Kerio Control — Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Configuring the Kerio Control web interface
Using HTTP for access to web interface
Kerio Control Web Interface is encrypted with SSL by default. If you need to switch to the
HTTP connection:
1. Go to the administration interface.
2. In Advanced Options → Web Interface, uncheck Force SSL secured connection.
Unchecking of this option is a security risk.
3. Click Apply.
Using a specified hostname
The default hostname of Kerio Control is control. If Kerio Control is a member of a domain
(e.g. example.com), complete hostname will be control.example.com.
If Kerio Control is not a member of a domain, the hostname will be only control. In this
case a problem could occur on older operating systems (e.g. Windows XP). Users cannot
authenticate Kerio Control because the operating system is not able to read a one-word
hostname. These operating systems need a hostname with at least two words separated by a
dot (e.g. control.mycompany).
If you want to change the hostname, use the following steps:
1. In the administration interface, go to Advanced Options → Web Interface.
2. Select Use specified hostname and type a hostname (for example
firewall.mycompany.com).
3. Click Apply.
Changing a SSL certificate
The principle of an encrypted Kerio Control web interface is based on the fact that all
communication between the client and server is encrypted with SSL. For this reason you need
a valid SSL certificate (see article Configuring SSL certificates in Kerio Control).
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