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In this video, I will show you how to set up Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on client IP. I am using pfSense 2.7.2 to do this, but the same idea applies to other versions of pfSense.
The official documentation from Netgate, which I used as a basis, can be found here.
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This video will show real-world statistics of DNS-based adblocking and tracking protection based on Pi-hole.
Official Netgate DNS redirect article for pfSense: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/dns-redirect.html.
Below are the blocklists that I use:
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/adblock/doh-vpn-proxy-bypass.txt
– https://adguardteam.github.io/HostlistsRegistry/assets/filter_2.txt
– https://justdomains.github.io/blocklists/lists/adguarddns-justdomains.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/AmazonFireTV.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/android-tracking.txt
– https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
– https://justdomains.github.io/blocklists/lists/easylist-justdomains.txt
– https://justdomains.github.io/blocklists/lists/easyprivacy-justdomains.txt
– https://adaway.org/hosts.txt
– https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt
– https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt
– https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdlingyu/ad-wars/master/hosts
– https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easyprivacy.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextdns/cname-cloaking-blocklist/master/domains
– https://phishing.army/download/phishing_army_blocklist.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klabacita/pmoreno-list/main/proxies.txt
– https://perflyst.github.io/PiHoleBlocklist/SmartTV.txt
– https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/tiktok.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WindowsLies/BlockWindows/master/hostslist
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bambenek/block-doh/master/doh-hosts.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dibdot/DoH-IP-blocklists/master/doh-domains_abandoned.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dibdot/DoH-IP-blocklists/master/doh-domains.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oneoffdallas/dohservers/master/list.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sekhan/TheGreatWall/master/TheGreatWall.txt
– https://big.oisd.nl
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/domains/tif.txt
– https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/domains/ultimate.txt
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In this video, I will show you how to protect the VMware vCenter management interface with a reverse proxy and LetsEncrypt certificate. To set this up, I am using pfSense as my firewall, HA Proxy, and Acme client on pfSense. The principle applies to other brands and vendors as well.
In this video, I will show you how to migrate from pfSense Plus to pfSense CE when running pfSense on your own hardware.
In this video, I will show you how to set up network-wide ad-blocking and tracking protection using pfSense and pfBlocker-NG. Because it is nobody’s business what you are doing on the internet!
Check my previous blogs:
– Setup pfBlockerNG python mode with pfSense
– How to run pfSense Plus on VMware vSphere 8
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pfSense is a very powerful firewall and in this video, I will show you how to run pfSense Plus on VMware vSphere 8. By virtualizing pfSense you can now take advantage of the flexibility already there when using VMware vSphere 8.
You can find more information about pfSense in the links below:
– https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/virtualize-esxi.html
– https://www.pfsense.org/download/
– https://www.netgate.com/pfsense-plus-software/software-types
– https://shop.netgate.com/products/pfsense-software-subscription