The file blocking profile helps in enforcing different types of actions from being uploaded or downloaded. The different type of action which the Palo Alto Networks firewall can do for a file block, alert, forward, continue and continue-and-forward. These actions can be applied for either uploading, downloading or for both action and for either a specific or any application. The file type can also be chosen from a more specific to any file type.
This document details how to configure and gives an example for a file blocking profile from the CLI:
# set profiles file-blocking "How to configure File Blocking" rules "File Blocking" action alert direction both application any file-type any
In the following screenshot, this is how it would look on the web interface: