Week 1 Lab Summary
The initial lab video addressed both pfsense and VPN services. Pfsense is the popular
open-source security system in the world, mostly because it is free. The laboratory teacher
explained how to configure a pfsense firewall. The lecturer next showed how to use the firewall
configuration to VPNs. The next video starts with the teacher disabling the firewall to configure
a remote access (RA) client desktop. The lab teacher noted that setting OpenVPN on Windows
as well as Mac OS is simple and straightforward, however Linux OS is more difficult and may
need extra applications. The lecturer noted that while establishing OpenVPN, it is simpler to use
UDP owing to its superior speed over TCP. As he explained how to install OpenVPN, the
laboratory teacher provided further context.
After creating the VPN, the teacher showed the procedure for saving the setup as a ".exe"
file as well as how to install the file on a Linux operating system. The lecturer demonstrated how
it would seem after successful connection to our VPN and how the IP address that we set the
VPN to will be shown. In the subsequent video, the lab teacher begins by stating that while
configuring a VPN network, there are three kinds of connections: IPsec, L2TP, and OpenVPN.
The configuration of a site-to-site IPsec connection was presented. The lecturer demonstrated
that the firewall would be used on both ends of the connection, the VPN client and the VPN
server. The lecturer taught how to generate as well as configure our OpenVPN certificates.
Following setup, the teacher showed how to configure the OpenVPN firewall settings. Our last
OpenVPN-related video taught how to setup our client-side VPN.
The teacher demonstrated how to setup the client-side VPN using our TLS key.
The week's online lab addressed and illustrated IP table configuration on our Kali Linux virtual
system. We begin by installing Putty, which is used while connecting to various devices through
the Linux terminal utilizing a number of connection techniques. Next, we installed and set up our
Windows virtual computer's Telnet services. Telnet is often used if remote administration is
necessary. We set our Telnet service to launch "automatically" upon system boot. After
configuring the services, we deactivated the firewalls on the domain, private, as well as public
networks. Using the "putty" tool, we then evaluated our communications channel. Our Windows
as well as Kali Linux machines, we were able to establish a successful connection using the root
terminal. We then set IP tables such that our Telnet connection may be blocked. This enabled
us to examine the Telnet connection using the "Zenmap" application.
The initial lab video addressed both pfsense and VPN services. Pfsense is the popular
open-source security system in the world, mostly because it is free. The laboratory teacher
explained how to configure a pfsense firewall. The lecturer next showed how to use the firewall
configuration to VPNs. The next video starts with the teacher disabling the firewall to configure
a remote access (RA) client desktop. The lab teacher noted that setting OpenVPN on Windows
as well as Mac OS is simple and straightforward, however Linux OS is more difficult and may
need extra applications. The lecturer noted that while establishing OpenVPN, it is simpler to use
UDP owing to its superior speed over TCP. As he explained how to install OpenVPN, the
laboratory teacher provided further context.
After creating the VPN, the teacher showed the procedure for saving the setup as a ".exe"
file as well as how to install the file on a Linux operating system. The lecturer demonstrated how
it would seem after successful connection to our VPN and how the IP address that we set the
VPN to will be shown. In the subsequent video, the lab teacher begins by stating that while
configuring a VPN network, there are three kinds of connections: IPsec, L2TP, and OpenVPN.
The configuration of a site-to-site IPsec connection was presented. The lecturer demonstrated
that the firewall would be used on both ends of the connection, the VPN client and the VPN
server. The lecturer taught how to generate as well as configure our OpenVPN certificates.
Following setup, the teacher showed how to configure the OpenVPN firewall settings. Our last
OpenVPN-related video taught how to setup our client-side VPN.
The teacher demonstrated how to setup the client-side VPN using our TLS key.
The week's online lab addressed and illustrated IP table configuration on our Kali Linux virtual
system. We begin by installing Putty, which is used while connecting to various devices through
the Linux terminal utilizing a number of connection techniques. Next, we installed and set up our
Windows virtual computer's Telnet services. Telnet is often used if remote administration is
necessary. We set our Telnet service to launch "automatically" upon system boot. After
configuring the services, we deactivated the firewalls on the domain, private, as well as public
networks. Using the "putty" tool, we then evaluated our communications channel. Our Windows
as well as Kali Linux machines, we were able to establish a successful connection using the root
terminal. We then set IP tables such that our Telnet connection may be blocked. This enabled
us to examine the Telnet connection using the "Zenmap" application.
