For the system (OS) FreeBSD
it comes from the FreeBSD team
fixes and updates or upgrades
For the pfSense itself there will be more options;
pfSense-upgrade or option (13) in console
pkg update or upgrade
for the entire pkg`s such snort, suricata,....
Patch system inside of pfSense
Recommended or custom patches option
Package maintainers can fix something
Available over the pkg system (updates)
What more is needed or flat Who is offering
more options? Or otherwise wich options are
beloved to see or have here on top?
pfSense 23.05 release (latest)
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pfSense 2.7 Devel (latest)
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You see in 2.6 CE much patches are available and also recommended, but in 2.7 not anymore, because they are fleeting in that code of the
new 2.7 CE version.
In 23.05 Release where things also solved out
and during the installation it was also updating / upgrading the squid & SquidGuard package I
was reading something about, automatically!
And by side it is not really a point to find a vuln.
anywhere inside, it must be also able to use in the
used or installed software and does then also affect things or functions where it can be used.
This is not even present and able to use for others
and the software. For sure it may be also a thing
how things will be implemented, but if I personally trust not the coder of my firewall software, who should I trust then? And this is
the other point on the other end of the line.