Analyzing Application Usage
An application is a program or group of programs that allows end users to perform specific tasks or activities on devices such as computers and smartphones. Aruba Instant On provides daily usage data for the different types of applications and websites accessed by clients in the network.
The Aruba Instant On solution classifies the traffic into a large number of categories, to reduce the complexity of the feature in the Aruba Instant On solution. These large number of categories are grouped into one main category based on their classification.
Below are the different application categories and the respective web content classification:
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Wired—This category is essential for basic network and Internet connectivity. It is always allowed for all networks and cannot be blocked. |
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—Sites and tools that help you stay productive and take control of your tasks like enterprise applications, antivirus, project management tools, collaborative software, reference and research, search engine, translation and web conferencing software. |
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—Sites about tools and services that ease internet usage and navigation, such as search engines, cloud storage, and file transfer. |
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—Sites that cover beauty and fashion trends, dining, entertainment and arts, maps and navigation, religion, society and travel. |
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—Sites and tools containing computer and internet information and security, internet software, proxies and tunnels, routing protocols, web advertisements, etc. |
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—Sites usually based on heavy video streaming or intensive network usage where a high throughput is needed, such as video, music, or movie streaming. |
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—Websites and applications where users can send and receive messages and emails. |
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—Sites about finance and economy news and information and professional services useful in a working environment, such as financial services and transactions, real estate, legal, stock market, stock advice and tools, etc. |
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—Sites containing local and world news, breaking news, online newspapers, crowdsourced news, general information, and weather. |
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—This category contains network protocols that could not be categorized but may be useful to run your network. Therefore, it cannot be blocked. It also includes sites that are uncategorized or no longer exist. |
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The data in these categories is negligible, they will be ignored in the data transferred calculation and nothing will be displayed about them in Aruba Instant On. |
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—Social applications include websites for social networking and media. |
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—Adult content applications include websites with graphic adult content or illegal subjects. |
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—Sites about education information like schools, college, universities, and online training tools like Linda.com, LinkedIn learning, etc. |
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—Restricted content applications include websites with sensitive information or graphic content. |
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—Sites containing information about gaming, mostly referred as video games. Video games that are played partially or exclusively through the internet. |
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—Military and government applications include websites on military and government information and services. |
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—Sites aimed for kids and families with learning, educational and interactive content. |
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—High security risk applications include websites that contain known malicious Internet tools that can harm devices and damage the internal network. |
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—Shopping applications include websites for online shopping. |
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—Recreational applications include websites on personal activities and interests. |
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