Hi there,

For four and a half years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through
modularising and hardening the open source firewall, with simple
and reliable firmware upgrades, multi-language support, HardenedBSD
security, fast adoption of upstream software updates as well as clear
and stable 2-Clause BSD licensing.

We thank all of you for helping test, shape and contribute to the project!
We know it would not be the same without you.

Download links, an installation guide[1] and the checksums for the images
can be found below as well.

o Europe: https://opnsense.c0urier.net/releases/19.7/
o US East Coast: http://mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/opnsense/releases/19.7/
o US West Coast: https://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/opnsense/releases/19.7/
o South America: http://mirror.upb.edu.co/opnsense/releases/19.7/
o South-East Asia: https://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/opnsense/releases/19.7/
o Full mirror list: https://opnsense.org/download/

Here are the full changes against version 19.1.10:

o system: new remote syslog setup via Syslog-ng
o system: gateway handling rewrite
o system: dpinger ported to plugin framework
o system: bring back PHP warning log level
o system: use authentication factory for user import
o interfaces: VLAN, bridge, LAGG, GRE, GIF setup refactor
o interfaces: improve load sequence to allow DHCPv6 on bridges
o interfaces: GIF, GRE, IPsec and OpenVPN will no longer accept IP configuration
o interfaces: speed up get_real_interface() by assuming interfaces exist
o interfaces: sort interface groups and require rules apply if necessary (contributed by Robin Schneider)
o interfaces: background PPPoE connect and disconnect
o interfaces: only IP-address allowed in PPP gateway (contributed by Smart-Soft)
o interfaces: simplified linking VIPs to interfaces
o interfaces: removed interface_has_gateway()
o interfaces: removed interface_has_gatewayv6()
o interfaces: removed get_failover_interface()
o interfaces: removed rc.kill_states
o firewall: ability to view automatic rules
o firewall: rule origin locator in live log and automatic rules listing
o firewall: show statistics for all active rules including automatic ones
o firewall: optional statistics for alias tables
o firewall: fix translation of shaper mask "none" value
o firewall: add ipv6-icmp type selection
o firewall: rule listing layout update
o reporting: new NetFlow reader in Python 3
o reporting: validate that NetFlow WAN interfaces are also added to listening interfaces
o dhcp: ported to plugin framework
o dhcp: added failover split to DHCPv4 (contributed by Wolfgang Pedot)
o dhcp: fix ddnsdomainprimary setting validation
o dhcp: added advanced options for router advertisements
o dhcp: removed remove rasend/ranosend checkbox
o dhcp: simplify DHCPv4 interface lookup on lease page
o dhcp: use AdvDefaultLifetime 0 when default route shall not be advertised
o firmware: support reading package repository and origin
o firmware: warn on third party package installation
o firmware: synchronise update checks to avoid "not responding" errors
o firmware: fix empty update list on release type change
o installer: support password reset in opnsense-importer
o intrusion detection: allow rule action bulk changes
o intrusion detection: minor usability improvements
o intrusion detection: support eve system log output
o openvpn: removed gateway group listening support
o openvpn: no longer restart servers on CARP events
o openvpn: reduced complexity in service handling
o web proxy: replace proxy login privilege "user-proxy-auth" with group selector
o backend: ported remaining scripts to Python 3
o backend: add helpers.glob() to enable template traversal
o backend: new "monitor" hook for rc.syshook
o mvc: do not add "none" in AuthGroupField if multiple select
o mvc: allow sorting JsonKeyValueStoreField by value
o ui: remember previous selected columns and row count on several MVC pages
o ui: apply alert reminders for several MVC pages
o ui: add failed callback to saveFormToEndpoint()
o ui: core theme color update
o ui: fix file size suffix (contributed by Fabian Franz)
o ui: add useRequestHandlerOnGet option
o ui: bootstrap 3.4.1[2]
o ports: squid 4.7[3]
o ports: syslog-ng 3.21.1[4]

Known issues and limitations:

o Filterlog spamming console due to new Syslog-ng integration. Temporary workaround is stopping filterlog via "pkill filterlog".
o OpenVPN no longer supports listening on gateway groups. Use localhost paired with port forwards instead.
o The web proxy login privilege is no longer available. Access may be restricted by a group selector instead.

The public key for the 19.7 series is:

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----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-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

Please let us know about your experience!

Stay safe,
Your OPNsense team

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[1] https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/install.html
[2] https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2019/02/13/bootstrap-4-3-1-and-3-4-1/
[3] http://squid.mirror.colo-serv.net/archive/4/squid-4.0.7-RELEASENOTES.html
[4] https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/releases/tag/syslog-ng-3.21.1

SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso.bz2) = 5014dba896a425d15fbedcb44f2deec7fb5aee6a1b7c95833b819f8d352de6a1
SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-nano-amd64.img.bz2) = b9d6ccbfdcb88f813a6494efb13647d1715500551c7dc51f632766b19189c6bc
SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-serial-amd64.img.bz2) = 86050bffa626247cfe0374d28994a52f9e10490b20a81539f5d2784676280c17
SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-vga-amd64.img.bz2) = 3a7ae31f6429e519060a717b6248d13620a1e5caba43f44afaf4a7dd4e6634e6

SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-dvd-i386.iso.bz2) = 4c0e54982d92279e7273c74cac183290e89219f75b4c1f55a42bad0331bdf321
SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-nano-i386.img.bz2) = 5db5dfc0bfb15a593dae689b58e65d556e935c326741729ad37507a952a51426
SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-serial-i386.img.bz2) = a20422c81c62c79264aec2cf83cb8734e2e0c954881200e6bc46d372f2432cf9
SHA256 (OPNsense-19.7.r1-OpenSSL-vga-i386.img.bz2) = f6ba92f987c024697e6599b72d905ac9a4fdcfe61c71e3f060dccf1efccd6d82