Learn pfSense 2.4: Get up and running with Pfsense and all the core concepts to build firewall and routing solutions - Softcover

Zientara, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789343119 ISBN 13: 9781789343113

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Install, Configure and Setup different connections with pfSense

Key Features

• Build firewall and routing solutions with PfSense.
• Learn how to create captive portals, how to connect Pfsense to your HTTPS environment and so on.
• Practical approach towards building firewall solutions for your organization

Book Description

As computer networks become ubiquitous, it has become increasingly important to both secure and optimize our networks. pfSense, an open-source router/firewall, provides an easy, cost-effective way of achieving this – and this book explains how to install and configure pfSense in such a way that even a networking beginner can successfully deploy and use pfSense.

This book begins by covering networking fundamentals, deployment scenarios, and hardware sizing guidelines, as well as how to install pfSense. The book then covers configuration of basic services such as DHCP, DNS, and captive portal and VLAN configuration. Careful consideration is given to the core firewall functionality of pfSense, and how to set up firewall rules and traffic shaping. Finally, the book covers the basics of VPNs, multi-WAN setups, routing and bridging, and how to perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on a network.

What you will learn

• Install pfSense
• Configure additional interfaces, and enable and configure DHCP
• Understand Captive portal
• Understand firewalls and NAT, and traffic shaping
• Learn in detail about VPNs
• Understand Multi-WAN
• Learn about routing and bridging in detail
• Understand the basics of diagnostics and troubleshooting networks

Who this book is for

This book is towards any network security professionals who want to get introduced to the world of firewalls and network configurations using Pfsense. No knowledge of PfSense is required

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with pfSense
2. Installing pfSense
3. Configuring pfSense
4. Captive Portal
5. Additional pfSense Services
6. Firewall and NAT
7. Traffic Shaping
8. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
9. Multiple WANs
10. Routing and Bridging
11. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

About this title

About the Author

Jonathan Baier is an emerging technology leader living in Brooklyn, New York. He has had a passion for technology since an early age. When he was 14 years old, he was so interested in the family computer (an IBM PCjr) that he pored over the several hundred pages of BASIC and DOS manuals. Then, he taught himself to code a very poorly-written version of Tic-Tac-Toe. During his teen years, he started a computer support business. Since then, he has dabbled in entrepreneurship several times throughout his life. He currently enjoys working for Moody's as Vice President of Global Cloud Engineering. He has over a decade of experience delivering technology strategies and solutions for both public and private sector businesses of all sizes. He has a breadth of experience working with a wide variety of technologies and he enjoys helping organizations and management embrace new technology to transform their businesses. Working in the areas of architecture, containerization, and cloud security, he has created strategic roadmaps to guide and help mature the overall IT capabilities of various enterprises. Furthermore, he has helped organizations of various sizes build and implement their cloud strategy and solve the many challenges that arise when ""designs on paper"" meet reality.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789343119
• ISBN 13: 9781789343113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346