Notification of updates

security_paranoid

Hi,

Is it possible to get notified by email when a new update is available ?

I am using 2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)

NollipfSense

@security_paranoid:

Hi,

Is it possible to get notified by email when a new update is available ?

I am using 2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)

Possibly with a gold membership…it's only $99 per year and a great investment!

security_paranoid

Okay. Thanks.

jimp

Go to https://www.pfsense.org/ and at the bottom right of the page, sign up for the newsletter there. We send out release announcements that way.

The firewall itself won't notify you of available updates.

NollipfSense

@jimp:

Go to https://www.pfsense.org/ and at the bottom right of the page, sign up for the newsletter there. We send out release announcements that way.

The firewall itself won't notify you of available updates.

I forgot to mention that he could also follow Pfsense on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pfsense).

security_paranoid

@jimp:

Go to https://www.pfsense.org/ and at the bottom right of the page, sign up for the newsletter there. We send out release announcements that way.

The firewall itself won't notify you of available updates.

Done. Thanks.

security_paranoid

@NollipfSense:

@jimp:

Go to https://www.pfsense.org/ and at the bottom right of the page, sign up for the newsletter there. We send out release announcements that way.

The firewall itself won't notify you of available updates.

I forgot to mention that he could also follow Pfsense on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pfsense).

Okay I will follow twitter too. Thanks.

security_paranoid

Just one more thing.
I installed pfsense 5-6 days ago.
2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)
It still says "The system is on the latest version."
Is this normal ?
No updates yet ?
Just checking.

ptt

What you would expect to be updated so often (every few days) ?

Updates are released when they're needed

https://www.netgate.com/blog/category.html#releases

jimp

No updates yet, that is the most recent released version. You can easily verify that by checking the pfsense.org site, Netgate blog and various other sources (doc wiki, twitter, etc)

johnpoz

Yeah that is the current version, unless you want to run the snapshots (development versions) which is 2.4.4

https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

Snapshots come out normally every day.

security_paranoid

Thanks a lot for the confirmation.

Gertjan

@security_paranoid:

Just one more thing.
I installed pfsense 5-6 days ago.
2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)
It still says "The system is on the latest version."
Is this normal ?
No updates yet ?
Just checking.

Alternative way to check :
If security means anything to you, drop in on this forum every day, or every week or so.
As soon as you face "1000++ new messages" you know something is going on.
This will be : a new version or a security issue or both.
You win in all cases.

It's quiet impossible to miss an update actually.

security_paranoid

@Gertjan:

@security_paranoid:

Just one more thing.
I installed pfsense 5-6 days ago.
2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)
It still says "The system is on the latest version."
Is this normal ?
No updates yet ?
Just checking.

Alternative way to check :
If security means anything to you, drop in on this forum every day, or every week or so.
As soon as you face "1000++ new messages" you know something is going on.
This will be : a new version or a security issue or both.
You win in all cases.

It's quiet impossible to miss an update actually.

Okay I will do that. What Ido now is open the web interface once a day to check for updates.

Gertjan

Or check here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?board=14.0

security_paranoid

@Gertjan:

Or check here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?board=14.0

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