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

The correct answer is B. Alert. The 'Alert' action in a URL Filtering Security Profile is used to log the URL Filtering category to the URL Filtering log without blocking the access.

Submitted by amina.ke· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

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

Options

  • ALog
  • BAlert
  • CAllow
  • DDefault

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    94% (44)
  • C
    2% (1)

Why each option

The 'Alert' action in a URL Filtering Security Profile is used to log the URL Filtering category to the URL Filtering log without blocking the access.

ALog

There is no direct 'Log' action for URL Filtering categories; logging is typically implied or a consequence of other actions like 'Alert' or 'Block'.

BAlertCorrect

The 'Alert' action in a URL Filtering profile specifically generates an entry in the URL Filtering log, including the URL category, while still allowing the user to access the requested URL.

CAllow

The 'Allow' action permits the traffic but does not, by itself, generate a specific URL filtering category log entry; logs would generally be session-based.

DDefault

'Default' refers to inheriting a predefined action, which may or may not include explicitly logging the category, and is not the specific action to ensure logging of the category.

Concept tested: URL filtering security profile actions

Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/url-filtering/url-filtering-concepts/url-filtering-profile-actions

Topics

#URL Filtering#Security Profiles#Logging#Palo Alto Actions

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