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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 15: Network Intrusion (Detection and Prevention) Systems

In this chapter, we will explore the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) concepts to understand their functionality. This will help us implement a good network perimeter defense using them. We will explore how OPNsense employs Suricata and combines it with Netmap to implement an outstanding IDS and IPS open source solution. By the end of this chapter, you will know how to use an IDS/IPS solution to monitor and block traffic using OPNsense.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • IDS and IPS definition
  • Suricata and Netmap
  • Rulesets
  • Configuration
  • SSL fingerprint
  • Troubleshooting