Check or Attack Name: Legal Notice

The legal notice is not enabled at logon. Your security policy may require a warning notice that details site security policy.

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Add a legal notice to appear at logon:

1. Open Registry Editor. From the Windows NT Start menu, select Run, type regedt32, and click OK.
2. Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon key.
3. Add text to both the LegalNoticeCaption and LegalNoticeText values. The LegalNoticeText value is limited to 255 characters. Both values must be set, or the notice will not be displayed.
4. Reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.

If you have access to the System Policy Editor, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article "How to: Specify logon banner" at http://support.microsoft.com/support/ntserver/serviceware/10141617.asp.

See CERT Advisory CA-92.19 "Keystroke Logging Banner" at http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-92.19.Keystroke.Logging.Banner.Notice.html for suggestions about notice banners.

CERT Advisory CA-92.19, Keystroke Logging Banner, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-92.19.Keystroke.Logging.Banner.Notice.html