage that
indicated a cordial greeting of invitation (such as the word "welcome"
in it) could prove legally challenging against probing connections or
people claiming to be innocently inspecting a public Internet node -
thus (as far as I am aware) it has long been cautioned against.

Here is a baseline message I use on all equipment within my supervision:

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UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THIS NETWORK DEVICE IS PROHIBITED.

You must have explicit authorized permission to access or configure this
device. All activities performed on this device may be logged, and violations
of this policy may result in disciplinary action and may be reported to law
enforcement authorities. There is no right to privacy on this device.
--------------------

HTH - it certainly cant hurt...

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ME2

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