Rules

Rules are defined in the server and deployed on the client computer. A rule can be made to target at a specific IP address and/or port; or it can be made to target at a range of IP addresses and/or ports. When a connection originated from the client machine matches the rule, it will be routed through the K-Secure VPN^™ Server.

A special rule - one with the proxy field set to yes - is called a Proxy Rule. A Proxy Rule designates a VPN client as a Proxy Agent and can be used to extend the VPN so it reaches a wider scope.

Each row in the list contains the following fields:

ID: ID of the rule assigned by the system when the rule is created; ID is read-only and cannot be modified;
Group: ID of the group to which this rule belongs;
Name: plain-text name of the rule;
Min IP: minimum IP address (from the perspective of a VPN client) in the range (inclusive) targeted by the rule;
Max IP: maximum IP address (from the perspective of a VPN client) in the range (inclusive) targeted by the rule;
Min Port: minimum port number in the range (inclusive) targeted by the rule;
Max Port: maximum port number in the range (inclusive) targeted by the rule;
Server IP: IP address of the application server (from the perspective of the VPN server) to which matching connections shall be sent to;
Server Port: Port number of the application server (from the perspective of the VPN server) to which matching connections shall be sent to;
Enabled: whether this rule is enabled. If a rule is not enabled, it will be ignored by the system as if it does not exist;
Multi Conn: determines whether multiple connections shall be allowed for a process once the first connection made by the process matches the rule (e.g. in FTP);
UDP: whether this rule applies to the UDP protocol; by default a rule applies to the TCP protocol;
Proxy: whether this rule is a Proxy Rule; if set, Server IP in the rule refers to the virtual IP address of the Proxy Agent;

Mini-buttons:

Grid Lines - show or hide the grid lines in the list;
Refresh - refresh the list;
Duplicate - create a new rule based on the selected one (in Advanced Rule Editor);
Move Up - move the selected rule one line up;
Move Down - move the selected rule one line down;
Swap - exchange the positions of selected rules;
Renumber - reassign IDs to all rules;

Operations:

Click Create to launch the Create Rule Wizard;
Click Modify to launch the Modify Rule Wizard;
Click Delete to delete selected rules;
Hold down the ALT key and click a field to directly edit the value;
Right click a rule and choose Advanced Rule Editor to edit the values directly (for advanced users only);

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