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Major sites such as docs.google.com getting blocked with URL category 'not-resolved'

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Created On 04/26/24 18:55 PM - Last Modified 07/16/24 04:07 AM


Symptom


  • Significant sites are blocked, with URL categories showing as 'not-resolved'
  • Traffic logs show multiple Google Docs domains blocked due to the URL category 'not-resolved'
  • Connectivity to PAN-DB is successful.
    admin@cpe-14-98-vm-lma> show url-cloud status
    PAN-DB URL Filtering
    License :                          valid
    Current cloud server :             serverlist.urlcloud.paloaltonetworks.com
    Cloud connection :                 connected
    Cloud mode :                       public
    URL database version - device :    20200624.20296
    URL database version - cloud :     20200624.20296  ( last update time 2020/06/24 12:39:19 )
    URL database status :              good
    URL protocol version - device :    pan/2.0.0
    URL protocol version - cloud :     pan/2.0.0
    Protocol compatibility status :    compatible


Environment


  • Prisma Access
  • PAN-OS 10.2.4
  • URL Filtering
  • PAN-DB Cloud


Cause


  • A frequent version change on the parent domain triggers the removal of the domain tree, which will remove the domain from the URL cache, leading to a not-resolved URL category.
  • Running the CLI command below shows that the version of the domain changes frequently.
admin@cpe-14-98-vm-lma> show running url-info docs.google.com 
docs.google.com, phm 1, ttl 0, flags 0x3, version 227 

admin@cpe-14-98-vm-lma> show running url-info docs.google.com 
docs.google.com, phm 1, ttl 287, flags 0x3, version 18 

admin@cpe-14-98-vm-lma> show running url-info docs.google.com 
docs.google.com, phm 1, ttl 279, flags 0x3, version 19,

 


Resolution


Workaround: 

  1. Create a custom URL category
  2. Configure a custom URL category with the not-resolved parent domain (i.e., docs.google.com)
  3. Set the action to alert so you can monitor and not block docs.google.com transactions.
  4. Click Ok
  5. Apply the custom URL category to the security policy as shown in How to Create Custom URL Categories
  6. Commit changes


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