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It's my understanding that such login banners are used to provide support for prosecution efforts, should someone break in and claim they did not know that access by random people was prohibited.

I would hope nobody thinks such warning messages are an adequate substitute for human-based and technology-based security measures, any more than wearing garlic cloves or putting up "no guns allowed" signs are replacements for being wary of vampires and armed criminals.



Yes, there was a case in which a system had "Welcome to XXX" as a banner, and their attempts to prosecute a cracker failed because of this.


That's going to need a citation.




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