Re: [pfSense] CVE-2004-0230

2014-09-18 Thread Jim Thompson
Maybe a blog post about this? -- Jim On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:01, Jim Pingle li...@pingle.org wrote: On 9/18/2014 8:55 AM, Martin Fuchs wrote: Does CVE-2004-0230 affect pfSense 2.1.5 ? As Vick mentions, practically the answer is 'no'. There are some rare cases when it might, however. It

Re: [pfSense] Develop Applications for pfseu

2014-09-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Sep 9, 2014, at 9:37 PM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: Hi Tom! You would be better suited contacting Electric Sheep Fencing (http://www.electricsheepfencing.com/) directly for your how-to but you can start with a few basic concepts: 1) This system is running FreeBSD 8.3 at

Re: [pfSense] menu bar in safari on 2.1.5

2014-09-10 Thread Jim Thompson
:43 Asunto: Re: [pfSense] menu bar in safari on 2.1.5 On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com mailto:j...@netgate.com wrote: Have you reloaded (the CSS changed) and/or cleared the browser cache? Yeah, just did that and it cleared up. Sorry for the noise. My

Re: [pfSense] Fwd: [Announce] 2.1.5 Release

2014-08-29 Thread Jim Thompson
again, the CSS changed, and the browsers love to cache that stuff. On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Peder Rovelstad provels...@comcast.net wrote: I did note the Code Red color scheme wraps the page header bar, putting Help under System. I have such problems... It did this for me a well,

Re: [pfSense] menu bar in safari on 2.1.5

2014-08-29 Thread Jim Thompson
Have you reloaded (the CSS changed) and/or cleared the browser cache? (I use Safari, too.) On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Vick Khera vi...@khera.org wrote: In 2.1.5 pfsense_ng theme, you added a new menu bar item for the Gold support subscription. What this does in Safari is make the

Re: [pfSense] pfSense hardware with comersial support.

2014-08-29 Thread Jim Thompson
On Aug 29, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Vick Khera vi...@khera.org wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Ulrik Lunddahl u...@proconsult.dk wrote: Is there a difference in the software (firmware image) Is there a difference in the bundled support. From what I can tell, the difference between

Re: [pfSense] pfSense hardware with comersial support.

2014-08-29 Thread Jim Thompson
Not ‘DBAs’. (Technically ‘Netgate’ is a DBA on “Rubicon Communications, LLC”, and pfSense is really “Electric Sheep Fencing, LLC”. There is no “pfSense” DBA (though I’ve considered it.) On Aug 29, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: It is the same product - they are

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-28 Thread Jim Thompson
asked. There is allways better cheaper and faster tech just around the corner. 27. aug. 2014 21:26 skrev Jim Thompson j...@smallworks.com følgende: SD cards are storage, but not “disks” nor “drives”. Beyond m-SATA, eMMC is your best option. Not only are they faster than SD cards (speeds

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-27 Thread Jim Thompson
Ryan, Don't troll. On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: Wait, so the SDHC slot on this board is simply for show? On Aug 26, 2014, at 13:56, Sergii Cherkashyn ser...@accurategroup.com wrote: Thank you Espen, Squid is for filtering purpose only, not

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-27 Thread Jim Thompson
to carry two different SKUs (one with, one without). Jim On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: Why not answer the question? On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:56, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com mailto:j...@netgate.com wrote: Ryan, Don't troll. On Aug 27, 2014

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-27 Thread Jim Thompson
on the features page it can be booted off the SD slot - is that true? If so I have to change a few quotes I have in play as they will need to get mSATA SSDs instead. On Aug 27, 2014, at 9:20, Jim Thompson j...@smallworks.com mailto:j...@smallworks.com wrote: The SD (SDHC describes some

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-27 Thread Jim Thompson
Coleman ryanjc...@me.com m. 651.373.5015 o. 612.568.2749 On Aug 27, 2014, at 9:24, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: Yes, the system can be booted from an SD (or SDHC) card. Or from USB, or from the m-SATA. All of these require proper preparation of the requisite ‘disk’ (-like

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-27 Thread Jim Thompson
. 612.568.2749 On Aug 27, 2014, at 9:24, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: Yes, the system can be booted from an SD (or SDHC) card. Or from USB, or from the m-SATA. All of these require proper preparation of the requisite ‘disk’ (-like device). Jim On Aug 27, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Ryan

