Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

License and Registration
Note: Kerio Control administrators can also set posting of license or subscription expiration
alerts by email or SMS (see chapter 19.4).
Bubble alerts (Windows)
Seven days before the date, Kerio Control Engine Monitor starts to display the information
about number of days remaining to the subscription/license expiration several times a day (in
regular intervals).
This information is displayed until Kerio Control or any of its components stops functioning or
Kerio Control or Sophos subscription expires. The information is also stopped being displayed
immediately after the registration of the subscription or a license of a particular component
(for details, see chapter 4.4).
Notices in the Administration Console
Starting 30 days ago a subscription expiration, a warning informing about number of the days
left to the expiration or informing that the subscription has already expired is displayed upon
each login. The warning also contains a link to the Kerio Technologies website where you can
find detailed subscription information as well as order subscription for an upcoming period.
The warning stops being displayed when a license number of a new subscription is registered
(refer to chapter 4.4).
Notification in the web interface
This notification is displayed for time-limited licenses (e.g. NFR license) or time-limited
versions (Beta ans RC versions). Starting on day seven before Kerio Control expiration upon
opening of a web page in the Internet, the browser gets redirected to a special page of the
firewall’s web interface. This page informs user about number of days remaining to the
product expiration date. On the day of expiration, time remaining to the automatic stoppage
of Kerio Control Engine is displayed.
Note: Final versions with valid “standard” license is not limited by time.
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