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70 | Glossary
Ares: Ares Galaxy is an open source P2P file-sharing program
for Microsoft Windows, written in Delphi. Proponents for the
software claim that it is able to download quickly, has a better
and more complete search function than other file-sharing
programs, and connects quickly.
AV: Anti-virus.
BearShare: Bea... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/ebook_NGFW_dummies.pdf |
71 | 66 Next-Generation Firewalls For Dummies
FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol.
Gbridge: Gbridge establishes a VPN tunnel inside of a Google
Gtalk instant messaging session (Gbridge is not a Google
application). A Gbridge user can then connect to multiple PCs
that are logged in... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/ebook_NGFW_dummies.pdf |
72 | Glossary 67
Mariposa: Mariposa is a botnet that was built with the computer virus known as “Butterfly Bot” and is estimated to
have infected between 8 and 12 million PCs worldwide. The
Mariposa Botnet steals passwords for Web sites and financial
institutions, launches denial of service attacks, and spreads
viruse... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/ebook_NGFW_dummies.pdf |
73 | 68 Next-Generation Firewalls For Dummies
SSL/TLS: Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security.
A transport layer protocol that provides session-based
encryption and authentication for secure communication
between clients and servers on the Internet.
Stateful inspection: Also known as dynamic packet filtering;
ma... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/ebook_NGFW_dummies.pdf |
74 | About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks™ is the network security company. Its nextgeneration firewalls enable unprecedented visibility and
granular policy control of applications and content — by user,
not just IP address — at up to 10Gbps with no performance
degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID™ technol... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/ebook_NGFW_dummies.pdf |
75 | Lawrence C. Miller, CISSP
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• Differentiate between “good”
and “bad” applications
• Identify evasive techniques used
by applications
• Implement effective application
and network controls
Learn to:
Next-Generation Firewalls
Making Everything Easier!™
Open the book and find:
• How Enterprise 2.0
app... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/ebook_NGFW_dummies.pdf |
0 | The PA-200 is a next-generation firewall
that delivers unprecedented visibility and
control over applications, users and content
on enterprise networks.
The Palo Alto NetworksTM PA-200 is targeted at high speed
Internet gateway deployments within distributed enterprise
branch offices. The PA-200 manages network tr... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/PA200_Specsheet.pdf |
1 | I/O
• (4) 10/100/1000
MANAGEMENT I/O
• (1) 10/100 out-of-band management port, (1) RJ-45 console port
POWER SUPPLY (AVG/MAX POWER CONSUMPTION)
• 40W (20W/30W)
INPUT VOLTAGE (INPUT FREQUENCY)
• 100-240VAC (50-60Hz)
MAX CURRENT CONSUMPTION
• 1.3A@100VAC
DIMENSIONS
• 1.75”H x 7”D x 9.25”W
WEIGHT (STAND ALONE DEVICE/AS SH... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/PA200_Specsheet.pdf |
2 | FIREWALL
• Policy-based control over applications, users and content
• Fragmented packet protection
• Reconnaissance scan protection
• Denial of Service (DoS)/Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS)
protection
• Decryption: SSL (inbound and outbound), SSH
USER INTEGRATION (USER-ID)
• Active Directory, LDAP, eDirectory,... | https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/documents/PA200_Specsheet.pdf |
0 | PAN-OS® Administrator’s Guide
Version 10.2
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1 | Contact Information
Corporate Headquarters:
Palo Alto Networks
3000 Tannery Way
Santa Clara, CA 95054
www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/contact-support
About the Documentation
• For the most recent version of this guide or for access to related documentation, visit the Technical
Documentation portal docs.paloaltonetwork... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
2 | Table of Contents
Getting Started................................................................................................. 17
Integrate the Firewall into Your Management Network................................................. 18
Determine Your Access Strategy for Business Continuity............................... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
3 | Table of Contents
Use Global Find to Search the Firewall or Panorama Management
Server................................................................................................................................93
Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes......................................... 95
Manage C... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
4 | Table of Contents
Monitor Device Telemetry................................................................................................... 226
Sample the Data that Device Telemetry Collects...........................................................227
Authentication...................................................... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
5 | Table of Contents
Certificate Revocation List (CRL).............................................................................312
Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)............................................................313
Certificate Deployment................................................................ | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
6 | Table of Contents
Store Private Keys on an HSM................................................................................383
Manage the HSM Deployment................................................................................384
High Availability................................................................... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
7 | Table of Contents
ACC Widgets................................................................................................................486
Widget Descriptions...................................................................................................488
ACC Filters............................................. | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
8 | Table of Contents
