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AuthLogPayload

Schema for a forwarded PAN-OS authentication log entry. Authentication logs capture user authentication events processed by the firewall's Authentication Policy, providing identity-based visibility for security monitoring, compliance, and zero-trust enforcement.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
receive_time	string	Timestamp when the authentication log entry was received by Strata Logging Service.
serial	string	Serial number of the Palo Alto Networks device that generated this authentication log entry.
type	string	Log type identifier, always AUTH for authentication log entries.
subtype	string	Authentication log subtype indicating the outcome of the authentication event.
src	string	Source IP address of the authenticating client.
src_user	string	Username or user principal name presented during authentication.
auth_method	string	Authentication protocol or method used to authenticate the user.
auth_source	string	The name of the authentication source, server profile, or identity provider (e.g., Okta-SAML, corp-ldap, radius-server).
auth_result	string	The result of the authentication attempt indicating whether it succeeded, failed, required an additional challenge, or timed out.
mfa_vendor	string	Multi-factor authentication vendor name if MFA was triggered during authentication (e.g., Duo, Okta, PingID, RSA SecurID).
mfa_result	string	Result of the MFA challenge if multi-factor authentication was triggered as part of the authentication flow.
rule_name	string	Name of the Authentication Policy rule that triggered the authentication challenge for this session.
auth_profile	string	Name of the authentication profile configured on the firewall that was used to process this authentication event.
device_name	string	Hostname of the firewall that generated this authentication log entry.
vsys	string	Virtual system name or identifier on the firewall.
log_forwarding_profile	string	Name of the log forwarding profile that forwarded this log entry.
output_format	string	Output format in which this log entry was forwarded.

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