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Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by gonzo on Friday February 10, 2017 @12:42PM (#13617242)
> Last time I checked, pfSense was good at firewalling but bad at everything else security-wise.

> - Web panel allows root code execution on the device (every XSS is full RCE!)

Mostly, but not absolutely true, and being addressed.

> - Everything runs as root

Basically true.

> - No ASLR or other hardening flags because FreeBSD

And because SafeStack CPI is a much better solution, and our focus.

> - Lots of XSS and CSRF opportunities (probably got better with the new UI)

Work going into 2.4 to basically quash XSS / CARF.

> - Did not replace SSL certificate after Heartbleed (on packages.pfsense.org!)

I recall differently, but we were more focused on fixing pfSense and the four releases in that month.

> - No package signing, either (not sure if this is still true with pkgng)

2.3 got pkgng, and yes, we sign packages.

> - Did not even have SSL on packages.pfsense.org until one or two years ago

I finally had to take these parts over from the previous admin.

If you have more suggestions, I'm listening.

Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by walterbell on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:22PM (#13618073)
Don't load images (icons) from a public web server, put the images into the local pfSense web server. It should not be necessary to have internet access to use the pfsense web GUI on a private network.
Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by gonzo on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:45PM (#13619933)
I'm at a loss as to what you're referring to here.

The Font Awesome icons used in 2.3 and forward are located in /usr/local/www/vendor/font-awesome

we can (and do) use the GUI when there is no WAN connection

Edit: any chance you're running a browser plugin that is blocking the font-awesome fonts?

FA started adding logos and stuff to the fonts and there are 3rd party lists you can use that are more aggressive and font-awesome is in some. https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/wiki/Troubleshoo...

Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by walterbell on Friday February 10, 2017 @07:44PM (#13620218)
Thanks for the pointer, it looks like iOS content blockers are preventing the images from loading in mobile Safari.
Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by vsl on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:49AM (#13627336)
Not "blockers" - the one app you installed and where you enabled web fonts blocking...
Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by walterbell on Friday February 10, 2017 @04:50PM (#13619210)
Is there a setting or CLI command that could change this default behavior, or does PHP code need to be edited?
Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by logicwon on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:58PM (#13620005)
Do you have any privacy plugins that might be blocking font-awesome files?
Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by nickpsecurity on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:30PM (#13618138)
Can it be configured to use full Code-Pointer Integrity? That would be a nice advantage.
Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by gonzo on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:20PM (#13618527)
SafeStack first, but that's where we're headed. There is still a lot of clean-up.