Generate Botnet Reports..........................................................................................556
Generate the SaaS Application Usage Report......................................................558
Manage PDF Summary Reports.............................................................. | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
9 | Table of Contents
Map IP Addresses to Usernames Using Authentication Portal........................ 790
Configure User Mapping for Terminal Server Users.......................................... 796
Send User Mappings to User-ID Using the XML API.........................................806
Enable User- and Group-Based ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
10 | Table of Contents
How to Disable Policy Optimizer............................................................................891
App-ID Cloud Engine.............................................................................................................893
Prepare to Deploy App-ID Cloud Engine......................... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
11 | Table of Contents
QoS Bandwidth Management..................................................................................960
QoS Egress Interface..................................................................................................961
QoS for Clear Text and Tunneled Traffic.................................. | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
12 | Table of Contents
Username/Password and Satellite Cookie Authentication (Default
Authentication Method)..........................................................................................1050
Serial Number and IP Address Authentication Method.................................. 1051
Configure GlobalProtect Gateways... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
13 | Table of Contents
External Dynamic List..............................................................................................1145
Formatting Guidelines for an External Dynamic List........................................1149
Built-in External Dynamic Lists........................................................... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
14 | Table of Contents
Inter-VSYS Traffic That Remains Within the Firewall......................................1221
Inter-VSYS Communication Uses Two Sessions............................................... 1223
Shared Gateway...................................................................................................... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
15 | Table of Contents
Enable FIPS and Common Criteria Support...................................................................1292
Access the Maintenance Recovery Tool (MRT).................................................1292
Change the Operational Mode to FIPS-CC Mode............................................1294
FIP... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
16 | Getting Started
The following topics provide detailed steps to help you deploy a new Palo Alto Networks nextgeneration firewall. They provide details for integrating a new firewall into your network and
how to set up a basic security policy. For guidance on continuing to deploy the security platform
features to addres... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
17 | Getting Started
Integrate the Firewall into Your Management Network
All Palo Alto Networks firewalls provide an out-of-band management port (MGT) that you can
use to perform the firewall administration functions. By using the MGT port, you separate the
management functions of the firewall from the data processing funct... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
18 | Getting Started
An OOB network is a secure method of remotely accessing and managing devices and
does not use the primary communication channels. Instead, OOB networks use separate
communication channels that are always available if the primary channel fails and have
a different source of power than the primary network... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
19 | Getting Started
Perform Initial Configuration
By default, the PA-Series firewall has an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and a username/password
of admin/admin. For security reasons, you must change these settings before continuing with
other firewall configuration tasks. You must perform these initial configuration tasks eit... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
20 | Getting Started
STEP 5 | Set a secure username and password for the admin account.
Starting with PAN-OS 9.0.4, the predefined, default administrator password (admin)
must be changed on the first login on a device. The new password must be a minimum
of eight characters and include a minimum of one lowercase and one uppe... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
21 | Getting Started
STEP 6 | Configure the MGT interface.
1. Select Device > Setup > Interfaces and edit the Management interface.
2. Configure the address settings for the MGT interface using one of the following
methods:
• To configure static IP address settings for the MGT interface, set the IP Type to Static
and enter ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
22 | Getting Started
STEP 7 | Configure DNS, update server, and proxy server settings.
You must manually configure at least one DNS server on the firewall or it will not be
able to resolve hostnames; it will not use DNS server settings from another source,
such as an ISP.
1. Select Device > Setup > Services.
• For multi-vir... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
23 | Getting Started
STEP 8 | Configure date and time (NTP) settings.
1. Select Device > Setup > Services.
• For multi-virtual system platforms, select Global and edit the Services section.
• For single virtual system platforms, edit the Services section.
2. On the NTP tab, to use the virtual cluster of time servers on the ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
24 | Getting Started
STEP 10 | Commit your changes.
When the configuration changes are saved, you lose connectivity to the web interface
because the IP address has changed.
Click Commit at the top right of the web interface. The firewall can take up to 90 seconds to
save your changes.
STEP 11 | Connect the firewall to your ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
25 | Getting Started
STEP 13 | Verify network access to external services required for firewall management, such as the
Palo Alto Networks Update Server.
