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https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1483

(cherry picked from commit 66de2bde)

(cherry picked from commit 852261b6)

(cherry picked from commit 0995f558)

(cherry picked from commit 4388146c)

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(cherry picked from commit cbea88de)

(mvc) csrf protection, not very likely to hit in normal situations, but when using legacy free applications, there might not be a csrf token leading to a denial of all requests.

(cherry picked from commit 29e3bb3e)

(cherry picked from commit 50f2ffad)

(cherry picked from commit dd2a605d)

PR: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=4682.0

(cherry picked from commit 844d6b50)
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(cherry picked from commit 72e46245)
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(cherry picked from commit 9821d6fb)

(groups) align groupname length, like https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/0829a34cef456c0065435405e965c45e8077d369

(cherry picked from commit 137dda20)

(cherry picked from commit c2190c1f)
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(cherry picked from commit 03e59623)

(cherry picked from commit 2058b1cf)

(cherry picked from commit cdaa7aff)
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PR: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1455

(cherry picked from commit f6d83a94)
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(cherry picked from commit 73b1d444)

PR: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1456

(cherry picked from commit fb7c4617)
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(cherry picked from commit 6e57f407)

(ui) fix bootgrid show order when editing data, first fill form, then show data, makes binding to events easier.

(cherry picked from commit bd50b24a)

(cherry picked from commit 1974000c)

PR: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1423

(cherry picked from commit 87dfc1f1)
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(cherry picked from commit e29f1b40)

(firewall) empty means "in"... confusing ;) https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/17.1.2/src/etc/inc/filter.inc#L2314-L2315

(cherry picked from commit 63e8101e)

(cherry picked from commit 3e47ec94)

(cherry picked from commit 156f8d44)
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(cherry picked from commit 5ae13aaf)