Content Inspection Features
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PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
- PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
- PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 10.2
- PAN-OS 10.1
- PAN-OS 10.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 9.1 (EoL)
- Cloud Management of NGFWs
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- Management Interfaces
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- Launch the Web Interface
- Use the Administrator Login Activity Indicators to Detect Account Misuse
- Manage and Monitor Administrative Tasks
- Commit, Validate, and Preview Firewall Configuration Changes
- Commit Selective Configuration Changes
- Export Configuration Table Data
- Use Global Find to Search the Firewall or Panorama Management Server
- Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
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- Define Access to the Web Interface Tabs
- Provide Granular Access to the Monitor Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Policy Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Objects Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Network Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Device Tab
- Define User Privacy Settings in the Admin Role Profile
- Restrict Administrator Access to Commit and Validate Functions
- Provide Granular Access to Global Settings
- Provide Granular Access to the Panorama Tab
- Provide Granular Access to Operations Settings
- Panorama Web Interface Access Privileges
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- Reset the Firewall to Factory Default Settings
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- Plan Your Authentication Deployment
- Pre-Logon for SAML Authentication
- Configure SAML Authentication
- Configure Kerberos Single Sign-On
- Configure Kerberos Server Authentication
- Configure TACACS+ Authentication
- Configure TACACS Accounting
- Configure RADIUS Authentication
- Configure LDAP Authentication
- Configure Local Database Authentication
- Configure an Authentication Profile and Sequence
- Test Authentication Server Connectivity
- Troubleshoot Authentication Issues
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- Keys and Certificates
- Default Trusted Certificate Authorities (CAs)
- Certificate Deployment
- Configure the Master Key
- Export a Certificate and Private Key
- Configure a Certificate Profile
- Configure an SSL/TLS Service Profile
- Configure an SSH Service Profile
- Replace the Certificate for Inbound Management Traffic
- Configure the Key Size for SSL Forward Proxy Server Certificates
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- HA Overview
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- Prerequisites for Active/Active HA
- Configure Active/Active HA
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- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Route-Based Redundancy
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Floating IP Addresses
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with ARP Load-Sharing
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Floating IP Address Bound to Active-Primary Firewall
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Source DIPP NAT Using Floating IP Addresses
- Use Case: Configure Separate Source NAT IP Address Pools for Active/Active HA Firewalls
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA for ARP Load-Sharing with Destination NAT
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA for ARP Load-Sharing with Destination NAT in Layer 3
- HA Clustering Overview
- HA Clustering Best Practices and Provisioning
- Configure HA Clustering
- Refresh HA1 SSH Keys and Configure Key Options
- HA Firewall States
- Reference: HA Synchronization
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- Use the Dashboard
- Monitor Applications and Threats
- Monitor Block List
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- Report Types
- View Reports
- Configure the Expiration Period and Run Time for Reports
- Disable Predefined Reports
- Custom Reports
- Generate Custom Reports
- Generate the SaaS Application Usage Report
- Manage PDF Summary Reports
- Generate User/Group Activity Reports
- Manage Report Groups
- Schedule Reports for Email Delivery
- Manage Report Storage Capacity
- View Policy Rule Usage
- Use External Services for Monitoring
- Configure Log Forwarding
- Configure Email Alerts
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- Configure Syslog Monitoring
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- Traffic Log Fields
- Threat Log Fields
- URL Filtering Log Fields
- Data Filtering Log Fields
- HIP Match Log Fields
- GlobalProtect Log Fields
- IP-Tag Log Fields
- User-ID Log Fields
- Decryption Log Fields
- Tunnel Inspection Log Fields
- SCTP Log Fields
- Authentication Log Fields
- Config Log Fields
- System Log Fields
- Correlated Events Log Fields
- GTP Log Fields
- Audit Log Fields
- Syslog Severity
- Custom Log/Event Format
- Escape Sequences
- Forward Logs to an HTTP/S Destination
- Firewall Interface Identifiers in SNMP Managers and NetFlow Collectors
- Monitor Transceivers
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- User-ID Overview
- Enable User-ID
- Map Users to Groups
- Enable User- and Group-Based Policy
- Enable Policy for Users with Multiple Accounts
- Verify the User-ID Configuration
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- App-ID Overview
- App-ID and HTTP/2 Inspection
- Manage Custom or Unknown Applications
- Safely Enable Applications on Default Ports
- Applications with Implicit Support
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- Prepare to Deploy App-ID Cloud Engine
- Enable or Disable the App-ID Cloud Engine
- App-ID Cloud Engine Processing and Policy Usage
- New App Viewer (Policy Optimizer)
- Add Apps to an Application Filter with Policy Optimizer
- Add Apps to an Application Group with Policy Optimizer
- Add Apps Directly to a Rule with Policy Optimizer
- Replace an RMA Firewall (ACE)
- Impact of License Expiration or Disabling ACE
- Commit Failure Due to Cloud Content Rollback
- Troubleshoot App-ID Cloud Engine
- Application Level Gateways
- Disable the SIP Application-level Gateway (ALG)
- Maintain Custom Timeouts for Data Center Applications
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- Decryption Overview
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- Keys and Certificates for Decryption Policies
- SSL Forward Proxy
- SSL Forward Proxy Decryption Profile
- SSL Inbound Inspection
- SSL Inbound Inspection Decryption Profile
- SSL Protocol Settings Decryption Profile
- SSH Proxy
- SSH Proxy Decryption Profile
- Profile for No Decryption
