Allowing Facebook messenger and whatsapp text on Firepower

[Samer R. Saleem]

Hi,

im trying allow only facebook and Whatsapp for a specific IP range on Cisco Firepower

i got success on Facebook calls audio/video

text messeges NOT working

whatsapp not working as chat/video/audio

i have allowed the applications in the policy rule

i have included HTTPS, Jabber, SSL client and many other ports/protocols

but still i dont have success

checking the logs i can see nothing anymore to be added

please check attached.

[vanderleipaulaoliveira]

I have the same issue. Firepower seems to not been reconizing the WhatsApp/Messenger/Facebook/Instagram apps at all.

Some times WhatsApp works well (send/receive text/áudio/vídeo), sometimes do not work.

In general, apps from "Social Network" category aren't working as expected when allowed by "application" in a rule. @Samer R. Saleem you also saw this?

Someone else had this issue? I saw this error in older versions, but not in 6.1.x

[Samer R. Saleem]

basically i see firepower is not that good when it comes to application filter,

if you allow specific application, you will need to check the connection events and see if its still blocked by other port/category and then also allow it

you might reach the point that you allowed other applications that you want it blocked just for the sake of allowing the first application....