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Home > Software > pfSense Plus 21.02 and pfSense CE 2.5.0 are now available

pfSense Plus 21.02 and pfSense CE 2.5.0 are now available

Netgate announced the release of pfSense Plus software version 21.02 and pfSense Community Edition software version 2.5.0.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
February 19, 2021
3 min read
pfSense Plus 21.02 and pfSense CE 2.5.0 are now available

Netgate announced that pfSense Plus software version 21.02 and pfSense Community Edition software version 2.5.0 are now available for upgrades and new installations. This is the first release of pfSense Plus software, formerly known as Factory Edition. Users running the Factory Edition of pfSense software version 2.4.5-p1 and older will be able to upgrade in-place to the latest pfSense Plus version as with any other previous upgrade. pfSense software Community Edition version 2.5.0-RELEASE is also available for download now.

Highlights

Notably, pfSense Plus adds:

  • Support for Intel QuickAssist Technology, also known as QAT.
    • QAT accelerates cryptographic and hashing operations on supported hardware, and can be used to accelerate IPsec, OpenVPN, and other OpenCrypto Framework-aware software.
    • Supported hardware includes many C3000 and C2000 systems sold by Netgate and some other types of built-in QAT support and add-on cards.
  • Improved SafeXcel cryptographic accelerator support for the Netgate SG-2100 and Netgate SG-1100 which can improve IPsec performance.
  • Updated IPsec profile export
    • Exports Apple profiles compatible with current iOS and OS X versions
    • New export function for Windows clients to configure tunnels using PowerShell

Both pfSense Plus and pfSense CE include:

  • Base OS upgraded to FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE
  • OpenSSL upgraded to 1.1.1
  • Performance improvements
  • Kernel WireGuard implementation, as mentioned in a previous WireGuard blog post
    • WireGuard is a new VPN Layer 3 protocol designed for speed and simplicity
    • The pfSense documentation site includes information on how to configure WireGuard as well as example configuration recipes
  • IPsec enhancements
    • Configuration for the strongSwan IPsec backend was changed from the deprecated ipsec.conf/stroke format to the new swanctl/VICI format
    • Various improvements to tunnel configuration, including better options for lifetime and rekey to avoid duplicate security associations
  • OpenVPN upgraded to 2.5.0
    • OpenVPN 2.5.0 now mandates data cipher negotiation, but also tries to be friendly to older clients
    • ChaCha20-Poly1305 is now supported, which is the same cipher used by WireGuard and may offer speed improvements on some platforms
    • OpenVPN now disables compression by default because it is insecure, but it can still decompress traffic received from clients while not transmitting compressed packets
  • Certificate Manager updates
    • The GUI now supports renewing certificate manager entries (certificate authorities and certificates)
    • Notifications are generated for expiring certificate entries
    • Certificate keys and PKCS #12 archives can now be exported with password protection
    • Support was added for elliptic curve (ECDSA) certificates
    • Internal and imported CA entries can be added to the system-wide trust store
  • Significant changes in Captive Portal backend and HA behavior

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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