2011
02.27

Legal Disclaimers and Login Banners

Category: Cisco, Linux, Management, Security / Tag: ,  / Add Comment

It’s always a good idea to display legal disclaimers and banners at login of any publicly accessable servers/routers. While it may or may not deter any would be intruders it will certainly improve your chances of prosecution in court should you ever find yourself in that position.

CISCO LOGIN BANNER
configure terminal
banner motd

LINUX – VIRTUAL CONSOLE BANNER
sudo nano /etc/issue

LINUX – SSH LOGIN BANNER
sudo nano /etc/motd

Under Ubuntu Linux it might be necessary to remove the symbolic link from /etc/motd -> /var/run/motd and link a new motd file to /etc/motd

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  1. Terry Bald said: 2013.04.02 13:39

    Considering how many people could hack into your website or system, this reminder is very enlightening. If you have this sign of privacy, then you have every right to make the one at fault receive the punishment that he or she deserves.

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