Common Application Signatures
This document provides examples of signatures, and of other parameters that characterize applications. You can use application signatures with ISA Server HTTP filtering to block specific applications. For more information, see HTTP Filtering in ISA Server 2004.
Signatures
This table provides some examples of common applications and their signatures.
Important
Headers can change over time, particularly when new versions of applications are released.
| Application | Location | HTTP header | Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
MSN Messenger |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
MSN Messenger |
Windows Messenger |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
MSMSGS |
Netscape 7 |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
Netscape/7 |
Netscape 6 |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
Netscape/6 |
AOL Messenger (and all Gecko browsers) |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
Gecko/ |
Yahoo Messenger |
Request headers |
Host |
msg.yahoo.com |
Kazaa |
Request headers |
P2P-Agent |
Kazaa Kazaaclient: |
Kazaa |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
KazaaClient |
Kazaa |
Request headers |
X-Kazaa-Network: |
KaZaA |
Gnutella |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
Gnutella Gnucleus |
Edonkey |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
e2dk |
Internet Explorer 6.0 |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
MSIE 6.0 |
Morpheus |
Response header |
Server |
Morpheus |
Bearshare |
Response header |
Server |
Bearshare |
BitTorrent |
Request headers |
User-Agent: |
BitTorrent |
SOAP over HTTP |
Request headers Response headers |
User-Agent: |
SOAPAction |
Other Parameters
This table provides other parameters that characterize applications.
| Application | Location | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Kazaa |
Headers |
Request Header |
X-Kazaa-Username: X-Kazaa-IP: X-Kazaa-SupernodeIP: |
BitTorrent |
Extensions |
None |
.torrent |
Many peer-to-peer clients |
Headers |
Request Header |
P2P-Agent |
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