You can do this in one of the following ways:
• If you do not want to allow external network access to the MGT interface, you will need to
set up a data port to retrieve r... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
26 | Getting Started
Perform Initial Configuration for an Air Gapped Firewall
Perform the initial configuration for an air gapped firewall. By default, the PA-Series firewall has
an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and a username/password of admin/admin. For security reasons,
you must change these settings before continuing with o... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
27 | Getting Started
STEP 4 | (Best Practices) Disable Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).
ZTP can only be disabled from the firewall CLI. The firewall reboots after you disable ZTP.
Continue to the next steps after the firewall has rebooted and you can log back in.
• PA-5430, PA-5420, PA-5410, PA-5450, PA-3400 Series, PA-3400 S... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
28 | Getting Started
STEP 6 | Register the firewall with the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal (CSP).
1. Log in to the Palo Alto Networks CSP.
2. Click Register a Device.
3. Select Register device using Serial Number and click Next.
4. Enter the required Device Information.
• Enter the firewall Serial Number.
• Che... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
29 | Getting Started
STEP 9 | (Optional) Configure general firewall settings as needed.
1. Select Device > Setup > Management and edit the General Settings.
2. Enter a Hostname for the firewall and enter your network Domain name. The domain
name is just a label; it will not be used to join the domain.
3. Enter Login Banner ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
30 | Getting Started
STEP 11 | Connect the firewall to your network.
1. Disconnect the firewall from your computer.
2. (All firewalls except for the PA-5450) Connect the MGT port to a switch port on your
management network using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable. Make sure that the switch port you
cable the firewall to is configured ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
31 | Getting Started
STEP 1 | Decide which interface you want to use for access to external services and connect it to your
switch or router port.
The interface you use must have a static IP address.
STEP 2 | Log in to the web interface.
Using a secure connection (https) from your web browser, log in using the new IP addres... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
32 | Getting Started
STEP 4 | Configure the interface you plan to use for external access to management services.
1. Select Network > Interfaces and select the interface that corresponds to the interface
you cabled in Step 1.
2. Select the Interface Type. Although your choice here depends on your network
topology, this exam... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
33 | Getting Started
These services provide management access to the firewall, so only select the
services that correspond to the management activities you want to allow on this
interface. For example, don’t enable HTTP or Telnet because those protocols
transmit in plaintext and therefore aren’t secure. Or if you plan to us... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
34 | Getting Started
STEP 5 | Configure the Service Routes.
By default, the firewall uses the MGT interface to access the external services it requires. To
change the interface the firewall uses to send requests to external services, you must edit the
service routes.
This example shows how to set up global service routes. F... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
35 | Getting Started
more than one IP address is configured for the selected interface, the Source Address
drop-down allows you to select an IP address.
3. Click OK to save the settings.
4. Repeat Steps 5.2 - 5.3 above for each service route you want to modify.
5. Commit your changes.
STEP 6 | Configure an external-facing i... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
36 | Getting Started
STEP 7 | Create a NAT policy rule.
1. If you are using a private IP address on the internal-facing interface, you will need to
create a source NAT rule to translate the address to a publicly routable address. Select
Policies > NAT and then click Add. At a minimum you must define a name for the rule
(Gen... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
37 | Getting Started
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38 | Getting Started
Register the Firewall
Before you can activate support and other licenses and subscriptions, you must first register the
firewall. Before you can register a firewall, though, you must first have an active support account.
Perform one of the following tasks depending on whether you have an active support ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
39 | Getting Started
STEP 3 | Enter Your Email Address, check I’m not a robot, and click Submit.
STEP 4 | Select Register device using Serial Number or Authorization Code and click Next.
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40 | Getting Started
STEP 5 | Complete the registration form.
1. Enter the contact details for the person in your organization who will own this account.
Required fields are indicated by red asterisks.
2. Create a UserID and Password for the account. Required fields are indicated by red
asterisks.
3. Enter the Device Serial... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
41 | Getting Started
STEP 1 | Log in to the firewall web interface.
Using a secure connection (HTTPS) from your web browser, log in using the new IP address
and password you assigned during initial configuration (https://<IP address>).
STEP 2 | Locate your serial number and copy it to the clipboard.
On the Dashboard, locate... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
42 | Getting Started
STEP 4 | Register the firewall.
1. On the Support Home page, click Register a Device.
2. Select Register device using Serial Number or Authorization Code, and then click Next.
3. Enter the firewall Serial Number (you can copy and paste it from the firewall Dashboard).
4. (Optional) Enter the Device Name... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
43 | Getting Started
You can view the entry for the firewall you just registered under Devices.
