Understanding Web-Based Authentication
Local Web Authentication Banner
You can create a banner that will appear when you log in to a switch by using web authentication.
The banner appears on both the login page and the authentication-result pop-up pages.
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You create a banner by using the ip admission auth-proxy-banner http global configuration command.
The default banner Cisco Systems and Switch host-name Authentication appear on the Login Page. Cisco
Systems appears on the authentication result pop-up page, as shown in
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You can also customize the banner, as shown in
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Authentication Successful Banner
Add a switch, router, or company name to the banner by using the ip admission auth-proxy-banner
http banner-text global configuration command.
Add a logo or text file to the banner by using the ip admission auth-proxy-banner http file-path
global configuration command.
Chapter 11
Configuring Web-Based Authentication
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