topic Re: Virtual Firewall in General Topics

Virtual Firewall

Ahmed-Allam — Wed, 24 May 2017 05:46:37 GMT

Dear All,

is it possible to make a Local Virtual Firewall using Hyper V or Vmware for the purpose of learning the functionalities of the Virtual Firewall ?

Re: Virtual Firewall

Raido_Rattameister — Wed, 24 May 2017 05:49:41 GMT

Yes Palo Alto firewalls both physical and virtual.

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/secure-the-network/virtualized-next-generation-firewall

Re: Virtual Firewall

Ahmed-Allam — Wed, 24 May 2017 05:52:47 GMT

Many thanks , Is it for free ?

Re: Virtual Firewall

ChrisRussell — Wed, 24 May 2017 14:58:14 GMT

No, VM's are not free.

You can get a 2 hour hands on test drive of one for free though.

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/events/test-drive.html

Re: Virtual Firewall

TranceforLife — Wed, 24 May 2017 19:22:34 GMT

Hey,

Let`s put it this way:

VMs images are free, but no logs visible without activating licences (at least trial and at least once).

When l was doing my lab back in 2015 (actually let me share with you) l had no licences. So the way l was able to see some logs was a syslog profile attached to the policy pointing to tftp32 tiny syslog server. I didn't work in IT at that point so that was my best way to learn/do it 😄

Obviously, l am still learning but now it is a bit easier, as at my current job we are providing support to our customers, l have an access to palo lab as well as learning from the advanced community members:)

LAB link below:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=13pJE8rz5joldhzpUNcWLy2ANAl6MpQxux4hRS1Ic4lQ