Gateway version showing up in SSH Banner

Products

• CA API Gateway
• API SECURITY
• CA API Gateway Precision API Monitoring Module for API Gateway (Layer 7)
• CA API Gateway Enterprise Service Manager (Layer 7)
• STARTER PACK-7
• CA Microgateway

Issue/Introduction

Our security team asked us to mask version info from SSH banner (at least until user successfully logs IN). can you please advice how to fix this?

bash-4.2$ ssh [email protected]

CA API Gateway 9.4.00

[email protected] password: 

Environment

Release : 9.4

Component : API GATEWAY

Resolution

Two options: 

1. Comment out the Banner line below:

Location: /etc/ssh
vi sshd_config
Banner /etc/issue.net

OR

 

2. Change/edit the file /etc/issue.net to what you want