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About GlobalProtect Licenses
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About GlobalProtect Licenses
If you want to use GlobalProtect to provide a secure
remote access or virtual private network (VPN) solution via single
or multiple internal/external gateways, you do not need any GlobalProtect
licenses. However, to use some of the more advanced features (such as
HIP checks and associated content updates, support for the GlobalProtect
mobile app, or IPv6 support) you must purchase an annual GlobalProtect
Gateway license. This license must be installed on each firewall
running a gateway(s) that:
- Performs HIP checks
- Supports the GlobalProtect app for mobile endpoints
- Supports the GlobalProtect app for Linux endpoints
- Provides IPv6 connections
- Split tunnels traffic based on the destination domain, application process name, or HTTP/HTTPS video streaming application.
- Supports identification of managed devices using the endpoint’s serial number on gateways
- Enforces GlobalProtect connections with FQDN exclusions
For GlobalProtect Clientless VPN, you must also install a GlobalProtect
Gateway license on the firewall that hosts the Clientless VPN from the
GlobalProtect portal. You also need the GlobalProtect
Clientless VPN dynamic updates to use this feature.
Feature | Gateway License Required? |
|---|---|
Single external gateway (Windows and macOS) | — |
Single or multiple internal gateways | — |
Multiple external gateways | — |
Internet of things
(IoT) devices | 
|
HIP Checks |
|
Identification of managed devices using
the endpoint serial number on gateways |
|
HIP-based policy enforcement based on the endpoint
status |
|
App for endpoints running Windows and macOS | — |
Mobile app for endpoints running iOS, Android, Chrome
OS, and Windows 10 UWP |
|
App for endpoints running Linux |
|
App for endpoints running IoT |
|
IPv6 for external gateways |
|
IPv6 for internal gateways (change
to default behavior—starting with GlobalProtect app 4.1.3, a GlobalProtect
subscription is not required for this use case) | — |
Clientless VPN (Not supported
on multi-VSYS firewalls if the Clientless VPN traffic must traverse
multiple virtual systems) |
|
Split tunneling based on destination domain,
client process, and video streaming application |
|
Split DNS |
|
|
|
See Activate Licenses for
information on installing licenses on the firewall.