Settings Protection

You can protect Host settings with a password. This will prevent unauthorized modification of the settings by the remote user.

Important!

Do not confuse the settings protection password with the single password security password.


Turn on settings protection

  1. Right-click the Host icon in the system tray and select Settings for Host: Settings for Host
  2. Go to Settings protection and select Password protect settings: Settings protection tab
  3. Enter and confirm the new password. Click OK. Select settings protection checkbox
  4. [Optional] You can protect Internet ID settings and callback settings by selecting the respective check boxes: Protect Internet-ID and callback
  5. Click OK to close the settings window.

Change protection password

In order to change the settings protection password:

  1. Right-click the Host icon in the system tray and select Settings for Host: Settings for Host
  2. When prompted, enter your current settings protection password and click OK: Unlock settings
  3. Go to Settings protection and click Set password: Go to Settings protection
  4. Enter the old password, enter and confirm a new password: Set new password
  5. Click OK and close the Host settings window

Turn off settings protection

If you no longer need to protect the settings on this Host, you can remove password protection:

  1. Right-click the Host icon in the system tray and select Settings for Host: Settings for Host
  2. When prompted, enter your current settings protection password and click OK: Unlock settings
  3. Go to Settings protection tab and clear the Password protect settings checkbox: Uncheck settings protection
  4. Enter your current settings protection password and click OK: Enter settings protection password
  5. Note that the information message changes to "Settings are not password protected": Settings protection disabled
  6. Click OK to close the Host settings.
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