Can the firewall fetch External Dynamic List from the URL that contains a port number?

Can the firewall fetch External Dynamic List from the URL that contains a port number?

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Created On 07/11/23 06:07 AM - Last Modified 11/03/25 21:38 PM


Question


Can the firewall fetch External Dynamic List from the URL that contains a port number?

Examples:
http://<FQDN or IP address>:80/xxx
http://<FQDN or IP address>:8080/xxx
https://<FQDN or IP address>:443/xxx
https://<FQDN or IP address>:8443/xxx


Environment


  • PANOS: 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0


Answer


Yes, the firewall can fetch External Dynamic List from those URLs.

Additional Information


You can check wether the firewall can access the URL that contains a port number with "Test Source URL" on GUI or "request system external-list url-test" in CLI.
  • "Test Source URL" on GUI
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  • "request system external-list url-test" in CLI
admin@PA-VM> request system external-list url-test http://10.194.52.194:10080/edl/iplist.txt

URL is accessible


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