Android routing guide
Multi-hop routing with dedicated routes
Multi-hop routing is commonly used to describe traffic passing through more than one hop. In Secureferry, those hops are checkpoints: create a dedicated route, choose its checkpoints, and assign the apps, websites, domains, or subdomains that should use it. Apps or sites not assigned to a specific route use the shared dedicated route.
What multi-hop routing means in Secureferry
Secureferry expresses multi-hop routing through checkpoints on a dedicated route. Instead of choosing from a generic server list, you build a route map, choose the checkpoints for the route, and keep the route's manifest visible before activation.
How route maps and checkpoints work
- Create a dedicated route in a route map.
- Choose checkpoints for the route.
- Set checkpoint tiers to match the route quality you need.
- Assign selected apps, websites, domains, or subdomains.
- Keep unassigned apps and sites on the shared dedicated route.
- Review the route manifest before activating routing.
- Pause or disable routing from the app when needed.
When multi-hop routing helps
- Building a dedicated route around a specific checkpoint setup.
- Testing how a selected app behaves with a chosen route.
- Sending a selected website or domain through a dedicated route.
- Keeping route choices explicit while unassigned apps and sites use the shared dedicated route.
When to upgrade
Upgrade when you need more checkpoints for multi-hop dedicated routes, more parallel routes, or more app and website assignments.
How this fits with selective routing
Assigned apps and sites can use different route locations at the same time, while unassigned apps and sites use a shared dedicated route.
Privacy and permission notes
Android shows a VPN permission prompt because Secureferry needs system-level routing access to apply route assignments on your device. Secureferry does not collect browsing history and does not read, inspect, store, or sell the contents of routed network traffic.