STEP 5 | (Firewalls with line cards) To ensure that you receive support for your firewall’s line cards,
make sure to Register the Firewall Line Cards.
(Optional) Perform Day 1 Configuration
After you register your firewall, you h... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
44 | Getting Started
STEP 1 | From the page that displays after you have registered your firewall, select Run Day 1
Configuration.
If you’ve already registered your firewall but haven’t run Day 1 Configuration, you can
also run it from the Customer Support Portal home page by selecting Tools > Run Day
1 Configuration.
STEP ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
45 | Getting Started
STEP 3 | Under Management, select either Static or DHCP Client for your Management Type.
Selecting Static will require you fill out the IPV4, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway fields.
Selecting DHCP Client only requires that you enter the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS. A
device configured in DHCP client ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
46 | Getting Started
STEP 6 | To import and load the Day 1 Configuration file you just downloaded to your firewall:
1. Log into your firewall web interface.
2. Select Device > Setup > Operations.
3. Click Import named configuration snapshot.
4. Select the file.
Register the Firewall Line Cards
The following firewalls use li... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
47 | Getting Started
Segment Your Network Using Interfaces and Zones
Traffic must pass through the firewall in order for the firewall to manage and control it. Physically,
traffic enters and exits the firewall through interfaces. The firewall determines how to act on
a packet based on whether the packet matches a Security p... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
48 | Getting Started
Configure Interfaces and Zones
After you identify how you want to segment your network and the zones you will need to create
to achieve the segmentation (as well as the interfaces to map to each zone), you can begin
configuring the interfaces and zones on the firewall. Configure interfaces on the firewa... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
49 | Getting Started
STEP 2 | Configure the external interface (the interface that connects to the Internet).
1. Select Network > Interfaces and then select the interface you want to configure. In this
example, we are configuring Ethernet1/8 as the external interface.
2. Select the Interface Type. Although your choice here ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
50 | Getting Started
STEP 3 | Configure the interface that connects to your internal network.
In this example, the interface connects to a network segment that uses private IP
addresses. Because private IP addresses cannot be routed externally, you have to
configure NAT.
1. Select Network > Interfaces and select the interfa... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
51 | Getting Started
STEP 5 | (Optional) Create tags for each zone.
Tags allow you to visually scan policy rules.
1. Select Objects > Tags and Add.
2. Select a zone Name.
3. Select a tag Color and click OK.
STEP 6 | Save the interface configuration.
Click Commit.
STEP 7 | Cable the firewall.
Attach straight through cables f... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
52 | Getting Started
Set Up a Basic Security Policy
Now that you defined some zones and attached them to interfaces, you are ready to begin
creating your Security Policy. The firewall will not allow any traffic to flow from one zone to
another unless there is a Security policy rule that allows it. When a packet enters a fir... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
53 | Getting Started
STEP 2 | Allow access to your network infrastructure resources.
1. Select Policies > Security and click Add.
2. In the General tab, enter a descriptive Name for the rule.
3. In the Source tab, set the Source Zone to Users.
4. In the Destination tab, set the Destination Zone to IT Infrastructure.
As a be... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
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STEP 3 | Enable access to general internet applications.
This is a temporary rule that allows you to gather information about the traffic on
your network. After you have more insight into which applications your users need to
access, you can make informed decisions about which applications to allow and ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
55 | Getting Started
STEP 4 | Enable access to data center applications.
1. Select Policies > Security and Add a rule.
2. In the General tab, Enter a descriptive Name for the rule.
3. In the Source tab, set the Source Zone to Users.
4. In the Destination tab, set the Destination Zone to Data Center Applications.
5. In the A... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
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STEP 6 | To verify that you have set up your basic policies effectively, test whether your Security
policy rules are being evaluated and determine which Security policy rule applies to a traffic
flow.
For example, to verify the policy rule that will be applied for a client in the user zone with the
IP a... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
57 | Getting Started
Assess Network Traffic
Now that you have a basic security policy, you can review the statistics and data in the
Application Command Center (ACC), traffic logs, and the threat logs to observe trends on your
network. Use this information to identify where you need to create more granular security policy
r... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
58 | Getting Started
Use WildFire verdict information (benign, grayware, malware) and AutoFocus matching tags to
look for potential risks in your network.
AutoFocus tags created by Unit 42, the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team,
call attention to advanced, targeted campaigns and threats in your network.
