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    "pcscd PC/SC Smart Card Daemon" ?

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    • SjMS
      SjM @mcury
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      @mcury laughing just discovered the very thing. ๐Ÿ‘

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      • SjMS
        SjM @mcury
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        @mcury how many path levels do I need to strip? 1??

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          mcury @SjM
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          @sjm I left everything default settings..

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          dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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          • SjMS
            SjM @mcury
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            @mcury pfSense is again purring along like it should.

            Many thanks!

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              bluepill
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              Thanks for this thread - like others it has helped me a lot.

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                drees @mcury
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                Thanks, applying the patch and stopping/started IPsec fixed the issue for me.

                Not sure how long it was going on, but I found two different pfSense boxes (a SG-1100 and SG-3100) with a site-to-site IPsec VPN with this issue. On the SG-3100, we were seeing weird delays/pauses in OpenVPN traffic. Logging in we saw high CPU load and found the characteristic large number of bzip2 processes compressing ipsec logs. On the SG-1100, didn't really notice anything, but did find that the snmp daemon had died.

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                  PeteRage
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                  Ran into this problem also. Disabled the daemon. My next step is to establish site-to-site ipsec tunnel. Is this pcscd required to establish an ip-sec tunnel?

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                    SteveITS Galactic Empire @PeteRage
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                    @peterage said in "pcscd PC/SC Smart Card Daemon" ?:

                    Is this pcscd required to establish an ip-sec tunnel

                    No.

                    Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                    When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                    Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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                    • chudakC
                      chudak
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                      "pcscd PC/SC Smart Card Daemon" is gone in 2.6.0!!!

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                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @chudak
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                        @chudak said in "pcscd PC/SC Smart Card Daemon" ?:

                        "pcscd PC/SC Smart Card Daemon" is gone in 2.6.0!!!

                        It's still there, just disabled by default. If someone needs it they can enable it.

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                        • chudakC
                          chudak @jimp
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                          @jimp that's what I meant :)

                          Thank you !

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