ASA Configuration

This guide explains further configuration of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. It builds up on the previous guide that shows a simple setup.

Banners

In a Cisco ASA firewall, a banner is a message that is displayed to users who attempt to access the device. The banner message can be used to display a warning, disclaimer, legal notice, or any other message that the administrator wants users to see before they are granted access to the device.

Description
Enter into global configuration mode
Configure a message of the day banner (general information about the device can be displayed here)
Configure a login banner (displays a message before a user logs in)
Configure a banner for entering into the device manager
Exit from configuration mode
Display all active banners
Display the banner configuration
CLI Commands
configure terminal
banner motd ABC
banner login ABC
banner asdm ABC
end
show banner
show running-config banner
banner ?

LABASA01#
LABASA01# conf t
LABASA01(config)# banner ?

configure mode commands/options:
  asdm   Display a post login banner (ASDM only)
  exec   Display a banner whenever an EXEC process in initiated
  login  Display a banner before the username and password login prompts
  motd   Display a message-of-the-day banner
LABASA01(config)#
banner login

LABASA01#
LABASA01# configure terminal
LABASA01(config)# banner login HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LABASA01(config)# banner login H LOGIN BANNER H
LABASA01(config)# banner login HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LABASA01(config)# end
LABASA01#


LABASA01# show banner login
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
H LOGIN BANNER H
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LABASA01#
banner motd

LABASA01# configure terminal
LABASA01(config)# banner motd HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LABASA01(config)# banner motd H DEVICE NAME: $(hostname).$(domain) 
LABASA01(config)# banner motd H DEVICE LOCATION: ABC               
LABASA01(config)# banner motd HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LABASA01(config)# end
LABASA01#

LABASA01# show banner motd
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
H DEVICE NAME: $(hostname).$(domain) 
H DEVICE LOCATION: ABC               
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LABASA01#

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