Winroute components, 4 winroute components – Kerio Tech Firewall6 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Introduction

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Figure 2.2

Disabling colliding system services during installation

Note:

1.

Upon each startup, WinRoute detects automatically whether the Windows Firewall / Inter-

net Connection Sharing is running. If it is, WinRoute stops it and makes a record in the

warning log. This helps assure that the service will be enabled/started immediately after

the WinRoute installation.

2.

On Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows

Server 2008, WinRoute registers in the Security Center automatically. This implies that

the Security Center always indicates firewall status correctly and it does not display warn-

ings informing that the system is not protected.

2.4 WinRoute Components

Kerio WinRoute consists of the three following components:

WinRoute Firewall Engine

is the core of the program that provides all services and functions. It is running as

a service in the operating system (the service is called Kerio WinRoute Firewall and it is

run automatically within the system account by default).

WinRoute Engine Monitor

Allows viewing and modification of the Engine’s status (stopped/running) and setting of

start-up preferences (i.e. whether Engine and/or Monitor should be run automatically at

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