Re: [pfSense] Netgate APU2 SSD module question

2014-08-27 Thread Jim Thompson
Coleman ryanjc...@me.com mailto:ryanjc...@me.com m. 651.373.5015 tel:651.373.5015 o. 612.568.2749 tel:612.568.2749 On Aug 27, 2014, at 9:24, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com mailto:j...@netgate.com wrote: Yes, the system can be booted from an SD (or SDHC) card. Or from USB, or from the m

Re: [pfSense] ZFS warning message on local console during boot

2014-07-30 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Stefan Baur newsgroups.ma...@stefanbaur.de wrote: Am 30.07.2014 um 22:09 schrieb Espen Johansen: ZFS = FS+LVM. Its efficient in many ways. Its highly resillient to things like silent data corruption ( disk FW bugs, power spikes). It has on the fly checking

Re: [pfSense] ZFS warning message on local console during boot

2014-07-30 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 30, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Stefan Baur newsgroups.ma...@stefanbaur.de wrote: Am 30.07.2014 um 23:34 schrieb Jim Thompson: tl;dr: I wouldn’t run ZFS… yet. I didn’t see the error message, you’re barking up a tree attempting to use it right now. Again, I don't care what FS pfSense

Re: [pfSense] ZFS warning message on local console during boot

2014-07-30 Thread Jim Thompson
, Jim Thompson wrote: On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Stefan Baur newsgroups.ma...@stefanbaur.de wrote: Am 30.07.2014 um 22:09 schrieb Espen Johansen: ZFS = FS+LVM. Its efficient in many ways. Its highly resillient to things like silent data corruption ( disk FW bugs, power spikes). It has

Re: [pfSense] ZFS warning message on local console during boot

2014-07-30 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 30, 2014, at 7:20 PM, Paul Mather p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu wrote: Despite all that FreeBSD ZFS love, I still would not recommend it on FreeBSD/i386-based installations (as the OP said he was using). It is much more of a headache to use in that milieu, and, IMHO, doesn't get the

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-27 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 27, 2014, at 13:06, Matthias May matth...@may.nu wrote: Am 27.07.2014 18:32, schrieb Kenward Vaughan: On 07/22/2014 02:19 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: Am 22.07.2014 um 21:29 schrieb Nickolai Leschov nlesc...@gmail.com mailto:nlesc...@gmail.com: The difference is not $200, but

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-27 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 22, 2014, at 16:19, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am 22.07.2014 um 21:29 schrieb Nickolai Leschov nlesc...@gmail.com: The difference is not $200, but about $100 with 8GB Sandisk Extreme Secure [sic!] SDHC card included. 1. What's secure about this card? I

[pfSense] Seeking ipfw pf rulesets for performance work

2014-07-27 Thread Jim Thompson
We're doing some performance work with pf, and have issued a call for pf and ipfw rule sets. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2014-July/039373.html If you wish to help, please get in-touch with George. -- Jim ___ List mailing list

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-27 Thread Jim Thompson
Ryan, Your point is entirely lost, I’ve already shown where your words are false by any measure. Time to close this thread. Jim On Jul 27, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: Nickolai, I don’t know about you but I get my 8GB SDHC Class 10 cards for between $5 and

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 22, 2014, at 10:58, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: I asked the differences in the two line items from netgate. Perhaps you should ask sa...@netgate.com Jim ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 22, 2014, at 17:19, Nickolai Leschov nlesc...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder why they wouldn't just build the board with some appropriate Atom CPU? :-) And maybe even more performant, to boot? E3815, probably? Bay Trail? Why? That's for tablets. C2xx8 more likely.

