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    • JonathanLeeJ
      JonathanLee @stephenw10
      last edited by JonathanLee

      @stephenw10 Can I safely delete this in my 23.05.01 BE? This is the only version that supports my Crypto chip for offloading with OpenVPN. The new one won't run it.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        You should be able to remove those unneeded files, yes.

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        • JonathanLeeJ
          JonathanLee @stephenw10
          last edited by

          This post is deleted!
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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            No you need the plugin just not the files shown here:
            https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/4e8f6cedd9c4b32b24ac3619f84e33a9a4708a29

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              kprovost @stephenw10
              last edited by

              The files removed in the mentioned commit don't actually do anything, so I'd recommend just leaving them in place, rather than risk removing one file too many and breaking things.

              They'll automagically disappear when you upgrade to 24.03 anyway.

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              • JonathanLeeJ
                JonathanLee @kprovost
                last edited by JonathanLee

                @kprovost Naaaa I am gonna delete that stuff but make a BE first. @stephenw10 said it was ok. I have Boot Environments so I can go back if needed.

                They are Gone...

                Screenshot 2024-02-29 at 08.55.44.png

                Screenshot 2024-02-29 at 08.55.48.png

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @JonathanLee
                  last edited by

                  @JonathanLee said in Google Analytics - Use by pfSense?:

                  @stephenw10 said it was ok.

                  Ha! @kprovost is who I usually ask. 😉 He's at wizard level compared to me!

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 Well someone had to make a sacrificial test.... might as well be me I haven't done one in a while. Seems ok. nothing has failed so far.

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                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                      Sergei_Shablovsky @RobbieTT
                      last edited by Sergei_Shablovsky

                      @RobbieTT said in Google Analytics - Use by pfSense?:

                      @kprovost

                      Thanks for the reassurance. Is there anything inside of the pfSense firmware that would make callouts to any 3rd party analytics?

                      ☕️

                      @RobbieTT said in Google Analytics - Use by pfSense?:

                      @kprovost

                      Thanks for the reassurance. Is there anything inside of the pfSense firmware that would make callouts to any 3rd party analytics?

                      ☕️

                      Lets to remind: in case with GOOGLE/YAHOO - we have a deal with SEARCH system (yes, all of them collecting our info, but THAT REGULATED BY LAWS), in case with BAIDU/MAILRU/YANDEX - WE HAVE A DEAL WITH SPY SYSTEMS FROM AGRESSIVE DICTATORSHIPS.

                      And most of them are DIRECT ENEMY of US. This mean Your personal enemy if You care about Your country.

                      So speaking about russian/china systems as 'analytic product' is totally incorrect and lead to direct damage in nearest feature.

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                      Help Ukraine to resist, save civilians people’s lives !
                      (Take an active part in public protests, push on Your country’s politics, congressmans, mass media, leaders of opinion.)

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                      • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                        Sergei_Shablovsky
                        last edited by

                        I really hope after this Netgate at least remove any callbacks to KGB-related Yandex’s code.

                        You know just nothing about what is KGB-russia now.

                        But You must understand that right now this terrorist country already acting against US. You must be responsible about this understanding no matter are You reading news or not.

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                        • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                          Sergei_Shablovsky @RobbieTT
                          last edited by Sergei_Shablovsky

                          @RobbieTT said in Google Analytics - Use by pfSense?:

                          @Sergei_Shablovsky

                          Hi Sergei, would you mind not spamming my thread please. Russia is bad, I get it, but this is a general pfSense question.

                          I'd be really grateful if you would self-delete your posts too.

                          Do You really need to hiding from U.S. Army Cyber School’s investors and management (as real example, they using Netgate appliances and software) the fact that
                          each time their students (no matter in school campus, at home or AT WORK IN ARMY FORCES OR DEFENSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT after graduation)

                          • click on (?) at the pfSense WebGUI’s any page;
                          • manually opening the pfSense Users Forum (to find problems solution);

                          THIS LEAD TO CALLING YANDEX CODE that pull all available information about network connection, network environment and computer device from which this call come, and all this information would be in real time collected, aggregated and being analyzed in GRU and FSB ?

                          Are You really not understanding how this dangerous for Your motherland?

                          P.S.
                          I more than sure that many students and US army IT security department specialists would be shocked to know that their computers regularly calling this peace of code from terrorists country that officially claimed by US government as one of two biggest US’s enemy…

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                          Help Ukraine to resist, save civilians people’s lives !
                          (Take an active part in public protests, push on Your country’s politics, congressmans, mass media, leaders of opinion.)

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            We already removed it, it's not in 24.03. And it didn't actually do anything anyway.

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                            • RobbieTTR
                              RobbieTT @Sergei_Shablovsky
                              last edited by

                              @Sergei_Shablovsky said in Google Analytics - Use by pfSense?:

                              Are You really not understanding how this dangerous for Your motherland?

                              You would both blush and laugh out loud if you knew my background. But first, I don't have a 'motherland' as I both reside in and protect a constitutional monarchy.

                              Secondly, I am probably one of the very few on this forum who know exactly the scope of what various governments and allied nations do to protect their democracies from adversarial states. I have no need to speculate; I would not do so in my professional life and certainly not on a forum!

                              All you will get from me is what I stated earlier - Russia is bad, I get it, but this is a general pfSense question. Leave your politics at the door whilst you wipe your feet. 🙂

                              ☕️

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                              • JonathanLeeJ
                                JonathanLee @stephenw10
                                last edited by

                                @stephenw10 I manually removed it, it’s just residue code unused. Thanks to who ever noticed this.

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                                • RobbieTTR
                                  RobbieTT @JonathanLee
                                  last edited by

                                  @JonathanLee
                                  I guess that was me, almost lost in the noise. Anyway thanks for tidying. 👍

                                  ☕️

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