
Uses the application, not the port, as the basis for all your safe enablement policy decisions: allow, deny, schedule, inspect, and apply traffic-shaping.Ĭategorizes unidentified applications for policy control, threat forensics, or App-ID™ technology development. Identifies the application, regardless of port, SSL/SSH encryption, or evasive technique employed. Key Security and Connectivity FeaturesĬlassifies all applications, on all ports, all the time. The application, content, and user (in other words, the elements that run your business), then serve as the basis of your security policies, resulting in improved security posture and reduced incident response time. When you're used to devices that reboot in under a minute, a 5-10 minute reboot is majorly annoying.The controlling element of the PA-220 is PAN-OS, which natively classifies all traffic, inclusive of applications, threats, and content, and then ties that traffic to the user regardless of location or device type. What I do find to be WAY slower than I'd like is a full boot/reboot on a 220.

I don't find it to be a big deal on 220's, just something you deal with. Panorama isn't something you'd get for a 1 off firewall though. Getting Panorama (which is pricey) will make life easier if it makes sense (dealing with multiple firewalls), as you can do all your data analysis and setting in there, then just send the commit, as opposed to working entirely in the slower direct interface on the 220. Other than initial trial and error learning, a lot of commit's aren't something you should need to do long term basis, so not something I think is a big concern. However, as a whole, it's very tolerable IMO.

I haven't used an 820 yet, but people say they are fast like the 3000 series and above. It's far worse on the older 200 and 500's (even one's with SSDs).

Commit's are very slow, again, in comparison, but a < 60 second commit isn't "painfully" slow IMO. I'm moving to PA and have used a lot of other firewalls, including Sophos UTM SG and yes, the PA-220 is VERY slow to administer in comparison.
