# PAN GlobalProtect protocol documentation

> PAN GlobalProtect protocol documentation records authentication, configuration, tunnel data and logout exchanges between a VPN client and server. It uses anonymized logs based on the official Windows client v3.0.1-10, with some updates from v4.0.5-8, to describe requests, responses and tunnel behavior.

- Type: Documentation
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Protocol analysis tools
- Relationship: Learning resource
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/dlenski/openconnect>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dlenski/openconnect/blob/163f23bc0b4a629af364eb283b4b16acf0746fa5/PAN_GlobalProtect_protocol_doc.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pan-globalprotect-protocol-doc/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pan-globalprotect-protocol-doc/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pan-globalprotect-protocol-doc/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Scope:** The documented logs are based on the official Windows client v3.0.1-10, with some updates from v4.0.5-8.
- **Scope:** The GlobalProtect support developed here is included in OpenConnect v8.x.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dlenski/openconnect/blob/163f23bc0b4a629af364eb283b4b16acf0746fa5/PAN_GlobalProtect_protocol_doc.md>
2. <https://github.com/dlenski/openconnect/blob/163f23bc0b4a629af364eb283b4b16acf0746fa5/README.md>

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