Implementing NAT and Allowing Remote Access

CompTIA Security+ (SY601) Domain:
Domain 3.0: Implementation

CompTIA Security+ (SY601) Objective Mapping:
Objective 3.3: Given a scenario, implement security network designs

Overview

NAT stands for Network Address Translation and allows many machines with private IP addresses to use a single Public IP Address to connect to the Internet. In this lab, you will implement NAT on a firewall.

OUTCOMES:

In this lab, you will learn to:

Configure NAT.
Use Wireshark to understand how NAT works.
Use remote desktop on a network.

Courses

Information Security Fundamentals

Networking Fundamentals

Key terms and descriptions

firewall

A firewall can block traffic or redirect traffic to hosts on the internal network. pfSense is an open source firewall that uses a BSD-based firewall.

NAT

Network Address Translation can be used to allow internal IP addresses access to the WAN.

VPN

Virtual Private Network allows you to connect to a LAN for the Internet and access resources.

pfSense

an open source firewall that is widely used in the industry

ping

an operating system utility that allows you to test for TCP/IP connectivity between hosts