Secure Network Using pfSense Firewall

Team Members

Abdulrahman Hassan Al Mutairi

Hamdan Naif Alshammari

Jayiz Faiyed Aljameeli

Meshal Ghazi Al Mutairi Member

Nasser Mohammed Alturki

Salman Hussain Al Mutairi

Overview

This project demonstrates the design and implementation of a secure multi-zone network using pfSense Firewall.

The environment includes:

• pfSense Firewall
• Kali Linux
• Metasploitable
• Snort IDS
• pfBlockerNG

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Network Architecture

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Security Features

Firewall Rules

• Allow HTTP
• Allow HTTPS
• Allow DNS
• Block FTP
• Block Telnet
• Block ICMP

Content Filtering

Using pfBlockerNG to block:

• Facebook
• TikTok
• Roblox

Intrusion Detection

Snort IDS configured to detect:

• Nmap Scans
• Suspicious HTTP Traffic
• Reconnaissance Activity

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Testing

Ping Test

ICMP blocked successfully.

Web Browsing

HTTP and HTTPS allowed.

Attack Detection

Nmap aggressive scan detected by Snort.

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Technologies Used

• pfSense
• VMware
• Kali Linux
• Metasploitable
• Snort
• pfBlockerNG

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Project Report

Full report available:

Project_Report.pdf