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 22, 2014, at 17:19, Nickolai Leschov nlesc...@gmail.com wrote: Just like the others: dissipation through the aluminum case How does the CPU connect to the aluminum case? Is there some thermal interface involved? Maybe an interface between CPU heatsink and aluminum case? Yes, there

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
Very little if this thread is related to pfSense. Please stay on topic. -- Jim On Jul 22, 2014, at 17:32, Chris Bagnall pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc wrote: On 22/7/14 11:17 pm, Nickolai Leschov wrote: I didn't notice this page. So it looks like it's some kind of thermal paste allows for

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
Ryan, Profanity and personal attacks have no place on this list. -- Jim On Jul 22, 2014, at 20:12, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: Look fuck nut: branded and shipped hardware is 100% on topic. Thank you. On Jul 22, 2014, at 20:10, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: Very

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 22, 2014, at 16:30, Nickolai Leschov nlesc...@gmail.com wrote: Bay Trail? Why? That's for tablets. What's the difference, in practical terms? First: Rangeley has an integrated i354 10/100/1000 quad Ethernet MAC. Bay Trail requires one to add Ethernet Second: Rangeley has a

Re: [pfSense] Difference between APU4 and APU1C4

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Thompson
and shipped hardware is 100% on topic. Thank you. On Jul 22, 2014, at 20:10, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: Very little if this thread is related to pfSense. Please stay on topic. -- Jim On Jul 22, 2014, at 17:32, Chris Bagnall pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc wrote: On 22/7/14 11:17

Re: [pfSense] 802.11ac Mini PCI Express adapter for pfSense

2014-07-21 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 21, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Nickolai Leschov nlesc...@gmail.com wrote: What is the status of pfSense 2.2? alpha snapshots ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list

Re: [pfSense] 802.11ac Mini PCI Express adapter for pfSense

2014-07-20 Thread Jim Thompson
there is no 802.11ac support in FreeBSD (and thus pfSense) as yet. 802.11n support is in FreeBSD 10 (and thus pfSense 2.2) On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: The compatibility is strictly up to the software drivers. Is the driver for the card you’re looking

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-06-04 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jun 4, 2014, at 2:29 PM, mayak ma...@australsat.com wrote: i really want to love this board, but, it it is simply a heater -- my problems are thermal. i have now completely removed the the board from the case and put a huge copper heat sync on it -- i'll take a picture -- i placed it

Re: [pfSense] Report Errors

2014-06-02 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jun 2, 2014, at 13:18, Brian Caouette bri...@dlois.com wrote: As much as I like pfSense it and packages are really prone to glitches and over all bugs. PfSense has bugs, and packages have bugs, but it is a mistake to conflate the two. ___

Re: [pfSense] Report Errors

2014-06-02 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jun 2, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: It’s also a mistake to not report them to the maintainers. :) That’s true, and the maintainers for Squid, Snort and Silicata are very good about fixing said bugs. Jim ___ List

Re: [pfSense] Poweredge 2850

2014-05-20 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 20, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Giles Coochey gi...@coochey.net wrote: On 20/05/2014 12:28, Ryan Coleman wrote: On May 20, 2014, at 1:59, Giles Coochey gi...@coochey.net wrote: s Not to mention that if I ran a PE 2850 at home there would probably be complaints about the noise!!! Those

Re: [pfSense] Poweredge 2850

2014-05-20 Thread Jim Thompson
If you had purchased something more modern, (even an APU, which uses 5-10% of your 2850, and is completely silent) bhyve would be an option. Which is the general direction I'm headed with pfSense for being able to run a media center or NAS on top. Refurb c1100s are $600 on fleabay with 8

Re: [pfSense] Giant lock is still there?

2014-05-17 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 17, 2014, at 5:16 PM, Leon Volfson l...@one.co.il wrote: Hi guys, I had lots of issues in the past with the performance and as I understood then - one of the biggest problems was the Giant lock in pf. Since the 2.2 version is going to be FreeBSD 10 based I looked it up and saw

Re: [pfSense] upgrade dual ALIX netgate box?

2014-05-08 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 8, 2014, at 12:04 PM, b...@todoo.biz wrote: Hi we are french resellers of Alix / APU Le 6 mai 2014 à 21:16, Vick Khera vi...@khera.org a écrit : I have the dual ALIX RM1U box from netgate which is a bit over 2 years old now (and an older one too!) Has anyone attempted

Re: [pfSense] Upgrading Alix 2d13

2014-05-03 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 2, 2014, at 23:42, David Newman dnew...@networktest.com wrote: It's possible this is related to this being 4G Sandisk CF cards, and modern 2G and 4G Sandisk cards producing alignment errors. Unlikely. ___ List mailing list

