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About the Application Signatures Page

To access this page, select Shared Services > Objects > Applications.

Use the Application Signatures page to view application signatures that are already downloaded and to create, modify, clone, and delete application signatures and signature groups. The Application Signatures page displays the name, object type, category and subcategory, risk associated with, and characteristics of the signature. You can create custom application and application group with a set of similar signatures for consistent reuse when defining policies.

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following tasks from this page:

  • Add an application signature. See Add Application Signatures.

  • Modify, clone, or delete an application signature. See Edit, Clone, and Delete Application Signatures.

  • Add an application signature group. See Add Custom Application Signature Groups.

  • Modify, clone, or delete an application signature group. See Edit, Clone, and Delete Application Signature Groups.

    Note:

    You cannot modify the name of an application signature group.

  • View the configured parameters of an application signature or application signature group. Click the details icon that appears when you hover over the name of an image or click More > Details.

  • Show or hide columns in the Application Signatures. Click the Show Hide columns icon in the top right corner of the page and select columns that you want to view on the page.

  • Search for a specific application signature or application signature group. Click the Search icon in the top right corner of the page to search for an application signature or application signature group.

  • Filter the application signature information based on select criteria. You can add filters, save the filters, and set any of the filters as default. To add a filter:

    1. Click on the filter icon on the top-right corner of the page and select Add Filter to open the Add Criteria page.
    2. Set the filter conditions and click Add.

    The filter is saved and the filter is applied on the data on the page. Filter can be saved and can mark any one filter as default.

    To remove the filter, click on the filter icon and select Hide Filter.

Field Descriptions

Table 1 provides guidelines on using the fields on the Application Signatures page.

Table 1: Fields on the Application Signatures Page

Field

Description

Name

Enter a unique name for the application signature or application signature group. The name must begin with an alphanumeric character and can contain alphanumeric characters and some special characters (colons, hyphens, forward slashes, periods, and underscores); 63-character maximum.

Type

Signature application or group —either application signature or application signature group.

Category

Category of the application signature. For example, the value of Category can be Messaging, Web, Infrastructure, Remote-Access, Multimedia, and so on

Sub Category

Subcategory of the application signature. For example, the value of Subcategory can be Wiki, File-Sharing, Multimedia, Social-Networking, News, and so on.

Risk

Level of risk associated with the application signature. For example, the value of Risk can be Low, Moderate, Unsafe, High, and Critical.

Characteristics

One or more characteristics of the application signature.

Predefined/Custom

Indicates whether an application signature or signature groups is predefined or custom.

Cacheable

If an application is created with the Cacheable option, the column displays True, otherwise displays --.

Created Version

Version of the application signature.

Order

Order of the application signature.

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