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Rules in your network

Decide who may reach what in your network: “Who → Where → What”. What no rule allows is not allowed.

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Who → Where → What

Under “Rules” you decide per network who may reach what. The page has two lists: the devices in the network, and the local networks including the internet through the exit.

  • Until the network has rules of its own, the default applies
  • On the first save the default becomes rules in the network

Build a rule

The editor asks for a name, who the rule covers (all devices or single ones), where it applies and what is allowed. If something is missing, the field says what.

  • What: everything, ping, TCP or UDP, also with a port or port range
  • Optionally an expiry date
  • It applies only once you save; with DeskRanger Secure with one confirmation

Groups of devices

A group is a name with the devices in it; a device may be in several. In a rule you pick groups like single devices, for example “Office → Server, port 22 only”.

  • DeskRanger saves groups and rules together: a single confirmation
  • You delete a group used in a rule only after you have changed the rule
  • You create groups on Mac, Windows and Linux; phones show them in rules

Check beforehand

The test card below the lists answers beforehand whether a device may reach a target. It names the rule that decides and the path it would take.

  • If the default decides, it says so; otherwise the rule with number and name
  • The page names which device needs an update before you can save

How far rules reach

Rules protect against mistakes and against devices that cannot sign. They do not protect against a person holding a device with an approval key of your account.

  • The page itself says so in a notice
  • On iPhone, iPad and Android rules have a screen of their own

Still to come Coming soon

  • Writing rules as text
  • Rules by person and role, with Team

Everything step by step, for every platform:

Network: your devices under simple names

Frequently asked questions

What applies if I do not create any rule?

Then the default applies. On the first save it becomes rules in the network, and you can adjust it or restore the default.

What do rules cost?

Simple rules are free.

Better together.

Your own network

Your devices reach each other under simple names and fixed addresses, end-to-end encrypted and only among themselves. You do not need to open anything on your router.

Home network on the go

You reach the NAS, printer or camera at home from anywhere through one of your computers as the gateway. The devices in the home network do not need DeskRanger.

Go online through your home

On hotel or café Wi-Fi you go online through one of your own computers, as if you were at home. The path there is encrypted, with no third-party VPN provider.