Hopefully moves like this is not the future of pFsense/Netgate as pFsense is a pretty good product compared to some of it's competitor's but there are trade offs that one have to consider when companies do dumb things like said in Where to download old versions:Īny time we put out a release that contains security fixes, all previous releases are known to be vulnerable to the issues fixed in the latest release. Moves like this will just drive Netgate's customers to other competitors software and hardware. This just shows that Netgate and it's employees does not have the best interest of it's users and customers at heart. The old versions should have remained available for at least a minimum of 30- 60 days after release of 2.4.4 incase there were issues that folks needed to work out. Not even companies such as Apple and Microsoft that are know for doing dumb things removes the old version of their software on the day they release the newer version. This is a stupid, irresponsible, move by whoever made this decision.

We no longer publish the older downloads as they are known to be insecure, and we prefer people not to install versions of pfSense with security vulnerabilities.Īs said, any 2.3.x release is unlikely to behave differently on that hardware.

Like I say, it's not a permanent solution: it will be carrying traffic just while I reinstall the main firewall box (which has a 64-bit processor) with said in Where to download old versions: So as a next step, I'd like to try a 2.3.4 or earlier image to see if that will work. Ubuntu 16.04.5 server installs and runs just fine on this hardware. There's a mini-COM port but I don't have the appropriate DB9 adapter. The error message is visible for only a second or so before the machine reboots, which I can't capture. The 2.3.5 (32-bit) installer completes successfully, but the kernel crashes on start-up so does the nano image, when booting directly from USB.

In case you're interested in the reason: I'm trying to build a temporary firewall as part of a migration, and I have a couple of FitPC-2i boxes to hand. Is there anywhere else I can try? Or was the /old/ directory made protected unintentionally? These directories give 403 Forbidden errors: I'm trying to get hold of an older pfSense version.

Where to download pfsense 2.3