Re: [pfSense] Interface options for pfsense

2014-04-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 22, 2014, at 10:39, Stefan Baur newsgroups.ma...@stefanbaur.de wrote: In fact, I'd be petty disappointed, too, if a newer pfSense release stopped working on my hardware and it the whole issue appeared out of the blue (== no hwe driver no longer supported or similar notice in the

Re: [pfSense] Interface options for pfsense

2014-04-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 20, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: I've been running pfsense for many years (and been very happy with it) on scrapped PCs with a Sun 4-port Ethernet PCI card because I need 5 Ethernet ports. Now freebsd dieing on the hme driver effectively turns

Re: [pfSense] Interface options for pfsense

2014-04-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 22, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Stefan Baur newsgroups.ma...@stefanbaur.de wrote: Am 22.04.2014 18:29, schrieb Jim Thompson: It's not like we disabled the hme driver. Nobody accused you of intentionally disabling it. Manure happens. :-) Relax. We have no ability to test it, since we

Re: [pfSense] Interface options for pfsense

2014-04-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 22, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Volker Kuhlmann hid...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Wed 23 Apr 2014 05:02:59 NZST +1200, Jim Thompson wrote: Are there any USB Ethernet adapters that actually work with pfsense? Reliably? I am looking for reports from those who have tried, not the freebsd

Re: [pfSense] pfSense 2.1.2 is released

2014-04-16 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Brian Candler b.cand...@pobox.com wrote: On 15/04/2014 20:12, Jim Thompson wrote: We dropped the price, too. -- Jim Which price are you referring to? On the EC2 instance(s). I see that a support subscription is now $200 for 2 hours plus $200 per extra hour

Re: [pfSense] pfSense 2.1.2 is released

2014-04-12 Thread Jim Thompson
They're built; we're waiting on Amazon. -- Jim On Apr 11, 2014, at 22:41, linbloke linbl...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 11/04/2014 5:23 am, Jim Thompson wrote: https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=1253 pfSense release 2.1.2 is now available. pfSense release 2.1.2 follows less than a week after

Re: [pfSense] pfSense 2.1.2 is released

2014-04-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 12, 2014, at 18:55, Volker Kuhlmann hid...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Fri 11 Apr 2014 18:43:18 NZST +1200, Ryan Coleman wrote: He gave you an option to subscribe to the list. You seem to have missed the point I was making: critical security fixes (the 2.1.2 release in this case,

Re: [pfSense] 2.1.2-RELEASE up for testing

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Thompson
The final testing (testing updates against the real update servers, which can’t be effectively simulated) is happening now. jim On Apr 10, 2014, at 12:50 PM, k_o_l k_...@hotmail.com wrote: Any update to when the fix will be released?! -Original Message- From: List

[pfSense] pfSense 2.1.2 is released

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Thompson
https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=1253 pfSense release 2.1.2 is now available. pfSense release 2.1.2 follows less than a week after pfSense release 2.1.1, and is primarily a security release. The Heartbleed OpenSSL bug and another OpenSSL bug which enables a side-channel attack are both covered by

Re: [pfSense] pfSense 2.1.2 is released

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 10, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Volker Kuhlmann hid...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Fri 11 Apr 2014 07:23:52 NZST +1200, Jim Thompson wrote: pfSense release 2.1.2 is now available. Thank you for all the quick work! May I ask though why this isn't simultaneously posted on pfsense-announce

Re: [pfSense] pfSense 2.1.2 is released

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 10, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Dimitri Rodis dimit...@integritasystems.com wrote: Can we also get information as to which versions of pfSense are affected aside from 2.1.1? Or is 2.1.1 the only affected version? https://pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-14_04.openssl.asc

Re: [pfSense] The Heartbleed Bug, CVE-2014-0160

2014-04-09 Thread Jim Thompson
snapshots. -- Jim On Apr 8, 2014, at 21:05, Paul Mather p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu wrote: On Apr 8, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Paul Mather p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu wrote: On Apr 8, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Jim Thompson j...@smallworks.com wrote: Well, that’s the point, Paul. (You hit the nail on the head

