Timing of banner

[Scott Neugroschl]

Quoth Bob Rasmussen:
> 
> A user at a Windows PC uses our SSH client software (Anzio) to access
a
> Linux sshd. User would like the banner from the server to display
> BEFORE
> entering a login name.
> 
> According to the SSH spec, this should be allowed. But the OpenSSH
> source
> seems to have specifically prevented this. Is there a good reason for
> this?
> 



Please see the "Banner" option in sshd_config(5).