From the A... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
59 | Getting Started
Enable Free WildFire Forwarding
WildFire is a cloud-based virtual environment that analyzes and executes unknown samples
(files and email links) and determines the samples to be malicious, phishing, grayware, or benign.
With WildFire enabled, a Palo Alto Networks firewall can forward unknown samples to ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
60 | Getting Started
STEP 2 | Log in to the firewall and configure WildFire forwarding settings.
1. Select Device > Setup > WildFire and edit the General Settings.
2. Set the WildFire Public Cloud field to forward files to the WildFire global cloud (U.S.) at:
wildfire.paloaltonetworks.com.
You can also forward files to a Wi... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
61 | Getting Started
STEP 9 | (Threat Prevention subscription only) If you have a Threat Prevention subscription, but do
not have a WildFire subscription, you can still receive WildFire signature updates every 24-
48 hours.
1. Select Device > Dynamic Updates.
2. Check that the firewall is scheduled to download, and install ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
62 | Getting Started
Best Practices for Completing the Firewall Deployment
Now that you have integrated the firewall into your network and enabled the basic security
features, you can begin configuring more advanced features. Here are some things to consider
next:
Follow the Adminstrative Access Best Practices to make sure ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
63 | Getting Started
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64 | Subscriptions
Learn about all the subscriptions and services that work with the firewall, and get started by
activating subscription licenses:
• Subscriptions You Can Use With the Firewall
• Activate Subscription Licenses
• What Happens When Licenses Expire?
• Enhanced Application Logs for Palo Alto Networks Cloud Serv... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
65 | Subscriptions
Subscriptions You Can Use With the Firewall
The following Palo Alto Networks subscriptions unlock certain firewall features or enable
the firewall to leverage a Palo Alto Networks cloud-delivered service (or both). Here you can
read more about each service or feature that requires a subscription to work w... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
66 | Subscriptions
Subscriptions You Can Use With the Firewall
• Automatic VPN topology creation
• Traffic distribution
• Monitoring and troubleshooting
• Get Started with SD-WAN
Threat Prevention Threat Prevention provides:
• Antivirus, anti-spyware (command-and-control), and
vulnerability protection.
• Built-in external d... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
67 | Subscriptions
Subscriptions You Can Use With the Firewall
URL filtering is no longer available as a standalone
subscription. All features contained in URL filtering
are included with the Advanced URL filtering
subscription.
• Get Started with URL Filtering
Advanced URL Filtering Advanced URL Filtering uses a cloud-base... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
68 | Subscriptions
Subscriptions You Can Use With the Firewall
to support several other cloud-delivered services, including
Cortex XDR, IoT Security, and Prisma Access, and Traps
management service.
• Get Started with Strata Logging Service
GlobalProtect Gateway Provides mobility solutions and/or large-scale VPN capabilitie... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
69 | Subscriptions
Activate Subscription Licenses
Follow these steps to activate a new license on the firewall.
The Decryption Mirroring feature requires you to activate a free license to unlock feature
functionality. To request the free license and activate this feature, follow the steps in
Configure Decryption Port Mirror... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
70 | Subscriptions
STEP 5 | (WildFire, Advanced URL Filtering, and DNS Security subscriptions only) Commit
configuration changes to complete subscription activation.
After activating a WildFire, Advanced URL Filtering, or DNS Security subscription license, a
commit is required for the firewall to begin processing their corr... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
71 | Subscriptions
What Happens When Licenses Expire?
Palo Alto Networks subscriptions provide the firewall with added functionality and/or access
to a Palo Alto Networks cloud-delivered service. When a license is within 30 days of expiration,
a warning message displays in the system log daily until the subscription is rene... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
72 | Subscriptions
Subscription Expiry Behavior
• Get new DNS signatures.
Advanced URL Filtering /
URL Filtering
You can still:
• Enforce policy using custom URL categories.
You can no longer:
• Get updates to cached PAN-DB categories.
• Connect to the PAN-DB URL filtering database.
• Get PAN-DB URL categories.
• Analyze UR... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
73 | Subscriptions
Subscription Expiry Behavior
• Ingest data to Strata Logging Service during 30-day grace
period.
• Forward logs to Strata Logging Service during 30-day grace
period.
GlobalProtect You can still:
• Use the app for endpoints running Windows and macOS.
