pfSense » pfSense Docs

04/05/2023

02:58 PM Todo #12268 (Closed): Update Aliases documentation with recently added features

Updated: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/fa5dee2856a3a8db3c269a750c080038f5c775cf Jim Pingle

04/04/2023

09:24 PM Todo #14234 (Pull Request Review): Update Packet Capture docs to reflect the new GUI

https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/merge_requests/56 Marcos M

09:23 PM Todo #14234 (Resolved): Update Packet Capture docs to reflect the new GUI

The re-worked packet capture page has changes that need to be reflected on the docs. Marcos M

09:54 AM Correction #14123 (Closed): DNS Rebinding pfsense documentation

This should hopefully be more clear now.
I updated the text a bit, added more information, and corrected reference... Jim Pingle

04/03/2023

02:28 PM Todo #13968 (Closed): Marvell install instructions need updated

Updated 3100 install docs:
* https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfsense-platforms/-/commit/8436c947544820423b30faf01d4b... Jim Pingle

01:01 PM New Content #13941 (Feedback): Memory usage in pfSense

This should take care of things:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/ab28c436fd6ff499ffec334dc1f... Jim Pingle

04/02/2023

06:54 AM Todo #14225: Feedback on Packages — IDS / IPS — Configuring the Snort Package

Should of added, there are 4 policies and *Max-Detect* is not mentioned on the help page Jon Brown

05:25 AM Todo #14225: Feedback on Packages — IDS / IPS — Configuring the Snort Package

this snort page lists the different policies but also gives a warning that the *Max-Detect* should only be used in te... Jon Brown

05:45 AM Todo #14229: Snort - Add help page for SID MGMT

Sticky topics - https://forum.netgate.com/category/53/ids-ips Jon Brown

05:43 AM Todo #14229 (New): Snort - Add help page for SID MGMT

there is no help page for
* https://x.x.x.x/help.php?page=snort/snort_sid_mgmt.php
* Services --> Snort --> SID M... Jon Brown

04/01/2023

10:52 PM Todo #14226 (New): Feedback on Packages — IDS / IPS — Configuring the Snort Package

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/snort/setup.html
*Feedback:* The docs seem to unnecess... Ashley R. Thomas

02:02 PM Todo #14225 (New): Feedback on Packages — IDS / IPS — Configuring the Snort Package

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/snort/setup.html
*Feedback:*
the following statemen... Jon Brown

03/30/2023

02:45 PM New Content #14170 (Closed): Radius Authentication Timeout

Note added and deployed: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/961dbec8f6cfdf95313ee3aff4c33d67f5bc118b Jim Pingle

01:51 PM Todo #14207 (Resolved): Rate limiting on Chelsio T4/5 NICs

Chelsio T520-CR and T420-CR are unable to route speeds over 470mbps when updated to 23.01 code. Goes to full 1gb spee... Bruce Talbot

12:23 PM Todo #14187 (Closed): Feedback on Certificate Management — Certificate Revocation List Management

Though the existing text states that they should check if it's in use and remove it from use before deleting, I added... Jim Pingle

10:52 AM Todo #13968 (In Progress): Marvell install instructions need updated

I updated the 1100 and 2100 docs a couple weeks ago:
* https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfsense-platforms/-/commit/... Jim Pingle

10:42 AM New Content #13941 (In Progress): Memory usage in pfSense

First step, I updated the breakdown of memory types in the graph text:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-doc... Jim Pingle

10:37 AM Correction #13987 (Closed): Monitoring system graphs need updated info about Nat States

Note added:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/04d2ec5dd76ba85922322f62c9fb67f58f64d47b
Jim Pingle

03/28/2023

05:43 AM Todo #14191 (Rejected): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/openvpn-s2s-tls.html
*Feedback:*
Hi there,
I think ... EComputer Vision

03/27/2023

09:56 AM New Content #14174: Feedback on Certificate Management — Certificate Authority Management

see https://forum.netgate.com/topic/179007/add-this-certificate-authority-to-the-operating-system-trust-store/5?_=167... Jon Brown

09:49 AM New Content #14174 (Rejected): Feedback on Certificate Management — Certificate Authority Management

The current text already covers the second point and the first point is irrelevant.
The text already says "When ad... Jim Pingle

09:26 AM Todo #14187 (Closed): Feedback on Certificate Management — Certificate Revocation List Management

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/certificates/crl.html#delete-a-certificate-revocation-list
*Fee... Jon Brown

