topic Re: portal-auth vs gateway-auth in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

portal-auth vs gateway-auth

Piotr_Kowalczyk — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:56:53 GMT

Hi,

I’m trying to understand Palo Alto VPN client, Global Protect login process with logs and I’m a little bit confused. What I can see in logs:

First is: portal-auth.
Then usually portal-gen-cookie
Next gateway-auth
And finally, gateway-register

I would think the portal-auth would be login to PA portal but it is not so I’m quite confused what is portal-auth on VPN client? Can somebody explain me difference between gateway and portal authentication please?

Re: portal-auth vs gateway-auth

cbyam1 — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:32:34 GMT

This is the normal process. See: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/globalprotect/10-1/globalprotect-admin/globalprotect-user-authentication

Re: portal-auth vs gateway-auth

Piotr_Kowalczyk — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:37:23 GMT

Thank you!