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Aplication Signatures Overview

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.

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

Field Descriptions

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.