Create Domain Exceptions and Allow | Block Lists (NGFW (Managed by PAN-OS or Panorama))
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Create Domain Exceptions and Allow | Block Lists (
NGFW (Managed by PAN-OS or Panorama)
)

PAN-OS 10.0 and later releases provide an additional option to explicitly add allowable domains through the Anti-Spyware security profile. You can add domain/FQDN entries for approved domain sources if they trigger a false-positive response from DNS Security.

Create Domain Exceptions and Allow | Block Lists (PAN-OS 10.0 and later)

  • Add domain signature exceptions in cases where false-positives occur.
    1. Select
      Objects
      Security Profiles
      Anti-Spyware
      .
    2. Select a profile to modify.
    3. Add
      or modify the Anti-Spyware profile from which you want to exclude the threat signature, and select
      DNS Exceptions
      .
    4. Search for a DNS signature to exclude by entering the name or FQDN.
    5. Select the checkbox for each
      Threat ID
      of the DNS signature that you want to exclude from enforcement.
    6. Click
      OK
      to save your new or modified Anti-Spyware profile.
  • Add an allow list to specify a list of DNS domains / FQDNs to be explicitly allowed.
    1. Select
      Objects
      Security Profiles
      Anti-Spyware
      .
    2. Select a profile to modify.
    3. Add
      or modify the Anti-Spyware profile from which you want to exclude the threat signature, and select
      DNS Exceptions
      .
    4. To
      Add
      a new FQDN allow list entry, provide the DNS domain or FQDN location and a description.
    5. Click
      OK
      to save your new or modified Anti-Spyware profile.

Create Domain Exceptions and Allow | Block Lists (PAN-OS 9.1)

Allow and block lists are not available in PAN-OS 9.1.
  • Add domain signature exceptions in cases where false-positives occur.
    1. Select
      Objects
      Security Profiles
      Anti-Spyware
      .
    2. Select a profile to modify.
    3. Add
      or modify the Anti-Spyware profile from which you want to exclude the threat signature, and select
      DNS Signatures > Exceptions
      .
    4. Search for a DNS signature to exclude by entering the name or FQDN.
    5. Select the
      DNS Threat ID
      for the DNS signature that you want to exclude from enforcement.
    6. Click
      OK
      to save your new or modified Anti-Spyware profile.


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