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Configure NAT and VPNs Using Palo Alto Firewalls

by Craig Stansbury

A robust enterprise requires NAT and VPNs for their infrastructure to remain secure. This course will teach you how to understand and configure source and destination NAT solutions, as well as various site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions.

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What you'll learn

NAT is important to allow users to access the internet, and hide back-end devices. VPNs are used to protect traffic, whether that is from one site to another, or remote users trying to access enterprise resources. In this course, Configure NAT and VPNs Using Palo Alto Firewalls, you’ll learn how to configure NAT and various VPNs on a Palo Alto Firewall. First, you’ll explore the different types of source and destination NAT translations, and how to configure them. Next, you’ll discover how to configure site-to-site VPNs, including one-to-one and one-to many-VPNs. Finally, you’ll learn how to configure a Palo Alto Firewall solution to support remote access users. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of a Palo Alto Firewall needed to protect networks with robust NAT and VPNs solutions.

Table of contents

Course Overview
1min
Understanding the NAT Flow Logic on a Palo Alto Firewall and Configuring Source NAT
50mins
Configuring Destination NAT, U-turn NAT, and No-NAT Rules
59mins
Configuring a Static Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs
58mins
Configuring a GRE VPN and a Static Site-to-Site IPSec VPN Using Proxy IDs
46mins
Configuring Large Scale VPNs with GlobalProtect
64mins
Configuring Remote Access VPNs with GlobalProtect
59mins

About the author

Craig Stansbury

Craig has over 10 years of IT experience, including working on Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco Routes and Switches, Microsoft Servers, and VMWare ESXi. Craig started in IT in the United States Marine Corps and began teaching his Marines all the design and implementation concepts that they needed to know. He loves when his students have the "lightbulb moment" and are able to understand the concepts he is teaching them. Aside from teaching, Craig also owns a business that consults with enterprises to h... more

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