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Remote Connectivity with pfSense and IPsec

Welcome to this chapter on setting up remote connectivity with pfSense and IPsec VPN Tunnel. In the last chapter, you learned how you could configure pfSense as a load balancing router across multiple WANs. You also learned how to leverage this functionality and implement a failover mechanism for your ISP connections. In this chapter, you will learn about IPsec, its features, and how it is used. You'll also learn how to configure an IPsec VPN tunnel in the pfSense server.

Here are some of the key topics of this chapter:

IPsec and its key features
The different types of security association modes
A series of demonstrations that will give you practical insight into configuring an IPsec tunnel on the ...

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