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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- 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 9.0 (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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- Changes to Default Behavior
- Associated Software and Content Versions
- Limitations
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- PAN-OS 9.0.17 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.15 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.14 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.13 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.12 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.11 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.10 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.9 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.8 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.7 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.6 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.5 (and 9.0.5-h3) Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.4 Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.3 (and 9.0.3-h2 and 9.0.3-h3) Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.2 (and 9.0.2-h4) Known Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.1 Known Issues
- Known Issues Specific to the WildFire Appliance
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- PAN-OS 9.0.17-h5 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.17-h4 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.17-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.17 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16-h7 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16-h6 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16-h5 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.16 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.15 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.14-h4 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.14 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.13 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.12 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.11 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.10 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.9-h1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.9 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.8 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.7 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.6 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.5-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.5 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.4 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.3-h3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.3-h2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.3 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.2-h4 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.2 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.1 Addressed Issues
- PAN-OS 9.0.0 Addressed Issues
End-of-Life (EoL)
Content Inspection Features
Describes all the exciting new content inspection capabilities
in PAN-OS® 9.0.
New Content Inspection Feature | Description |
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DNS Security | The firewall can now access
the full database of Palo Alto Networks DNS signatures through a
new DNS Security service.
The DNS Security service also performs pro-active analysis of DNS
data to predict new malicious domains and to detect C2 evasion techniques—like
domain generation algorithms and DNS tunneling—that aim to bypass
common protections. |
New Security-Focused URL Categories | New Security-focused URL categories enable
you to implement simple security and decryption policies based on
website safety, without requiring you to decide (or even know) what
website is likely to expose you to web-based threats:
These
new categories help you to reduce your attack surface by providing
targeted decryption and enforcement for sites that pose varying
levels of risk but are not confirmed malicious. Websites are classified
with a Security-related category only when they meet the criteria for
that category; as site content changes, policy enforcement dynamically
adapts. |
Multi-Category URL Filtering | PAN-DB, the Palo Alto Networks
URL database, now assigns multiple categories to
URLs that classify the content, purpose, and safety of a
site. Every URL now has up to four categories, including a risk
rating that indicates how likely it is that the page will expose
you to threats. More granular URL categorizations means that you
can move beyond a basic block-or-allow approach to web access. Instead,
control how your users interact with content, especially websites
that, while necessary for business, are more likely to be used as
part of a cyberattack (like blogs or cloud storage services). For example,
allow your users to visit high-risk websites, but enforce read-only
access to questionable content by blocking obfuscated JavaScript
and preventing dangerous file downloads. |
Built-In External Dynamic List for Bulletproof Hosts | Because bulletproof hosting
providers place few, if any, restrictions on content, attackers
frequently use these services to host and distribute malicious,
illegal, and unethical material. The Threat Prevention subscription
now includes a new built-in external dynamic
list (EDL) that you can use to block IP addresses associated
with bulletproof hosting providers. |
EDL Capacity Increases | External dynamic list (EDL) capacities are increased to
better accommodate the use of third-party intelligence feeds, significantly
expanding the number of threat indicators you can leverage within
your network Security policies. Additionally, you can now prioritize
EDLs to make sure lists containing critical threat indicators are
committed before capacity limits are reached. |
Support for New Predefined Data Filtering Patterns | To identify and protect sensitive
information from leaving your network, the firewall provides 19 new predefined data filtering
patterns that identify specific (regulated) information from
different countries of the world, such as INSEE Identification (France)
and New Zealand Internal Revenue Department Identification Numbers.
PAN-OS® software also performs a checksum validation
for all patterns to eliminate false positives. |
Cellular IoT Security | As your business moves to cellular IoT (CIoT)
and the network adopts 3GPP CIoT technologies, you need to secure
CIoT traffic to protect your network and CIoT from attacks. Cellular IoT Security allows
you to secure CIoT traffic and gain visibility into CIoT and device-to-device
communication over your network. If you are a mobile network operator
(MNO) or a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), such as a utility
company focused on oil, gas, or energy operating as an MVNO, you can
now secure CIoT traffic. CIoT security also allows you to protect
MNO infrastructure and CIoT devices from DoS attacks on both Signaling/Control
and Data layers, from attacks from infected CIoTs, and from spying
attacks; and it allows you to detect and prevent malware, ransomware, and
vulnerabilities. Additionally, the firewall now supports Narrowband
IoT (NB-IoT) radio access technology (RAT), 3GPP TS 29.274 for GTPv2-C
up to Release 15.2.0, and 3GPP TS 29.060 for GTPv1-C up to Release
15.1.0. CIoT security is supported on VM-Series firewalls, PA-5200
Series firewalls, and PA-7000 Series firewalls that have all new
cards, including new 100G NPC, new second-generation SMCs, and new
Log Forwarding Card (LFC). |
GTP Event Packet Capture | Firewalls now support packet capture for
a GTP event to make troubleshooting easier. GTP packet capture is
supported for events such as GTP-in-GTP, end user IP address spoofing,
and abnormal GTPv1-C, GTPv2-C, and GTP-U messages that have missing mandatory
information elements (IE), invalid IE, invalid header, out-of-order
IE, or unsupported message type. GTP event packet capture
is supported on VM-Series firewalls, PA-5200 Series firewalls, and
PA-7000 Series firewalls that have all new cards, including new
100G NPC, new second-generation SMCs, and new Log Forwarding Card
(LFC). |
Graceful Enablement of GTP Stateful Inspection | (PAN-OS 9.0.3 and later 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 9.0.4 and later 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. |
One of the
new App-ID Features, HTTP/2 Inspection, enables you to enforce threat prevention
on a per-stream basis. |