Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C650 Guía Del Usuario
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Cisco AsyncOS 8.5 for Email User Guide
Chapter 30 Distributing Administrative Tasks
Configuring Access to the Email Security Appliance
Configuring the Web UI Session Timeout
You can specify how long a user can be logged into the Email Security appliance’s Web UI before
AsyncOS logs the user out due to inactivity. This Web UI session timeout applies to all users, including
admin, and it is used for both HTTP and HTTPS sessions.
AsyncOS logs the user out due to inactivity. This Web UI session timeout applies to all users, including
admin, and it is used for both HTTP and HTTPS sessions.
Once AsyncOS logs a user out, the appliance redirects the user’s web browser to login page.
Note
The Web UI Session Timeout does not apply to Cisco Spam Quarantine sessions, which have a 30 minute
timeout that cannot be configured.
timeout that cannot be configured.
Procedure
Step 1
Select System Administration > Network Access.
Step 2
Click Edit Settings.
Step 3
Enter the number of minutes users can be inactive before being logged out. You can define a timeout
period between 5 and 1440 minutes.
period between 5 and 1440 minutes.
Step 4
Submit and commit your changes.
Adding a Login Banner
You can configure the Email Security appliance to display a message called a “login banner” when a user
attempts to log into the appliance through SSH, Telnet, FTP, or Web UI. The login banner is
customizable text that appears above the login prompt in the CLI and to the right of the login prompt in
the GUI. You can use the login banner to display internal security information or best practice
instructions for the appliance. For example, you can create a simple note that saying that unauthorized
use of the appliance is prohibited or a detailed warning concerning the organization’s right to review
changes made by the user to the appliance.
attempts to log into the appliance through SSH, Telnet, FTP, or Web UI. The login banner is
customizable text that appears above the login prompt in the CLI and to the right of the login prompt in
the GUI. You can use the login banner to display internal security information or best practice
instructions for the appliance. For example, you can create a simple note that saying that unauthorized
use of the appliance is prohibited or a detailed warning concerning the organization’s right to review
changes made by the user to the appliance.
Use the
adminaccessconfig > banner
command in the CLI to create the login banner. The maximum
length of the login banner is 2000 characters to fit 80x25 consoles. A login banner can be imported from
a file in the
a file in the
/data/pub/configuration
directory on the appliance. After creating the banner, commit
your changes.
shows a login banner displayed on the Web UI login screen.