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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 10: Reporting

In this chapter, you will learn how to read system graphs, which is an essential part of managing a firewall. We will explore each available graph and use it to identify possible unexpected behaviors in the network or to check our firewall's health.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about the reporting tools that are available on OPNsense's webGUI and how to use each one to get the most out of OPNsense.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • System health graphs
  • Understanding Netflow and how to use it
  • Exploring real-time traffic
  • Troubleshooting common problems in the network using Netflow and graphs