Security is of paramount importance for all companies and is also the highest priority for QNAP as a network-attached storage solution provider. pfSense® provides numerous security options that help safeguard QNAP NAS in a protected network environment and enables fast and easy internal firewall deployment to secure NAS-based business applications and data from damage or theft. The QNAP and pfSense® joint solution introduce a highly secure IT environment that you can rely on.

The robust, feature-packed QNAP NAS is the ideal system for operating pfSense® and taking your network security to the next level.

A full virtualization solution for x86-based QNAP NAS with virtualization extensions (Intel® VT or AMD-V) that allows for running virtual machines (VM) installed with pfSense® software.

In Virtualization Station, you can flexibly allocate dedicated resources (CPU and memory) to each VM. For example, less CPU and memory is required for routing, while firewall filtering will require more resources.

VMs can be recovered (including system metadata) using snapshots without requiring a shutdown, minimizing losses that may occur during downtime.

pfSense® firewall protection can be shared through virtual switches - not only to other VMs within the NAS but also to connected physical computers.

pfSense® software features provide open-source value and deployment flexibility for clouds, virtual machines, and hardware appliances. Valuable security capabilities proven to protect businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and non-profit organizations include:

Firewall and Router

Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
GeoIP blocking
Dynamic DNS
Captive portal guest network
NAT mapping (inbound/outbound)
DHCP server

VPN

IPsec and OpenVPN
SSL encryption
L2TP/IPsec for mobile devices
Multi-WAN for failover
VPN tunnel failover
NAT support

IPS (Intrusion Prevention System)

Snort-based packet analyzer
Multiple rules sources and categories
Emerging threats database
IP blacklist database
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

Enterprise Reliability

Optional multi-node High Availability Clustering
Multi-WAN load balancing
Automatic connection failover
Traffic shaping wizard
Reserve or restrict bandwidth based on traffic priority

User Authentication

Local user and group database
User and group-based privileges
Optional automatic account expiration
External RADIUS authentication
Automatic lockout after repeated attempts

Proxy and Content Filtering

HTTP and HTTPS proxy
Non Transparent or Transparent caching proxy
Domain/URL filtering
Anti-virus filtering
HTTPS URL and content screening
Domain Name blacklisting (DNSBL)

Download PFsense for your QNAP NAS - https://bit.ly/2P7sYMM
System requirements: QNAP NAS with QTS 4.3.0 (or later) and Virtualization Station 3.0 (or later)

NAS used in the demo.

TVS-h1288X
8 x 12TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro Drives
2 x Seagate 480Gb M.2 Installed (System)
4 x Seagate Ironwolf 510 (Installed in QM2-4P-384)

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