Four steps are to be followed during registration of the Kerio Personal Firewall:

Step 1 — registration number

Insert the number which was delivered to you when you purchased the product (Registration key).

Figure 3.4. Registration wizard — Inserting registration number

Click Next to make Kerio Personal Firewall establish connection with the registration server and check whether the number is valid. The registration cannot be completed unless a  valid registration number is used.

If connection with the registration server cannot be established (the computer cannot connect directly to the Internet, the traffic is blocked by another firewall, etc.), the wizard provides a link to the Kerio Technologies Website, where the product can be also registered.

Step 2 — contact information

In Step 2, basic information on the company or person which the firewall is registered to is required.

Figure 3.5. Registration wizard — Contact information

The Company / Name, Country and Email items are required. The other items are optional.

Step 3 — subscription

Specify purchase numbers of your subscription(s).

Figure 3.6. Registration wizard — Subscription

Use the Subscriptions textbox to add one or more purchase number obtained against your subscription purchase. Added numbers can be edited or removed. Click Next to register all specified numbers.

Upon clicking on the Next button, Kerio Personal Firewall establishes connection with the registration server, verifies inserted data and downloads the license key automatically (certificate).

Step 4 — finish registration process

Results of the registration process are displayed in Step 4.

Figure 3.7. Registration wizard — Information about finish registration process

Date and time of the subscription expiration is provided (time to which the user can update the product for free). If the license is time-limited, date and time of product expiration are also displayed (the License expires item).

Click Finish to close the wizard.

Note: The Personal Firewall GUI component is restarted automatically upon finishing of the registration process. This enables all features which are not available in the unregistered version.