This article applies to:

• WF 5.0.10  
• WF 5.0.20

Question:

• How does the Mobile Security Client detect if it's inside or outside the network? 

Information:

The MSC has the ability to behave differently when it detects it is on premise (within the organization) or off premise (outside the organization). In the Policy Server an on/off premise indicator can be set which consists of an IP hostname that can be resolved to a pre-defined value when the MSC is on premise, but not when off premise.

It is then possible for the client when on-premise to avoid traffic redirection altogether. This grants the on-premise security services the ability to process the end user traffic

(f.g  Getting Filtered by the internal Filter of the organization)

The MSC installed on the clients will turn off once it is able to resolve the hostname to the IP listed under the On/Off Premise Detection option.