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dieter
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August 20, 2020
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unidentifiable applications allowed ?

  • August 20, 2020
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I have a policy (service All) where I want to only allow access to two applications. Although ssl inspection is not an option, Fortigate recognizes those two applications fine.

In the app control profile all application categories and unknown applications are set to block. The two applications I want to allow are added to the overrides with action Monitor. See attached screenshot.

 

Fortigate however decides to allow other traffic, traffic whose application can not be identified. Is this expected behaviour ?

 

    3 replies

    maick78
    New Member
    September 12, 2020

    if ssl inspection is not an option, you should implement ISDB, but this will not work correctly for certain applications.

    dieter
    dieterAuthor
    New Member
    September 14, 2020

    I understand that application recognition is not flawless, but that does not explain why category Unknown traffic is allowed.

    If it's unknown, it would mean it did not find a matching (known) application.

    thomas4
    Visitor III
    March 12, 2024

    Did you find a solution to this?

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