PfSense 2 cookbook : a practical, example-driven guide to configure even the most advanced features of pfSense 2 / Matt Williamson.

This book is written in a cookbook style. Each chapter consists of recipes, each of which is composed of step-by-step instructions to complete a particular task. Each recipe also includes tips, alternatives, and references to other recipes or appropriate external sources. The book can be explored chapter by chapter or in no particular order. This book is intended for all levels of network administrators. If you are an advanced user of pfSense, then you can flip to a particular recipe and quickly accomplish the task at hand, while if you are new to pfSense, you can read chapter by chapter and learn all of the features of the system from the ground up.

Table of Contents; pfSense 2 Cookbook; pfSense 2 Cookbook; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Instant Updates on New Packt Books; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Initial Configuration; Introduction; Applying basic settings in General Setup; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; See also; Identifying and assigning interfaces; Getting ready

How to do it ... How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Configuring the WAN interface; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Configuring the LAN interface; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Configuring optional interfaces; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Enabling the Secure Shell (SSH); Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Generating authorized RSA keys; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also

Configuring SSH RSA key authenticationGetting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Accessing the Secure Shell (SSH); Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; 2. Essential Services; Introduction; Configuring the DHCP server; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Deny Unknown Clients; DNS Servers; Gateway; Domain Name; Default Lease Time; Maximum Lease Time; Failover Peer IP; Static ARP; Dynamic DNS; Additional BOOTP/DHCP Options; See also; Creating static DHCP mappings; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ...

There's more ... See also; Configuring the DHCP relay; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Append Circuit ID and Agent ID to Requests; Relay requests to the WAN DHCP server; See also; Specifying alternate DNS servers; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Using the DNS Forwarder; Using your WAN DNS servers; See also; Configuring the DNS Forwarder; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Configuring a standalone DHCP/DNS server; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Register DHCP Leases in DNS Forwarder; See also; Configuring dynamic DNS; Getting ready

How to do it ... How it works ... ; Pre-configured service types (dynamic DNS providers); Specifying an alternative service using RFC 2136; 3. General Configuration; Introduction; Creating an alias; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Host alias; Network alias; Port alias; OpenVPN Users alias; URL alias; URL Table alias; Using an alias; Editing an alias; Deleting an alias:; Bulk-importing aliases; See also; Creating a NAT port forward rule; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Port redirection; See also; Creating a firewall rule; Getting ready

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