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Mastering pfSense

You're reading from   Mastering pfSense Manage, secure, and monitor your on-premise and cloud network with pfSense 2.4

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788993173
Length 450 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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David Zientara David Zientara
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Revisiting pfSense Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced pfSense Configuration 3. VLANs 4. Using pfSense as a Firewall 5. Network Address Translation 6. Traffic Shaping 7. Virtual Private Networks 8. Redundancy and High Availability 9. Multiple WANs 10. Routing and Bridging 11. Extending pfSense with Packages 12. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 13. Assessments 14. Another Book You May Enjoy

Important packages

Since the publication of the first edition of this book, several new packages have been added. The most notable of these new packages are as follows:

  • acme: A package which automates the process of generating Let's Encrypt certificates. The goal of Let's Encrypt is to encrypt the web by making it easier to obtain SSL certificates. acme stands for Automated Certificate Management Environment.
  • frr: The FRR routing daemon for BGP, OSPF, and OSPF6. This package is intended to supersede Quagga OSPF, although the latter has not been removed from the package list or deprecated. It is not compatible with OpenBGPD or Quagga OSPF.
  • lldpd: Provides support for the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), which is specified in IEEE 802.1ab. It also provides support for several proprietary protocols, such as Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Extreme Discovery Protocol...
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