Configuring a notice and consent banner

Some organizations are required to display a notice and consent banner when users log on to the application. These notices may contain the Standard Mandatory DoD-approved content that users need to read and agree before accessing the application. TrueSight Automation Console enables administrators to set up a banner to comply with your organizations standards. 

This topic provides the instructions to set up such a notice banner, which is displayed every time a user logs on to TrueSight Automation Console. 

Before you begin

Before setting up a notice banner, as an administrator ensure that the following tasks are complete: 

• The notice content is created, in an HTML format, and saved as a .txt file.

  Sample notice content   Expand source

  <h1>Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent </h1>
  <p>You are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USGauthorized use only.<br> By using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions:
  <ul class="ul-left-aligned">
     <li>The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense,<br>personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.</li>
     <li>At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.</li>
     <li>Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring,interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG authorized purpose.</li>
     <li>This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG<br>interests - not for your personal benefit or privacy.</li>
     <li>Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants.Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details.</li>
  </ul>
  </p>

• Permissions to configure settings on the TrueSight Server Automation Application Server are obtained.
  For more information about how to change the basic Application Server settings, see  Changing the basic Application Server settings  in TrueSight Server Automation online documentation. 

Setting up notice banner for TrueSight Automation Console

You must set up the banner on the host where the TrueSight Server Automation Application Server is installed. 

1. Place the notice text file on a host where the TrueSight Server Automation Application Server is installed. 

2. Start the blasadmin utility to access the Application Server Administration console.
   For details, see  Starting the Application Server Administration console  in TrueSight Server Automation online documentation. 

3. Run the following command to set the banner.
   

   set auth IsNoticeAndConsentBannerEnabled true

4. Run the following command to specify the name and location of the notice and consent banner file. 

   set auth NoticeAndConsentBannerPathName "C:<path>\<filename>"

   Example:

   set auth NoticeAndConsentBannerPathName "C:\NoticeAndConsentBanner\noticeAndConsentBanner.txt"

   The banner is set and is displayed every time a user logs on to TrueSight Automation Console. 

   Do I need to restart the Application Server after running the set commands?

   No. You do not need to restart the Application Server after running the set commands. However, if you update the file or make any changes to the banner file on the Application Server, you must run the

   set authNoticeAndConsentBannerPathName command for the changes to take effect.