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Which URL Filtering Security Profile action logs the URL Filtering category to the URL Filtering log?

The correct answer is B. Alert. When you set the action to "alert" for a URL category in the URL Filtering profile, the website is allowed, and a log entry is generated in the URL filtering log. This action provides visibility into the traffic without blocking it, unlike the "allow" action which does not genera

Submitted by jordan8· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

Which URL Filtering Security Profile action logs the URL Filtering category to the URL Filtering log?

Options

  • ALog
  • BAlert
  • CAllow
  • DDefault

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    85% (40)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    9% (4)

Explanation

When you set the action to "alert" for a URL category in the URL Filtering profile, the website is allowed, and a log entry is generated in the URL filtering log. This action provides visibility into the traffic without blocking it, unlike the "allow" action which does not generate log entries. https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/pancast-episodes/pancast-episode-3-url-filtering-allowing- and-blocking-the-right/ta-p/518607

Topics

#URL Filtering#Security Profiles#Logging

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