Software Update: OPNsense 22.1.6

The package OPNsense is a firewall with extensive possibilities. It is based on the FreeBSD operating system and is originally a fork of m0n0wall and pfSense. The package can be set up completely via a web interface and has support for 2fa, openvpn, ipsec, carp and captive portal, among others. In addition, it can apply packet filtering and has a traffic shaper. The developers have released OPNsense 22.1.6 with the following announcement:

OPNsense 22.1.6 released

Hi,

Since the Unbound migration for overrides surfaced a number of issues in the new code this is a follow-up release to ensure interoperability. Thank you for the honest feedback, bug reports and code submissions.

Here are the full patch notes:

• system: obsolete plugins calling missing functions shall not produce fatal errors
• system: added the correct content-type for the dashboard plugins feed (contributed by Bo Frederiksen)
• reporting: do not rely on /var/run/booting test in system health backend code
• firewall: adjust default deny label to include mention of possible state violation
• firewall: fix sessions page ACL
• interfaces: bring back strict reordering of VIPs during dynamic address acquire
• dhcp: added reload action for cron use
• dhcp: support supplying iPXE filename
• firmware: use isolated directory for database update check
• firmware: cross-version check was not using correct information
• firmware: cross-version update should indicate base/kernel reinstall
• unbound: domain override IP may contain port information
• unbound: show combined hostname.domain description in new alias popup
• unbound: properly support “_msdcs” domain override prefix
• unbound: add missing alias description
• unbound: fix overrides case sort order (contributed by NYOB)
• unbound: fix ACL for overrides
• unbound: fix handling of wildcard aliases (contributed by devin122)
• mvc: add generic searchRecordsetBase() to match existing searchBase()
• ports: phpseclib 2.0.37

stay safe,
Your OPNsense team