Compaq CIM UG Overwrites Legal Notice

From: Free, Bob (RWF4at_private)
Date: Wed Sep 01 1999 - 18:07:32 PDT

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    We discovered today that during Compaq Insight Manager upgrades to v4.23b
    they overwrite the
    HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeCaption
    and LegalNoticeText with a message to continue the installation after
    reboot. When the installation is completed after rebooting, these keys are
    cleared and your legal notice is gone.
    
    If your security policies are reliant on legal notices this is not a good
    thing. We will open an incident with Compaq in the morning but I felt this
    might be something folks should be aware of immediately since I have not
    seen it reported elswhere.
    
    Bob Free
    Sr Network Specialist
    Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Auburn, CA
    CTS/IO/DC/System Server Support
    Internal 732.5196 External 530.889.5196
    mailto:rwf4at_private
    



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