You're reading from Learn pfSense 2.4 Get up and running with Pfsense and all the core concepts to build firewall and routing solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789343113

Length 346 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

pfsense

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

David Zientara

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with pfSense FREE CHAPTER

2. Installing pfSense

3. Configuring pfSense

4. Captive Portal

5. Additional pfSense Services

6. Firewall and NAT

7. Traffic Shaping

8. Virtual Private Networks

9. Multiple WANs

10. Routing and Bridging

11. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

12. Assessments

13. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Questions

(a) What type of DNS record maps hostnames to IPv4 addresses? (b) What type of DNS record maps hostnames to IPv6 addresses? (c) What type of record is used in reverse-DNS lookups?
(a) What can happen if a DNS record contains false information? (b) What is a method we can use to prevent that from happening?
(a) Name the two services available in pfSense for DNS. (b) What is the default service in the current version?
(a) What port does DNS use? (b) What protocol does DNS use?
What option on the DNS Resolver allows us to configure the service to resolve specific hostnames differently?
What are the two forms of DDNS supported by pfSense?
Under what circumstances might you want to configure pfSense’s NTP service?
What command-line utility can be used to make sure the preferred NTP service is running?
(a) In SNMP, what software is running on the managed devices? ...

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Authors (1)

David Zientara

David Zientara is a software engineer living in northern New Jersey. He has over 20 years of experience in IT. In the mid-1990s, David became the lead software engineer for Oxberry LLC, a digital imaging company headquartered in New Jersey. In this capacity, he played a major role in developing a new software package for the company's equipment. In the mid-2000s, David took an interest in computer networking, an interest that led him to learn about m0n0wall and, eventually, pfSense. David currently is employed with the Prasad Corporation in a consulting position and is also the author of Learn pfSense 2.4 and Mastering pfSense 2.4, also available from Packt Publishing.

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