Re: [pfSense] The Heartbleed Bug, CVE-2014-0160

2014-04-09 Thread Jim Thompson
2.1.2 wasn’t “UP”. Chris cut a version of something he called “2.1.2” that he indicated *might* become 2.1.2, but it was incomplete. So I asked him to pull it back down. Jim On Apr 9, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: There was a post to the list at 0400 central US today

Re: [pfSense] The Heartbleed Bug, CVE-2014-0160

2014-04-08 Thread Jim Thompson
Well, that’s the point, Paul. (You hit the nail on the head.) If you don’t have an openssl service exposed, the problem doesn’t affect you. Since normally the web GUI isn’t exposed to the WAN, the attack surface is minimized. We are working at cutting a new release. Jim On Apr 8, 2014, at

Re: [pfSense] The Heartbleed Bug, CVE-2014-0160

2014-04-08 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 8, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, b...@todoo.biz wrote: This might not be enough as there are two versions of openssl installed… One in /usr/bin/openssl and one in /usr/local/bin/openssl Both should be ok. Not on 2.1:

Re: [pfSense] The Heartbleed Bug, CVE-2014-0160

2014-04-08 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 8, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am 08.04.2014 um 21:04 schrieb Jim Thompson j...@smallworks.com: Well, that’s the point, Paul. (You hit the nail on the head.) If you don’t have an openssl service exposed, the problem doesn’t affect you

Re: [pfSense] New intel atom board

2014-04-05 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 5, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Ugo Bellavance u...@lubik.ca wrote: http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/intel-releases-99-minnowboard-max-an-open-source-single-board-computer/?utm_campaign=fbncid=fb An interesting platform for pfSense? It looks like it only has 1 NIC though. I looked at this

Re: [pfSense] 2.1 can't auto-update anymore?

2014-04-05 Thread Jim Thompson
Kevin, Glad you like the update. You won’t get ‘mutlicore’ PF until pfSense 2.2 (which is based on FreeBSD 10). Snapshots are available now. Rangely hardware, you say? http://store.netgate.com/Firewall/C2758.aspx Also available “real soon now at the pfSense store. We believe in the C2000,

Re: [pfSense] New intel atom board

2014-04-05 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 5, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Adam Thompson athom...@athompso.net wrote: On 14-04-05 02:02 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/intel-releases-99-minnowboard-max-an-open-source-single-board-computer/?utm_campaign=fbncid=fb An interesting platform for pfSense? It looks like

Re: [pfSense] successor to ALIX is here

2014-04-02 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 2, 2014, at 3:17 PM, Thinker Rix thinke...@rocketmail.com wrote: On 2014-04-02 17:35, Eugen Leitl wrote: Apu.1c http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Embeddded-Mainboard-mit-x86-CPU-und-Coreboot-2160404.html http://www.pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm in stock, €105.13 Unfortunately

Re: [pfSense] successor to ALIX is here

2014-04-02 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 2, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Ryan Coleman ryanjc...@me.com wrote: Wouldn’t a layer-3 switch be a good investment in this situation? Put the load on another device instead of, what is for all intents and (definitely) purpose a thin, light-weight piece of hardware? It doesn’t even need to be

Re: [pfSense] successor to ALIX is here

2014-04-02 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 2, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Chris Bagnall pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc wrote: On 2/4/14 9:17 pm, Thinker Rix wrote: Unfortunately again only 3 NICs... and Realteks with bad performance. I would love to see such a board one day with at least 4-8 NICs. On that subject, we've recently been

Re: [pfSense] Blast from the past: pfSense 1.2 / ALIX / VLANs

2014-03-24 Thread Jim Thompson
What's your time worth? -- Jim On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:03, Stefan Baur newsgroups.ma...@stefanbaur.de wrote: Am 24.03.2014 14:18, schrieb Chris Bagnall: However, the new tenant found that performance was erratic - certain websites loaded instantly, but others wouldn't load at all. This

Re: [pfSense] (no subject)

2014-03-19 Thread Jim Thompson
Chris had to rebuild lists.pfsense.org, as one of the databases became corrupted. You might have gotten added in that process. On Mar 19, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: Actually I'm sort of curious as to how I got on the list in the first place. I certainly did

Re: [pfSense] Wifi/WAN issues

2014-03-06 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:26, Jeremy Bennett jbenn...@hikitechnology.com wrote: What am I doing wrong? You're running a more modern card than supported in pfSense 2.1, which is based on FreeBSD 8.3. Perhaps 2.2 will fix the issue. Jim ___ List

