Application Scenarios for Application Behavior Control

Application behavior control is used for enterprises to manage HTTP, FTP and IM behavior of intranet users.

Enterprises need to manage HTTP and FTP behavior of intranet users, and grant different permissions by user and schedule. The application behavior control of the FW meets the preceding requirements and also supports the control over the IM behavior. Figure 1 shows the networking diagram.

Figure 1 Networking diagram of application behavior control

The FW is deployed at the intranet egress as the egress gateway of the enterprise. The application behavior control function is configured on the FW. Then the FW can effectively manage HTTP, FTP and IM behavior of intranet users when they access the Internet.

Multiple application behavior control profiles are created on the FW. Each profile is used to grant different HTTP, FTP and IM permissions for intranet users. Then objects such as the profiles, users, and schedules (working hours and non-working hours) are referenced in security policies to deliver differentiated and fine-grained control on HTTP, FTP and IM behavior of intranet users.