Displaying an Authentication Banner

VShell will display an authentication The process of verifying that an individual truly is who he or she claims to be. Supplying a password is a very common method of authentication. The most secure method of authentication supported in VShell is public-key authentication. Related glossary terms: identity file, public-private key pair banner before allowing a client A computer or application that uses services provided by a server. to log on if you have defined an authentication banner. The following steps describes how to define an authentication banner in Windows 2000.

On Windows 2000 systems, an authentication banner can be defined for either local or group (domain) policies. For VShell to display an authentication banner, you must add the title and text to the following security policies.

     Message title for users attempting to log on

     Message text for users attempting to log on

Security policies are set in the Windows 2000 Control Panel Administration Tools in the Local Security Policy or Group Security Policy folders.

VShell will send the title and text set in the security policies to the client as an authentication banner.