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Network Security with pfSense

You're reading from Network Security with pfSense Architect, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade firewalls

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789532975

Length 152 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

pfsense

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Manuj Aggarwal

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Table of Contents (7) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to pfSense

2. pfSense as a Firewall FREE CHAPTER

3. pfSense as a Failover and Load Balancer

4. Remote Connectivity with pfSense and IPsec

5. Using pfSense as a Squid Proxy Server

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Summary

Let's just quickly recap some of the key points that we have covered in this chapter. You learned all about the load balancing and failover features of pfSense. Next, you learned to configure pfSense as a load balancer and a failover mechanism across multiple WAN connections. Finally, you verified the failover and load balancing behavior of pfSense and its effect on the network traffic.

In the next chapter, you will learn about remote connectivity options that are available in pfSense.

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Authors (1)

Aggarwal

Aggarwal

Chhavi Aggarwal started working on Dynamics AX in 2012. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional and has worked on both the 2009 and 2012 versions of Dynamics AX. She is an expert in SSRS reports and has also done a lot of customization and development in Dynamics AX R2/R3 through X++. She has a very deep knowledge of the technical aspects related to Dynamics AX R2/R3, as well as sound technical and logical skills in customization and development. She has also worked with the Microsoft team for standard base development.

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