App-ID

App-ID enables you to see the applications on your network and learn how they work, their behavioral characteristics, and their relative risk. Applications and application functions are identified via multiple techniques, including application signatures, decryption (if needed), protocol decoding, and heuristics.

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App-ID

App-ID enables you to see the applications on your network and learn how they work, their behavioral characteristics, and their relative risk. Applications and application functions are identified via multiple techniques, including application signatures, decryption (if needed), protocol decoding, and heuristics.

Discussions

Author Topic Views Replies
Aditya-PA
03-15-2024

user unable to connect to Global protect when they are on Mobile hotspot

Hi, User is on GP 6.2.1, they can connect to GP fine when they are on their home wifi, but as soon as they try to connect using their mobile hotspot... — Read more

posted in General Topics

175 1
dmellors
03-08-2024

SMB share - Right clicking shared folder and selecting folder properties

Hi all, We have observed an issue with an SMB share which traverses our PA FW. The initial rule was setup simply such that the client was allowed ... — Read more

posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

176 2
rjdahav163
02-26-2024

Prove the firewall innocent?

Hello, We have communication from load balancer to 2 servers called S1 and S2. Both S1 and S2 have same Windows Server version and have exact same pat... — Read more

posted in General Topics

176 1
BigPalo
02-28-2024

Alarm failed to start grpc connection with address urlcat.hawkeye.services-edge.paloaltonetworks.com:443

Hi, We are receiving this alarm: severity: high opaque: Failed to establish GRPC connection to UrlCat service: failed to start grpc connection wit... — Read more

posted in General Topics

330 1
rolinger
02-21-2024

Can custom appIDs, without signatures, be applied directly to a security policy?

For this discussion, we created custom appID `myApp`, it has NO signature. If `myApp` uses port 22, the port of another known app (SSH), then to use... — Read more

posted in Custom Signatures

131 0

Blogs

Tips & Tricks: Disable New Applications in Scheduled Content Updates

08-22-2023 — You may have noticed the option to disable new applications in the scheduled content updates, but why would you want to enable this option? — Read more

Labels: administration App-ID applications Applications Threats Content Update Apps Threats Content Update Content Update Release Notes NGFW Configuration Setup & Administration
1579 3 by in Community Blogs

Introducing LIVEcommunity’s New Product Mention Feature

11-16-2021 — Our new #ProductMention feature allows you to easily find all relevant content with one click. LIVEcommunity's new #ProductMention feature allows you to easily find all relevant content with the click of a mouse. — Read more

Labels: 5G App-ID CN-Series Community Cortex Cortex XDR Cortex XSOAR IoT Security NGFW Panorama Prisma Prisma Access Prisma SD-WAN VM-Series
3617 1 3 by in Community Blogs

Tips & Tricks: What is Applipedia?

10-14-2021 — Applipedia is the application database that Palo Alto Networks uses along with App-ID to identify applications traveling through your Palo Alto Networks firewall. — Read more

Labels: App-ID applications Firewall Guidance and Guidelines How to
6598 1 2 by in Community Blogs

Unit 42 Uncovers New Attack Surface That Targets Microsoft IIS and SQL Server

08-03-2021 — At Black Hat Asia 2021—a conference for information security experts—Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 revealed a previously undisclosed technique to execute SQL queries on the remote database in IIS and SQL server. — Read more

Labels: App-ID Threat Prevention License Unit 42 unit42 vulnerability Vulnerability Protection
2531 by in Community Blogs

Protecting Organizations in a World of DoH and DoT

02-26-2020 — Learn how to get visibility and control of DNS-over-TLS (DoT) and DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) traffic. — Read more

Labels: App-ID DNS Security next-generation firewall NGFW Configuration Security
29176 3 6 by in Community Blogs

Articles

GCP HTTP(s) Load Balancer App-ID

01-28-2020 — GcpHttpLbAppID skillet to create the Palo Alto Networks App-ID for the Azure Application Gateway Health Probe. — Read more

Labels: App-ID Community Skillets gcp NGFW Skillets
5249 by in Quickplay Solutions Archived Articles

Application Not Equal to Any BPA Checks

11-14-2019 — Security Rule - Application Not Equal to Any - Interpreting BPA Checks - Policies — Read more

Labels: App-ID Best Practice Assessment BPA policies Security Rulebase
4631 1 by Retired Member in Best Practice Assessment Policies

App-ID with Service BPA Checks

11-14-2019 — Security Rule - App-ID with Service - Interpreting BPA Checks - Policies — Read more

Labels: App-ID Best Practice Assessment BPA policies Security Rulebase
5248 by Retired Member in Best Practice Assessment Policies

BPA Release Notes v3.15

07-17-2019 — Observe the BPA Release Notes for v3.15 released on July 16, 2019. This reveals updates, fixed bugs, and enhancements made to the Best Practice Assessment. — Read more

Labels: App-ID Best Practice Assessment BPA
4519 by in Best Practice Assessment Release Notes

Convert Services to App-ID using Search and Replace

04-10-2019 — Expedition TechNote: Managing Service Objects – This document will describe how to optimize the services and services group objects. — Read more

Labels: App-ID expedition
6861 by in Expedition Articles

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