| Ping —Use
to test connectivity with external services. For example, you can
ping the interface to verify it can receive PAN-OS software and
content updates from the Palo Alto Networks Update Server. Telnet —Use to access the firewall
CLI. Telnet uses plaintext, which is not as secure as SSH.
Enable SSH instead of Telnet for management
traffic on the interface. SSH —Use
for secure access to the firewall CLI. HTTP —Use to access the firewall web
interface. HTTP uses plaintext, which is not as secure as HTTPS.
Enable HTTPS instead
of HTTP for management traffic on the interface. HTTPS —Use for secure access to the
firewall web interface. SNMP —Use to process firewall statistics
queries from an SNMP manager. For details, see Enable
SNMP Monitoring. Response Pages —Use to enable response
pages for: Captive Portal —The
ports used to serve Captive Portal response pages are left open
on Layer 3 interfaces: port 6080 for NTLM, 6081 for Captive Portal
in transparent mode, and 6082 for Captive Portal in redirect mode.
For details, see Device
> User Identification > Captive Portal Settings.
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