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OPNsense Beginner to Professional

By : Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo
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Book Image

OPNsense Beginner to Professional

5 (1)
By: Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo

Overview of this book

OPNsense is one of the most powerful open source firewalls and routing platforms available. With OPNsense, you can now protect networks using features that were only previously available to closed source commercial firewalls. This book is a practical guide to building a comprehensive network defense strategy using OPNsense. You’ll start with the basics, understanding how to install, configure, and protect network resources using native features and additional OPNsense plugins. Next, you’ll explore real-world examples to gain in-depth knowledge of firewalls and network defense. You’ll then focus on boosting your network defense, preventing cyber threats, and improving your knowledge of firewalling using this open source security platform. By the end of this OPNsense book, you’ll be able to install, configure, and manage the OPNsense firewall by making the most of its features.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Initial Configuration
6
Section 2: Securing the Network
13
Section 3: Going beyond the Firewall

Chapter 16: Next-Generation Firewall with Zenarmor

The Sensei plugin broke the commercial-only next-generation firewalls barrier and introduced the open source world to Zenarmor’s outstanding features. In this chapter, we will explore the Sensei plugin’s features and how to install and apply layer7 control to the network. Finally, you will deploy OPNsense as a next-generation firewall solution that extends OPNsense’s capabilities so that they’re at the same level as the premium commercial solutions, which filter packets in layer4 to layer7 in a few steps.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Layer7 application control with Zenarmor
  • Choosing a Zenarmor edition
  • Installing and setting up the Zenarmor plugin