pfSense Fundamentals - Secure Networks With pfSense Firewall
What you'll learn
- How to protect your home or business with a pfSense Firewall
- Introduction to pfSense
- Firewall Refresher
- pfSense as a Perimeter Firewall
- pfSense Installation Options
- pfSense Hardware Requirements
- Initial Setup
- Adding DNS Servers to DHCP
- Enabling SSH
- Adding a User
- Disabling IPv6
- Customizing the GUI Dashboard
- Changing Your pfSense Theme
- Firewall Considerations
- Whitelist vs. Blacklist
- Where to Place Rules
- Floating Rules
- Adding a New Rule
- Adding Aliases
- Adding ICMP Message Types Outbound
- Strategy for Whitelisting Outbound
- Tuning Egress Rules
- Firewall Rule Order
- Adding Rule Separators
- pfBlockerNG
- Snort IDS/IPS
- Suricata IDS/IPS
- Configuring a DMZ
- pfSense Troubleshooting
- Backing Up and Restoring Your Firewall
- Updating Your Firewall
Requirements
- Access to a computer
- Basic understanding of networking
- Knowledge of networking terms (DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, etc.)
Description
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This is a great course for anyone needing to understand the pfSense firewall system. It was well worth both time and money. The presentation of the instructor was very professional, well thought out and the demonstrations were extremely relevant and easy to follow. -- David S. ★★★★★
This an excellent course, i started knowing nothing. Now I am no longer the one i was before starting and every topic is well organized... Hats off Ted, The instructor Ted made it become very easy for someone to learn. By the end of the course i feel very happy and ready to continue learning and keep practicing what I've learned from you. -- Hermann S.F. ★★★★★
Excellent overview, and quick initial setup of pfSense. Good coverage on mentioning you can set it up in monitor mode to observe your traffic for a few weeks, after basic rules are in place; then review the logs to put in place any remaining necessary rules. I've studied firewalls before; but first foray into pfSense. I like it. -- Kevin S. ★★★★★
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pfSense is a full featured, open source firewall specific BSD build. You can download an image for free, and install it on your own hardware, or in your virtualized environment of choice, or purchase a very reasonably priced pre-configured device.
Even though pfSense is built on FreeBSD, you don't have to know BSD or Linux to manage your firewall. You are encouraged to do everything you need through the browser based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
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In this course, you'll learn:
The fundamentals of what a firewall is
Overview
Interfaces
Outside (Untrusted)
Demilitarized Zone (Medium Trust)
Internal (Trusted)
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
Application Layer Firewall
Why you need a firewall
What pfSense is
The operating system it's built on
Pro's and con's of open source
The main features included with pfSense
Overview
Management through the Web based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Firewall
Network Address Translation (NAT)
User Management
Configure pfBlockerNG
Installing pfBlockerNG
Which traffic to analyze for pfBlockerNG
Configuring pfBlockerNG
Install Snort IDS/IPS
Install Snort
Choose Snort Rule Sets
Download Rule Set updates
Assign Rule Sets to interfaces
Install Suricata IDS/IPS
Install Suricata
Choose Suricata Rule Sets
Download Rule Set updates
Assign Rule Sets to interfaces
Configure a DMZ
Create a DMZ
Configure Firewall Rules
Configure Port Forwarding Rules
Configure Inbound Rules (HTTP)
Configure Snort or Suricata to protect DMZ
Test to Ensure Protection Works
Maintaining Your Firewall
Backing up and restoring from backup
Updating
Troubleshooting Issues
Dive in and learn pfSense today!
Who this course is for:
- Network and system administrators for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs)
- Home users who want to learn pfSense
- People who want to understand firewalls
- Network and system administrators for enterprises that may want pfSense
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Instructor
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 1,728 Reviews
- 11,671 Students
- 4 Courses
Ted LeRoy is an Enterprise Security Architect, providing a variety of information and physical security guidance to his business.
Ted is also best selling online instructor specializing in technology related courses.
He has over 20 years in Information Technology and experience in Windows and Linux administration, web server and email administration, and network and firewall administration with Cisco, Juniper, and pfSense devices.
In the Linux world, he has administered Red Hat, CentOS, and Ubuntu servers, in both "cold iron" and virtual environments being responsible for the consistent performance and availability of hundreds of servers.
He is an experienced IT and Security professional with a broad range of skills. A favorite part of IT and Security work for him is relating complex topics in a way that is instructive, helpful, and appropriate for the audience he is addressing.
Ted is an open source advocate where open source provides an appropriate solution for a given need.
He completed a Master of Science Degree in Information Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The curriculum for his Master's was heavy in Network and System Administration, and Information and System security.
His Information Technology certifications include CompTIA A+, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).