Dry-Testing a Ruleset is a Ruleset offline testing method. To access the Dry-Test Current Ruleset module window, use the Main Menu Tools or Toolbar Dry-Test Current Ruleset menu command or keyboard F5.

Dry-Testing will only be available when LANProtector Manager has a Project with at least one Ruleset opened. Dry-Testing is always performed on the currently selected Ruleset in the Main Window Rulesets list. As Dry-Test Current Ruleset is not a dialog window, it can be used in parallel with the LANProtector Manager Main Window, easily switching between Projects or a Project’s Rulesets for quick testing. One of the main plusses of the Dry-Testing is that it can be used to fine-tune how a Ruleset and the list of Rules will protect the network by testing in parallel with making modifications to the Ruleset.

Network Host panel has two input test fields to identify a test network peer:

IP Address for specifying the test network peer IPv4 address to see if the address will be allowed or denied based on the currently selected Ruleset
Associate MAC Address will enable specifying the network peer’s MAC address to be paired with the specified IPv4 address; if this field is left unchecked (disabled), the testing will be performed for any MAC address

After specifying the test network peer details, use Enter keyboard key or click on the Test button to perform the test.

Result panel is test output panel and will display the current Ruleset match result of the specified test network peer; it will show the following information:

            ALLOWED or DENIED: whether the subject network peer has been allowed or denied access to the network
            Tested IP address: tested network peer IPv4 address
            Tested MAC Address: tested network peer MAC address
            Rule name: name of the Rule from the current Ruleset which was first matched by the tested network peer; if none of the Rules from the current Ruleset matches the network peer, the result will be based on the Base Ruleset Rule
            Rule state: the matched Rule state, equal to the result, either Allow or Deny
            Rule condition: textual description of the matched Rule condition describing why was the Rule matched by the tested network peer