No log entry when the data plane is fully loaded
At a glance
Base severity
Area
Platform
Evidence level
Benchmark reference
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
At 100% packet processing load the firewall writes no system log entry, so a slowdown users report has no record to correlate with.
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.
- Enable Log on High DP Load under Device, Setup, Management, Logging and Reporting Settings.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI
set deviceconfig setting management enable-log-high-dp-load yesAn 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 deviceconfig setting managementHow to confirm the fix
- Confirm the setting is checked after commit.
Limits
- On a Panorama each template stack is judged as its firewalls receive it: its own settings first, then its members in order. A stack holding a template this file lacks is recorded rather than passed.
Compliance references
CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0
Covers the whole recommendation
Where a control aligns with a recommendation of the CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0, that recommendation is cited as a reference. Only that version was checked. A reference is not a certification.
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-079Log server profile is referenced by no log setting
- 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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