IM and P2P Applications Covered by IPS in FortiOS 2.8

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• Applications marked as bold can connect to multiple P2P networks.
• Turning on IM and P2P decoder and signature will help improve IPS performance. For example, If the you want to use IPS, even you do not want to block IM or P2P applications, you should leave IM/P2P decoders and signatures enabled. Normally, if you turn off other signatures, the performance will be better, but for IM/P2P, it's the opposite.

IPS	Applications
Instant Messaging
im: aim	AIM, AIM Triton ICQ
im: msn	MSN Messenger
im: qq	QQ
im: yahoo	Yahoo Messenger
misc: MSN.Web.Messenger misc: MSN.Web.Messenger.Chat	MSN web Messenger
misc: Google.Messenger.Sever.Access.443 misc: Google.Messenger.Sever.Access.5222	Google Talk
misc: Rediff.Messenger.Sever.Access.TCP	Rediff Messenger
P2P
p2p: bit_torrent	BitComet Bitspirit Azureus Shareaza
p2p: edonkey	eMule Overnet Edonkey2K Shareaza BearShare MLdonkey iMesh
p2p: gnutella	BearShare Shareaza LimeWire Xolox Swapper iMesh MLdonkey Gnucleus Morpheus Openext Mutella Qtella Qcquisition Acquisition NapShare gtk-gnutella
p2p: kazaa	KaZaA
p2p: skype	Skype
misc: Ares.Connect	Ares Galaxy