[pfSense] CE 2.7.0 Software and pfSense Plus 23.05.1 Software Now Available for Upgrades

This includes improvements in captive portal and limiters, UPnP for game systems, new gateway state killing options, Firewall/NAT rule usability, and more.

[pfSense] CE 2.7.0 Software and pfSense Plus 23.05.1 Software Now Available for Upgrades
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Highlights:

  • PHP has been upgraded from 7.4.x to 8.2.6
  • The base operating system has been upgraded to FreeBSD 14-CURRENT
  • Added support for ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption with IPsec
  • Captive Portal has been migrated from IPFW to PF
  • Fix for UPnP and multiple game systems
  • New gateway state killing options for smoother failover
  • Firewall/NAT rule usability improvements such as buttons to toggle multiple rules and copy rules to other interfaces
  • OpenVPN upgraded to 2.6.4
  • OpenVPN Shared Key Tunnels Deprecated – They still work, but will trigger warnings in the logs and GUI.
  • New Packet Capture GUI
  • UDP Broadcast Relay Package
pfSense CE 2.7.0 Software and pfSense Plus 23.05.1 Software Now Available for Upgrades
We are happy to announce that pfSense® CE version 2.7.0 and pfSense® Plus version 23.05.1 software are now available.
Releases — 2.7.0 New Features and Changes | pfSense Documentation