Web proxy integration

To control what guests can access on the internet, we can apply some web proxy controls. As we explored in the last chapter, the native web proxy features on OPNsense provide reasonable control of internet content. It is a good idea to control what guests access on the internet. Depending on each country's laws, it may not be allowed to inspect users' web browsing traffic, so check whether you can do this first!

In this section, we'll take the necessary steps to enable web filtering on the GuestNet, integrating it with the web proxy, as follows:

Important Note

Before we start working through the following steps, make sure that the web proxy is up and running. If you aren't sure how to do that, please refer to Chapter 20, API – Application Programming Interface, for the steps to configure the web proxy with the transparent method.

Remember to disable or remove the NAT port forwarding rules created in the previous chapter to...