Release Notes & News Notification of Upcoming Application Classification Update on April 13th

7 Apr 2021

In the effort to continuously improve the accuracy of our Application classifications, the following characteristic and risk changes are planned for April 13th, 2021.

Users who have configured existing characteristics and/or risk-based application filter policies should note the upcoming changes and plan accordingly
Reporting will also be affected - application traffic is reported according to the risk and characteristics in effect at the time the traffic was logged

Detailed information regarding Application and IPS release notes available here: https://docs.sophos.com/releasenotes/index.html

Planned changes

Application Name	Characteristics		Risk
Application Name	Existing	New	Existing	New
Microsoft Teams	Transfer files Widely Used Loss of productivity Cloud Application	Transfer files Widely Used Cloud Application	Medium	Medium
GMX WebMail	Transfer files Tunnels other apps Vulnerabilities Cloud Application	Transfer files Loss of productivity Cloud Application	High	Medium
Apt-Get Command	Excessive Bandwidth Transfer files	Widely Used	Low	Very Low
MQTT	Transfer files Widely Used Loss of productivity	Transfer files Widely Used	Medium	Medium
OCSP Protocol	Loss of productivity	Widely Used	Low	Very Low
Firefox Update	Excessive Bandwidth Transfer files Vulnerabilities Widely Used	Widely Used	High	Very Low
LastPass	Vulnerabilities Widely Used Cloud Application	Widely Used Cloud Application	High	Very Low