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Create EDL, first line invalid

PerTenggren — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:22:20 GMT

Hi, trying to create an dynamic IP-List (EDL) including two subnets:

10.0.1.0/24
10.0.2.0/24

The firewall downloads the list but displays the following error "Valid entries(1) lines skipped(1)" and when I display the list only 10.0.2.0/24 shows up. If I add an comment at the very top of the list it all works. Can anyone explain why?

#My list
10.0.1.0/24
10.0.2.0/24

Valid entries(2) lines skipped(1)

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

TranceforLife — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:02:39 GMT

; l think is required :

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/policy/formatting-guidelines-for-an-external-dynamic-list

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

PerTenggren — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:20:52 GMT

Hi,

Not sure I understand where to put this ;

Just to clarify, the last example works and both subnets shows up in the list.

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

TranceforLife — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 17:15:16 GMT

Sorry, I have misread your issue. Don't really know why it does matter for the firewall

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

ansharma — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:51:11 GMT

Hi PerTenggren,

I think the first character is not being liked for some reason. I think the first character can either be space, comment or an address.

Can you share the list for both cases?

Regards,

Anurag

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

gwesson — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:04:38 GMT

You may want to double-check the formatting of the list file. Ensure that the same carriage return/line feed character is being used for both addresses.

Try a couple troubleshooting steps:

Add a 3rd subnet, see if it takes the bottom two or only the last one.
Swap the order to see if the problem follows the location or the address.
If you've got a header in the file, remove that and start only with the first address.
Try using a range to see if that works (10.0.1.0-10.0.1.254)

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

PerTenggren — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 09:36:59 GMT

Looks like Windows create a strange char in the beginning of the file. (<U+FEFF>) The order does not matter or how many entries I put in the list. As long as the IP-numbers begins at line 2 all works perfect.

vsys1/EdgeIT-IP:
Next update at : Wed Apr 5 11:33:57 2017
Source :
Referenced : Yes
Valid : Yes
Auth-Valid : Yes

Total valid entries : 1
Total invalid entries : 1
Valid ips:
10.0.2.0/24

Invalid ips:
<U+FEFF>10.0.1.0/24

Re: Create EDL, first line invalid

JimMcGrady — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:30:20 GMT

Palo seems fussy about non-displayed characters in the text file. Even the use of carriage return and line feed, as it differs between Windows and Unix text file variants, can mess it up.