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Kerio Control (Kerio WinRoute Firewall) is an award-winning UTM firewall designed to protect businesses from a comprehensive range of invasive and crippling corporate network threats.
Kerio Control’s auto-updating security layer actively detects and prevents emerging threats while providing network administrators with flexible user policy tools. This robust software also delivers comprehensive bandwidth management and QoS control, in-depth network monitoring, and secure IPsec VPN connectivity across desktops, mobile devices, and multiple sites.
Designed for corporate networks, it defends against external attacks and viruses and can restrict access to websites based on their content.
Kerio Control delivers superior network protection and intelligence, built for stability, security, and unmatched ease of management. This solution sets new benchmarks in versatility, security, and comprehensive user access control.
Kerio Control is equipped with a VPN server, optional embedded Sophos Anti-Virus, integrated customizable ISS Orange Web Filter, and user-specific Internet access management. Also provides a multi-layer architecture for protecting networks, servers, and users.
Kerio has integrated a powerful new IDS/IPS system that plays an instrumental role in detecting and preventing application exploits and malicious traffic. Similar to a built-in Sophos gateway antivirus, this IDS/IPS receives frequent automatic updates, ensuring networks are continuously shielded from emerging threats.
Intrusion Prevention System
- Signature-based bucket analysis
- IP blacklisting
- Rule management
ICSA Labs Certified Firewall
- Industry-accepted standard test criteria
- Corporate-level criteria – enforces the default security policy immediately after installation.
- Secure remote administration access – all changes to the security policy are logged.
Application Layer and Network Firewall
- Create inbound and outbound traffic policies.
- Safeguard servers using application-friendly NAT traversal, eliminating the need for a DMZ.
- Enable stateful inspection and logging of network packets and protocols.
Anti-virus Protection
- Filter viruses and worms from incoming and outgoing traffic.
- Simplify deployment with the integrated Sophos engine.
- Dual anti-virus is ready for extra protection.
Web Filter
- Block access to websites with harmful or inappropriate content
- 53 different categories of web content
- Apply categorization to traffic statistics
VPN Server
- Unlimited site-to-site connections
- Mac, Windows, and Linux VPN clients
- Clientless SSL-VPN for Windows networks
Kerio Control – Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| ✓ Comprehensive network protection: Combines firewall security, intrusion detection and prevention, and protection against malicious network traffic. | ✗ Requires dedicated resources: The software appliance needs a compatible machine, at least 4 GB of RAM, 12 GB of storage, and two Ethernet interfaces. |
| ✓ Flexible traffic management: Provides bandwidth management, Quality of Service (QoS), and customizable inbound and outbound traffic policies. | ✗ Installation can be disruptive: Installing the software appliance on a physical machine erases the existing operating system and files on the target drive. |
| ✓ Secure VPN connectivity: Supports site-to-site connections and VPN clients for Windows, macOS, and Linux. | ✗ Additional licensing costs: The antivirus and web-filter components are licensed separately, and continued software maintenance is required to receive updates released after the maintenance period expires. |
| ✓ Built-in web filtering: Blocks harmful or inappropriate websites and categorizes web content to help administrators manage internet access. | ✗ Concurrent user limits apply: An additional user license is required when more than 10 devices need to connect simultaneously. |
| ✓ Detailed network monitoring: Offers network activity monitoring, traffic statistics, and security policy logging for improved visibility and administration. | ✗ Some features may need refinement: User reviews have reported inconsistent load balancing and slower internet performance when many traffic rules are configured. These experiences may vary by network setup and workload. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Kerio Control used for?
Kerio Control is a unified threat management (UTM) firewall designed to protect business networks from external attacks, malicious traffic, and other security threats. It combines firewall protection, intrusion prevention, web filtering, VPN connectivity, and network monitoring in one solution.
Does Kerio Control include intrusion detection and prevention?
Yes. Kerio Control includes an IDS/IPS system that helps detect and prevent application exploits and malicious network traffic. Its security features include IP blacklisting, rule management, traffic inspection, and logging.
Can Kerio Control provide VPN access for remote workers?
Yes. Kerio Control includes a VPN server that supports site-to-site connections and VPN clients for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It also offers clientless SSL-VPN access for Windows networks, helping users connect securely to business resources remotely.
Can Kerio Control block websites and manage network bandwidth?
Yes. Kerio Control provides web filtering to block harmful or inappropriate websites across 53 content categories. It also includes bandwidth management, Quality of Service (QoS), traffic policies, network monitoring, and traffic statistics to help administrators control internet access and monitor network activity.
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System requirements:
Software Appliance
- CPU: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Hard drive: 12 GB HDD space for OS, product, logs, and statistics data
- Network interface: 2 Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
- HW: KerioControl is based on Linux kernel 3.16. Hardware supported by this kernel is required.
VMware Virtual Appliance
- VMware Workstation/Player 11+
- VMware Fusion 7+
- VMware ESXi / vSphere Hypervisor 5.5+
- CPU: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM assigned to the virtual machine
- Hard drive: 12 GB assigned HDD space for OS, product, logs, and statistics data
- Network interface: 2 assigned virtual network adapters
Hyper-V Virtual Appliance
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- CPU: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM assigned to the virtual machine
- Hard drive: 12 GB assigned HDD space for OS, product, logs, and statistics data
- Network interface: 2 assigned virtual network adapters
Size: 11.2 MB
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