CW Chris W
- Login: cwalsh
- Registered on: 07/15/2021
- Last sign in: 09/04/2026
Issues
| open | closed | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assigned issues | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Reported issues | 9 | 29 | 38 |
Projects
| Project | Roles | Registered on |
|---|---|---|
| pfSense | Developer, Reporter, Netgate Developer | 07/15/2021 |
| Bootstrap | Reporter | 07/15/2021 |
| pfSense Docs | Developer, Reporter, Netgate Developer | 07/15/2021 |
| pfSense Packages | Developer, Reporter | 07/15/2021 |
| pfSense Plus | Developer, Reporter, Netgate Developer | 07/15/2021 |
Activity
05/21/2026
- CW 06:59 PM pfSense Plus Feature #16852 (New): Sync firewall optimization algorithm option between HA nodes
- System > Advanced > Firewall Optimization Options.
This does not synchronize between primary and secondary. Different selections for this setting (ex. Normal vs. Aggressive) affect state timeouts and if this option is not identical on...
05/15/2026
- CW 06:51 PM pfSense Packages Regression #16844 (Resolved): Using Snort package sync results in XMLRPC errors after any package configuration change
- All other HA sync functions appear to work fine between primary and secondary.
07/10/2025
- CW 10:29 PM pfSense Packages Bug #16305 (Feedback): Cannot access offset of type string on string in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc:5296
- Entire error from system log:
06/05/2025
- CW 11:57 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16238 (Confirmed): Clearing a P1's Life Time field does not restore default value
- VPN > Ipsec: Add P1.
Create a new P1. The default Life Time is 28800, and the Rekey & Rand times are created based on that value.
Change the Life Time value, ex. 12345. Save and Apply.
Edit the P1 and delete what's in the Life Time ...
04/30/2025
- CW 07:10 PM pfSense Bug #16073: Nested aliases used with OpenVPN do not always load routes
- The next time you see this happen, please run these from the php shell in the console menu (option 12) and let us know whether the routes are then restored to the server config file or if it still shows only the alias.
@require_once("...
04/18/2025
- CW 06:35 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16147 (Feedback): pfi_kkif_update event causing panic
- Hardware is a SuperMicro PIO-618R-TDLR, dual Intel E5-2640 CPU & 32Gb of ram running Plus 24.11.
02/28/2025
- CW 04:38 PM pfSense Bug #13624: Only one alias in local network of OpenVPN Server works in 2.6.0
- Kris Phillips wrote in #note-8:
> Reproduced this with a customer. The root of the issue appears to be that OpenVPN is sometimes passing the NAME of the Alias, rather than the CONTENTS of the alias to the client. This results in the O... - CW 04:36 PM pfSense Bug #16073 (New): Nested aliases used with OpenVPN do not always load routes
- Given:
- Alias @AliasParent@ contains various other aliases @AliasChild1@, @AliasChild2@, etc., however all children are either an IP address or subnet (iow, none of the children contain further aliases).
- AliasParent is used in Open...
02/15/2025
- CW 10:56 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16051 (Resolved): Limiters saved while MIM is enabled disappear after reboot
- I can't replicate this on the Feb 12 build. On reboot I still have the two test limiters.