pfSense Fundamentals - Secure Your Network With pfSense

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

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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

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).

As with all StationX courses:

  • You have a 30 day, no questions asked, money back guarantee if you're not fully satisfied with the course.
  • You have lifetime full access to the course and all updates and additions.

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


Your Instructor


Ted LeRoy
Ted LeRoy

Ted LeRoy is an Enterprise Security Architect, providing a variety of information and physical security guidance to his business.

Ted is also an accomplished 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).


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Course Curriculum


  Section 1: Introduction
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  Section 2: Firewalls Refresher
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  Section 3: pfSense Installation
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  Section 4: Creating A Virtual Lab
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  Section 5: pfSense Initial Setup
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  Section 6: pfSense Firewall
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  Section 7: pfBlockerNG
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  Section 8: Snort IDS/IPS
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  Section 9: Suricata IDS/IPS
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  Section 10: Configuring a DMZ
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  Section 11: Maintenance
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
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We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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