JP Jim Pingle
- Login: jimp
- Registered on: 06/09/2009
- Last sign in: 09/11/2026
Issues
| open | closed | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assigned issues | 67 | 2137 | 2204 |
| Reported issues | 85 | 1457 | 1542 |
Projects
| Project | Roles | Registered on |
|---|---|---|
| pfSense | Manager, Developer, Reporter | 06/22/2009 |
| Bootstrap | Manager | 08/18/2015 |
| pfSense Docs | Manager, Developer, Reporter | 08/09/2018 |
| pfSense Packages | Manager, Developer | 06/22/2009 |
| pfSense Plus | Manager, Developer, Reporter | 01/29/2021 |
Activity
09/11/2026
- JP 07:22 PM pfSense Todo #17079: Replace outdated OpenVPN "kill" option
- It wasn't working as is, needed a couple more fixes, should be good now with commit @02b0ae4f564b04c4c535cf118680ad57d9d084dc@
Updated full patch attached that applies against 26.07 and 2.9.0.
- JP 06:14 PM pfSense Bug #17088: Ensure IKEv1 is enabled when updating to strongSwan 6.1.0 or later
- Worth noting that IKEv1 tunnels do work when manually forcing it to use the correct kernel-pfkey plugin, so once we are past that option change it should be in good shape.
- JP 06:10 PM pfSense Bug #17088 (In Progress): Ensure IKEv1 is enabled when updating to strongSwan 6.1.0 or later
- New builds with this update are not installing kernel policies, looks like it's due to the upstream change enabling the @KERNELLIBIPSEC@ option by default, which is causing it to load @kernel-libipsec@ (which we do not need) and it does ...
09/10/2026
- JP 05:00 PM pfSense Docs Todo #17090 (New): Mark IKEv1 as deprecated, warn against its use
- As covered in #17088 and #17089, strongSwan has deprecated IKEv1 support and it will be removed soon. This needs to be noted in the documentation:
* Add a warning to any mention of IKEv1 stating that it is deprecated
* This inclu... - JP 04:35 PM pfSense Bug #17089 (New): Warn the user that IKEv1 is deprecated and will be removed
- "strongSwan 6.1.0 disables IKEv1 by default":https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-6.1.0-released.html and considers it deprecated, but it can still be enabled (for now) at compile time. We don't need to remove it yet, bu...
- JP 04:28 PM pfSense Bug #17088 (In Progress): Ensure IKEv1 is enabled when updating to strongSwan 6.1.0 or later
- strongSwan 6.1.0 disables IKEv1 by default, it must be enabled at compile time:
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-6.1.0-released.html
We should keep it enabled for now. I'll open separate issues for marking it d...
09/09/2026
- JP 02:33 PM pfSense Bug #17080: kernal panic
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See "Reporting Issues with pfSense Software":https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense... - JP 11:40 AM pfSense Bug #17080 (Rejected): kernal panic
- This is already known and will be addressed fully in the next release, but it's covered in the release notes with a workaround:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-9-0.html#hardware-errata
There are also multiple ...
09/08/2026
- JP 12:46 PM pfSense Bug #15637 (Resolved): Kea DHCP service control inconsistencies
- Looks good for me now as well. I can start and stop them independently in either order.
09/03/2026
- JP 01:30 PM pfSense Plus Bug #17071 (Rejected): Policy routing is not being applied correctly in 26.07 Maybe NAT too.
- Policy routing and NAT are working as expected in a variety of circumstances here, there is most likely a configuration issue in your case, perhaps one that was working before by chance.
There isn't nearly enough information here to ...