Download OPNsense 17.7.5

The package OPNsense is a firewall with extensive possibilities. It is based on the FreeBSD operating system and is originally a fork of m0n0wall and pfSense. The package can be set up completely via a web interface and has support for 2fa, openvpn, ipsec, carp and captive portal, among others. In addition, it can apply packet filtering and has a traffic shaper. The developers have released OPNsense 17.7.5 with the following announcement:

OPNsense 17.7.5 released

This update includes a larger number of security-related updates in third party software recently published. We do recommend a reboot to ensure all services are restarted correctly. Here are the full patch notes:

• system: always return unique list of active DNS servers
• system: remove obsolete fast forwarding sysctl usage
• gateways: appropriate use of link local scope gateway targets
• interfaces: start rtsold in directly send SOLICIT case as well
• firewall: improve virtual IP VHID edit handling
• firmware: prevent submit of empty crash reports
• web proxy: fix ICAP username header usage (contributed by Alexander Shursha)
• plugins: os-c-icap 1.2 local squid authentication (contributed by Alexander Shursha)
• plugins: os-collectd 1.1 graphite post and prefix (contributed by Michael Muenz)
• plugins: os-intrusion-detection-content-et-pro 1.0
• plugins: os-quagga 1.4.2 OSPF router ID support (contributed by Fabian Franz)
• ports: dnsmasq 2.78
• ports: kerberos 1.15.2
• ports: openvpn 2.4.4
• ports: perl 5.24.3
• ports: php 7.0.24
• ports:python 2.7.14

stay safe,
Your OPNsense team