Track Rules Within a Rulebase
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PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
- Cloud Management of NGFWs
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- PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
- PAN-OS 9.1 (EoL)
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- Management Interfaces
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- Launch the Web Interface
- Use the Administrator Login Activity Indicators to Detect Account Misuse
- Manage and Monitor Administrative Tasks
- Commit, Validate, and Preview Firewall Configuration Changes
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- Export Configuration Table Data
- Use Global Find to Search the Firewall or Panorama Management Server
- Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
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- Define Access to the Web Interface Tabs
- Provide Granular Access to the Monitor Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Policy Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Objects Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Network Tab
- Provide Granular Access to the Device Tab
- Define User Privacy Settings in the Admin Role Profile
- Restrict Administrator Access to Commit and Validate Functions
- Provide Granular Access to Global Settings
- Provide Granular Access to the Panorama Tab
- Provide Granular Access to Operations Settings
- Panorama Web Interface Access Privileges
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- Reset the Firewall to Factory Default Settings
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- Plan Your Authentication Deployment
- Pre-Logon for SAML Authentication
- Configure SAML Authentication
- Configure Kerberos Single Sign-On
- Configure Kerberos Server Authentication
- Configure TACACS+ Authentication
- Configure TACACS Accounting
- Configure RADIUS Authentication
- Configure LDAP Authentication
- Configure Local Database Authentication
- Configure an Authentication Profile and Sequence
- Test Authentication Server Connectivity
- Troubleshoot Authentication Issues
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- Keys and Certificates
- Default Trusted Certificate Authorities (CAs)
- Certificate Deployment
- Configure the Master Key
- Export a Certificate and Private Key
- Configure a Certificate Profile
- Configure an SSL/TLS Service Profile
- Configure an SSH Service Profile
- Replace the Certificate for Inbound Management Traffic
- Configure the Key Size for SSL Forward Proxy Server Certificates
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- HA Overview
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- Prerequisites for Active/Active HA
- Configure Active/Active HA
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- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Route-Based Redundancy
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Floating IP Addresses
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with ARP Load-Sharing
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Floating IP Address Bound to Active-Primary Firewall
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA with Source DIPP NAT Using Floating IP Addresses
- Use Case: Configure Separate Source NAT IP Address Pools for Active/Active HA Firewalls
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA for ARP Load-Sharing with Destination NAT
- Use Case: Configure Active/Active HA for ARP Load-Sharing with Destination NAT in Layer 3
- HA Clustering Overview
- HA Clustering Best Practices and Provisioning
- Configure HA Clustering
- Refresh HA1 SSH Keys and Configure Key Options
- HA Firewall States
- Reference: HA Synchronization
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- Use the Dashboard
- Monitor Applications and Threats
- Monitor Block List
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- Report Types
- View Reports
- Configure the Expiration Period and Run Time for Reports
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- Generate the SaaS Application Usage Report
- Manage PDF Summary Reports
- Generate User/Group Activity Reports
- Manage Report Groups
- Schedule Reports for Email Delivery
- Manage Report Storage Capacity
- View Policy Rule Usage
- Use External Services for Monitoring
- Configure Log Forwarding
- Configure Email Alerts
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- Configure Syslog Monitoring
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- Traffic Log Fields
- Threat Log Fields
- URL Filtering Log Fields
- Data Filtering Log Fields
- HIP Match Log Fields
- GlobalProtect Log Fields
- IP-Tag Log Fields
- User-ID Log Fields
- Decryption Log Fields
- Tunnel Inspection Log Fields
- SCTP Log Fields
- Authentication Log Fields
- Config Log Fields
- System Log Fields
- Correlated Events Log Fields
- GTP Log Fields
- Audit Log Fields
- Syslog Severity
- Custom Log/Event Format
- Escape Sequences
- Forward Logs to an HTTP/S Destination
- Firewall Interface Identifiers in SNMP Managers and NetFlow Collectors
- Monitor Transceivers
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- User-ID Overview
- Enable User-ID
- Map Users to Groups
- Enable User- and Group-Based Policy
- Enable Policy for Users with Multiple Accounts
- Verify the User-ID Configuration
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- App-ID Overview
- App-ID and HTTP/2 Inspection
- Manage Custom or Unknown Applications
- Safely Enable Applications on Default Ports
- Applications with Implicit Support
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- Prepare to Deploy App-ID Cloud Engine
- Enable or Disable the App-ID Cloud Engine
- App-ID Cloud Engine Processing and Policy Usage
- New App Viewer (Policy Optimizer)
- Add Apps to an Application Filter with Policy Optimizer
- Add Apps to an Application Group with Policy Optimizer
- Add Apps Directly to a Rule with Policy Optimizer
- Replace an RMA Firewall (ACE)
- Impact of License Expiration or Disabling ACE
