@steveits Thanks for the input...
I've got the latest version, and while playing with a test scenario I used some stuff from the addin that was supposedly updated.... crashed the whole mess...
I built my own pfSense box... using an DL360pGen8 server:
System pfSense
Serial: USE42208M5
Netgate Device ID: a5c89be807563baa5ef5
BIOS Vendor: HP
Version: P71
Release Date: Mon Feb 10 2014
Version 2.6.0-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE
The system is on the latest version.
Version information updated at Wed Jun 22 18:25:56 EDT 2022
CPU Type Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630L 0 @ 2.00GHz
12 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 6 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (inactive)
QAT Crypto: No
Hardware crypto
Kernel PTI Enabled
MDS Mitigation Inactive
Uptime 44 Days 05 Hours 19 Minutes 53 Seconds
Many have said it is overkill and a power waster, but I'd rather have the speed and power when necessary. Complete updates take only seconds...
I really need to figure out a way to end the SPAM. alas pfSense isn't it. But glad for all that it does.