pfSense

pfSense® software version 2.4 pre-alpha snapshots are now available. pfSense 2.4 will use FreeBSD 11 as a base, and 11.0-RELEASE has not yet occurred.  There will be additional work to use 11.0-RELEASE as a base. More work at “reduction of technical debt” is occurring in 2.4.  We have decided to not carry forward the kernel […]

We are happy to announce the release of pfSense® software version 2.3.2! This is a maintenance release in the 2.3.x series, bringing a number of bug fixes. The full list of changes is on the 2.3.2 New Features and Changes page. This release includes fixes for 60 bugs, 8 features and 2 todo items completed. If you haven’t […]

With the pending departure of Chris Buechler, we wanted to find a way to express to the community our continued commitment to keep pfSense® software open source. As such, pfSense is moving to the Apache License 2.0  in order to align the goals of the project with other (unannounced) offerings from Netgate.  The Apache License 2.0 is […]

Over the past few months, the Netgate® engineering team and our community contributors have delivered the software foundation for a new era of pfSense® technology. In April we released version 2.3 of pfSense software which features a new, modern ... [More] webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, as well as converting the underlying system to FreeBSD® pkg.  The pkg conversion […] [Less]

2.3.1 Update 5 (2.3.1_5) is now available. Note that updates 2 through 4 were internal-only. This includes two security fixes to the web GUI, and 7 other bug fixes. The 2.3.1-RELEASE change list has been updated with an Update 5 section specifying the changes. This update will reboot the system after installing.

2.3.1 Update 1 (2.3.1_1) is now available. This includes one security fix to the web GUI, and 7 other bug fixes. The 2.3.1-RELEASE change list has been updated with an Update 1 section specifying the changes. This update will reboot the system after installing.

We are happy to announce the release of pfSense® software version 2.3.1! This is a maintenance release in the 2.3.x series, bringing a number of bug fixes, two security fixes in the GUI, as well as security fixes for OpenSSL, OpenVPN and FreeBSD atkbd and sendmsg. The full list of changes is on the 2.3.1 New Features […]

Since the new pkg system enables us to update pieces of the system individually, rather than the monolithic updates of the past, we have released a patch that fixes the NTP CVEs covered by FreeBSD SA 16:16.ntp. Updating ntpd from 4.2.8p6 to 4.2.8p7 is the only change. This update appears as 2.3_1, for update 1. This should not […]

We are happy to announce the release of pfSense® software version 2.3! The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system, including the base system and kernel, being converted ... [More] entirely to FreeBSD pkg. The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going forward, […] [Less]

We are proud to announce pfSense® software version 2.3 Release Candidate is now available! The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system being converted entirely to FreeBSD pkg ... [More] (including the base system and kernel). The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going […] [Less]