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Mastering pfSense - Second Edition

By : David Zientara
Book Image

Mastering pfSense - Second Edition

By: David Zientara

Overview of this book

pfSense has the same reliability and stability as even the most popular commercial firewall offerings on the market – but, like the very best open-source software, it doesn’t limit you. You’re in control – you can exploit and customize pfSense around your security needs. Mastering pfSense - Second Edition, covers features that have long been part of pfSense such as captive portal, VLANs, traffic shaping, VPNs, load balancing, Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP), multi-WAN, and routing. It also covers features that have been added with the release of 2.4, such as support for ZFS partitions and OpenVPN 2.4. This book takes into account the fact that, in order to support increased cryptographic loads, pfSense version 2.5 will require a CPU that supports AES-NI. The second edition of this book places more of an emphasis on the practical side of utilizing pfSense than the previous edition, and, as a result, more examples are provided which show in step-by-step fashion how to implement many features.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Questions

Answer the following questions:

  1. What term is used to refer to a network that is separate from the rest of the local network and provides services to users outside of the local network?
  2. What are the minimum specifications for pfSense in terms of CPU, RAM and disk space?
  3. How much memory does a state table entry require?
  4. Why is it a good idea to use checksums?
  5. What is the best filesystem choice for an organization that (a) requires support for filesystem-level encryption and data deduplication? (b) requires maximum backward compatibility?
  6. Identify the two places from which interface assignment can be done in pfSense.
  7. Identify at least four different valid configuration types for a pfSense interface.
  8. What is the default setting for Block Private Networks and loopback addresses (a) on the WAN interface? (b) an the LAN interface? (c) why?
  9. Identify two places within the web GUI where the time zone can be set.
  10. Identify at least three parameters that can be set in the Setup Wizard.