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End-of-Life (EoL)
Objects > Security Profiles > File Blocking
You can attach a File Blocking profile to a Security
policy rule (Policies
> Security) to block users from uploading or downloading
specified file types or to generate an alert when a user attempts
to upload or download specified file types.
For the best security, apply the predefined strict profile.
If you need to support critical applications that use a file type
which the strict profile blocks, clone the strict profile
and make only the file type exceptions you need. Apply the cloned
profile to a Security Policy rule that restricts the exception to
only the sources, destinations, and users that need to use the file
type. You can also use Direction to restrict
the exception to uploading or downloading.
If you don’t block
all Windows PE files, send all unknown files to WildFire for analysis. For
user accounts, set the Action to continue to
help prevent drive-by downloads where malicious web sites, emails,
or pop-ups cause users to inadvertently download malicious files.
Educate users that a Continue prompt for a file transfer they didn’t
knowingly initiate may mean they are subject to a malicious download.
The following tables describe the file blocking profile settings.
File Blocking Profile Settings | Description |
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Name | Enter a profile name (up to 31 characters).
This name appears in the list of file blocking profiles when defining
security policies. The name is case-sensitive and must be unique.
Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores. |
Description | Enter a description for the profile (up
to 255 characters). |
Shared (Panorama only) | Select this option if you want the profile
to be available to:
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Disable override (Panorama only) | Select this option to prevent administrators
from overriding the settings of this File Blocking profile in device
groups that inherit the profile. This selection is cleared by default,
which means administrators can override the settings for any device
group that inherits the profile. |
Rules | Define one or more rules to specify the
action taken (if any) for the selected file types. To add a rule,
specify the following and click Add:
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