Re: [pfSense] Wifi/WAN issues

2014-03-06 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Jeremy Bennett jbenn...@hikitechnology.com wrote: I spoke to the good folks at Netgate, and they assured me that the card was indeed compatible with 2.1. From what I've seen, they've always been very responsible with the products they sell and they were very

Re: [pfSense] pfsync state full resync

2014-02-17 Thread Jim Thompson
See your link http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html It's all in there. -- Jim On Feb 16, 2014, at 12:03, rajan agarwal rajanagarwa...@gmail.com wrote: I was about to post the same question. Thanks Brian, been facing a problem with this in my 2 pfsense setup. On Sun, Feb 16, 2014

Re: [pfSense] Netgate's customized pfSense release

2014-02-14 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 14, 2014, at 5:15 AM, Jostein Elvaker Haande jehaa...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 February 2014 11:54, Brian Candler b.cand...@pobox.com wrote: On 13/02/2014 19:43, Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote: The thing that brand names as Netgear now sells out of the box [..] I welcome Netgear to

Re: [pfSense] Netgate's customized pfSense release

2014-02-13 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 13, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Chris Buechler c...@pfsense.org wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Andrew Hull l...@coffeebreath.org wrote: Hi List, Having purchased several pfSense devices assembled by Netgate (m1n1wall and FW-7541), I've noticed that the pfSense pre-install image was

Re: [pfSense] Netgate's customized pfSense release

2014-02-13 Thread Jim Thompson
and tunings to make all NICs work and work good (props to ESF staff who assisted). Quick history: BSD Perimeter moved from Kentucky (in 2012) to Texas and reinstated as ESF. Jim Thompson from Netgate (also Texas) got involved with ESF, he is actually active in both companies. In mid-2012, Chris

Re: [pfSense] FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

2014-02-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:05 AM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 11, 2014 5:55 AM, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: Thanks for this. As before, we'll supply a solution for pfSense on the ERL after 2.2 (based on FreeBSD 10) after 2.2 drops. -- Jim That's great

Re: [pfSense] FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

2014-02-12 Thread Jim Thompson
The reality is “when it’s done”. I’m hoping for “mid-May”. On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Brian Caouette bri...@dlois.com wrote: What is the time frame for 2.2? On 2/11/2014 7:55 AM, Jim Thompson wrote: Thanks for this. As before, we'll supply a solution for pfSense on the ERL after 2.2

Re: [pfSense] FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

2014-02-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:41 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 08:05:17AM -0700, David Burgess wrote: That's great news. Does anybody care to speculate whether FreeBSD will be able to take advantage of the packet forwarding acceleration of this hardware at some

Re: [pfSense] FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

2014-02-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:55 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 09:44:46AM -0600, Jim Thompson wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:41 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 08:05:17AM -0700, David Burgess wrote: That's great news. Does anybody

Re: [pfSense] FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

2014-02-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 12, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Brian Caouette bri...@dlois.com wrote: Sounds good. Is there a planned feature list we can look forward too? On 2/12/2014 10:43 AM, Jim Thompson wrote: The reality is “when it’s done”. I’m hoping for “mid-May”. On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Brian

Re: [pfSense] FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

2014-02-11 Thread Jim Thompson
Thanks for this. As before, we'll supply a solution for pfSense on the ERL after 2.2 (based on FreeBSD 10) after 2.2 drops. -- Jim On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:25, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: http://rtfm.net/FreeBSD/ERL/ FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite The Ubiquiti

Re: [pfSense] January Project News

2014-01-21 Thread Jim Thompson
It still needs attention in the editing and formatting departments, but all the tech is there, yes. -- Jim On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:00, Michał Karas m.ka...@hafis.pl wrote: Hi, than you for your reply. Is the electronically available version already finished. Does it cover all features of

Re: [pfSense] Apple Messages Blocked

2014-01-15 Thread Jim Thompson
Turning on UPNP might make things better. It just works for me, too. -- Jim On Jan 15, 2014, at 10:00, Vick Khera vi...@khera.org wrote: On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Paul Galati paulgal...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried searching the forums for find a fix to allow Apple Messages app

