File Menu

The file menu has five submenus:

Load--Loads current ACL from the kernel. This is useful if you have modified the ACL through other tools and want to update the configuration in skiptool.

Key Management--Defines the parameters for key usage, including when to delete an unused key (in seconds) and how much to transmit per key (in Kbytes).

SKIP Statistics--Brings up one of six statistics windows: (1) Network Interface Stats, (2) SKIP Header Stats, (3) Encryption Stats (Version 1), (4) Encryption Stats (Version 2), (5) Key Stats, or (6) Authentication Stats.

Save--Makes the configuration permanent. Before saving, it prompts you to add any systems that are in use, that have access, and that are not currently on the authorized list. The next time that you reboot this configuration is used. Quitting and restarting skiptool will not affect either saved or unsaved changes in configuration. (Another way to save the current ACL is to use the command-line tool skipif with the -s option.)

If you do not save the changes in the configuration, you can use them until the next time you reboot your machine when they will no longer be in effect.

Exit--Closes all open windows and quits SunScreen SKIP. The Statistics window will not close when you quit skiptool.