- Commit Failure Due to Cloud Content Rollback
- Troubleshoot App-ID Cloud Engine
- Application Level Gateways
- Disable the SIP Application-level Gateway (ALG)
- Maintain Custom Timeouts for Data Center Applications
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- Decryption Overview
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- Keys and Certificates for Decryption Policies
- SSL Forward Proxy
- SSL Forward Proxy Decryption Profile
- SSL Inbound Inspection
- SSL Inbound Inspection Decryption Profile
- SSL Protocol Settings Decryption Profile
- SSH Proxy
- SSH Proxy Decryption Profile
- Profile for No Decryption
- SSL Decryption for Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) Certificates
- Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) Support for SSL Decryption
- SSL Decryption and Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- TLSv1.3 Decryption
- High Availability Not Supported for Decrypted Sessions
- Decryption Mirroring
- Configure SSL Forward Proxy
- Configure SSL Inbound Inspection
- Configure SSH Proxy
- Configure Server Certificate Verification for Undecrypted Traffic
- Post-Quantum Cryptography Detection and Control
- Enable Users to Opt Out of SSL Decryption
- Temporarily Disable SSL Decryption
- Configure Decryption Port Mirroring
- Verify Decryption
- Activate Free Licenses for Decryption Features
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- Policy Types
- Policy Objects
- Track Rules Within a Rulebase
- Enforce Policy Rule Description, Tag, and Audit Comment
- Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Virtual System
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- External Dynamic List
- Built-in External Dynamic Lists
- Configure the Firewall to Access an External Dynamic List
- Retrieve an External Dynamic List from the Web Server
- View External Dynamic List Entries
- Exclude Entries from an External Dynamic List
- Enforce Policy on an External Dynamic List
- Find External Dynamic Lists That Failed Authentication
- Disable Authentication for an External Dynamic List
- Register IP Addresses and Tags Dynamically
- Use Dynamic User Groups in Policy
- Use Auto-Tagging to Automate Security Actions
- CLI Commands for Dynamic IP Addresses and Tags
- Application Override Policy
- Test Policy Rules
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- Network Segmentation Using Zones
- How Do Zones Protect the Network?
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PAN-OS 10.1
- PAN-OS 10.1
- PAN-OS 10.2
- PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 11.1 & Later
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- Tap Interfaces
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- Layer 2 and Layer 3 Packets over a Virtual Wire
- Port Speeds of Virtual Wire Interfaces
- LLDP over a Virtual Wire
- Aggregated Interfaces for a Virtual Wire
- Virtual Wire Support of High Availability
- Zone Protection for a Virtual Wire Interface
- VLAN-Tagged Traffic
- Virtual Wire Subinterfaces
- Configure Virtual Wires
- Configure an Aggregate Interface Group
- Configure Bonjour Reflector for Network Segmentation
- Use Interface Management Profiles to Restrict Access
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- DNS Overview
- DNS Proxy Object
- DNS Server Profile
- Multi-Tenant DNS Deployments
- Configure a DNS Proxy Object
- Configure a DNS Server Profile
- Use Case 1: Firewall Requires DNS Resolution
- Use Case 2: ISP Tenant Uses DNS Proxy to Handle DNS Resolution for Security Policies, Reporting, and Services within its Virtual System
- Use Case 3: Firewall Acts as DNS Proxy Between Client and Server
- DNS Proxy Rule and FQDN Matching
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- NAT Rule Capacities
- Dynamic IP and Port NAT Oversubscription
- Dataplane NAT Memory Statistics
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- Translate Internal Client IP Addresses to Your Public IP Address (Source DIPP NAT)
- Enable Clients on the Internal Network to Access your Public Servers (Destination U-Turn NAT)
- Enable Bi-Directional Address Translation for Your Public-Facing Servers (Static Source NAT)
- Configure Destination NAT with DNS Rewrite
- Configure Destination NAT Using Dynamic IP Addresses
- Modify the Oversubscription Rate for DIPP NAT
- Reserve Dynamic IP NAT Addresses
- Disable NAT for a Specific Host or Interface
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- Network Packet Broker Overview
- How Network Packet Broker Works
- Prepare to Deploy Network Packet Broker
- Configure Transparent Bridge Security Chains
- Configure Routed Layer 3 Security Chains
- Network Packet Broker HA Support
- User Interface Changes for Network Packet Broker
- Limitations of Network Packet Broker
- Troubleshoot Network Packet Broker
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Cloud Management and AIOps for NGFW
- Cloud Management and AIOps for NGFW
- PAN-OS 10.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 10.1
- PAN-OS 10.2
- PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 11.1
- PAN-OS 11.2
- PAN-OS 8.1 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 9.0 (EoL)
- PAN-OS 9.1 (EoL)
Track Rules Within a Rulebase
To keep track of rules within a rulebase,
you can refer to the rule number, which changes depending
on the order of a rule in the rulebase. The rule number determines
the order in which the firewall applies the rule.
The universally
unique identifier (UUID) for a rule never changes even if
you modify the rule, such as when you change the rule name. The
UUID allows you to track the rule across rulebases even after you
deleted the rule.
Rule Numbers
The firewall automatically numbers each rule
within a rulebase; when you move or reorder rules, the numbers change
based on the new order. When you filter the list of rules to find
rules that match specific criteria, the firewall display each rule
with its number in the context of the complete set of rules in the
rulebase and its place in the evaluation order.