Re: [pfSense] IPSec problem with mobile IOS and Android

2014-01-04 Thread Jim Thompson
you lost me at “port forwarding”. Making NAT work for IPSEC (passthrough) can be … quite challenging. Hopefully you’re attempting to terminate IPSEC on the pfSense box, and the ISP router is configured to: IP Protocol ID 50: For both inbound and outbound filters. Should be set to allow

Re: [pfSense] Compile on Sun v215

2013-12-09 Thread Jim Thompson
Unlikely. -- Jim On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:07, Denny Fuchs linuxm...@4lin.net wrote: hi, I want to use old two of Sun Fire SPARC v215 for pfsense. FreeBSD 8/98 runs without any problems, so the only question is, if it does make sense to compile pfsense on that hosts. Ram: 12GB # cat

Re: [pfSense] AES-NI support of the CPU: Does it make sense for VPN with pfSense?

2013-11-11 Thread Jim Thompson
I was at the FreeBSD Vendor Summit last week, and raised the AES-NI issue as important to be solved in the next six months. The issue and fix are understood, it just needs someone to implement it (and then, presumably, backport it to 8.3, so we can release an update to 2.1 (2.1.1 or similar).

Re: [pfSense] AES-NI support of the CPU: Does it make sense for VPN with pfSense?

2013-11-11 Thread Jim Thompson
with the relevant skill were open to a bounty for implementing the necessary fixes? On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: I was at the FreeBSD Vendor Summit last week, and raised the AES-NI issue as important to be solved in the next six months. The issue and fix

Re: [pfSense] AES-NI support of the CPU: Does it make sense for VPN with pfSense?

2013-11-06 Thread Jim Thompson
On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:22, Vick Khera vi...@khera.org wrote: pfSense lists the AES-NI as a supported option for crypto acceleration. pfSense will use it for OpenVPN and IPsec if you tell it to. There's a config setting for it. I'm not aware if any performance testing for AES-NI on

Re: [pfSense] AES-NI support of the CPU: Does it make sense for VPN with pfSense?

2013-11-06 Thread Jim Thompson
On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Thinker Rix thinke...@rocketmail.com wrote: On 2013-11-06 15:29, Jim Thompson wrote: On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:22, Vick Khera vi...@khera.org wrote: pfSense lists the AES-NI as a supported option for crypto acceleration. pfSense will use it for OpenVPN and IPsec

Re: [pfSense] AES-NI support of the CPU: Does it make sense for VPN with pfSense?

2013-11-06 Thread Jim Thompson
The issue may not be that easy to fix. Current theory is that it's is a structural issue in cryptdev. -- Jim On Nov 6, 2013, at 20:59, Chris Buechler c...@pfsense.org wrote: I have done some brief testing of AES-NI a few months back, though I can't seem to find the results at the moment

Re: [pfSense] AES-NI support of the CPU: Does it make sense for VPN with pfSense?

2013-11-06 Thread Jim Thompson
The Xeon CPUs are almost idle. The old Intel 32-bit Pentium 4 2.4GHz dual core server, however is the other end of that IPSEC tunnel. It's unlikely to be as idle as the Xeon. -- Jim On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:04, Thinker Rix thinke...@rocketmail.com wrote: On 2013-11-06 15:22, Vick Khera

Re: [pfSense] Disk Read failure (but it seems to work anyway)

2013-10-28 Thread Jim Thompson
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/DMA_and_LBA_Errors On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Bob Gustafson bob...@rcn.com wrote: I installed 2.1 on a SanDisk 4GB Ultra (200x) for use on an Alix board. I configured the ethernet ports using the serial connection and then left the connection and

Re: [pfSense] Hardware requirements for gigabit wirespead

2013-10-24 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 24, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Chris Bagnall pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc wrote: On 24/10/13 5:30 pm, Thinker Rix wrote: I want to have: - full Gigabit wire speed between the DMZ and the LAN zone (i.e. 2x Gigabit at max) Would have thought you'd be fine here. - full 450Mbps between the

