Actions Supported on Applications
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Actions Supported on Applications
You can perform any of the following actions on this
page:
Actions Supported
for Applications | Description |
|---|---|
Filter by application |
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Add a new application. | To add a new application, see Defining
Applications. |
View and/or customize application details. | Click the application name link, to view
the application description including the standard port and characteristics
of the application, risk among other details. For details on the
application settings, see Defining
Applications. If the icon to the left of the application
name has a yellow pencil ( 
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Disable an applications | You can Disable an
application (or several applications) so that the application signature
is not matched against traffic. Security rules defined to block,
allow, or enforce a matching application are not applied to the
application traffic when the app is disabled. You might choose to
disable an application that is included with a new content release
version because policy enforcement for the application might change
when the application is uniquely identified. For example, an application
that is identified as web-browsing traffic is allowed by the firewall
prior to a new content version installation; after installing the
content update, the uniquely identified application no longer matches
the Security rule that allows web-browsing traffic. In this case,
you could choose to disable the application so that traffic matched
to the application signature continues to be classified as web-browsing
traffic and is allowed. |
Enable an application | Select a disabled application and Enable it
so that the firewall can manage the application according to your
configured security policies. |
Import an application | To import an application, click Import.
Browse to select the file, and select the target virtual system
from the Destination drop-down. |
Export an application | To export an application, select this option
for the application and click Export. Follow
the prompts to save the file. |
Export an application configuration table | Export the information on all applications
in PDF/CSV format. Only visible columns in the
web interface are exported. See Export Configuration Table Data. |
Assess policy impact after installing a
new content release | Review Policies to
assess the policy-based enforcement for applications before and
after installing a content release version. Use the Policy Review
dialog to review policy impact for new applications included in
a downloaded content release version. The Policy Review dialog allows
you to add or remove a pending application (an application that
is downloaded with a content release version but is not installed
on the firewall) to or from an existing Security policy rule; policy
changes for pending applications do not take effect until the corresponding
content release version is installed. You can also access the Policy
Review dialog when downloading and installing content release versions
on the page. |
Tag an application | A predefined tag named sanctioned is
available for you to tag SaaS applications. While a SaaS application
is an application that is identified as Saas=yes in
the details on application characteristics, you can use the sanctioned
tag on any application. Tag applications
as sanctioned to help differentiate sanctioned SaaS
application traffic from unsanctioned SaaS application traffic, for
example, when you examine the SaaS Application Usage Report or when
you evaluate the applications on your network. Select
an application, click Edit Tags and from
the drop-down, select the predefined Sanctioned tag
to identify any application that you want to explicitly allow on
your network. When you then generate the SaaS Application Usage
Report (see Monitor
> PDF Reports > SaaS Application Usage), you can compare statistics
on the application that you have sanctioned versus unsanctioned
SaaS applications that are being used on your network. When
you tag an application as sanctioned, the following restrictions
apply:
You can also Remove
tag or Override tag. The override
option is only available on a firewall that has inherited settings
from a device group pushed from Panorama. |
