Application Control List

Question

Good morning,

I'm reviewing the application control policy in preparation for the Sophos upgrade to the latest version. Instead of having to manually write everything down from the Application Types window, I was wondering if maybe you would already have everything in a list? I've tried searching the website but didn't find anything, then I found out there were also forums :)

Would any list with the Application Controlled applications exist?

Thank you

Andre

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RRR · Accepted Answer

I count 782 apps John :) However this number might not be completely accurate as it includes games like "Battlefield 1942 Demo" which might have been incorporated into other entities/entries like on of the developer studios and not been removed (same with the apps who got moved from one category to another aka double entries)... Anyways, I created a spreadsheet over 2 years ago and have updated it every months when the AppControl updates where released. Every app (except the ones released in the last 2 months) is hyperlinked with it's corresponding entry in the Sophos knowlege base. We have 42 schools to take care of so I have 3 different columns for Elementary, Middle and High Schools. You should rename this to whatever "departments" you have. There is a Server and Technician column as well. Feel free to add as many more you'll need for your environment. You can fill each field either with "Blocked" (field will turn red) or Authorized (green). I pre-filled a few no-brainer categories like Games, Proxies and Filesharing to be blocked already. The rest is up to you. Don't block everything mindlessly as sometimes apps are part of the OS (Telnet, Ftp, MS Games etc.) If there is ever an update to these components (say through Windows Update) or people reconfigure their Windows apps (Add/Remove Control Panle -> Windows Components) it might fail depending on your setup as a whole due to Sophos blocking it. As I can't attach anything to this post I have prepared 2 downloads at google docs for you guys. New EXCEL 2007 format and the older XLS for compatibiblity reasons (yes I know there is a converter). XLSX: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2YUB3K1DGhrNmIwN2VhODgtMDhlOS00Y2E0LWE5YTQtZWRmN2JkZjEyMzNk&hl=en&authkey=CL-d440L XLS: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2YUB3K1DGhrYjk5NTNlZDQtNmM1OC00YWVmLTg2OWUtNDBhNDRkNThlMzRk&hl=en&authkey=CMLTggM Have fun with it. :5675