Xirrus XR-520, User Manual

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Wireless Array
Viewing Status on the Wireless Array 147
Application Control can track application usage over time to monitor trends.
Usage may be tracked by Array, VLAN, or station. Many hundreds of
applications are recognized and grouped into a number of categories. The
distributed architecture of Xirrus Arrays allows Application Control to scale
naturally as you grow the network.
About Risk and Productivity
Application Control ranks applications in terms of their levels of risk an
productivity.
Productivity indicates how appropriate an application is for business purposes.
The higher the rating number, the more business-oriented an application is.
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1—Primarily recreational
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2—Mostly recreational
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3—Combination of business and recreational purposes
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4—Mainly used for business
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5—Primarily used for business
Risk indicates how likely an application is to pose a threat to the security of your
network. The higher the rating number, the more risky an application is.
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1—No threat
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2—Minimal threat
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3—Some risk - may be misused
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4—High risk - may be malware or allow data leaks
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5—Very high risk - threat circumvents firewalls or avoids detection
For an additional discussion, see the Application Control Application Note in the
Xirrus Resource Center .
Keeping Application Control Current
Applications are recognized using a signature file which may be updated using
the
System Tools page as new applications become popular (see “Application
Control Signature File Management” on page 395 ).