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Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs, 3rd Edition
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Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs, 3rd Edition

by J. Michael Stewart, Denise Kinsey
October 2020
Intermediate to advanced
481 pages
17h 35m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Configuring a Firewall with pfSense

Once you have finished installing pfSense, you will need to configure the firewall via a web browser. The interface is uncluttered and logically laid out, and it works well with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. Once you reboot the computer, you can access it via a browser from a web interface (usually https://192.168.1.1/24) to start configuring the firewall. A complete copy of the pfSense default configuration is available on the pfSense website, but it is important to note the following default configuration items:

  • All incoming WAN connections are blocked
  • All outgoing LAN connections are allowed
  • WAN is configured with both an IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP client
  • pfSense will function as a DHCP ...
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