111: pfSense Makes no Sense

We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more.

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• pfSense Plus and pfSense CE: Dev Insights and Direction
• pfSense 2.5.0 Development Snapshots Now Available
• New license types pfSense CE & Plus
• pfSense Plus Home+Lab is no longer available as a free download. TAC Subscription now required for CE upgrades.
• Addressing Changes to pfSense Plus Home+Lab — Today, we are announcing that the Home+Lab version of pfSense Plus, the commercial fork of the popular open-source firewall pfSense, is no longer available for free download.
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