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Block-ip action for blocking brute force ssh doesn't seem to be working

We've been noticing that we are getting quite a bit of brute force ssh attempts on our system, so we decided tonight to put in a rule that blocks those attempts. I took one of our existing policies that just logs everything, and added an exception that would block ssh brute forcing. Originally the action we set was block-ip, and we set it to blo...

PA200 with DSL (Dynamic DHCP Client) causing slow web browsing and "incomplete" application in traffic monitor

Ever since I put my PA200 inline at my house, my internet has been running really slow.In troubleshooting, I learned about the "More Runtime Stats" link in the virtual router. I needed this info to determine what traffic should be considered "interesting" and routed through the SSL VPN to create split tunneling for remote access.Because s lot o...

Running a custom report from the command line

Hi,Is it possible to run a previously defined custom report from the command line?brmario;

Resolved! there is a way to log with alert when using a cat in TAB "Url Category"?

Hi,All my URL profil is config with ALERT instead of allow. So i log any URL block or accept.But the problem is im not able to ALERT if i unblock or block a category under policies TAB name "URL Category".I have no choice, my rules are set in this way. I have a default URL profil that give access to most of the category.But i have some sepcifi...

Resolved! How do I block all URL traffic but a select few?

This question has been asked in a couple of different ways without a definitive answer that I can find.My challenge is that we have an external engagement space where designers (internal and external) collaborate on projects. Users thin client into the environment and do their work with data and information going into the secure environment wher...

Resolved! Display 'Last logged in' info on user's logon screen

Hi,Is it possible to display the timestamp of the last login on the logon screen (both in captive portal and at the globalconnect remote client)?I think this is a nice assurance for the user to actually check that noone has used his account since his own last login.It is probably technically challinging, but I want to discuss the possibility and...

HA Primary

Why is it when I have a HA pair with an identical link failure on both devices (same monitors configured), the device with the higher 'device priority' value (least preferred) becomes the Primary device?When a pair of devices has the same failure the device with the lowest priority (most preferred) should be the primary.It seems to end up on the...

Palo Alto start up queries

Hi everyone,Just have some queries on Palo Alto firewalls posting some questions. Help on these is much appreciated. what does the following command do > show neighbour all Does this function like Cisco discovery protocol to identify the peer CISCO devices or for OSPF neighbour or some other purpose?2. how to see interface physical and adm...

Resolved! Syslog - What IP is Sourced in Syslog?

PA500 and syslog? What IP (or interface) is sourced from the PA to a syslog server? Is it a management interface? If you have multiple assigned management interfaces, which one?Thanks.

Resolved! SSO Requirements

As with most things GlobalProtect I am having issues with a customer and am finding it difficult to find out why.I guess the first question is do you need to use client certificates in order to use SSO with global protect?The issue the customer has is although he has checked single sign on in the portal config he still has to enter his username ...

Resolved! unauthenticated users

Is there a simple way to prevent unauthenticated users from accessing the internet from the inside?It is my understanding that you cannot negate AD Groups? True?I was hoping to create a policy like this that would deny any unauthenticated users from accessing the internet.Zone Address User ...

Does anyone know "flow_fwd_zonechange" and "Packet routed to different zone"???

Hello All.I use PA-5050 , PANOS-4.0.9 , 10G InterfacesDMZ zone has FTP Server. It work for file download service to Internet.FTP data traffics are very slow (about 50KByte/s).But the device is working "commit" that FTP data traffics are fast(about 10MB/s)And FTP data traffic are slow again after commit 10 minute.I had checked Interface count on...

Resolved! User-ID functionality for 5.0+

I am playing around with a new PA200 we recently purchased. I am interested in learning more about he new User-ID functionality that is built into firmware version 5.0+. Is there any documentation, white papers, etc. that I could use to try and get this setup? Everything I have found seems to be fairly dated. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks!

AD Tools and Lync do not work over our SSL-VPN

I connect to the VPN (NetConnect). I get all my ipconfig correctly. I can ping anywhere in the network.If I bring up an MMC I can add an RDP snap-in and RDP to machines.However, the AD, DNS, DHCP snap-ins cannot connect to our servers.Checked the firewalls on the servers.The tunnel terminates into the same zone as the servers.Mysterious....

Resolved! Apple or Mac viruii scanning

GroupI have a student in one of my classes who asked what scanning techniques do we have, surrounding the AV security profiles that we apply.Apple File Protocol is not one of the 6 precanned decoders that we apply in our AV scanner.How does/would Palo Alto scan for viruses that could be transmitted using AFP (Apple Filing Protocol)Thank you.Steve

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