IC87266: POST-AUTHENTICATION BANNER SHOWS BEFORE AUTHENTICATION PROCESS HAS COMPLETED (NOT AFTER AUTHENTICATION PROCESSES).

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• SFTP user session does NOT see the Post-Authentication Banner
  AFTER logging in, the message is seen PRIOR to the
  Authentication actually happening.
  Similarly, the SFTP user does NOT actually see the
  Pre-Authentication Banner prior to authentication, however, it
  is ONLY exhibited in the debug logs on the client side as the
  Remote software version .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The SSP SFTP Post Authentication Banner appears before
  authentication is complete.
  SSP allows the administrator to supply a Pre-Authentication
  Banner Text and a Post-Authentication Banner Text in the SFTP
  adapter advanced tab.  However, the pre-authentication banner
  never appears in a client session, and the post-authentication
  banner appears prior to the prompt for password on the client
  session.
  The banners are working as designed, but are named relative to
  server authentication, which comes before client authentication
  in an SSH session.  The pre-authentication text allows the
  administrator to hide the SSH toolkit name, if desired.  The
  post-server authentication text allows the site to display some
  legal verbiage on the client screen before they are fully
  authenticated.
  

Problem conclusion

• Changed the names of the fields on the SFTP adapter advanced tab
  from
   "Pre-Authentication Banner Text"  to "SSH Server Identification
  Text"
  And "Post-Authentication Banner Text"  to  "Post-Server
  Authentication Banner Text".  The text in the Post-Server
  Authentication Banner Text is presented to the client before
  they authenticate themselves to the server.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STR SECURE PROX

• Fixed component ID

  5725D0300

Applicable component levels

• R341 PSY

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