Log server profile is referenced by no log setting
At a glance
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Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
An unused destination is housekeeping rather than exposure. It is worth a line because a profile left behind after a collector move is the one an engineer picks next time, and the logs then go to a server nobody reads.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- Delete the profile if its collector is retired.
- If it is kept for a planned change, record why.
- Point the Log Settings entries at the profile the collector expects.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI
set shared log-settings system match-list <match-name> send-syslog <object-name>An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here commits. Review the candidate configuration, then commit it yourself.
Read it back
show shared log-settings systemValues to fill in2
- <object-name>
- The object's name, as it appears on your firewall
- <match-name>
- A name for the match list entry
Before you type it1
- Attach this profile to something that uses it, or remove the profile.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm nothing names the profile before deleting it.
- Confirm log forwarding still reaches the collector after the change.
Limits
- The check is not made when the file has log forwarding profiles, because their destinations are not read.
- Email server profiles are not checked: scheduled reports send through them too.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in Logging and Integrations
- PAN-SEC-032SNMP v2c is enabled
- PAN-SEC-074Syslog destination is sent without TLS
- PAN-SEC-075System or configuration logs are forwarded nowhere
- PAN-SEC-076SNMP trap profile uses SNMP v2c
- PAN-SEC-077SNMP answers on management with no permitted IP list
- PAN-SEC-117No log entry when the data plane is fully loaded
- PAN-SEC-161Log forwarding profile does not forward traffic or threat logs
- PAN-SEC-162No log forwarding profile is configured to alert on malicious WildFire verdicts
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