Action block-url palo alto

1. How do I know if my Palo Alto is blocking a URL?
2. What are the URL filtering profile actions?
3. How does URL blocking work?
4. Why URL has been blocked?
5. How do I unblock a URL filter?
6. How does URL filtering work in Palo Alto?
7. Can we block URL in firewall?
8. What is URL blocklist?
9. Can Firewalls block URLs?
10. How do I block a link in my firewall?
11. Can Firewalls block URLs?
12. How do I make a link protected?

How do I know if my Palo Alto is blocking a URL?

Verify URL Filtering

) to avoid directly accessing a site. For example, to test your block policy for malware, visit https://urlfiltering.paloaltonetworks.com/test-malware. Review the Traffic and URL Filtering logs to verify that your firewall processes the site correctly.

What are the URL filtering profile actions?

From most strict to least strict, possible URL Filtering profile actions are: block, override, continue, alert, and allow.

How does URL blocking work?

URL filtering blocks URLs from loading, or only allows certain URLs to load, on a company network. If a user attempts to reach a blocked URL, they are redirected to a "blocked" page. URL filtering bases its filtering policies on a database that classifies URLs by topic and by "blocked" or "allowed" status.

Why URL has been blocked?

If there are too many links to your site, it may mark your URL as spam and block it. Your site has been infected with malware. It's possible your site was hacked without you knowing it and that it actually does contain harmful code that Facebook has picked up on. Another account reported you.

How do I unblock a URL filter?

Remove the Blocks

To open the dashboard, type the router's IP address in a Web browser. Log in with your username and password and click the link for website filters. Remove the URL you want to unblock. Click the port forwarding link to view all the ports you have opened for the router.

How does URL filtering work in Palo Alto?

On Palo Alto Networks devices, PAN-DB URL Filtering is applied on 2 major protocols: HTTP and HTTPS (SSL). PAN-DB is using a URL Filtering database that contains a listing of millions of websites that have been categorized in certain URL categories (Refer this KB).

Can we block URL in firewall?

Go to Web Filter > Advanced and enable the "Custom Block Page" option, then specify the location of your custom page. We also recommend using wildcards whenever possible, to make your Web Filter rule entries as effective as possible.

What is URL blocklist?

Applies to managed Chrome browsers and ChromeOS devices. As an administrator, you can block and allow URLs so that users can only visit certain websites.

Can Firewalls block URLs?

With a web filter you can:

Firewalls with added DNS-based internet restriction capabilities can block websites as well, but they can only block the entire website – not specific URLs.

How do I block a link in my firewall?

Go to Web Filter > Advanced and enable the "Custom Block Page" option, then specify the location of your custom page. We also recommend using wildcards whenever possible, to make your Web Filter rule entries as effective as possible.

Can Firewalls block URLs?

With a web filter you can:

Firewalls with added DNS-based internet restriction capabilities can block websites as well, but they can only block the entire website – not specific URLs.

How do I make a link protected?

To password protect a URL go to the Security section in SiteTools and click Protected URLs. Under the URLs tab, choose the Domain and fill in the Path to the URL. If you do not have any users created you will be prompted to provide a user and password, which will be used to access the protected URL.