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01/30/2024

09:11 PM New Content #15191 (Feedback): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)

First draft committed:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/8e4a9a5558959c27ae63231ccee6bceca5bec81... Jim Pingle

05:08 PM New Content #15191 (In Progress): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)

Jim Pingle

05:07 PM New Content #15193 (Closed): Add documentation for new State Policy options

Information added and deployed (put in live docs since we may be pushing out the relevant patch via system patches so... Jim Pingle

01/29/2024

06:09 PM Todo #15215 (Resolved): Point the main gateways page to the general gateways doc

Change merged. Marcos M

05:47 PM Todo #15215 (Resolved): Point the main gateways page to the general gateways doc

System > Routing > Gateways currently points to the individual gateway settings page - it should point to the general... Marcos M

04:09 PM Todo #15212 (New): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — WireGuard Remote Access VPN Configuration Example

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/wireguard-ra.html
*Feedback:*
See this discussion ab... Jim Kleckner

02:03 PM New Content #15200 (Rejected): usermanager privileges have ZERO documentation on the "User - System: Copy files to home directory (chrooted scp)" privileges setting/setup

That's a deliberate choice. The firewall is not meant to be a general-purpose file server with access handed out free... Jim Pingle

01/28/2024

03:21 PM New Content #15208 (Resolved): Document the new gateway recovery state killing feature

Feature details here:
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/855 Marcos M

01/27/2024

09:44 PM New Content #15200 (Rejected): usermanager privileges have ZERO documentation on the "User - System: Copy files to home directory (chrooted scp)" privileges setting/setup

The manual section which should have this documented, is glaringly empty:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/late... Ronald Antony

01/26/2024

07:41 PM Correction #14143 (Closed): Feedback on System Monitoring — Remote Logging with Syslog

Updated and deployed: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/79919a2075edcf6a5627b3099cc2471a76893673 Jim Pingle

07:28 PM New Content #15150 (Resolved): Update IPsec Terminology Differences

Added: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/93f807abb3dcb4c330f9866566555deabf1cc577 Jim Pingle

07:15 PM Todo #15014 (Rejected): Feedback on Configuration — Advanced Configuration Options — Firewall

We still set the default at 400000 in the default @config.xml@, so the docs are still correct:... Jim Pingle

06:41 PM Correction #15075 (Closed): Changing MSS for IPsec

I updated the menu location for the option: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/14d49c53df3133db0f6... Jim Pingle

06:35 PM New Content #15192 (Closed): Document new Speed Shift functionality

Added and deployed:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/7f8a91bb44b671a70f5696513bd8cd11dff487c7... Jim Pingle

01/25/2024

08:58 PM New Content #15193 (Closed): Add documentation for new State Policy options

In #15173 we added a global option to change the default state policy to be interface-bound instead of floating. The ... Jim Pingle

08:53 PM New Content #15192 (Closed): Document new Speed Shift functionality

We added support for Intel Speed Shift in 23.09/2.7.1 and it needs added to the documentation. See #14047 for details... Jim Pingle

08:49 PM New Content #15191 (Closed): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)

Create documentation for the new pflow/Packet Flow Data functionality added to Plus for 24.03.
See #15039 for deta... Jim Pingle

01/19/2024

02:53 AM New Content #15175 (New): add explicit license to pfSense documentation

Previous documentation hosted on GitHub repo was under a CC non-commercial license.
Since transitioning to the new... Hayden Mills

01/17/2024

07:35 PM Todo #15161 (Closed): System --> Advanced --> Notifications --> Secure SMTP Connection

Notes should now match the observed behavior: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/3d5864f74ae50cf13... Jim Pingle

06:26 PM Todo #15161: System --> Advanced --> Notifications --> Secure SMTP Connection

Are you attempting to use authentication? It works here when I use authentication on port 587 or 25 and "Enable SMTP ... Jim Pingle

01/14/2024

03:39 AM Correction #15128 (Confirmed): Note that a WireGuard peer must have "Dynamic" unset to see Endpoint options

I can confirm this behavior in the GUI. Kris Phillips

03:06 AM Todo #15161 (Confirmed): System --> Advanced --> Notifications --> Secure SMTP Connection

I can confirm that it doesn't appear that with or without SSL/TLS enabled that STARTTLS is ever used. Kris Phillips

01/13/2024

11:04 PM Todo #15161 (Closed): System --> Advanced --> Notifications --> Secure SMTP Connection

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/config/advanced-notifications.html
> When set, the firewall will attemp... Craig Coonrad

01/09/2024

02:44 PM New Content #15150 (Resolved): Update IPsec Terminology Differences

Reference: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/ipsec/compatibility.html#terminology-differences
Includ... Mike Moore

01/05/2024

07:07 PM Todo #15125: Feedback on Services — DHCPv4

Ethan Word wrote:
> *Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dhcp/relay.html
>
> *Feedback:*
... Ethan Word

02:21 PM Todo #15125 (Closed): Feedback on Services — DHCPv4

Warning corrected (again): https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/274f8df2a134de5e29c9ee943b2c705edd5e... Jim Pingle

02:14 PM Todo #15125: Feedback on Services — DHCPv4

That note was changed after support was added for running both at the same time in #14620 , but didn't get changed ba... Jim Pingle

04:42 PM Todo #15142: Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — Assigning OpenVPN Interfaces

agree to disagree. Rick Lunt

04:41 PM Todo #15142 (Rejected): Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — Assigning OpenVPN Interfaces

It's already clear what is meant based on context there. Spelling it all out in that much detail makes it far too wor... Jim Pingle

04:29 PM Todo #15142 (Rejected): Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — Assigning OpenVPN Interfaces

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/assign.html
*Feedback:*
re-open unclear document... Rick Lunt

04:37 PM Todo #15136: Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — Routing Internet Traffic Through A Site-To-Site OpenVPN Tunnel

Agree, missed the hyperlink to https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/assign.html
Which made the s... Rick Lunt

03:04 PM Todo #15113 (Closed): Update Image Verification Document to tell people to not sha256sum the .sha256 file, but instead just view the contents

This should hopefully clarify things:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/b9eaf245752a7738fdc66b... Jim Pingle

02:10 PM Todo #15141 (Closed): Feedback on Development — Executing Commands at Boot

I added a bit of text there explaining those scripts also get run at other times, and listed examples of those times.... Jim Pingle

02:16 AM Todo #15141 (Closed): Feedback on Development — Executing Commands at Boot

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/boot-commands.html
*Feedback:*
https://forum.net... Vincent Waniel

01/04/2024

03:27 PM Todo #15138 (Rejected): Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — Assigning OpenVPN Interfaces

Please post on the forum if you have questions or problems following the documentation. The line in question is refer... Jim Pingle

03:18 PM Todo #15138 (Rejected): Feedback on Virtual Private Networks — OpenVPN — Assigning OpenVPN Interfaces

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/assign.html
*Feedback:*
this line: Navigate to V... Rick Lunt

03:11 PM Todo #15136 (Rejected): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — Routing Internet Traffic Through A Site-To-Site OpenVPN Tunnel

Your assumption is incorrect. The only places that "OpenVPN interface" appear in the linked document are after the do... Jim Pingle

02:57 PM Todo #15136 (Rejected): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — Routing Internet Traffic Through A Site-To-Site OpenVPN Tunnel

*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/openvpn-s2s-route-internet-traffic.html
*Feedback:*
... Rick Lunt