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Resolved! How to get friendly name of a vsys into the syslogs?

I have followed the order described in to create a custom log format for use by a syslogserver which is much more happy of getting the logs with spacesas delimiter instead of the commas.However I noticed that the $vsys variable only gives out text like "vsys1" instead of the friendly name which is regulary used by the vsys in all configuration ...

mikand by • L6 Presenter
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Stretching L2 VLAN's over IPSec tunnel

Hi All,I am facing a nasty situation where i need to connect two sites together using an IPSec tunnel over the internet. The nasty part is where both sites have a VLAN that needs to be interconnected.. both in the same subnet. I am wondering if it is possible to stretch this VLAN between the two sites using an IPSec tunnel.This gives the followi...

bsanders by • L2 Linker
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Process impact of "Security Profile Group" all set to NONE ?

Dear all,Does a "Security Profile Group" with all security engines selected to "NONE" would have any processing(/performance) impact?Reason the so, is for future readiness. Allowing NOT to have chaning ALL individual security policies, in case we would like to enable a security content engine in this "security profile group".Thanks in advance!Ki...

wimjuste by • L1 Bithead
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Update Software on HA passive mode

I try to update software and GlobalProtect on my PA configurated on HA Passive mode but it´s impossible. "Failed to check upgrade info due to generic communication error. Please check network conectivity and try again" :-SI download de software on web but its impossible to upload from my pc. Img is Invalid.Can you help me??Thanks,Best regards,

cmadurga by • L0 Member
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Resolved! Setup SSLVPN w/ Radius Auth and limit to specific A.D. groups

What is the best way to accomplish this? I have the VPN setup with Radius auth and working correctly but in its current setup, ANY A.D. account can connect to VPN. I have already created the security groups to reference for access in A.D., just not sure where to just the access.

SDorsey by • L4 Transporter
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Policy allowing ping/snmp not performing as expected

I have a policy which allows icmp / ping / snmp-base / snmpv1 / snmpv2 however when I review the logs the traffic which matches this policy is being caught in a lower policy that is more general (and we are trying to get rid of). Someone told me that because icmp/ping are layer 3 and snmp is layer 7 that they cannot share a policy. I didn't beli...

Resolved! Traffic log CSV Export Bytes Column

Hello everybody,Software Version 3.0.5when we make an CSV export for the traffic logs,we have three columns with Bytes, called- Bytes- Bytes Send- Bytes ReceivedAll three columns have for the same row the same Byte values.So, what is it for!I thought there must be different values!Can sombody explain this, or is there a fix in another release!?K...

indevis by • L2 Linker
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Resolved! Vulnerability Protection - Exceptions?

Dear all,We've got one, okay, two little questions on the configuration of vulnerability protection:Assuming we have a security policy configured with the pre-defined vulnerability protection profile named "strict". From that policy we're getting "LDAP: User Login Brute-force Attempt" (ID 40'005, severity high) log entries from time to time. The...

oschuler by • L4 Transporter
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Resolved! Reports - Best way to see top URLs visited?

I'm struggling a little with the documentation on how to generate useful reports.If I look in the ACC or default reports I can see destinations but they are simply a mix of raw hostname and rdns lookups - they might show a lot of traffic to, say, a88-221-183-148.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com, but they won't show that traffic was actually people ...

Resolved! In which order are the fields (variables) in defaultformat for syslog?

Hi all,I use a tool for loganalyzing which isnt too happy of the PA default format for syslog which uses commas and no spaces.Like so: abc,def,ghiWhat I need is: abc, def, ghior even better: abc def ghiBecause of that I need to create a customformat for each of the syslog types Config, System, Threat, Traffic and HIP Match.Putting the variables ...

mikand by • L6 Presenter
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SSL Weak CBC Mode Vulnerability

Our box was scanned by Qualys and the SSL VPN portal cames up with the following message:If possible, upgrade to TLS v1.1 or TLS v1.2. If upgrading is not possible, then disabling CBC mode cipher will remove the vulnerability.Any ideas how to disable CBC mode cipher on the PA device. Is there any impact on doing this ?rgdsJohan

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Resolved! What is session_inter_cpu_sync_err count on global count???

HelloI am installing PA-5050 (PANOS-4.1.10) to my customer.I am monitoring all status of device.I am seeing many increase of global count.I have a question.What is session_inter_cpu_sync_err count on global count???andWhat is dfa_sw_fpga_not_loaded count on global count???Please let me know.

Advantages of Virtual Systems...

...What are the advantages of using Virtual Systems, other than being able to divide Management and Reporting of "Virtual" firewalls. In my case, I have a DMZ, Wireless, Trust and Untrust networks connected to a PA 5020. Should I split up the DMZ and Wireless networks into their own Virtual Systems?Something like this...eth1/1 - Untrust(intern...

jambulo by • L4 Transporter
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Resolved! BGP Configuration Clarification Needed

I am new to BGP. I am attempting to configure BGP as layed out in the following documentation with the Active/Passive configuration. I've been given an AS number and a block of /24 from ARIN. Step 2 under "Configuration for the Active/Passive Pair" explains that there needs to be a 3rd interface configured with the internal network IP address/s...

mario11584 by • L4 Transporter
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