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Applying Application Firewall Polices to Groups/Users Application Firewall is a very flexible tool to manage application specific traffic. The goal of this guide is to
demonstrate how Application Firewall can be applied to different groups/users. We will use Application
Firewall to block domains for specific groups in this example. More examples of what Application Firewall is
capable of can be found by reviewing the SonicOS Application Firewall guide here:
HTTP://www.sonicwall.com/downloads/Application_Firewall_5.1e_Feature_Module.pdf
HTTP://www.sonicwall.com/downloads/SonicOS_Application_Firewall_Practical_Examples_Guide_tec
hnote.pdf
Some good examples include:
• Using application firewall to bandwidth limit streaming videos from youtube for the general user
population, but allow IT administrators full bandwidth
• Scanning documents and files for watermarks to help stem data leakage
• Forbid certain file types from download or upload
• Restrict HTTP post methods
• And more!
Step 1: Navigate to Application Firewall. Select the check box to enable Application Firewall and IP
Fragment Reassembly.
Step 2: Under Application Firewall, Navigate to Application Objects and Add a New Object. This new
object will be a list of domains that we want to block.
NOTE: you can create a list of domains easily in a simple text file and then import that list.