The Paloalto firewall is one of the popular next-generation firewalls in the market. I like Palolalto because it is very easy to use, especially for those who come from the Cisco world. The firewall offering from Cisco is the ASA – Adaptive security appliance. Though it provides security in your infrastructure, it lacks the features …
In my last blog post, I have covered how to install a pfsense firewall in the AWS cloud. And in this blog, we will install and configure the Paloalto firewall in the AWS cloud using EC2. Once the Paloalto is in place, the devices in the private Subnet can go out to the Internet via …
We have covered plenty of labs related to how you can set up IPsec on Paloalto firewall to other vendors. And in this one, we will set up AWS site to site VPN tunnels towards the Paloalto firewall. Below is the topology that we are going to configure. By default, creating a site-to-site VPN on …
Port forwarding is one of my favorite features on the firewalls and routers. It works great when you want to allow external users to specific services inside the network, be it a local area network or DMZ. We have covered how you can configure port forwarding on pfsense, fortigate firewalls, and routers in our previous …
In The last few blogs, we have built a small lab using the Paloalto firewall in gns3, connected the firewall to the internet, and allowed the internal users to the internet. In this blog, we are going to set up and configure a Global protect VPN on a Palo alto firewall and allow remote users …
As you know if you wanted to get hands-on and practice the Palo alto firewalls, the best place is to virtualize them. As many of you out there may not have the options to set up a physical lab. However, there are alternate ways to spin up the Palo alto lab in the cloud using …
In a world where everything connected over the internet, it is quite common that we get to see many enterprise users connect the branch offices via the IPsec VPN. Moreover, the internet connection is getting cheaper and cheaper now as compared to the dedicated links. That is one of the reasons too the SD-WAN is …
You have got the brand new Paloalto firewall installed, and you wanted to know how you can set up an IPsec tunnel between branches using the Paloalto firewall. If I were to configure an IPSec tunnel for the first time, I would configure them in my lab before I configure it in the production. That …
When you wanted to build and practice Paloalto lab, you have got multiple options. You could try physical gears if you can afford one, else virtualize them. In this blog, we will deploy the Paloalto firewall in gns3 with management IP and one public-facing interface connecting to the internet. The Palo alto firewall works perfectly …
When I started my Paloalto firewall journey, it wasn’t easy. I am from a network routing and switching background, and initially, when I had a chance to work with Palo alto firewall, I was a little hesitant. Eventually, I set up the Palo alto firewall lab and started to practice. Slowly I began to get …