Supported External Dynamic Lists for Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall

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The ServiceNow Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall integration supports External Dynamic Lists (EDLs) that accept IP, URL, and domain observables.

Supported EDLs and observables

An External Dynamic List is a text file that is hosted on an external web server, which for this integration is the ServiceNow AI Platform instance. The Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall can then import objects — IP addresses, URLs, domains — included in the list and enforce policy. To enforce policy on the EDL entries, the list is referenced in a policy rule or profile.

This integration supports three types of EDLs:

  • IP (This includes a single IP Address, as well as CIDR blocks (ranges) of addresses).
  • URL
  • Domain

The following table lists descriptions of the observables supported by this integration and example formats for each type.

Observable

Example formats

Description

IP Address

  • 95.153.103.54 (IPv4)
  • (IPv6): 2001:00B8:130F:FE03:0000:09C0:080F:130B

Represents a single, distinct interface address.The integration supports IPv4, IPv6, and CIDR formats.

Support for IP address observables includes CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) ranges, for example, 95.153.100.0/22.

Note: An error message is displayed when you try to attach a single IP address to an EDL that you have already blocked as a part of a CIDR range. For example, the single address 95.153.103.54 is part of the CIDR range represented by 95.153.100.0/22 (95.153.100.0-95.153.103.255).

URL

  • www.example.com
  • www.example.com/article.html
  • example.com
  • *.example.com

Wildcards are supported. The ServiceNow AI Platform reformats URL entries to comply with Palo Alto Networks EDL format requirements.

Domain

  • www.example.com
  • example.com
  • mail.example.com

Wildcards are not supported.

For more information about formatting guidelines and EDLs, see ["Formatting Guidelines for an External Dynamic List" in the PAN-OS 10.0 Administrator's Guide](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/policy/use-an-external-dynamic-list-in-policy/formatting-guidelines-for-an-external-dynamic-list.html) on the Palo Alto Networks website.

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