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07-23-2025 12:37 PM
Hello,
We have a requirement to control connections from local virtual machines (VMs) to public endpoints. Specifically, we need to enforce access policies based on:
Is it possible to implement such granular controls?
Thank you for your insights!
07-24-2025 02:28 PM
Source IP address is easy, just put that in a security rule.
You should be able to create a custom application with signatures based on header information to identify the type of client. You would just have to inspect the traffic to find something to match that differentiates between browser vs tool.
07-25-2025 12:37 AM
@rmfalconer suggestion is good as the User-Agent header can be used in such cases but don't think that this is a good security as there are dedicated WAF systems that use javascripts to verify if a user is bot/tool or web browser like the one in Prisma Cloud product.
For custom signatures you can take a look at:
07-24-2025 02:28 PM
Source IP address is easy, just put that in a security rule.
You should be able to create a custom application with signatures based on header information to identify the type of client. You would just have to inspect the traffic to find something to match that differentiates between browser vs tool.
07-25-2025 12:37 AM
@rmfalconer suggestion is good as the User-Agent header can be used in such cases but don't think that this is a good security as there are dedicated WAF systems that use javascripts to verify if a user is bot/tool or web browser like the one in Prisma Cloud product.
For custom signatures you can take a look at:
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