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Application Dependencies

njuttner — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:25:58 GMT

Hi all,

First time post.

If you add all the required dependent applications to security policy (e.g. for Skype: msn-base, ssl & web-browsing), does this then allow all of those apps out dependent of if the primary Skype app is being used for that policy?

i.e does it allow msn-base, ssl & web-browsing from the source IP address to the destination address even if Skype isn't the primary Application?

Re: Application Dependencies

Raido_Rattameister — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 21:57:19 GMT

Yes

But you can limit down destination where connections can be done with "Destination", "URL Category" and "URL Profile".

Re: Application Dependencies

njuttner — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:40:20 GMT

But you'd need to have a valid URL filtering license for this.

It's as I expected but I wanted to get it confirmed.

Thanks for the reply.

Re: Application Dependencies

santonic — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:04:07 GMT

Some applications work even without all the dependencies allowed. It's worth to try.

Re: Application Dependencies

reaper — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:27:07 GMT

The apps that can function without their dependencies in the security policy, will have the dependencies listed as 'implicitly uses'. The corresponding dependency AppID decoder will be triggered, but the dependency apps do not need to be allowed in the security policy for the intended app to function properly

Re: Application Dependencies

Raido_Rattameister — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:39:37 GMT

You can create custom URL categories without license and use those.