topic That's a good point Jaime - in Network Security

Sourcefire application and URL categories lists

jaime.pedraza — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:19:20 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know the links to see the list of applications/microapps and categories which are supported by firepower?

Many thanks,

It's a dynamic list and I'm

Marvin Rhoads — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:41:26 GMT

It's a dynamic list and I'm not aware that there's any site or page you can just go to to pull it down.

Apps can be seen in Firesight Management Center under Policies > Application detectors. Checking mine just now I see there are 3511 apps/microapps listed.

Similarly you can see the URL categories by editing an Access Control Policy and editing a URL Monitor rule and clicking on the URL tab of the edit dialog box. There you will see all the available categories.

Thanks Marvin,The question is

jaime.pedraza — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:51:02 GMT

Thanks Marvin,

The question is because in many oportunities customers have wanted to see the list before purchasing (comparison porposes mainly), and the CX do have this portal with the additional feature of allowing to request the categorization of new sites.

Regards,

Jaime

That's a good point Jaime -

Marvin Rhoads — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:16:58 GMT

That's a good point Jaime - there's a gap between the top level data sheets and the granular dynamic listing you can get from the menu picks in FMC. If you're a partner, you might suggest this via the partner community security forum.

If you don't have an FMC in your lab that you can show to prospective customers, you can use the available Firesight demo on dCloud.

Many thanks Marvin, I will do

jaime.pedraza — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:22:04 GMT

Many thanks Marvin, I will do.

Hi Marvin, Just need to

tony-smith — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:55:07 GMT

Hi Marvin, Just need to confirm with URL filtering I can only see the categories would it be possible to see a list of sub-categories...I have a client who wants to see sub-categories for example Illegal what are the sites being blocked under this categories...thanks.

There are no sub-categories -

Marvin Rhoads — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:53:07 GMT

There are no sub-categories - just the 80+ top-level categories. I've included a screenshot below (open in new tab to zoom) of how it looks in a URL Filter rule editing session.

I'm not positive if Cisco has integrated / normalized the FirePOWER-categorized URLs with those which you can check on www.senderbase.org. That site will tell you the category (used by the WSA product) if you supply the URL or TLD.

Thanks...for you help

tony-smith — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:04:32 GMT

Thanks...for you help

This is an old question, but

Justin Walker — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:19:39 GMT

This is an old question, but if anyone runs across the post in the future... at this point in time you can view the list on the Sourcefire site here: http://coverage.sourcefire.com/

Thanks, Justin.I'm not sure

Marvin Rhoads — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 02:43:58 GMT

Thanks, Justin.

I'm not sure that's being kept up to date. I looked there and see 3093 apps (vs. 3511 I got from my FireSIGHT Management Center server earlier this year).

After dealing with firepower

jaime.pedraza — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:12:52 GMT

After dealing with firepower a lot, the I already found the answer: Sourcefire uses the bright cloud database, in other words, the categories and sites categorization are the same as noted on the webpage: www.brightcloud.com. Additionally, if you need to recategorize an URL, just do the procedure stated on this page. It takes usually a couple of work days to complete.

And as of March 2017, that

Kyler Middleton — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:45:28 GMT

And as of March 2017, that link (and in fact, domain!) is now a dead link.

Good to know. It is

SIMMN — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:21:41 GMT

Good to know. It is interesting to see those networking/security vendors to use one shared 3rd party for the URL/IP database. Still wonder why TALOS does not do the URL categorization in-house...

BTW, brightcloud also shows service like "File Reputation", do you know who uses that service on their products?

Actually I have heard the

Marvin Rhoads — Thu, 11 May 2017 03:09:41 GMT

Actually I have heard the TALOS is looking to pick up the URL categorization in house for FirePOWER. They already handle it for the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA).

Re: And as of March 2017, that

jdlee — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:32:34 GMT

you can go here to check if a URL is blocked or not and what category it is in, https://securityhub.cisco.com/web/submit_urls

It's not a bulk list of all categories though.