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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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aalfaro 11-09-2025	Issue with call recording (flow_predict_convert_rtp_drop) Hi Team,We’ve been experiencing issues with the communication between a Cisco softphone and the call recorder. Below is the scenario and a description... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	44	0
Jesse_Siegrist 11-07-2025	Parsing Rule - SonicWall NGFW Your mileage may vary. Here's what I came up with [COLLECT:vendor="SonicWall", product="NGFW", target_brokers=*, no_hit=keep] alter raw_timesta... — Read more posted in Cortex XDR Discussions	78	0
M.Falk310364 10-06-2025	Display IPSec to SSL Fallback Notification edit I want to change the GlobalProtect App notification from "Display IPSec to SSL Fallback Notification" like shown here: https://knowledgebase.paloalton... — Read more posted in GlobalProtect Discussions	551	3
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	495	1
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	660	1

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

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2531 by jiali 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
5928 1 5 by kiwi 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
27840 1 2 by kiwi 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
4328 by kiwi 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
37487 3 6 by ZoltanD 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
3757 6 8 by nikoolayy1 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
703 by svaidya 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
9091 by sjanita 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
49765 4 3 by btorresgil 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
20885 by ykato in 設定、構築ガイド

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