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Which Palo Alto Networks subscription service complements App-ID by enabling you to configure the next- generation firewall to identify and control access to websites and to protect your…

The correct answer is D. URL Filtering. The correct answer is D - URL Filtering. Palo Alto Networks' URL Filtering subscription service directly complements App-ID by extending the firewall's visibility beyond application identification to the specific websites and URLs being accessed. URL Filtering uses a…

Submitted by rohit_dlh· Apr 18, 2026Network Security

Question

Which Palo Alto Networks subscription service complements App-ID by enabling you to configure the next- generation firewall to identify and control access to websites and to protect your organization from websites hosting malware and phishing pages?

Options

  • AThreat Prevention
  • BDNS Security
  • CWildFire
  • DURL Filtering

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • B
    6% (1)
  • C
    6% (1)
  • D
    89% (16)

Explanation

The correct answer is D - URL Filtering. Palo Alto Networks' URL Filtering subscription service directly complements App-ID by extending the firewall's visibility beyond application identification to the specific websites and URLs being accessed. URL Filtering uses a cloud-based categorization database (PAN-DB) to classify websites by category, allowing administrators to permit, block, or alert on access to specific site categories. It explicitly protects against web-based threats by blocking sites categorized as malware hosts or phishing pages. Threat Prevention (A) provides IPS/antivirus signatures; DNS Security (B) blocks threats at the DNS resolution layer; WildFire (C) is a cloud-based malware analysis sandbox - none of these specifically provide URL-level web access control and website reputation filtering the way URL Filtering does.

Topics

#URL Filtering#Web Security#NGFW Subscriptions#Content Filtering

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