Signed Application Filters

Owned by Max Pinion (Deactivated)
Last updated: Jul 13, 2015
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How Signed Application Filters Can Be Used

These filters can be used in several of the following ways:

  • A target for ACS policies
  • A parameter to prevent spoofing

Signed Application filters identify applications based on their digital certificates. They can use one or many certificates in a single signed application filter.

For example:

Adobe (TM) requires several certificates that are used to sign applications.

Because of this, you may want all applications signed by Adobe to be whitelisted, so that a signed application filter targeting Adobe Certificates allows all applications signed by Adobe to run.

Targeting the latest Adobe Flash Installer via a Win32 Executable filter and then using the signed application filter ensures that the application really is the adobe flash installer. The Signed Application Filter works as a validation filter for applications.