Netgate heeft versie 26.07 van pfSense Plus uitgebracht. Dit pakket is gebaseerd op het besturingssysteem FreeBSD en richt zich op router- en firewalltaken. Het is verkrijgbaar in de gratis Community Edition en een Plus-uitvoering, die voorheen als Factory Edition werd aangeboden. De Plus-uitvoering draait op de hardware die Netgate aanbiedt, als virtuele machine in AWS of Azure. In tegenstelling tot de Community Edition is het echter geen open source.
Het is in 2004 begonnen als een afsplitsing van m0n0wall vanwege verschillende visies bij de ontwikkelaars en in de loop van de jaren uitgegroeid tot een router- en firewallpakket dat in zowel kleine als zeer grote omgevingen kan worden ingezet. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we naar deze pagina. De changelog voor deze uitgave ziet er als volgt uit:
New Features and Improvements
CoreDNSA high-performance, integrated DNS component that handles DNS-based tasks with exceptional speed and efficiency, powered by a new and exclusive Netgate plugin called rexdns.
ThreatgateA powerful, high-performance component that manages bulk lists of addresses and domains for firewall rules, aliases, and CoreDNS groups. Administrators can block these lists outright or create custom rules based on their content. Threatgate and CoreDNS were built to integrate tightly together, enabling rapid processing and utilization of even massive lists - all while maintaining excellent performance on small, resource-constrained devices.
Snort Version 3The updated version of the popular open-source intrusion prevention system (IPS), featuring multi-threading support, and a faster rule syntax, is now available exclusively via the new Netgate Nexus controller GUI. In addition to the features listed above, this software release includes critical security updates for WireGuard (CVE-2026-58085), and other security enhancements.
Other fixes and enhancements were made to:
- DHCP
- DNS Resolver
- DynamicDNS
- Gateways and Monitoring
- IPsec
- VXLAN Interfaces
- OpenVPN
- Firewall Rules and NAT
- Traffic Shaper
- Wireless support
This release includes over 31 updates, bug fixes, and enhancements.
Using the New GUI
For more than two decades, our legacy PHP-based GUI and backend have served us exceptionally well. They provided a familiar and reliable interface that helped establish pfSense and its many derivatives as trusted leaders in the networking industry. However, as networking demands have evolved, that codebase has grown increasingly outdated. Its architectural limitations and accumulated technical debt no longer align with our vision of delivering the fast, responsive, and truly modern user experience our customers expect and deserve.
That's why we're excited to announce our transition to a completely rewritten system built on Go. This modern architecture, already powering the new UI in the Nexus Controller, delivers significant performance improvements, a powerful, full-featured API, and true cross-platform compatibility. Whether you manage a single pfSense Plus firewall or an entire fleet, the Netgate Nexus controller delivers a modern, refreshed management experience built for the way you work today.
Getting started is simple:
- Go to System > Advanced.
- Switch to the Netgate Nexus tab and enable it.
- Log in to Nexus on port 8443 of your firewall.
More detailed documentation can be found here. Start using it today and get immediate access to the new features and capabilities coming to pfSense Plus. Note: Virtual machines as well as some third-party platforms may not support the new GUI due to missing machine information required to correctly run the software.
Release Notes
Detailed release notes for pfSense Plus 26.07-RELEASE are available in the pfSense documentation.
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