PSE-SoftwareFirewall Questions Bank

Independent Upgrade:

The VM-Series plugin can be upgraded independently of the PAN-OS version. This allows for flexibility in maintaining and enhancing the plugin without the need for a complete PAN-OS upgrade.

The Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall must be integrated into the Layer 3 underlay network to secure traffic within a Cisco ACI environment.

Reference: Integration documentation for Cisco ACI and Palo Alto Networks indicates the necessity of Layer 3 integration for policy enforcement and traffic management.

Palo Alto Networks and Cisco ACI Integration

Enabling Threat Prevention on Palo Alto Networks firewalls provides comprehensive protection against inbound threats by inspecting traffic for exploits, malware, and other malicious activities.

Reference: The Threat Prevention service is detailed in the PAN-OS documentation, highlighting its role in securing inbound traffic by leveraging various threat detection and prevention techniques.

Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention Documentation

Visibility into application-level cluster traffic:

VM-Series firewalls and hardware firewalls that are external to the Kubernetes cluster lack the necessary visibility into the traffic and communications occurring at the application level within the cluster. This limitation impedes their ability to effectively protect containerized workloads.