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Mastering Palo Alto Networks - Second Edition

By : Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'
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Mastering Palo Alto Networks - Second Edition

By: Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'

Overview of this book

Palo Alto Networks’ integrated platform makes it easy to manage network and cloud security along with endpoint protection and a wide range of security services. This book is an end-to-end guide to configure firewalls and deploy them in your network infrastructure. You will see how to quickly set up, configure and understand the technology, and troubleshoot any issues that may occur. This book will serve as your go-to reference for everything from setting up to troubleshooting complex issues. You will learn your way around the web interface and command-line structure, understand how the technology works so you can confidently predict the expected behavior, and successfully troubleshoot any anomalies you may encounter. Finally, you will see how to deploy firewalls in a cloud environment, and special or unique considerations when setting them to protect resources. By the end of this book, for your configuration setup you will instinctively know how to approach challenges, find the resources you need, and solve most issues efficiently.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Index

Index

A

action options 123

Active/Active mode 197

setting up 208-214

Active/Passive mode 195, 196

setting up 204-207

address objects 132, 133

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) 203

admin account 51, 52

dynamic accounts 52

external authentication 57

password security 55, 56

role-based administrators 52-55

admin-only mode 319

Advanced URL filtering (ADVURL) 27

AE interface 84-87

agentless User-ID 246-251

Aggregate Ethernet (AE) 212

Anti-Spyware profile 94-100

Antivirus profile 92-94

App-ID

control, providing 7-10

Application Command Center (ACC) 370

Blocked Activity 371

filtered view 374

filters, adding 371

Jump to Logs link 372

network activity 372

source and destination IP, reviewing 373

Threat Activity 371

Tunnel Activity 371

application-default port

versus manual service port 129, 130

Application Layer Gateway (ALG) 129, 462

Application Programming...