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About the Application Signatures Page

date_range 11-Aug-17

To access this page, select Configuration > Shared Objects > Application Signatures.

Use the Application Signatures page to view application signatures that are already downloaded and to create, modify, clone, and delete custom application 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 signature groups 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:

  • Create an application signature group. See Creating Application Signature Groups.

  • Modify, clone, or delete an application signature group. See Editing, Cloning, and Deleting Application Signature Groups.

  • 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. See Viewing Object Details.

  • Show or hide columns in the Application Signatures. See Sorting Objects.

  • Search for a specific application signature or application signature group. See Searching for Text in an Object Data Table.

  • Filter the application signature information based on select criteria. To do this, select the filter icon at the top right-hand corner of the table. The columns in the grid change to accept filter options. Select the filter options; the table displays only the data that fits the filtering criteria.

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

Name of the application signature or application signature group.

Object Type

Signature type—either application signature or application signature group.

Category

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

Subcategory

UTM 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, High, unsafe, and so on.

Characteristic

One or more characteristics of the application signature.

Predefined or Custom

A list of predefined application signatures and application signature groups, and a list of custom application signature groups that you created.

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