Application Control

Facebook

Description

This indicates an attempt to access Facebook.
Facebook is a social networking website that connects people with friends around the world except for certain blocking countries. It was initially launched and limited only to Harvard students, which then gradually expanded to more schools and finally everyone where the country laws permit the access of Facebook. After registering an account, users can create a profile, add friends, chat with friends, post updates, receive notifications, etc. It is one of the most popular social network site.

Affected Products

Facebook

Impact

Network bandwidth consumption.

Technology

Browser-Based

Behavior

Reasonable
Cloud

Default Ports

TCP/80
TCP/443
UDP/443

Version Updates

Date	Version	Status	Detail
2025-01-28	29.944	Modified	Sig Added
2024-11-14	29.904	Modified	Sig Added
2024-03-28	27.757	Modified	Sig Added
2021-06-07	18.093	Modified	Sig Added
2020-10-14	16.943	Modified
2020-10-07	16.939	Modified	Sig Added
2020-02-11	15.775	Modified	Sig Added
2019-03-29	14.583	Modified	Sig Added
2018-12-20	13.512	Modified	Sig Added
2018-12-05	13.503	Modified	Sig Added