Helping Users with Basic Client Operations

Users can do basic client operations from the client icon. Click the icon and select a command.

Note - The options from the client icon are different based on the client's status and configuration.

Command

Function

Connect

Opens the primary connection window, with the last active site selected. If the user authenticates with a certificate, the client immediately connects to the selected site.

Connect to

Opens the primary connection window.

VPN Options

Opens the Options window to set a proxy server and select an interface language.

Shutdown Client

Closes the Client.

An open VPN is closed. A background daemon continues to run. To stop the daemon, run: sudo launchctl stop com.checkpoint.epc.service.

If you close Endpoint Security VPN and stop the service, the desktop firewall continues to enforces the security policy.