Users can now download the latest version of FreeNAS right from Softpedia

Sep 27, 2012 10:01 GMT  ·  By

FreeNAS, a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution, has just reached version 8.3.0 Beta 3.

FreeNAS 8.3.0 Beta 3 has introduced a large number of functional changes in comparison with the 8.0.x branch.

Highlights of FreeNAS 8.3.0 Beta 3:

· Support for setting the serial port speed in the GUI has been added; · Webshell has been switched to POST, allowing for the use of the django CSRF protection; · Read/write/checksum errors to volume status has been added; · CSRF protection that was being skipped in the whole GUI, has been fixed; · Nonroot NFS mounts and the ability to specify a listen address for NFS are now allowed; · Transmission has been updated to version 2.61.

A complete changelog can be found in the official announcement.

Download FreeNAS 8.3.0 Beta 3 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.