- SSL Decryption for Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) Certificates
- Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) Support for SSL Decryption
- SSL Decryption and Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- TLSv1.3 Decryption
- High Availability Not Supported for Decrypted Sessions
- Decryption Mirroring
- Configure SSL Forward Proxy
- Configure SSL Inbound Inspection
- Configure SSH Proxy
- Configure Server Certificate Verification for Undecrypted Traffic
- Post-Quantum Cryptography Detection and Control
- Enable Users to Opt Out of SSL Decryption
- Temporarily Disable SSL Decryption
- Configure Decryption Port Mirroring
- Verify Decryption
- Activate Free Licenses for Decryption Features
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- Policy Types
- Policy Objects
- Track Rules Within a Rulebase
- Enforce Policy Rule Description, Tag, and Audit Comment
- Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Virtual System
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- External Dynamic List
- Built-in External Dynamic Lists
- Configure the Firewall to Access an External Dynamic List
- Retrieve an External Dynamic List from the Web Server
- View External Dynamic List Entries
- Exclude Entries from an External Dynamic List
- Enforce Policy on an External Dynamic List
- Find External Dynamic Lists That Failed Authentication
- Disable Authentication for an External Dynamic List
- Register IP Addresses and Tags Dynamically
- Use Dynamic User Groups in Policy
- Use Auto-Tagging to Automate Security Actions
- CLI Commands for Dynamic IP Addresses and Tags
- Application Override Policy
- Test Policy Rules
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- Network Segmentation Using Zones
- How Do Zones Protect the Network?
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PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
- PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
- PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 10.2
- PAN-OS 10.1
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- Tap Interfaces
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- Layer 2 and Layer 3 Packets over a Virtual Wire
- Port Speeds of Virtual Wire Interfaces
- LLDP over a Virtual Wire
- Aggregated Interfaces for a Virtual Wire
- Virtual Wire Support of High Availability
- Zone Protection for a Virtual Wire Interface
- VLAN-Tagged Traffic
- Virtual Wire Subinterfaces
- Configure Virtual Wires
- Configure a PPPoE Client on a Subinterface
- Configure an IPv6 PPPoE Client
- Configure an Aggregate Interface Group
- Configure Bonjour Reflector for Network Segmentation
- Use Interface Management Profiles to Restrict Access
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- DHCP Overview
- Firewall as a DHCP Server and Client
- Firewall as a DHCPv6 Client
- DHCP Messages
- Dynamic IPv6 Addressing on the Management Interface
- Configure an Interface as a DHCP Server
- Configure an Interface as a DHCPv4 Client
- Configure an Interface as a DHCPv6 Client with Prefix Delegation
- Configure the Management Interface as a DHCP Client
- Configure the Management Interface for Dynamic IPv6 Address Assignment
- Configure an Interface as a DHCP Relay Agent
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- DNS Overview
- DNS Proxy Object
- DNS Server Profile
- Multi-Tenant DNS Deployments
- Configure a DNS Proxy Object
- Configure a DNS Server Profile
- Use Case 1: Firewall Requires DNS Resolution
- Use Case 2: ISP Tenant Uses DNS Proxy to Handle DNS Resolution for Security Policies, Reporting, and Services within its Virtual System
- Use Case 3: Firewall Acts as DNS Proxy Between Client and Server
- DNS Proxy Rule and FQDN Matching
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- NAT Rule Capacities
- Dynamic IP and Port NAT Oversubscription
- Dataplane NAT Memory Statistics
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- Translate Internal Client IP Addresses to Your Public IP Address (Source DIPP NAT)
- Create a Source NAT Rule with Persistent DIPP
- PAN-OS
- Strata Cloud Manager
- Enable Clients on the Internal Network to Access your Public Servers (Destination U-Turn NAT)
- Enable Bi-Directional Address Translation for Your Public-Facing Servers (Static Source NAT)
- Configure Destination NAT with DNS Rewrite
- Configure Destination NAT Using Dynamic IP Addresses
- Modify the Oversubscription Rate for DIPP NAT
- Reserve Dynamic IP NAT Addresses
- Disable NAT for a Specific Host or Interface
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- Network Packet Broker Overview
- How Network Packet Broker Works
- Prepare to Deploy Network Packet Broker
- Configure Transparent Bridge Security Chains
- Configure Routed Layer 3 Security Chains
- Network Packet Broker HA Support
- User Interface Changes for Network Packet Broker
- Limitations of Network Packet Broker
- Troubleshoot Network Packet Broker
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- Enable Advanced Routing
- Logical Router Overview
- Configure a Logical Router
- Create a Static Route
- Configure BGP on an Advanced Routing Engine
- Create BGP Routing Profiles
- Create Filters for the Advanced Routing Engine
- Configure OSPFv2 on an Advanced Routing Engine
- Create OSPF Routing Profiles
- Configure OSPFv3 on an Advanced Routing Engine
- Create OSPFv3 Routing Profiles
- Configure RIPv2 on an Advanced Routing Engine
- Create RIPv2 Routing Profiles
- Create BFD Profiles
- Configure IPv4 Multicast
- Configure MSDP
- Create Multicast Routing Profiles
- Create an IPv4 MRoute
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PAN-OS 8.1 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 11.2
- PAN-OS 11.1
- PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 10.2
- PAN-OS 10.1
- PAN-OS 10.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 9.1 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 9.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 8.1 (EoL)
- Cloud Management and AIOps for NGFW
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- App-ID Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Authentication Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Content Inspection Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- GlobalProtect Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- User-ID Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Panorama Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Networking Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Virtualization Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Appliance Changes in PAN-OS 8.1
- Associated Software and Content Versions
- Limitations
