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The most basic and bare function of the WinRoute's web interface is user login to the firewall (authentication at a session initiation). The firewall is usually configured to allow access to internet services (web pages, multimedia, FTP servers, etc.) only to authenticated users. The firewall allows viewing browsing statistics of individual users (visited web pages, data volume transferred, etc.) and applies possible restrictions. To keep the manipulation as simple as possible, automatic redirection to the web interface's authentication page is usually set for cases when user attempts to access a web page without having been authenticated at the firewall. Upon a successful login, the browser redirects to the requested web page. This procedure usually takes part at the opening of the home page upon startup of user's web browser. This makes user's authentication at the firewall almost transparent.
All users, regardless their user rights, can use the web interface to:
View their daily, weekly and monthly transferred data volume quotas and their current status,
View web access restriction rules,
Set filtering of specific web items (e.g. blocking of pop-ups),
Set preferred language for the web interface and notifications and alerts sent by email (e.g. alerts on a virus detected or on reaching and exceeding the transferred data volume quota),
Change password (in specific cases only).
Users with corresponding privileges can also:
View Internet usage statistics (see chapter 3 Kerio StaR — statistics and reporting),
Dial and hang-up Internet dial-ups.