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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

Filtering logs

When you access any of the logs in Monitor | Logs, the sheer volume of information can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate at first. Once you learn how to master log filters, you’ll be able to access the information you need quickly. Log filters are built by combining several statements via logical operators. Most fields in the log view are clickable and will automatically create a filter for you. You can then edit the filter and add more conditions to return the information you need.

For example, if you want to look at a 5-minute timeframe, you can click on any date in the log view twice and then edit both entries to look something like this:

( receive_time geq '2020/04/05 14:45:00' ) and ( receive_time leq '2020/04/05 14:50:00' )

receive_time is the parameter for when a log was received.

geq stands for Greater or Equal, while leq means Less than or Equal. So, this filter restricts the log view to anything received...