https://aperturezone.com/tags/openvpn/ Recent content in Openvpn on Aperture Zone https://aperturezone.com/logo.webp https://aperturezone.com/logo.webp Hugo -- gohugo.io fr-fr Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aperturezone.com/posts/pfsense/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aperturezone.com/posts/pfsense/ <p>&gt; Advanced Professional Guide — pfSense 2.7+ · FreeBSD · OpenVPN · IPsec · VLAN · HAProxy · Snort / Suricata</p> <hr> <h2 id="table-of-contents">Table of Contents</h2> <ol> <li><a href="#1-hardware--environment-requirements">Hardware &amp; Environment Requirements</a></li> <li><a href="#2-installing-pfSense">Installing pfSense</a></li> <li><a href="#3-initial-configuration--interfaces">Initial configuration &amp; interfaces</a></li> <li><a href="#4-advanced-firewall-rules">Advanced firewall rules</a></li> <li><a href="#5-vlan--network-segmentation">VLAN &amp; network segmentation</a></li> <li><a href="#6-vpn--openvpn--ipsec">VPN — OpenVPN &amp; IPsec</a></li> <li><a href="#7-idsips--snort--suricata">IDS/IPS — Snort &amp; Suricata</a></li> <li><a href="#8-high-availability-carp">High availability (CARP)</a></li> <li><a href="#9-monitoring--alerts">Monitoring &amp; alerts</a></li> <li><a href="#10-best-practices--hardening">Best practices &amp; hardening</a></li> </ol> <hr> <h2 id="1-hardware-amp-environment-prerequisites">1. Hardware &amp; environment prerequisites</h2> <p>pfSense is based on FreeBSD and requires dedicated or virtualized hardware for optimal performance in production.</p>