Index: t3lib/stddb/tbl_be.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/stddb/tbl_be.php	(revision 8742)
+++ t3lib/stddb/tbl_be.php	(revision )
@@ -820,4 +820,77 @@
 	)
 );
 
+
+/**
+ * System News (displayed on Login screen)
+ */
+$TCA['sys_news'] = array(
+	'ctrl' => $TCA['sys_news']['ctrl'],
+	'interface' => array(
+		'showRecordFieldList' => 'hidden,title,content,starttime,endtime'
+	),
+	'columns' => array(
+		'hidden' => array(
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_general.xml:LGL.disable',
+			'exclude' => 1,
+			'config' => array(
+				'type' => 'check',
+				'default' => '0'
+			)
+		),
+		'starttime' => array(
+			'exclude' => 1,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_general.xml:LGL.starttime',
+			'config' => array(
+				'type' => 'input',
+				'size' => '8',
+				'max' => '20',
+				'eval' => 'date',
+				'checkbox' => '0',
+				'default' => '0'
+			)
+		),
+		'endtime' => array(
+			'exclude' => 1,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_general.xml:LGL.endtime',
+			'config' => array(
+				'type' => 'input',
+				'size' => '8',
+				'max' => '20',
+				'eval' => 'date',
+				'checkbox' => '0',
+				'default' => '0'
+			)
+		),
+		'title' => array(
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_general.xml:LGL.title',
+			'config' => array(
+				'type' => 'input',
+				'size' => '30',
+				'max' => '255',
+				'eval' => 'required'
+			)
+		),
+		'content' => array(
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_general.xml:LGL.text',
+			'config' => array(
+				'type' => 'text',
+				'cols' => '48',
+				'rows' => '5'
+			)
+		)
+	),
+	'types' => array(
+		'1' => array('showitem' => '
+			hidden, title, content,
+			--div--;LLL:EXT:cms/locallang_tca.xml:sys_news.tabs.access, starttime, endtime'
+		)
+	)
+);
+
+
+
+
+
+
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: typo3/sysext/lang/locallang_tca.xml
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/lang/locallang_tca.xml	(revision 6833)
+++ typo3/sysext/lang/locallang_tca.xml	(revision )
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
 			<label index="sys_language">Website Language</label>
 			<label index="sys_language.isocode">Select Official Language (ISO code):</label>
 			<label index="sys_language.flag">Select flag icon:</label>
+			<label index="sys_news">System News</label>
+			<label index="sys_news.tabs.access">Access</label>
 			<label index="sys_workspace">Workspace</label>
 			<label index="editlock">Restrict editing by non-Admins:</label>
 		</languageKey>
Index: typo3/index.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/index.php	(revision 8742)
+++ typo3/index.php	(revision )
@@ -560,6 +560,19 @@
 	function makeLoginNews() {
 		$newsContent = '';
 
+		$systemNews = $this->getSystemNews();
+		if (is_array($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['loginNews'])) {
+			/** @deprecated since 4.5. Use system news records instead. */
+			t3lib_div::logDeprecatedFunction();
+
+			$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['loginNews'] = array_merge(
+				$systemNews,
+				$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['loginNews']
+			);
+		} else {
+			$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['loginNews'] = $systemNews;
+		}
+
 			// Traverse news array IF there are records in it:
 		if (is_array($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['loginNews']) && count($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['loginNews']) && !t3lib_div::_GP('loginRefresh')) {
 
@@ -579,7 +592,7 @@
 				$newsItemMarker = array(
 					'###HEADER###'  => htmlspecialchars($newsItem['header']),
 					'###DATE###'    => htmlspecialchars($newsItem['date']),
-					'###CONTENT###' => trim($newsItem['content']),
+					'###CONTENT###' => t3lib_div::removeXSS(trim($newsItem['content'])),
 					'###CLASS###'	=> $additionalClass
 				);
 
@@ -597,6 +610,40 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Gets news from sys_news and converts them into a format suitable for
+	 * showing them at the login screen.
+	 *
+	 * @return	array	An array of login news.
+	 */
+	protected function getSystemNews() {
+		$systemNewsTable = 'sys_news';
+		$systemNews      = array();
+
+		$systemNewsRecords = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTgetRows(
+			'title, content, crdate',
+			$systemNewsTable,
+			'1=1' .
+				t3lib_BEfunc::BEenableFields($systemNewsTable) .
+				t3lib_BEfunc::deleteClause($systemNewsTable),
+			'',
+			'crdate DESC'
+		);
+
+		foreach ($systemNewsRecords as $systemNewsRecord) {
+			$systemNews[] = array(
+				'date'    => date(
+					$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['ddmmyy'],
+					$systemNewsRecord['crdate']
+				),
+				'header'  => $systemNewsRecord['title'],
+				'content' => $systemNewsRecord['content']
+			);
+		}
+
+		return $systemNews;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Returns the form tag
 	 *
 	 * @return	string		Opening form tag string
Index: t3lib/stddb/tables.sql
===================================================================
--- t3lib/stddb/tables.sql	(revision 8873)
+++ t3lib/stddb/tables.sql	(revision )
@@ -426,3 +426,23 @@
   PRIMARY KEY (uid),
   KEY parent (pid)
 );
+
+#
+# Table structure for table 'sys_news'
+#
+CREATE TABLE sys_news (
+  uid int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  pid int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  tstamp int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  crdate int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  cruser_id int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  deleted tinyint(3) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  hidden tinyint(4) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  starttime int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  endtime int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+  title varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+  content mediumtext,
+
+  PRIMARY KEY (uid),
+  KEY parent (pid)
+);
Index: t3lib/stddb/tables.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/stddb/tables.php	(revision 8832)
+++ t3lib/stddb/tables.php	(revision )
@@ -425,6 +425,34 @@
 
 
 
+/**
+ * Table "sys_news":
+ * Holds news records to be displayed in the login screen
+ * This is only the 'header' part (ctrl). The full configuration is found in t3lib/stddb/tbl_be.php
+ */
+$TCA['sys_news'] = array(
+	'ctrl' => array(
+		'label' => 'title',
+		'tstamp' => 'tstamp',
+		'crdate' => 'crdate',
+		'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xml:sys_news',
+		'cruser_id' => 'cruser_id',
+		'adminOnly' => TRUE,
+		'rootLevel' => TRUE,
+		'delete' => 'deleted',
+		'enablecolumns' => array(
+			'disabled'  => 'hidden',
+			'starttime' => 'starttime',
+			'endtime'   => 'endtime'
+		),
+		'default_sortby' => 'crdate DESC',
+		'typeicon_classes'  => array(
+			'default' => 'mimetypes-x-sys_news',
+		),
+		'dynamicConfigFile' => 'T3LIB:tbl_be.php',
+		'versioningWS_alwaysAllowLiveEdit' => TRUE
+	)
+);