Configure Pfsense Open Source Firewall 2.3.4

PfSense is a Full fledged open source firewall based on FreeBSD. The distribution is free to install on one’s own equipment or the company behind pfSense, NetGate, sells pre-configured firewall appliances.
The required hardware for pfSense is very minimal and typically an older home tower can easily be re-purposed into a dedicated pfSense Firewall. For those looking to build or purchase a more capable system to run more of pfSense’s advanced features, there are some suggested hardware minimums:

 

Hardware Minimums

• 500 mhz CPU
• 1 GB of RAM
• 4GB of storage
• 2 network interface cards

Downloading pfSense
The first step is to obtain the pfSense software from https://www.pfsense.org/download/.

Installation of pfSense:

Detail available here 

 

Some features of pfsense make it more secure, few listed below

1. * Filter TCP & UDP packets by source and destination IP, Protocol
2. * Limit simultaneous connections on a per-rule basis
3. * Utilizes advanced passive OS/Network fingerprinting
4. * Option to enable or disable log traffic by matching each rule.
5. * Hardware failover, Load balancing, Multi-WAN capabilities.
6. * Aliases are allowed
7. * Packet Normalization
8. * Option to disable the filters.

 

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Congrats for the Open Source Community of Pfsense for Creating an Enterprise grade firewall.

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