Compressed and Encoded File Analysis (PAN-OS & Panorama)

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The compressed file level inspection can be adjusted only on PAN-OS 11.0 and later releases.

Access the firewall CLI.
View the currently configured compressed file level inspection value.
```
admin@PA-3260> show system setting ctd state
```
The output displays various configuration settings related to the Content and Threat Detection (CTD) engine; search for the following entry:
```
Max Decode filter levels      : 4
```
Update the compressed file level inspection value. In this example, the value is changed to 7.
The following is a Configure mode command.
```
admin@PA-3260# set deviceconfig setting ctd decode-filter-max-depth 7
```
Commit Configuration Changes.
View the updated compressed file level inspection value.
```
admin@PA-3260> show system setting ctd state
```
The value for Max Decode filter levels should reflect the updated value used in the previous step. In this example, the value was changed to 7.
```
Max Decode filter levels      : 7
```