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Published inJun 2022

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ISBN-139781801816878

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Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo

Section 3: Going beyond the Firewall

This final part will go through some extra features you can use in OPNsense to go beyond the firewall. We will explore services such as DHCP and DNS services, and how to apply web browsing controls and guestnet authorization with Web Proxy and Captive Portal. Will see how to extend Layer4 firewalling with IDS/IPS and the Sensei plugin and how to improve OPNsense availability by integrating two or more firewalls in a cluster. Finally, we will learn how OPNsense can protect websites.

This part of the book comprises the following chapters:

Chapter 11, Deploying DHCP in OPNsense
Chapter 12, DNS Services
Chapter 13, Web Proxy
Chapter 14, Captive Portal
Chapter 15, Network Intrusion (Detection and Prevention) System
Chapter 16, Next-Generation Firewall with Zenarmor
Chapter 17, Firewall High Availability
Chapter 18, Website Protection with OPNsense
Chapter 19, Command-Line Interface
Chapter 20, API...

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Author (1)

Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo

Julio Cesar Camargo is a cybersecurity professional with +15 years of experience working with open-source software. He started with Conectiva Linux and later became the official instructor helping dozens of students. As an aviation enthusiast and airplane pilot, he strives to bring all the aviation best practices to his professional routine. Julio started working with OPNsense in 2016, contributing to the project with code, official forum moderation, articles, Udemy course, and promotions in Europe. He founded Cloudfence in 2018, a cybersecurity startup and a Luso-Brazilian-managed security services firm with an open-source DNA. As its CTO, Julio aims to spread open source security as a service to companies from different parts of the world.
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