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URL Logging - Best Practises?

What's the recommendation on the best way to configure a Palo Alto to log URLs visited during regular browsing?

We have various categories set to block which are of course logged but I've never quite got my head around the logic of setting something t

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6.1.1 performance issues?

Has anyone encountered any throughput issues with 6.1.1? I have NOT had any issues until Friday.

Installed a PAN200 in vwire mode for a client eval / AVR. Their throughput to the internet was 44mbps before PAN. Through the PAN, it as cut down to 8mbps

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Is User-ID Agent Appv5 compatibility with PAN-OS V6?

We have a new PA-3020 running on version 6 and I'm using our old Windows User-ID agent running on version 5 that are currently operational in our environment. I've configured PA-3020 to connect with the User-ID agent but I'm having an authentication

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Global Protect Gateway License

Just a question about Global Protect Gateway License. Currently we're planning to deploy PA-5050 for our Data Center Infrastructure. Is Global Protect Gateway License is a requirement? For what I've understand, this is only a requirement if you're go

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Resolved! XML reports in Email Scheduler?

I know you can export a report as an XML manually but when you create an Email Scheduled report I don't see any options.

Are emailed reports only in PDF or is there an option somewhere to select this?

Thanks!

PAN2050 data stops when global protect client downloaded

Has anyone seen this issue? We have had this issue for months with no relief and am at my wits end. Forgive me if my frustration comes through......

what happens is this:

A remote user will login to VPN web page and click the link to download the GP cl

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OSPF over VPN

Hello,

is it necessary to use Numbered Tunnel-IP confuguration when running OSPF over a VPN line?

Roman

Resolved! show config running output

on a local firewall, the output of the show config running output has some encrypted data that does not seem to be a certificate. No --begin certificate-- or --end certificate-- .

Does anyone know what this encrypted data is? I thought it might be the

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Monitoring A/A HA status and session sync

How have folks setup automated monitoring of HA status and session sync?

We see HA instability on a 5060 A/A cluster during periods of high load. The boxes get too busy to respond to HA messages, lose heartbeat, and start to think the links have fail

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Resolved! PAN-2020 Management access issue.

Hi Friends, One of my PA-2020 , OS 6.0.4 have some issue. we are not able to access the management port through Console port, web interface and CLI and also not able to ping. if we are hard reboot the firewall working fine. i have got same issue fre

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Resolved! download PAN-DB Error

Dear Friends, I am try to download PAN-DB for URL but i am getting below error. please suggest. PAN-DB list Loading Failed (ERROR: SSL Connect Error)

If security policy has associated profile and/or application is subject to content inspection, setup content inspection session

It is mentioned in policy look-up: If security policy has associated profile and/or application is subject to content inspection,

setup content inspection session.

what are those applications which are subjected to content inspection?

what is checked fi

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Resolved! BrightCloud URL Database Not Reachable

Anybody else having issues with the BrightCloud database not being reachable?

Get the following error message in the system log...

Cannot receive data from 'service.brightcloud.com:80' to download BrightCloud URL database

Thanks,

Al

Resolved! Custom admin role for GUI

Hi Friends,

I want to custom granular Access to the Device Tab (setup-operation-export and import) for custom role-based administrator.but i think it is not possible. please share the your suggestion.

Regards

Satish

User Admin PA using ADprofile get blocked

Hi, we are having several problems with the use who we use to manage the Palo Alto.

We have create a profile with the users in Active directory who can manage our Firewall Palo Alto. The login with this user works propertly but sometimes (with no reas

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