Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

19.4 Alerts
• Session duration.
• Kerio VPN Client version, including build number.
The following columns are hidden in the default settings of the VPN clients window (for details
on showing and hiding columns, see chapter 3.3):
• IP address — public IP address of the host which the client connects from (see the
Hostname column above).
• Client status — connecting, authenticating (Kerio Control verifies username and
password), authenticated (username and password correct, client configuration in
progress), connected (the configuration has been completed, the client can now
communicate with hosts within the local network).
Note: Disconnected clients are removed from the list automatically.
19.4 Alerts
Kerio Control enables automatic sending of messages informing the administrator about
important events. This makes the firewall administration more comfortable, since it is not
necessary to connect to the firewall via the Administration Console too frequently to view all
status information and logs (however, this does not mean that it is not worthy to do this
occasionally).
Kerio Control generates alert messages upon detection of any specific event for which alerts
are preset. All alert messages are recorded into the Alert log (see chapter 22.3). The firewall
administrator can specify which alerts will be sent to whom, as well as a format of the alerts.
Sent alerts can be viewed in Status → Alerts.
Note: SMTP relay must be set in Kerio Control (see chapter 18.3), otherwise alerting will not
work.
Alerts Settings
Alerts settings can be configured in the Alerts settings tab under Configuration → Accounting.
Figure 19.11
Kerio Control alerts
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