Chapter 4 Product Registration and Licensing
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## Chapter 4 Product Registration and Licensing

When purchased, Kerio WinRoute Firewall must be registered, Upon registration of the product, so called license key is generated. (the `license.key` file — see chapter 25.1 Configuration Backup and Transfer). If the key is not imported, WinRoute will behave as a full-featured trial version and its license will be limited by the expiration timeout.

This means that the trial version differs from the full WinRoute version only in the aspect whether the license has been registered or not. This gives each customer an opportunity to test and try the product in the particular environment during the 30-day period. Then, once the product is purchased, the customer can simply register the installed version by the purchased license number (see chapter 4.3 Registration of the product in the Administration Console). This means that it is not necessary to uninstall the trial version and reinstall the product.

Once the 30-day trial period expires, WinRoute cuts the speed of all network traffic of the computer where it is installed to 4 KB/s. Also, the routing is blocked (which implies that the WinRoute's host cannot be used as a gateway for the Internet). Upon registration with a valid license number (received as a response to purchase of the product), WinRoute is available with full functionality.

Note: If your license key gets lost for any reason (e.g. after the hard drive breakdown or by an accidental removal, etc.), you can simply use the basic product's purchase number to recover the license. The same method can be used also for change of the firewall's operating system (Windows / Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appliance) — the license keys cannot be used across different operating systems. If the license number gets lost, contact the Kerio Technologies sales department.

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