Quick note on troubleshooting password based Kerberos authentication on a Palo Alto Networks firewall
While endeavoring to test a Kerberos based authentication profile on a clients Palo Alto Networks I ran into a couple of error messages that need a little clarification.To test the authentication I connected to the CLI on the firewall and issued the following command: test authentication authentication-profile client-test-1 username genesyswave passwordThis ... Read More
PHP configuration for use with Palo Alto Networks Configurator
Palo Alto Networks has a tool that allows you to gather configuration information from a firewalls and Panorama systems.The PHP scripts can be found here.https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks-BD/pan-configurator/Download and extract the files to your system. I chose to extract them to c:\pan-configurator-masterExample scripts for how to use are found at the links below ... Read More
A little networking advice
A former co-worker of mine reached out to me asking what to do to get better at networking and how not to put yourself in a position where you may have cast yourself in the wrong light.This was my responseCongrats for getting out there and networkingHow many drinks are you ... Read More
The BSides Las Vegas Innovation Challenge
The BSides Las Vegas Innovation ChallengeAka “The Science Fair”Produced by: A.P. DelchiOVERVIEW:Remember the heady days of the science fair? Demo parties? People coming together to show off the amazing bits of awesome that they had made in their basement? It’s time to revive this tradition and bring it to the modern ... Read More
Job Openings – Consultants and resident engineers
My employer is looking for a few qualified individualsDo you love network security? (who doesn't)Do you long to work with next generation firewalls? (who doesn't)Do you long to rack up airline miles and hotel points? (who doesn't)Do you meet the qualifications below? If so, please send me you resume for ... Read More
Remove that Jaguar (to the tune of Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5)
This is an ode to my iMac G3 that started acting up a couple weeks back.I ended up dumping OSX and installing Debian and the song Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5 kept tickling the back of my brain until tonight, when inspiration hitsAllow me to presentRemove that Jaguar (set ... Read More
Troubleshooting Dynamic Updates on Palo Alto Firewalls
The following are troubleshooting steps to take when installing a Palo Alto Firewall in Virtual Wire mode or doing an initial configuration behind the existing firewalls and the dynamic updates for Threat Protection, AntiVirus and URL Filtering are not pulling down updates.After verifying that the device is licensed and registered ... Read More
Creating Palo Alto Reports at the Command Line
I have been working on creating reports on Palo Alto Firewalls from the command line. For this scenario I have created two security policy rules for inbound and outbound. Now we want to get a weekly report that shows the top 50 applications that are flowing in each direction. Either ... Read More
The TARDIS Corset Interview
This post will be slightly different from my usual fare. This is an interview that I did on Twitter with amazonv and mayfairemoon regarding the TARDIS Corset. The entire interview can be found by searching for #tardiscorset on twitter. It has been an interesting week for my friends Nikki (amazonv) ... Read More
Palo Alto Firewall Management address
I have been working with Palo Alto Networks firewalls exclusively over the last 6 months or so and wanted to start a series of postings regarding how to make changes at the command line The first step in configuring a PAN is to configure the management address. The firewall comes ... Read More
