Chapter 1. Initial Configuration
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Applying basic settings in General Setup
- Identifying and assigning interfaces
- Configuring the WAN interface
- Configuring the LAN interface
- Configuring optional interfaces
- Enabling the Secure Shell (SSH)
- Generating authorized RSA keys
- Configuring SSH RSA key authentication
- Accessing the Secure Shell (SSH)
Introduction
PfSense is an open source operating system used to turn a computer into a firewall, router, or a variety of other application-specific network appliances. PfSense is a customized FreeBSD distribution based on the m0n0wall project, a powerful but light-weight firewall distribution. PfSense builds upon m0n0wall's foundation and takes its functionality several steps further by adding ...
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