Re: [pfSense] Hardware requirements for gigabit wirespead

2013-10-24 Thread Jim Thompson
The topic has wandered away from pfSense. -- Jim On Oct 24, 2013, at 18:48, Chris Bagnall pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc wrote: On 24/10/13 7:31 pm, Adam Thompson wrote: If I upgraded to a better-quality unit, or switched to licensed spectrum, I could probably eliminate the variability and

Re: [pfSense] naive suggestion: conform to US laws

2013-10-15 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Alex DiMarco a...@cs.toronto.edu wrote: On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Robert Skinner rob...@robertskinner.com wrote: You would have hated the 90s then. Interesting time that was, no particular hate though for that period.. Now the 80's on the other hand

[pfSense] not all backdoors are NSA backdoors

2013-10-13 Thread Jim Thompson
It occurs to me that being more ‘conversational’ with the community might be a good thing. Describing what is happening with pfSense, and why, and engaging the pfsense community in the process could be a good thing. My first attempt is included herein. But first, on the tail of the recent

Re: [pfSense] naive suggestion: conform to US laws

2013-10-12 Thread Jim Thompson
out of my way to inhibit those who wish to fork. However, in any case, such a community would be prohibited from naming the result “pfSense”. But since 33% of the ESF - namely Jim Thompson You greatly inflate my ownership interest here. - prefers bullying, insulting, frightening and muzzling

Re: [pfSense] Upgrade Guide: Needs update for Auto Update

2013-10-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 12, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Thinker Rix thinke...@rocketmail.com wrote: Hello all, I just performed an upgrade to 2.1 via the Auto update feature in the web UI, which worked flawlessly. When studying the Upgrade Guide (https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Upgrade_Guide) prior the

Re: [pfSense] naive suggestion: conform to US laws

2013-10-12 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 12, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Chris L c...@viptalk.net wrote: On 2013-10-12 01:40, Jim Thompson wrote: I'm not willing to endure this uninformed Alex Jonesian crapfest. Nice position to take, except Alex Jones was right. Sigh. As much as this doesn’t belong on the pfsense list… I

Re: [pfSense] Can pfSense be considered trusted? What implementations of VPNs can now be trusted?

2013-10-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Yehuda Katz yeh...@ymkatz.net wrote: Since we keep coming back to FreeBSD as it pertains to security: 3) FreeBSD is very mature, and very well reviewed. I've looked into FreeBSD to my personal satisfaction. OpenBSD may be abrasive as a community at times,

Re: [pfSense] NSA: Is pfSense infiltrated by big brother NSA or others?

2013-10-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 10, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Paul Mather p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu wrote: I first started using mailing lists back in the mid/late 1980s, You’re not the only one. :-) I too was entertained by the n00b trying to tell grandpa how to use email. Jim

Re: [pfSense] pfSense 2.1: which FreeBSD version?

2013-10-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 10, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Jim Pingle li...@pingle.org wrote: You shouldn't need the -archive bits since 8.3 is still a supported release. Until next April, anyway. ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org

Re: [pfSense] Can pfSense be considered trusted? What implementations of VPNs can now be trusted?

2013-10-10 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Giles Coochey gi...@coochey.net wrote: On 10/10/2013 15:04, Chris Bagnall wrote: What made you change from AES to Blowfish, and is there any evidence to suggest that Blowfish is more 'secure' than AES? My understanding is that AES was championed by an agency

Re: [pfSense] NSA: Is pfSense infiltrated by big brother NSA or others?

2013-10-09 Thread Jim Thompson
(TIC mode: on) I think it’s obvious that: - ESF is a front for the NSA - the acquisition which closed last year was really just about gaining control of a critical component of Internet infrastructure. - the delays getting 2.1 out the door were exclusively about getting some last-minute

Re: [pfSense] NSA: Is pfSense infiltrated by big brother NSA or others?

2013-10-09 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Thinker Rix thinke...@rocketmail.com wrote: My main question was not if the code includes bad things, but if the company behind pfSense has been approached (yet) by authorities to comply with their Orwellian global police state phantasy. already answered.

Re: [pfSense] NSA: Is pfSense infiltrated by big brother NSA or others?

2013-10-09 Thread Jim Thompson
On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:46 PM, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jim Thompson j...@netgate.com wrote: So asking the question is stupid(*), because a lie is indistinguishable from the truth. I disagree on that point. Even if one is sure to get

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