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Forwarding Cypherpunks mail by: gwright@xxxxxxxxxx (Gary
Wright) on Wed, 23 Nov  2:6  PM
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John Young (posted Brian's post on c'punks) writes:

> 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.

I thought this all looked familiar.  On page 203 of Firewalls
and  Internet Security (ISBN 0-201-63357-4), the Department of
Justice  Advice on Keystroke Logging is reprinted.  It suggests
using the  text shown above as an appropriate banner to warn
users about  monitoring.  The text above is verbatim from the
DOJ document.  In  fact, I used similar language to CMA in the
contract my company  uses for providing Internet services.