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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

Services and Operational Modes

Most networks have some supporting services to ensure users don’t need to configure their laptop, mobile, or workstation to get access to corporate resources or the internet. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) helps users connect to a network by assigning them an IP address and several other settings. The Domain Name System (DNS) allows them to visit websites with a friendly name. Rather than needing to stand up a server at each location, we will be configuring the firewall to provide these services.

High-availability clustering and virtualization make deployments more resilient to failure and ensure that businesses can go on, even if something breaks. We will be setting up High Availability and reviewing implications for using both Active/Passive mode and Active/Active mode. We will also take a deeper look at using virtual systems on a chassis to logically split up network segments.

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