Panorama independently
numbers pre-rules, post-rules, and default rules. When Panorama
pushes rules to a firewall, the rule numbering reflects the hierarchy
and evaluation order of shared rules, device group pre-rules, firewall
rules, device group post-rules, and default rules. You can Preview
Rules in Panorama to display an ordered list of the
total number of rules on a firewall.
- View the numbered list of rules on the firewall.Select Policies and any rulebase under it. For example, PoliciesSecurity. The left-most column in the table displays the rule number.
- View the numbered list of rules on Panorama.Select Policies and any rulebase under it. For example, PoliciesSecurityPre-rules.
- After you push the rules from Panorama, view the complete list of rules with numbers on the firewall.From the web interface on the firewall, select Policies and pick any rulebase under it. For example, select PoliciesSecurity and view the complete set of numbered rules that the firewall will evaluate.
Rule UUIDs
The universally unique identifier (UUID) for
a rule is a 32-character string (based on data such as the network
address and the timestamp of creation) that the firewall or Panorama
assigns to the rule. The UUID uses the format 8-4-4-4-12 (where
8, 4, and 12 represent the number of unique characters separated
by hyphens). UUIDs identify rules for all policy rulebases. You
can also use UUIDs to identify applicable rules in the following log
types: Traffic, Threat, URL Filtering, WildFire Submission, Data
Filtering, GTP, SCTP, Tunnel Inspection, Configuration, and Unified.
Using
the UUID to search for a rule enables you to locate a specific rule
you want to find among thousands of rules that may have similar
or identical names. UUIDs also simplify automation and integration
for rules in third-party systems (such as ticketing or orchestration)
that do not support names.
In some cases, you may need to
generate new UUIDs for existing rulebases. For example, if you want
to export a configuration to another firewall, you need to regenerate
the UUIDs for the rules as you import the configuration to
ensure there are no duplicate UUIDs. If you regenerate UUIDs, you
are no longer able to track those rules using their previous UUIDs
and the hit data and app usage data for those rules are reset.
The
firewall or Panorama assigns UUIDs when you:
- Create new rules
- Clone existing rules
- Override the default security rules
- Load a named configuration and regenerate UUIDs
- Load a named configuration containing new rules that are not in the running configuration
- Upgrade the firewall or Panorama to a PAN-OS 9.0 release
When
you load a configuration that contains rules with UUIDs, the firewall
considers rules to be the same if the rule name, rulebase, and virtual system
all match. Panorama considers rules to be the same if the rule name,
rulebase, and the device group all match.
Keep in mind the
following important points for UUIDs:
- If you manage firewall policy from Panorama, UUIDs are generated on Panorama and therefore must be pushed from Panorama. If you do not push the configuration from Panorama prior to upgrading the firewalls to PAN-OS 9.0, the firewall upgrade will not succeed because it will not have the UUIDs.
- In addition, if you are upgrading an HA pair, upon upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0, each peer independently assigns UUIDs for each policy rule. Because of this, the peers will show as out of sync until you sync the configuration (DashboardWidgetsSystemHigh AvailabilitySync to peer).
- If you remove an existing high availability (HA) configuration after upgrading to PAN-OS 9.0, you must regenerate the UUIDs on one of the peers (DeviceSetupOperationsLoad named configuration snapshotRegenerate UUIDs for the selected named configuration) and commit the changes to prevent UUID duplication.
- All rules pushed from Panorama will share the same UUID; all rules local to a firewall will have different UUIDs. If you create a rule locally on the firewall after you push the rules from Panorama to the firewalls, the rule you created locally has its own UUID.
- To replace an RMA Panorama, make sure you Retain Rule UUIDs when you load the named Panorama configuration snapshot. If you do not select this option, Panorama removes all previous rule UUIDs from the configuration snapshot and assigns new UUIDs to the rules on Panorama, which means it does not retain information associated with the previous UUIDs, such as the policy rule hit count.
- Display the Rule UUID column for logs and the UUID column for policy rules.To view the UUIDs, you must display the column, which does not display by default.
- To display the UUID in logs:
- Select Monitor and then expand the column
header (
- Select Columns.
- Enable Rule UUID.
- Select Monitor and then expand the column
header (
- To display UUIDs on the policy rulebase:
- Select Policies and
then expand the column header (
- Select Columns.
- Enable Rule UUID.UUIDs are available for all policy rulebases.
- Select Policies and
then expand the column header (
- To display the UUID in logs:
- Copy the UUID for a log or policy rule.Copying the UUID allows you to paste the UUID in to searches, the ACC, custom reports, filters, and anywhere else you want to locate a rule identified by that UUID.
- Select the ellipses that display when you move your cursor over the entry in the Rule UUID column.
- Copy the UUID from the pop-up.You can also go to the Policies tab, click the arrow to the right of the rule name, and Copy UUID.
- Check the Configuration Logs to view UUIDs for deleted rules.To view the UUID for a deleted rule, select MonitorLogsConfiguration.