Infrahub InfraHub Schema Library In my previous InfraHub introductory post, we covered installation and the basics of InfraHub. In this second post, let’s Suresh Vina Jan 18, 2025 4 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto URL Filtering and SSL Decryption In my previous blog posts (linked below), we looked at how to allow or block specific websites using URL filtering. Suresh Vina Jan 11, 2025 4 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto How to Block Specific URLs? When working with Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), you may come across situations where you need to block specific websites. In this Suresh Vina Jan 11, 2025 4 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto Allow Access To Certain URLs Matching A Blocked URL Category If you use URL filtering on your Palo Alto firewalls, you may come across situations where a specific URL category Suresh Vina Jan 10, 2025 3 min read
ISE XtendISE Key Features - Simplifying Cisco ISE Management XtendISE is a user-friendly web application integrated with Cisco ISE and designed to simplify daily tasks and common challenges related Suresh Vina Jan 10, 2025 6 min read
Cisco Running Cisco CML in Proxmox For the past few years, I’ve been running all my virtual machines on VMware Workstation Pro, installed on Windows Suresh Vina Dec 21, 2024 4 min read
Infrahub Getting Started with Infrahub If you're in the Network Automation space or attended one of the last two Autocon events, you might Suresh Vina Dec 11, 2024 8 min read
Palo Alto Why You Should Change Palo Alto Master Key? Palo Alto firewalls come with a default master key used to encrypt passwords, secrets, and certificates. If your firewall is Suresh Vina Dec 6, 2024 4 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto Auto-Tagging to Automate Security Actions Auto-tagging allows the firewall to tag a policy object when it receives a log that matches specific criteria, creating an Suresh Vina Nov 26, 2024 4 min read
Cisco Cisco CML Free Tier (No Kidding) I first came across this on LinkedIn that Cisco is introducing a free tier of their Cisco CML platform (starting Suresh Vina Nov 24, 2024 4 min read
Arista Introduction to Arista PyeAPI The Python Client for eAPI (pyeapi) is a Python library that simplifies working with Arista eAPI, removing the need to Suresh Vina Nov 15, 2024 7 min read
Juniper Juniper EX Switch Port Mirroring In this blog post, we will look at how to set up port mirroring on Juniper EX switches. The goal Suresh Vina Nov 7, 2024 1 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto High Traffic Latency Troubleshooting We all know that firewalls are limited by hardware resources. Larger devices support higher throughput, while smaller ones may not Suresh Vina Nov 5, 2024 4 min read
Cisco Running Cisco IOL Devices in Containerlab Containerlab v0.58.0 supports running Cisco IOL images, which is something I was very much looking forward to. IOL Suresh Vina Oct 26, 2024 3 min read
Docker Caddy Reverse Proxy With Docker I currently run multiple Docker containers across two hosts, each hosting various applications on different ports. UniFi Controller exposes the Suresh Vina Oct 22, 2024 5 min read
Palo Alto Global Protect VPN SAML SSO with Entra-ID In this blog post, we will look at how to use Entra-ID SAML SSO with GlobalProtect VPN. This guide assumes Suresh Vina Oct 19, 2024 5 min read
Palo Alto Global Protect Internal Host Detection & Internal Gateways - Lessons Learnt I already had Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN configured with an external gateway and portal, allowing me to connect back to Suresh Vina Oct 18, 2024 6 min read
Firewall Building a Simple HTTP Source for Firewall EDL Recently, I wanted to add a list of domains to the Palo Alto DNS policy to block them from resolving. Suresh Vina Oct 17, 2024 3 min read