GlobalProtect (Palo Alto)

Palo Alto GlobalProtect is an always-on SSL/IPsec VPN solution with MFA authentication included on PAN-OS firewall devices. Port UDP 4501 is used by IPsec for the data communication between the GlobalProtect client and the firewall

• Client supported platforms: iOS, Android, Windows and macOS

• GlobalProtect Application Command Center (ACC)
• Prisma Access (formerly GlobalProtect cloud service)
• GlobalProtect Agent

Versions

• 10.1
  • Globalprotect: ability to enforce a shorter inactivity logout period.

• 9.1
  • GlobalProtect Activity charts and graphs on the ACC
  • Log Forwarding of GlobalProtect logs

• 9.0

See also: PAN-OS Releases

Features

• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods, including one-time password tokens, certificates, and smart cards, through RADIUS and SAML integration
• Traffic Inspection
  • Identifies application traffic, regardless of port number
  • SSL Decryption
• URL filtering with PAN-DB
• GlobalProtect (PAN-OS 10.0) blocks compromised devices using unique attributes, such as the hardware serial number of the device and unique host information.

Related commands

• show global-protect-gateway current-user
• show global-protect-gateway previous-user
  • show global-protect-gateway previous-user user USERNAME
• show global-protect-gateway gateway
• show global-protect-gateway flow

current-satellite Show current GlobalProtect gateway satellites

current-user Show current GlobalProtect gateway users

flow Show dataplane GlobalProtect gateway tunnel information

flow-site-to-site Show dataplane GlobalProtect site-to-site gateway tunnel information

gateway Show list of GlobalProtect gateway configuration

previous-satellite Show previous GlobalProtect gateway satellites

previous-user Show previous user session for GlobalProtect gateway users

• show global-protect-gateway statistics
• show log system direction equal backward | match globalp

Activities

• Read GlobalProtect Administration Guide: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/globalprotect/9-1/globalprotect-admin/globalprotect-admin.pdf
• Read https://ninjamie.fandom.com/wiki/GlobalProtect
• Read GlobalProtect Resource List on Configuring and Troubleshooting https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClfXCAS

Related terms

• HIP. If the Host Information Profile (HIP) feature is enabled, the gateway generates a HIP report from the raw host data that the endpoints submit, which it can use for policy enforcement.
• Prisma Cloud

See also

• GlobalProtect, GlobalProtect logs, GlobalProtect client, HIP, show global-protect-gateway [current-user | statistics | flow ]
• VPN: IPsec (Openswan), OpenVPN, Forticlient, GlobalProtect (PAN-OS), WireGuard (Linux Kernel), Tailscale, PulseSecure, WebVPN, SoftEther, ESP, IKE, AWS VPN, Zerotier, VPN client, Pritunl, GCP Cloud VPN, Mesh virtual private network, Mullvad
• PAN-OS (Palo Alto): PAN-OS Releases, show vpn, GlobalProtect, GlobalProtect logs, WildFire, show log, show session all, MDM, match, PAN-OS reports, HIP, Zone
• Palo Alto, Palo Alto PA-Series, PAN-OS, Panorama, WildFire, Cortex Data Lake, Prisma Cloud
• DMZ, Port knocking, Bastion host, Firewall Software: iptables ufw firewalld nftables firewall-cmd ipfw (FreeBSD) PF (OpenBSD), netsh advfirewall, PAN-OS, WAF, pfsense, VyOS, Cisco ASA, DMZ, F5, URL Filtering, port forwarding, macOS application firewall, Windows firewall, Fortigate, ngrok, Network ACL

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