08:42 AM Correction #14143: Feedback on System Monitoring — Remote Logging with Syslog

I thought the syslog-ng information was relevant because it would clear up when to use remote logging to a separate s... Jon Brown

08:37 AM Correction #14143: Feedback on System Monitoring — Remote Logging with Syslog

Updating the links is OK, but adding more info on syslog-ng should go in its own separate doc somewhere. It doesn't c... Jim Pingle

03/24/2023

12:43 PM New Content #14174 (Rejected): Feedback on Certificate Management — Certificate Authority Management

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/certificates/ca.html
*Feedback:*
the *Trust Store* section s... Jon Brown

04:13 AM New Content #14170 (Closed): Radius Authentication Timeout

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/usermanager/radius.html#radius-configuration ... Danilo Zrenjanin

03/22/2023

07:09 AM Correction #14143 (Closed): Feedback on System Monitoring — Remote Logging with Syslog

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/logs/remote.html
*correction:*
in the section *Se... Jon Brown

03/17/2023

06:26 PM Correction #14123 (Closed): DNS Rebinding pfsense documentation

DNS protection documentation here: <https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dns/rebinding.html#dns-protec... Alex Sensation

03/15/2023

02:50 PM Todo #14107: Add troubleshooting steps for LDAP auth

Note added and deployed:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/022334bebe388fd6edea9ac2418cb0c0944... Jim Pingle

12:21 PM Todo #14114 (Closed): Change info about ESXi version which might work with pfSense.

Updated and deployed:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/57c3e5e2789a84b71a4eb3544f68e7077c87c4fb Jim Pingle

07:43 AM Todo #14114 (Closed): Change info about ESXi version which might work with pfSense.

on https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/virtualize-esxi.html we have
_Article explains how to install ... Azamat Khakimyanov

11:13 AM Todo #14111 (Closed): Installation pages flash drive too small for 23.01 ARM64 image

Updated and deployed.
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/netgate-docs/-/commit/b45a21365b0faf6bee17141d70b41a216698b964 Jim Pingle

11:00 AM Todo #14111: Installation pages flash drive too small for 23.01 ARM64 image

I'll update that doc but do note the documents for the 1100 and 2100 both actually say 8GB already:
https://docs.n... Jim Pingle

03/14/2023

09:34 PM Todo #14107: Add troubleshooting steps for LDAP auth

It helped someone on 23.01 after they saw the following from pfSense on a pcap when testing the auth:
> Alert (Level... Marcos M

10:52 AM Todo #14107 (Closed): Add troubleshooting steps for LDAP auth

That shouldn't be needed on current versions since the LDAP CA setup is different than it was back at the time that s... Jim Pingle

10:43 AM Todo #14107 (Closed): Add troubleshooting steps for LDAP auth

Add the troubleshooting step of restarting php-fpm as detailed here:
https://forum.netgate.com/post/893499
Add to... Marcos M

04:50 PM Todo #14111 (Closed): Installation pages flash drive too small for 23.01 ARM64 image

The installation media page says 4GB is sufficient for pfSense but the 23.01 ARM64 image is 4 in one and expands to 4... Ryan Coleman

12:02 PM Todo #14110 (Resolved): Clean up outdated references to "Factory" edition

Main docs:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/9a0c401f51fa65168905fe798fe4b74475e8e6f9
Platf... Jim Pingle

11:05 AM Todo #14110 (Resolved): Clean up outdated references to "Factory" edition

There are a few remaining references in the documentation to the old "Factory" edition ("FE") name that need updated ... Jim Pingle

03/09/2023

12:33 PM Correction #14084 (Resolved): Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — OpenVPN Configuration Options — Client Specific Overrides

I pushed a correction for this, it will be live in ~10-15 minutes when the build finishes. Jim Pingle

11:16 AM Correction #14084: Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — OpenVPN Configuration Options — Client Specific Overrides

It's actually working as it should in that case, but you are right the docs could use some clarity on that.
Withou... Jim Pingle

05:46 AM Correction #14084 (Resolved): Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — OpenVPN Configuration Options — Client Specific Overrides

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/configure-overrides.html
Using:... Marius Popa

03/08/2023

10:16 AM Todo #14082 (Closed): Feedback on Network Address Translation — Port Forwards

That definitely is wrong as-is, it should be:... Jim Pingle

09:05 AM Todo #14082 (Closed): Feedback on Network Address Translation — Port Forwards

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nat/port-forwards.html#adding-port-forwards
*Feedback:*
The bu... Steve Y