Network Based Application Recognition: Difference between revisions

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The [[Computer network|networking]] equipment which uses NBAR does a [[deep packet inspection]] on the first packet in a dataflow, to determine which traffic category the flow belongs to. It then programs the internal [[ASIC]]s to handle this flow appropriately. The categorisation is usually done with [[OSI-layer4]] info, but new applications have made it difficult to cling to this kind of tagging.

The NBAR approach is useful in dealing with malicious [[software]] using known [[TCP and UDP port|ports]] to fake being "priority traffic", as well as non-standard appsapplications using non-determinalydynamic ports.<ref>''[http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/63/nbar_acl_codered.shtml Using Network-Based Application Recognition and ACLs] for Blocking the "Code Red" Worm'', Cisco.</ref>

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