Month: October 2018

firewall - system administration

Dynamic DNS Configuration On IPFire Firewall

October 31, 2018 by 0 Comments

dynamic dns configuration on ipfire firewall
We have recently discussed in details the benefits of using dynamic dns for an environment where the IP address changes frequently as with the use of dsl modems, and the likes.

This guide, discusses how to configure dynamic dns on pfsense router, another popular open source unified threat management gateway solution.

In this guide, ”Dynamic DNS Configuration On IPFire Firewall”, we will not go into discussing the benefits and use of dynamic dns, but we will simply implement it in IPFire and test it out with a practical use case.

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cyber security - firewall - Linux Networking - Proxy Server

Web Proxy and Url Filtering on IPFire

October 23, 2018 by 0 Comments

Web Proxy and Url Filtering on IPFire

Web proxy is a topic that has been discussed thoroughly on topnetworkguide.com website. This is because most of the threats that you will come across during your career, will come through internet activities, most from your clients who innocently surf and download contents from the web.

If you would like to get up to date on web proxy and url filtering using other open source products, then you can visit https://topnetworkguide.com/web-proxy-and-filtering-on-vyos-router/

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firewall - Linux Networking - security

IPFIRE FIREWALL RULE CONFIGURATION GUIDE

October 12, 2018 by 0 Comments

ipfire firewall rule configuration guide

The core of a firewall are the rulesets. These rules allow or deny access to hosts and entire networks. IPFire claims to come with a feature called groups that helps in maintaining a very complex ruleset.

If you are new to ipfire, why not use this guides to get yourself up and running.

https://topnetworkguide.com/how-to-install-ipfire-router-and-firewall

https://topnetworkguide.com/complete-squid-proxy-configuration-guide-on-ipfire-firewall/

IPFire firewall is easy to manage as you will soon discover, it packs in several features like NATing wherein you can easily accomplish port-forwarding- more on this later, it also has an intelligent intrusion detection system and the

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