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Palo Alto Firewall – Packet Flow
A Palo Alto Network firewall in layer 3 mode provides routing and network address translation (NAT) functions. Source and destination zones on NAT policy are evaluated pre-NAT based on the routing table Example 1 : If you are translating traffic that is incoming to an internal server (which is reached via a public IP by…
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Palo Alto Firewall – Platforms and Architecture
Control Plane and Dataplane Overview Debug functions run on either the control plane or the Dataplane Logging (to the hard drive) is controlled by the control plane The control plane also referred as Management plane, is where configurations are defined and configured. The control plane considered to be the brain of the firewall and the…
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Palo Alto Firewall – Overview
Founded in 2005 by a world-class team with strong security and networking experience Innovations: App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID Builds next-generation firewalls that identify and control more than 850 applications; makes firewall strategic again Global footprint: presence in 50+ countries, 24/7 support The gateway at the trust border is the right place to enforce policy control -Sees…
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