16.7-RC2 is here and brings major additions to amd64 architectures: Intel’s Hyperscan library to speed up Suricata rule matching and UEFI boot support! It also brings language packs to their correct 16.7 state, with Japanese already having been completed by the amazing Chie Taguchi. The mirrors have been expanded to allow trackers of -stable or […]

It has been 5 months since 16.1 came out. Since then, over 1500 commits and 18 stable releases have continuously improved and enhanced the project. Since then, thousands of new users have joined. And our new documentation has been extended and tweaked with numerous guides, explanations and answers to your questions. The cumulation of these […]

Before we get on with the release candidate for 16.7, we are proudly presenting the latest and greatest stable addition to the 16.1 series. No time to lose, enjoy the summer! Here are the full patch notes for 16.1.18: system: properly run fsck on boot if needed system: new Cron page and API now available […]

Today we offer complementary improvements and fixes to your swinging installation in the hopes that they will make your daily experience even better, rounded off with a pinch of SSL crypto updates. In other news, we are getting ready for a first 16.7 release candidate after having finished the full work on the FreeBSD 10.3 […]

  It has been a long journey for HardenedBSD and OPNsense, and finally the paths start to merge as the splendid and battle-proven ASLR implementation gets incorporated into the default installation! It is just the beginning as we will start to leverage the extra security by enabling position independent execution in 16.7 and merge more […]

Hi all, We are dropping in for a quick update bundling assorted fixes and general improvements in all areas. Not much to add this week, see for yourselves… Don’t forget that ASLR is coming next week. 🙂 Here are the full patch notes for 16.1.15: system: make authentication fallback configurable system: settings cleanup and prettify […]

Hello there, It is time for something new. How about an update with your new NetFlow remote export. Or your local reporting frontend? Well, you can always use both if you like. Read all about it here: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/netflow.html Furthermore, we have added the brand new AQM CoDel version 0.2.1 to the mix, yesterday’s FreeBSD security […]

OPNsense 16.1.12 released  Hi everyone, How are you doing? We have been doing fine, trying new things, moving on further… The progress for our upcoming version 16.7 now accumulates to 3 full months. To that end we are making the transition from ALPHA to BETA on the 16.7 development series. And since we have been […]

OPNsense 16.1.11 released  Hi everyone, We are skipping a bit ahead with 16.1.11 to address a CSRF vulnerability, which shows us the good path we have been on since we started[1] and we will surely continue this security-aware trend. In other news, this update includes native GeoIP alias support, captive portal voucher customisations requested by […]

Hi everyone, It has been a quite uneventful week. Suricata and Squid have been upgraded to their latest versions and you can find their individual change logs below. The next part of the Russian translation brings it to number one with a dreamy 83% completed. Otherwise only small fixes and improvements have been made and […]