Refactored JavaScript and CSS, moved included items to more convenient locationsĪdded more AJAX updating in widgets and other placesĬhanged to more intuitive and modern icons and action buttons rather than the old confusing icon set (now using font-awesome icons)Ĭhanged log display to be more consistent (single page for most logs, common filtering options) Removed old style themes, introduced new CSS-based themes #5719Ĭleaned up a lot of GUI code, option text, etc If the options to keep /var and /tmp in RAM are active, and no packages are installed, the net result should be similar but ultimately more functional.Ĭonverted GUI to the Bootstrap framework, completely new lookĬhanged the GUI and Captive Portal web server to nginx removed lighttpd. iso extension signifying the type of image it is (optical media installer).įor the very few people who were still using LiveCD, if the hardware can boot from USB, install to a USB thumb drive and run from it instead. The installer ISO image is now named “pfSense–RELEASE-.iso”, with the. The ISO is a bootable installer, as always, but it cannot run a live system.

Existing users need to reset their password to convert to the new hash. The default system password hash has been changed to bcrypt. The supported sizes for NanoBSD images are now 2GB and 4GB. Single DES support has been removed from IPsec (3DES remains).ġGB NanoBSD images have been removed, as they were not large enough to proper accommodate the system and upgrade data. No reason to still be using this in this day and age. WEP support has been removed from Wireless interfaces. It was rarely used, had been broken for all of 2.2.x, had absurdly high CPU usage, and snort filters better/faster Layer 7 classification support has been removed from the traffic shaper. The PPTP WAN client remains for use with ISPs still using PPTP. The protocol has been broken for over three years. The PPTP VPN Server has been completely removed. Noted again in the sections below, but worth emphasizing:

Several obsolete items were removed from this release.

pfSense® software Configuration Recipes.

Current and Upcoming Supported Releases.

Where to download pfsense 2.3