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Chapter 16
Remote Administration and Update Checks
16.1 Setting Remote Administration
Remote administration can be either permitted or denied by definition of the appropriate
traffic rule. Traffic between WinRoute and Administration Console is performed by TCP and
UDP protocols over port 44333 . The definition can be done with the predefined service KWF
Admin .
If WinRoute includes only traffic rules generated by the wizard, remote administration is avail-
able through all interfaces except the one which is used for Internet connection and where
NAT is enabled (see chapter 7.1 ). This means that remote administration is available from all
local hosts.
How to allow remote administration from the Internet
In the following example we will demonstrate how to allow WinRoute remote administration
from some Internet IP addresses.
• Source — group of IP addresses from which remote administration will be allowed.
For security reasons it is not recommended to allow remote administration from an
arbitrary host within the Internet (this means: do not set
Source
as the Web interface).
•
Destination — Firewall (host where WinRoute is running)
• Service — KWF Admin (predefined service— WinRoute administration)
• Action — Permit (otherwise remote administration would be blocked)
• Translation — Because the engine is running on the firewall there is no need for trans-
lation.
Figure 16.1 Traffic rule that allows remote administration