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Network Security with pfSense

By : Manuj Aggarwal
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Network Security with pfSense

By: Manuj Aggarwal

Overview of this book

While connected to the internet, you’re a potential target for an array of cyber threats, such as hackers, keyloggers, and Trojans that attack through unpatched security holes. A firewall works as a barrier (or ‘shield’) between your computer and cyberspace. pfSense is highly versatile firewall software. With thousands of enterprises using pfSense, it is fast becoming the world's most trusted open source network security solution. Network Security with pfSense begins with an introduction to pfSense, where you will gain an understanding of what pfSense is, its key features, and advantages. Next, you will learn how to configure pfSense as a firewall and create and manage firewall rules. As you make your way through the chapters, you will test pfSense for failover and load balancing across multiple wide area network (WAN) connections. You will then configure pfSense with OpenVPN for secure remote connectivity and implement IPsec VPN tunnels with pfSense. In the concluding chapters, you’ll understand how to configure and integrate pfSense as a Squid proxy server. By the end of this book, you will be able to leverage the power of pfSense to build a secure network.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Installing the Squid proxy server

Now let's go ahead and install the Squid proxy server on the pfSense server. Open the pfSense server and use the user credentials to log in. Here on the pfSense dashboard, click System, and click Package Manager. Click the Available Packages tab. pfSense will go out to the public repositories and fetch the list of available packages that you can install on this pfSense instance. Once the list of packages finishes loading, scroll down and search for the squid package. Click the Install button. Click the Confirm button, and wait for the installation to complete. pfSense will now fetch the installation binaries for this package and install it:

Let's wait for the installation to finish. Now, the Squid package has been installed successfully on this pfSense instance.

Let's review the setup once again to make sure you get a clear picture...