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    Can pfSense be hardenized to be PCI compliant?

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      rcoleman-netgate Netgate @AR 0
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      @AR-0 pfSense is inaccessible from the internet in it's default state... I'm not sure how much more "hardenized" it can get from that point.

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        AR 0 @rcoleman-netgate
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        @rcoleman-netgate Thank you

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          We see quite a few queries from people who are using one of the external PCI testing services and failing because they are testing it wrong. Most of those services specify you must not block the IP range they are testing from using 'active' detection methods. In pfSense that's Snort or Suricata. It does not mean you must open the firewall WAN to their range which would result in an invalid test. Any attacker on the internet would not be passed on the WAN by default! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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            AR 0 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 Thank you for the information ๐Ÿ˜

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              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 said in Can pfSense be hardenized to be PCI compliant?:

              It does not mean you must open the firewall WAN to their range which would result in an invalid test.

              QFT... I have seen multiple threads with just that as the problem..

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                rcoleman-netgate Netgate @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz said in Can pfSense be hardenized to be PCI compliant?:

                QFT

                Quantum field theory?

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @rcoleman-netgate
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                  @rcoleman-netgate haha - yeah I guess it could stand for that as well ;)

                  quoted for truth

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                    rcoleman-netgate Netgate @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz said in Can pfSense be hardenized to be PCI compliant?:

                    quoted for truth

                    TIL. Thank you ๐Ÿ˜„

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                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @rcoleman-netgate
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                      @rcoleman-netgate said in Can pfSense be hardenized to be PCI compliant?:

                      TIL

                      Tech Information Library ;) hehehehe

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                        AR 0 @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜

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