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Article Id 305790

 

Description

This article describes the case when traffic is blocked by unknown applications. It can be set to block if there is no application signature for the traffic type and the application control will block it.

 

Application control settings.

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Policy for traffic with the above app control settings:

 

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Below is the unknown application log message:

 

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Scope FortiGate v7.4, v7.2,v 7.0, v6.4.
Solution

The solution is to set the unknown applications to monitor or allow.

 

For example:

 

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Related article:

Technical Tip: Allow or Deny specific application using application service