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

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dvs2025
09-02-2025

Cortext Modifying App Java Threads Without Warning

Cortex is currently messing with a java app at a customer site. We have a tomcat-based java app that we take to market. Cortex is currently messing ... — Read more

posted in Cortex XDR Discussions

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Y.Narita347153
09-08-2025

How to specify multiple conditions for the "test custom-signature-perf" command

Hello Team, I'm currently creating a custom signature. I'm checking performance using the following command. test custom-signature-perf context <... — Read more

posted in Custom Signatures

265 1
S.Jayathunge
08-11-2025

Blocking Torrent/P2P Connections using app ID.

Hi Palo Alto Community, I hope everyone’s having a great day! We’re working to enhance our network’s security by blocking torrent and other risky P2... — Read more

posted in General Topics

675 1
ahwang2929
08-05-2025

User-id with GP client certificate authentication

Hi,I have questions regarding user-id operation with GP client certificate authentication only for iOS/Android devices. Current state:We have GlobalPr... — Read more

posted in GlobalProtect Discussions

394 1
I.Stevkovski
09-10-2025

Microsoft WNS App ID

I work with a network scenario where we have two firewall towards the internet and the desktop PCs are behind PaloAlto as perimeter and Cisco as inter... — Read more

posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

631 3

Blogs

Managing DeepSeek Traffic with Palo Alto Networks App-IDs

03-20-2025 — In January 2025, DeepSeek gained attention for its model DeepSeek-R1, which showcased a level of proficiency that rivals the well-established OpenAI O1 but much cheaper. Palo Alto Networks customers have shown 1,800% more interest in DeepSeek sinc... — Read more

Labels: App-ID
2128 by in Community 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
5497 1 5 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
26064 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
4226 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
36949 3 6 by in Community Blogs

Articles

Tips & Tricks: App-ID Debugging

06-25-2025 — This article is inspired from Tips & Tricks: Flow Basic Debugging written by @kiwi and I recommend reading that article first before reading this one. Palo Alto Networks NGFWs use App-ID to detect the exact application inside a traffic stream but sometimes traffic will be first classified for ... — Read more

Labels: App-ID PAN-OS
2689 6 7 by in General Articles

Discovery & Control of Shadow IT Apps

05-13-2025 — Learn about - Shadow IT Visibility & Control- AppID Cloud Engine (ACE)- SaaS App Tenant Control- Demo — Read more

Labels: App-ID SaaS Shadow IT Visibility
480 by in Prisma Access Webinars

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
8907 by in Expedition Articles

Palo Alto Networks Application for QRadar

10-17-2016 — Palo Alto Networks and IBM have partnered to deliver advanced security reporting and analytics to the the widely used IBM® QRadar® SIEM. Integrate QRadar seamlessly with the Palo Alto Networks platform to streamline operations and improves security. — Read more

Labels: App-ID Integration Management Setup & Administration
49304 4 3 by in App for QRadar Articles

プラットフォームによる多層防御と次世代ファイアウォールの各機能

08-30-2016 — セキュリティプラットフォームによる多層防御のアプローチと、 次世代ファイアウォールの各機能について ご紹介致します。 — Read more

Labels: App-ID Decryption Endpoint Threat URL Filtering User-ID WildFire
20677 by in 設定、構築ガイド

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