Guides
How to use gate42's security features, step by step, as the administrator of the firewall.
gate42 2.0 adds a next-generation firewall (NGFW) layer to OPNsense, built from open-source parts: some of it is on from the first boot, the rest is a switch away.
| Guide | What you do | Where in gate42 |
|---|---|---|
| Protection | Nothing: malicious sites are blocked and the LAN is watched for attacks from the first boot. Read what it does, and how to adjust it | Services › Unbound DNS › Blocklists, Services › Intrusion Detection |
| Web filtering | Block adult content, gambling, social networks and filter bypass for a network, with safe search | Services › Web filtering |
| Block attacks (IPS) | Turn intrusion detection into prevention: attacks are dropped, not only reported | Services › Intrusion Detection, Firewall › Rules |
| Block applications | Block messaging, social, streaming or file-sharing apps by name, such as WhatsApp or TikTok | Services › Intrusion Detection |
| See what gate42 blocked | Find alerts, blocked names and the devices behind them | Services › Intrusion Detection › Alerts, Reporting |
How the parts fit together, and what open source cannot do (yet), is on the features page. Need it set up for you? Padmini Systems installs and supports gate42.