pfSense Fundamentals – Secure Networks With pfSense Firewall

Learn to secure your home or business with the free, feature rich, enterprise grade pfSense Firewall

Created by: Ted LeRoy
Enterprise Security Architect - Online Instructor

What Will I 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.)

Target audience

• 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