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Mastering Palo Alto Networks

Mastering Palo Alto Networks - Second Edition

By : Tom Piens aka 'reaper'
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Mastering Palo Alto Networks

Mastering Palo Alto Networks

4.9 (37)
By: Tom 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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Device groups

Before we can start managing devices, they first need to be connected to Panorama. On the Panorama side, the device is added by its serial number, and on the firewall side, the Panorama IP address needs to be added. This means the firewall always makes a connection out to the Panorama server. Any connections originating from Panorama are backchanneled over the continuous connection that a firewall has with its management station.

There are two TCP ports that are used for communication:

  • TCP\3978 is a bidirectional connection initiated by the firewall and used for all communications between the firewall and Panorama or collectors. Panorama uses this connection to context switch to a firewall or push a configuration over while the firewall sends logs through the connection. Collectors also use it to connect to Panorama. (Log collectors communicate with collector group members via TCP\28270.)
  • TCP\28443 is used by managed devices to retrieve content and...
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