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How To Use the Network Recovery Link With BetterShield?

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Generate the one-time network recovery link, start a one-hour network pause, and replace or end it safely.

In BetterShield, use Network Admin › BetterShield › Network › Recovery link for the network.

What it does

Generate recovery link creates a link shown once. It works once and lasts 90 days. Opening it pauses BetterShield enforcement on every site for one hour. A site’s own recovery link pauses only that site.

After use, BetterShield issues a replacement to the network administration address. Generate a new link invalidates the previous one. End the pause now ends an active network pause on every site.

Generate the link, store it offline, and verify that the network administration address is monitored. Do not open it as a routine test because use consumes it and starts the pause.

Network recovery card with Generate recovery link and its network-wide effect.
The network link is a separate recovery path above any individual site's link.

Keep the link in the same controlled emergency process as hosting and domain recovery. Regenerate it after staff access changes.

What it can break and how to undo

Anyone holding the link can start the one-hour pause. Generate a new link to invalidate a suspected copy. Use End the pause now after recovery work.

Final Outcome

The card should show that a link is on record and when it expires. Confirm replacement email delivery through the network administration mailbox after an authorized real use.

Network recovery card with Generate recovery link and its network-wide effect.
Example Network recovery link view. Check the saved values and status on your own site.

This is how you can use the network recovery link with BetterShield.

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