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- PAN-OS 8.1.26-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.26 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.25-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.25-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.25-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.25 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.24-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.24-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.24 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.23-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.23 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.22 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.21-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.21-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.21-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.21 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.20 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.19 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.18 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.17 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.16 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.15-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.15 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.14-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.14 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.13 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.12 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.11 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.10 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.9-h4 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.9 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.8-h5 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.8 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.7 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.6-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.6 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.5 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.4-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.4 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 8.1.0 Addressed Issues
End-of-Life (EoL)
Content Inspection Features
PAN-OS 8.1 provides the content inspection features:
SCTP Security, Rapid Deployment of the Latest Threat Prevention
Updates, and Tools to Avoid or Mitigate Content Update Issues.
New Content Inspection Feature | Description |
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SCTP Security | In mobile network operator
environments, you can now enforce multilayer security on Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
traffic to prevent information from leaking and prevent attackers
from causing denial of service, network congestion, and outages
that disrupt data and voice services for mobile subscribers. In
addition to enabling stateful inspection with multi-homing support,
multi-chunk inspection and protocol validation of SCTP, this feature
enables you to filter SCTP traffic based on payload protocol IDs (PPIDs)
and to filter Diameter and SS7 traffic over SCTP. SCTP security
is supported only on PA-5200 Series and VM-Series firewalls and
requires content release version 785 or a later version. |
Rapid Deployment of the Latest Threat Prevention Updates | When thinking about how best
to deploy the latest application and threat updates, you might have
had to previously choose between a mission-critical approach—where
you delay content installation until you can assess impact to application
availability—and a security-first approach—where you prioritize
immediate threat protection over possible impact to application
availability. Now, you don’t need to choose. The following
features enable a blend of both approaches, so that you can quickly deploy the latest threat prevention
updates while ensuring application availability:
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Tools to Avoid or Mitigate Content Update Issues | Palo Alto Networks application
and threat content releases undergo rigorous performance and quality
assurance; however, because there are so many possible variables
in a customer environment, there are rare occasions where a content
release might impact a network in an unexpected way. The following
features are now available to help you to avoid or mitigate an issue with
a content release, so that there is as little impact to your
network as possible:
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SMB Improvements with WildFire Support | Firewall SMB support now includes
SMBv3 (3.0, 3.0.2, and 3.1.1) and has additional threat detection
and file identification capabilities, performance, and reliability
across all versions of SMB. These improvements provide an additional
layer of security for networks,
such as data center deployments, network segments, and internal
networks by allowing files transmitted using SMB to be forwarded
to WildFire for analysis. Because of the way that SMBv3 multi-channel
works in splitting up files, customers should disable the use of
multi-channel file transfer for maximum protection and inspection of
files. As a result, Palo Alto Networks recommends disabling SMB multi-channel
through the Windows PowerShell. For more information on this task,
please refer to: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn610980(v=ws.11).aspx |
Option to Hold Web Requests During URL Category Lookup | (PAN-OS 8.1.10 and later PAN-OS 8.1
releases) You can now decide whether to hold or allow
web requests while the firewall performs a URL category lookup.
By default, the firewall allows requests to be made while it looks
up uncached URLs in PAN-DB. Now, you can hold requests during this
lookup, which can improve third-party security ratings. |
Graceful Enablement of GTP Stateful Inspection | (PAN-OS 8.1.9 and later PAN-OS 8.1 releases)
You can now enable GTP stateful inspection in
the firewall gracefully with minimal disruption to GTP traffic.
You can allow GTPv2, GTPv1-C, and GTP-U packets that fail GTP stateful
inspection to pass through a firewall. Although the firewall drops
such packets by default after GTP stateful inspection is enabled,
allowing them to pass minimizes disruption when you deploy a new
firewall or when you migrate GTP traffic. |
Graceful Enablement of SCTP Stateful Inspection | (PAN-OS 8.1.10 and later PAN-OS 8.1
releases) You can now enable SCTP stateful inspection in
the firewall gracefully with minimal disruption to SCTP traffic.
You can allow SCTP packets that fail SCTP stateful inspection to
pass through a firewall. Although the firewall drops such packets
by default after SCTP stateful inspection is enabled, allowing them
to pass minimizes disruption when you deploy a new firewall or when
you migrate SCTP traffic. |