Zientara - LEARN PFSENSE 2.4: get up and running with pfsense and all the core concepts to build firewall and. routing solutions

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David Zientara is a software engineer living in northern New Jersey. He has over 20 years of experience in IT.

In the mid-1990s, David became the lead software engineer for Oxberry LLC, a digital imaging company headquartered in New Jersey. In this capacity, he played a major role in developing a new software package for the company's equipment. In the mid-2000s, David took an interest in computer networking, an interest that led him to learn about m0n0wall and, eventually, pfSense.

Alex Samm has +10 years of experience in the IT field, including system and network administration, EUCsupport, Windows and Linux server support, virtualization, programming, penetration testing, and forensic investigations.

Currently, he works at ESP Global Services, supporting contracts in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He also lectures at the Computer Forensics and Security Institute on IT security courses, including ethical hacking and penetration testing.
He recently reviewed Digital Forensics with Kali Linux, authored by Shiva Parasram published in December 2017, which covers forensics using Kali Linux.

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As computer networks become ubiquitous, it has become increasingly important to both secure and optimize our networks. pfSense, an open-source router/firewall, provides an easy, cost-effective way of achieving this and this book explains how to install and configure pfSense in such a way that even a networking beginner can successfully deploy and use pfSense.
This book begins by covering networking fundamentals, deployment scenarios, and hardware sizing guidelines, as well as how to install pfSense. The book then covers configuration of basic services such as DHCP, DNS, and captive portal and VLAN configuration. Careful consideration is given to the core firewall functionality of pfSense, and how to set up firewall rules and traffic shaping. Finally, the book covers the basics of VPNs, multi-WAN setups, routing and bridging, and how to perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on a network.

This book is towards any network security professionals who want to get introduced to the world of firewalls and network configurations using Pfsense. No prior knowledge of PfSense is required.

, Getting Started with pfSense , discusses about a brief history of the pfSense project and the role it can play in a network and in the pfSense community

, Installing pfSense , discusses the role a pfSense router/firewall plays in a typical network considering the different deployment scenarios. The initial process is covered from the initial installion from either CD or USB memstick through the completion of the web GUI setup wizard

, Configuring pfSense , takes us through advanced options such as customizing the web GUI, SSH login, configuring additional interfaces, and IPv6 configuration along with how to back up, restore and update your pfSense system

, Captive Portal , describes how to set up a captive portal in pfSense, how to leverage the numerous options available, and how to implement different authentication options and how to use vouchers

, Additional pfSense Services , takes through services such as DNS, Dynamic DNS, NTP, and SNMP in detail along with their examples