Application Blocking

Nearly every modern application incorporates Web technologies to "talk" to the Internet. But most firewalls allow access only for HTTP and HTTPS protocols. So, applications "wrap" themselves in HTTP to be accepted by your firewall.  There's only one problem: firewalls and standard proxy servers don't know what's actually being transferred inside the HTTP "wrapper."

Application Blocking helps you uncover the real data, and the danger that can come with it. It analyses Internet requests in various ways to detect embedded protocols, types of data transported and other typical traffic characteristics. Then, it builds a profile of the application and its purpose. So that you can "see" what is really inside an application.

Just like with Secure List, you can permit or refuse an application as you like: for a specific user, defined user groups or individual IP addresses.

Audio/video
Messenger
Office documents
Executables
Active content