Contents

Introduction

Background on NGUI

Disable the Banner

Re-Enable the Banner

Introduction

This document describes the process on how to disable the New Web Interface on Security Management Appliances (SMA).

Background on NGUI

New Web Interface was introduced on SMA devices from AsyncOS 12.0 onwards. With the implementation of the feature, the user(s) were able to see a new banner on top of the web page (when they login to the legacy web interface) which upon click will route the user(s) to the New Web Interface. Representation of the banner can be seen here:

Note: Sub-command NGUIBANNER is currently available only on SMA and will not be available on Email Security Appliances (ESA).

Disable the Banner

You will have to connect to the device through the Secure Shell (SSH) session. Once you are connected, login to CLI and use command adminaccessconfig in order to disable the banner as shown here:

sma.cisco.com> adminaccessconfig

Select the operation you want to perform:

BANNER - Configure pre-login message (banner) for the appliance administrator login.

WELCOME - Configure welcome message (post-login banner) for the appliance administrator login.

IPACCESS - Configure IP-based access for appliance administrative interface.

CSRF - Configure web UI Cross-Site Request Forgeries protection.

NGUIBANNER - Enable/Disable the Next Generation User Interface Banner.

XSS - Configure Cross-Site Scripting Attack protection.

ENCRYPTCONFIG - Configure encryption of sensitive data in the appliance.

HOSTHEADER - Configure option to use host header in HTTP requests.

TIMEOUT - Configure GUI and CLI session inactivity timeout.

[]> nguibanner

The Next Generation User Interface is currently enabled.

Would you like to enable Next Generation User Interface? [Y]N.

sma.cisco.com> commit

After you commit the changes, the banner will not be visible on the GUI.

Re-Enable the Banner

For re-enabling the banner, you will have to follow the same command chain, however, this time you will have to enable the banner by typing Y as shown here:

[]> nguibanner

Next Generation User Interface is currently disabled.

Would you like to enable Next Generation User Interface ? [N]Y

sma.cisco.com> commit