Overview of major capabilities, General, Feature keys – Netopia 6.3 User Manual

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Section 3

General

This section describes the principal features of Cayman Operating System
version 6.3. The information is grouped by usage area.

General

Feature Keys

Certain functionality in this release is controlled through software feature
keys. These keys are proprietary files with the following properties:

They are specific to the serial number of the target unit.

Once installed, and the Gateway restarted, the desired enhancement is
enabled, which then allows full access to:

Configuration

Operation

Maintenance

Administration

They will not enable the desired feature on a unit with the wrong serial
number.

They are rejected upon “Restart”, not when the file is downloaded.

Enhanced capabilities requiring a feature key include:

Tiered Operating System

Security Monitoring Log

BreakWater Basic Firewall

SafeHarbour IPSec Tunnel Termination

Overview of Major Capabilities

Section 3

Many Netopia Cayman-series Gateways ship with particular feature key
sets pre-enabled. You can check the feature keys enabled on your Gate-
way in the System Status web page. See

“System Status” on page 101.

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