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Network Security with pfSense

By : Aggarwal

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Network Security with pfSense

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By: Aggarwal

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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.

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Introduction to pfSense

What is pfSense?

Benefits of pfSense

Use cases

pfSense features

Prerequisites for installation

Installing pfSense on a virtual machine

Launching the virtual machine

Configuring VM and completing the installation

Configuring pfSense

pfSense WebGUI walkthrough

Configuring pfSense as a DHCP server

Summary

pfSense as a Firewall

What is a firewall?

Configuring pfSense as a firewall

Setting up firewall rules

Managing firewall rules

Summary

pfSense as a Failover and Load Balancer

Load balancing and failover

Load balancing and failover across multiple WAN connections

Configuring Gateway Groups

Verifying load balancing across WAN connections

Failover across multiple WAN connections

Summary

Remote Connectivity with pfSense and IPsec

What is IPsec?

Security Association

IPsec VPN tunnel implementation

Prerequisites

IPsec phases

Configuring IPsec tunnel

Configuring pfSense firewall rules

Summary

Using pfSense as a Squid Proxy Server

The proxy server

Installing the Squid proxy server

Configuring the Squid proxy server

Testing the Squid proxy server

Summary

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Testing the Squid proxy server

Back in the Windows 7 client machine, let's confirm the IP address for this client machine. Launch the Command Prompt window and execute ipconfig:

Here, the IP address of this machine is 192.168.1.2. If you check, you will see that this client machine can connect to the internet.

You did not have to make any special configuration for assigning a proxy server to this browser. And, the reason why that is working is because of the setup. The Squid proxy server has been configured as a transparent proxy.

Let's switch to the pfSense webConfigurator in the ACLs section for the Squid proxy server. When you scroll down, you find the option called Banned Hosts Addresses. As discussed earlier, if you add an IP address to this list, Squid proxy will actively reject the requests from that IP address. Effectively, the banned IP addresses or the networks...

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