Palo alto whitelist url

1. How do I know if my Palo Alto is blocking a URL?
2. How do I whitelist a URL in firewall?
3. How do I enable URL filtering?
4. How do I unblock a URL blocked by content filter?
5. Is URL filtering same as Web filtering?
6. How do I unblock a URL filter?
7. What is the default URL filtering profile Palo Alto?
8. Can you block a specific URL?
9. Can we block URL in firewall?
10. Can Firewalls block URLs?

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.

How do I whitelist a URL in firewall?

Whitelisting with the Windows Firewall

To manage the whitelist in the Windows Firewall, click Start, type firewall and click Firewall & network protection. Click Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall (or, if you're using Windows 10, click Allow an app through firewall).

How do I enable URL filtering?

To enable URL Filtering:

Click Devices. Select a group, then click Configure Policy. Under Web Threat Protection, click URL Filtering. To enable, switch the toggle button to the right (Enable URL Filtering).

How do I unblock a URL blocked by content filter?

Go to the Google search preferences page and find the address under “resources”. See “Safe Search filters”. There is a slider to turn the filter off that reads “No filtering”.

Is URL filtering same as Web filtering?

URL filtering is a type of web filtering. The term "web filtering" refers to a number of techniques for controlling the content users within a network can access over the Internet.

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.

What is the default URL filtering profile Palo Alto?

By default, site access for all URL categories is set to allow when you create a basic URL Filtering profile. This means that the users will be able to browse to all sites freely and the traffic is not logged.

Can you block a specific URL?

Users & browsers.

Scroll to URL Blocking and enter URLs as needed: Blocked URLs—URLs that you want to prevent users from accessing. For syntax and examples, see Users & browsers > URL blocklist. Blocked URL exceptions—URLs that you want to allow users to access (allowlist).

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.

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.