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Network segmentation via nexus using VRFs and virtual router Palo alto with BGP peering

Requirement: have to make firewall config based on network configuration done on Nexus. My challenge is Communication is not posoble with network guys coz they are Chinese, customer speak different language as well. OBJECTIVE: we want DC firewalls to be used for filtering or traffic only and nexus to do the core routing.. In the config I can se...

flow_fpga_ingress_exception_err and high latency

Recently deployed several PA-5250s Running 10.1.3 and there is a issue that randomly comes and goes.Latency for traffic going through the firewalls spikes to 100-500ms. I was able to capture one thing that looked peculiar and that was flow_fpga_ingress_exception_err counts were high (8169388322) and the rate was high (12468). But I can't seem to...

category malware with action allowed

Hi, we use Splunk. We tried following searchstring: http_category=malware | timechart count BY vendor_action We find out that we get back action allowed with category malware. Is there a failure in the search? The action in our URL security profil for malware is block. Is there someone with same environment and same results ? best regards...

CURL ERROR: Could not resolve host: serverlist.urlcloud.paloaltonetworks.com

Hello all , Thanks to check my problem as below Palo Alto Firewall cannot resolve DNS Server IP AddressCURL ERROR: Could not resolve host: serverlist.urlcloud.paloaltonetworks.comFailed to resolve host wildfire.paloaltonetworks.complease i will waiting for your swift feedback to solve , thanks alot BrMohamed Abbas

Resolved! Allow single user to bypass MFA

Hi All, I would like to access Global Protect for myself using different profile to access one of our resources subnet 10.21.xx.xx. I want to access without having to go through 2FA. Any idea for it? is it possible? Do we need to create another gateway on the GP for a single user?

Even block of Geolocation inbound and outbound Google & other showing South Korea

We are facing issue with location even we block for example south Korea but all infrastructure VM GP showing location South Korea.Any thing that i am missing ?

Using minemeld to whitelist Oracle Cloud IP ranges?

I currently use minemeld to whitelist the list of O365 IP ranges etc, but I have not been able to find a miner for the Oracle Cloud. Oracle publishes a JSON file with the relevant IPs (https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/tools/public_ip_ranges.json), so maybe I need to use Minemeld to parse the JSON somehow? Hoping I'm not the only one trying...

Resolved! SSL Decryption for IoT devices

I am rolling out SSL Decryption for the wired subnets at my office. It's working great for the users since their laptops and devices are on the domain and trust our private CA which is used as the forward-trust cert. I'm running into issues with other devices plugged into the network like copiers, printers, smart TV's. These devices are on the w...

Cant upload Wildfire update after manually activating the license

Cant upload Wildfire update after manually activating the license, we are getting ready for PA migration (replacing old PA with with new) hence new PA firewalls are not connected to live environment and doesn't have internet connectivity. config was transferred using XML import / export.All the subscriptions are activated on the new PAs and dyna...

Resolved! Transfer Configuration from PA-3020 to PA-850 Without Panorama

Has anyone cloned configuration from a PA-3020 HA pair in active/passive mode to PA-850's that aren't managed by Panorama? Maybe not those specific model numbers even? I'm not familiar with Panorama, and have searched here, and online but all I find is when devices are managed, so I'm wondering if doing this manually would have a different outco...

Resolved! Application Override Question

Hi All, I got this question from the learning center for the PCNSE practice exam. Dont know if its allowed to post the screenshot here. From my understanding of using the application override, the firewall stops any further content inspection. It was also stated on the admin guide:If you define an application override, the firewall stops proces...

Resolved! VPN Issue on interface subnet change

Hi All, Help here will be appreciated.I am migrating a pair of PA-5220's to Active-Passive as they are currently Active-Active. First job in the task is to change the interfaces from /30 to /29 subnets. This is to ensure that both firewalls sit within the same subnet rather than be in isolated /30s. The migration is needed as the VPNs only resid...

Resolved! Allow a more specific path of a Blocked URL

Hi All, I'm trying to determine if this is possible. We are blocking abc.company.com via an entry in a custom url category which is applied to the internet policy via a URL filtering profile. I need to allow abc.company.com/specificpath while still blocking all other paths. Nothing I've tried works. We have a whitelist rule above the main inter...

Resolved! Configure DHCP reservation on Global Protect user

Hello Community, Is there a way on the PALO ALTO that we can do DHCP reservation while using the Global protect client VPN.As of now we don't have any DHCP relay on the PALO ALTO. The PALO ALTO is the one providing IP address for the global protect user.Is there any DHCP expire on the global protect assign IP address?I found some docs but more o...

Resolved! Whitelist Java Traffic

Good morning,I am relatively new to the PA's, but was wondering if there was a way to have a list of URL's & domains to whitelist Java traffic & block everything else? And if so, can I then write any kind of regex to match specific java versions, say if we have an older version of Java that is required for a specific app for a specific ...