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The Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls provide true, complete visibility everywhere, along with precise policy control. This resource page provides information from getting started guides to many other trouble-shooting docs. Ask your questions or provide insightful answers in the discussion forum specific to Next-Generation Firewall.

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PATECHENG 11-18-2025	Request Advice – BGP Failover Route-Based IPsec VPN With WatchGuard (WG) Hi Everyone, I’m looking for guidance on the best-practice way to set up redundant route-based VPN tunnels using BGP between a Palo Alto firewall (PA-... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	23	0
Aftab_786 11-17-2025	Cannot Access Primary in HA Pair – Need Failover & Recovery Advice" Subject: Unable to Access Primary Firewall in HA Setup — Need Guidance on Failover and RecoveryHello Palo Alto Community,We are currently facing a... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	60	0
S.Cain 11-17-2025	User-ID & LDAPS service account AD permissions Can someone please tell me what all AD membership permissions are required for a service account for User-ID agent and LDAPS. posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	211	3
P.Auguste 11-17-2025	ChatGPT User-ID, AD and IP mapping issue There is an issue with Palo Alto firewall which has to do with user IP mapping and AD. User is grated access via policy in the format source-user = co... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	312	1
JuanMAbellan 11-17-2025	Issue with IOS 26 and SMTP Hi everyone, We are experiencing a persistent issue with SMTP sending from iOS devices (specifically 26.1) when SSL Forward Proxy / Decryption is enab... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	89	2

Blogs

Supercharge Your Web Security: Announcing PA-5450 Support for Web Proxy

11-18-2025 — We're excited to announce full Web Proxy support on the high-performance PA-5450 Next-Generation Firewall with PAN-OS 12.1.2 (Orion). This allows you to consolidate your security stack, leveraging the PA-5450’s power for full SSL decryption, Advan... — Read more

Labels: Advanced Threat Prevention App-ID Data Loss Prevention DLP Next-Generation Firewall NGFW Orion PA-5450 PAN-OS 12.1.2 Security Consolidation SSL Decryption User-ID Web Proxy
125 by vekrishnan in Community Blogs

Ignite & Activate: How Advanced WildFire is Disrupting Malware with Code Genes

11-17-2025 — Malware evolution is now fueled by LLMs, bypassing manual security. We're introducing Code Gene, a revolutionary capability in Advanced WildFire that automates defense using software genomics. Code Gene instantly analyzes executables to find resil... — Read more

Labels: Advanced WildFire Advanced WildFire malware detection AI-powered malware prevention Automated YARA rule generation Code Gene malware analysis LLMs Malware Malware code reuse detection NGFW Precision AI Security Services Threat Prevention WildFire
171 by lizwang in Community Blogs

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Enhances Security for Virtualized Workloads on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

05-19-2025 — We're excited to announce that Palo Alto Networks VM-Series next-generation firewalls are now supported on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. This integration provides more seamless, robust security capabilities for your workloads running on Red Ha... — Read more

Labels: Firewall Kubevirt AI Network Security NGFW OpenShift virtualization Runtime security Software Firewall Threat protection VM-Series ZeroTrust
1762 by jpunia in Community Blogs

Prisma AIRS Helps Protect Containers and AI Apps Running on Red Hat OpenShift

05-19-2025 — Palo Alto Networks is pleased to announce that Prisma AIRS™ now supports Red Hat OpenShift, the industry leading hybrid cloud applications platform powered by Kubernetes. With this release, customers can bring AI-powered threat prevention for runt... — Read more

Labels: AI Firewall Network Security Next-Generation Firewall NGFW Prisma AIRS RedHat OpenShift Runtime security Software Firewall Threat protection ZeroTrust
3213 1 by cudeshi in Community Blogs

Divide AND Protect Your Network with Secure, Automated Microsegmentation

05-07-2025 — Palo Alto Networks and Zero Networks have partnered to deliver a unified solution combining Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) with automated secure microsegmentation. Together, we strengthen each layer of the security stack to deliver true defense... — Read more

Labels: NGFW
2996 1 1 by jpunia in Community Blogs

Articles

Rate-Limiting File Uploads with Palo Alto Networks Custom Signatures.

10-13-2025 — I have made this article to show how to rate limit the file upload HTTP requests on the file upload URL for a source IP address. Before you begin, I recommend reviewing my article on How to Write Palo Alto Networks Custom Vulnerability and Application Signatures with Examples. That article prov... — Read more

Labels: Custom Signatures cyberelite file upload NGFW Prisma Access
1240 3 2 by nikoolayy1 in General Articles

Support FAQ: How to Troubleshoot BGP on Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

06-05-2025 — Most days, BGP runs quietly in the background. BGP advertises routes that keep your WAN, VPN, cloud environments, and public services connected and reachable. Until it doesn’t. And when BGP breaks, it’s not just a routing issue, it’s unreachable services and frustrated users. This guide will h... — Read more

Labels: How to NGFW support Troubleshooting
5674 4 by JayGolf in Support FAQ

Palo Alto Networks NAT Session Distribution as a Way to Implement Server Load Balancing

05-30-2025 — The Palo Alto Network Destination NAT Session Distribution can be used to implement similar to Load Balancer functionality by using one of the "distribution" methods. — Read more

Labels: NAT Next-Generation Firewall NGFW
3975 4 2 by nikoolayy1 in General Articles

Prisma Access Agent

05-13-2025 — Learn about Overview of Prisma Access Agent NGFW & Prisma Access Support Information and Licensing High level Architecture Authentication Gateway Selection and Tunnel Establishment PAA Specific features — Read more

Labels: NGFW Prisma Access Agent
1202 by svaidya in Prisma Access Webinars

Why It's Essential to Secure Your Management Interface

01-08-2025 — Watch this demo for securing your firewall management interface, which details best practices for securing your management interface, creating a secure admin account with restricted Role-Based access following best practices for account creation, ... — Read more

Labels: Next Generation Firewall NGFW
6528 by khans in General Articles