• Configure single or multiple internal/external gateway... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
74 | Subscriptions
Enhanced Application Logs for Palo Alto Networks
Cloud Services
The firewall can collect data that increases visibility into network activity for Palo Alto Networks
apps and services, like Cortex XDR and IoT Security. These Enhanced Application logs are
designed strictly for Palo Alto Networks apps and se... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
75 | Subscriptions
STEP 2 | To Enable enhanced application logging on the firewall, select Device > Setup >
Management > Cloud Logging and edit the Cloud Logging Settings.
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76 | Subscriptions
STEP 3 | Continue to enable Enhanced Application Logging for the Security policy rules that control
the traffic into which you want extended visibility.
1. Select Objects > Log Forwarding and Add or modify a Log Forwarding profile.
2. Update the profile to Enable enhanced application logs in cloud logging... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
77 | Subscriptions
To use this workflow, you must have already configured Security policy rules, enabled
logging on the rules, and enabled logging services with Enhanced Application Logging.
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78 | Subscriptions
STEP 1 | Apply a Log Forwarding profile for IoT Security to Security policy rules.
1. Log in to your next-generation firewall and select Policies > Log Forwarding for Security
Services in the Policy Optimizer section.
2. To view all your Security policy rules, including those with a Log Forwarding profile... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
79 | Subscriptions
or
To add the forwarding of EALs to an existing Log Forwarding profile that doesn’t already
have it, choose it from the Log Forwarding Profile list, select Enable Enhanced IoT Logging
and then OK.
When you Enable Enhanced IoT Logging, PAN-OS updates the chosen Log
Forwarding profile itself and thereby ena... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
80 | Firewall Administration
Administrators can configure, manage, and monitor Palo Alto Networks firewalls using the web
interface, CLI, and API management interface. You can customize role-based administrative access
to the management interfaces to delegate specific tasks or permissions to certain administrators.
See Admi... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
81 | Firewall Administration
Management Interfaces
You can use the following user interfaces to manage the Palo Alto Networks firewall:
Do not enable management access from the internet or from other untrusted zones inside
your enterprise security boundary. Follow the Adminstrative Access Best Practices to
ensure that you a... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
82 | Firewall Administration
Use the Web Interface
The following topics describe how to use the firewall web interface. For detailed information
about specific tabs and fields in the web interface, refer to the Web Interface Reference Guide.
• Launch the Web Interface
• Configure Banners, Message of the Day, and Logos
• Use... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
83 | Firewall Administration
Configure Banners, Message of the Day, and Logos
A login banner is optional text that you can add to the login page so that administrators will see
information they must know before they log in. For example, you could add a message to notify
users of restrictions on unauthorized use of the firew... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
84 | Firewall Administration
STEP 3 | Configure the header and footer banners.
A bright background color and contrasting text color can increase the likelihood that
administrators will notice and read a banner. You can also use colors that correspond
to classification levels in your organization.
1. Enter the Header Banner ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
85 | Firewall Administration
Use the Administrator Login Activity Indicators to Detect Account
Misuse
The last login time and failed login attempts indicators provide a visual way to detect misuse of
your administrator account on a Palo Alto Networks firewall or Panorama management server.
Use the last login information to ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
86 | Firewall Administration
STEP 2 | Locate hosts that are continually attempting to log in to your firewall or Panorama
management server.
1. Click the failed login caution symbol to view the failed login attempts summary.
2. Locate and record the source IP address of the host that attempted to log in. For
example, the fo... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
87 | Firewall Administration
STEP 3 | Take the following actions if you detect an account compromise.
1. Select Monitor > Logs > Configuration and view the configuration changes and commit
history to determine if your account was used to make changes without your knowledge.
2. Select Device > Config Audit to compare the cur... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
88 | Firewall Administration
STEP 2 | Show only Running tasks (in progress) or All tasks (default). Optionally, filter the tasks by
type:
• Jobs—Administrator-initiated commits, firewall-initiated commits, and software or content
downloads and installations.
• Reports—Scheduled reports.
• Log Requests—Log queries that you t... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
89 | Firewall Administration
When enabled and managed by a Panorama™ management server, managed firewalls locally test
the configuration committed locally or pushed from Panorama to verify that the new changes
do not break the connection between Panorama and the managed firewall. If the committed
configuration breaks the co... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
90 | Firewall Administration
coding to indicate which changes are additions (green), modifications (yellow), or deletions
(red).
Preview Changes and select the Lines of Context, which is the number of lines from the
compared configuration files to display before and after each highlighted difference. These
additional lines ... | https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf |
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