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Published inJun 2022
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ISBN-139781801816878
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Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo
Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo
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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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DNS plugins

One of the features that make OPNsense an extremely flexible system is the plugin additions. To extend DNS core features, we can install some plugins developed by the OPNsense community. Let’s take a look at some of these available DNS plugins, as follows:

  • BIND (os-bind): The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) Berkeley Internet Domain (BIND) is one of the most used DNS servers on the modern internet. It is a complete DNS server that can host several domain zones. On OPNsense, its implementation is focused on forwarder/resolver and blocklist capabilities. To install it, add the os-bind plugin.
  • DNSCrypt Proxy (os-dnscrypt-proxy): DNSCrypt version 2 is a powerful DNS proxy that supports many features such as DoH and anonymous queries. The OPNsense implementation also allows DNS filtering (blocklists), and it can be a good alternative to dnsmasq or even Unbound in special cases. To install it, add the os-dnscrypt-proxy plugin.

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Published in: Jun 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801816878

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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.
Read more about Julio Cesar Bueno de Camargo