Firewall Implementation and Attack Mitigation Using pfSense

Sai Krishna Teki, Jaya Varun Chowdry Kukatla, Jaswanth Thadikonda, Chandrasekhar Kamisetti, Triveni Gude

2025

Abstract

The implementation of pfSense, an open-source firewall, as a robust and affordable solution for enhancing network security against prevalent cyber threats. The project involved setting up a controlled environment using VMware, where pfSense was configured alongside Kali Linux to simulate common attacks such as SYN flood,denial-of-service and Nmap port scanning. It assessed the effectiveness of the default pfSense firewall rules in preventing SYN flood attacks and deployed customized Suricata rules to detect and mitigate port scanning attempts in real-time. The results of this project prove that pfSense can serve as a cheap security device that will reduce network vulnerabilities.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Teki S., Kukatla J., Thadikonda J., Kamisetti C. and Gude T. (2025). Firewall Implementation and Attack Mitigation Using pfSense. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25; ISBN 978-989-758-777-1, SciTePress, pages 487-492. DOI: 10.5220/0013915400004919

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icrdicct`2525,
author={Sai Teki and Jaya Kukatla and Jaswanth Thadikonda and Chandrasekhar Kamisetti and Triveni Gude},
title={Firewall Implementation and Attack Mitigation Using pfSense},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25},
year={2025},
pages={487-492},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013915400004919},
isbn={978-989-758-777-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25
TI - Firewall Implementation and Attack Mitigation Using pfSense
SN - 978-989-758-777-1
AU - Teki S.
AU - Kukatla J.
AU - Thadikonda J.
AU - Kamisetti C.
AU - Gude T.
PY - 2025
SP - 487
EP - 492
DO - 10.5220/0013915400004919
PB - SciTePress