diff --git a/security/softether-devel/files/pkg-message.in b/security/softether-devel/files/pkg-message.in
index 7af183c3137b..0c0335a6ade3 100644
--- a/security/softether-devel/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/security/softether-devel/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 To run SoftEtherVPN client from startup, run
 sysrc softether_client_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN server from startup, run
 sysrc softether_server_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN bridge from startup, run
 sysrc softether_bridge_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN traffic server from startup, run
 sysrc softether_trafficserver_enable=yes
 
-Initial and further configuration of all softether services can be
-done either by using a Windows client to connect to the running
-services or by vpncmd from command line.
+Initial and further configuration of all SoftEther services can be
+done either by using VPN Client/Server/Bridge Manager for Windows
+or by vpncmd from command line.
 
-Please note client functionality is not supported on FreeBSD right now.
+Please note client functionality is currently not supported in this
+version on FreeBSD.  Use security/softether5 instead to use SoftEther
+as VPN client.
 
 When removing SoftEther VPN without the desire to reinstall, please
 ensure to remove the following directories as well:
 - %%SE_DBDIR%%
 - %%SE_LOGDIR%%
 - %%SE_PIDDIR%%
 EOM
 }
 ]
diff --git a/security/softether/files/pkg-message.in b/security/softether/files/pkg-message.in
index 7af183c3137b..0c0335a6ade3 100644
--- a/security/softether/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/security/softether/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 To run SoftEtherVPN client from startup, run
 sysrc softether_client_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN server from startup, run
 sysrc softether_server_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN bridge from startup, run
 sysrc softether_bridge_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN traffic server from startup, run
 sysrc softether_trafficserver_enable=yes
 
-Initial and further configuration of all softether services can be
-done either by using a Windows client to connect to the running
-services or by vpncmd from command line.
+Initial and further configuration of all SoftEther services can be
+done either by using VPN Client/Server/Bridge Manager for Windows
+or by vpncmd from command line.
 
-Please note client functionality is not supported on FreeBSD right now.
+Please note client functionality is currently not supported in this
+version on FreeBSD.  Use security/softether5 instead to use SoftEther
+as VPN client.
 
 When removing SoftEther VPN without the desire to reinstall, please
 ensure to remove the following directories as well:
 - %%SE_DBDIR%%
 - %%SE_LOGDIR%%
 - %%SE_PIDDIR%%
 EOM
 }
 ]
diff --git a/security/softether5/Makefile b/security/softether5/Makefile
index 7ac71be15577..def25ca364ac 100644
--- a/security/softether5/Makefile
+++ b/security/softether5/Makefile
@@ -1,85 +1,85 @@
 PORTNAME=	softether
-DISTVERSION=	5.02.5180-321
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g6ae786d5
+DISTVERSION=	5.02.5180-333
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g0f689d9d
 PORTEPOCH=	2
 CATEGORIES=	security net-vpn
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	5
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 # Some patches are managed in my GitHub fork
 PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/metalefty/${GH_PROJECT}/commit/
 PATCHFILES=	0cc81bd8.patch:-p1 \
 		a461121b.patch:-p1 \
 		0d974cb2.patch:-p1 \
 		7ae4b614.patch:-p1 \
 		effb160a.patch:-p1 \
 		0938b91c.patch:-p1
 
 MAINTAINER=	meta@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	SoftEther VPN 5 (Developer Edition)
 WWW=		https://www.softether.org
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsodium.so:security/libsodium
 
 USES+=		cmake:noninja compiler:c11 iconv:wchar_t localbase:ldflags \
 		ncurses pkgconfig readline ssl
 USE_RC_SUBR=	softether_bridge softether_client softether_server \
 		softether_trafficserver
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	SoftEtherVPN
 GH_PROJECT=	SoftEtherVPN
 GH_TUPLE=	SoftEtherVPN:libhamcore:2951ae5:libhamcore/src/libhamcore \
 		BLAKE2:BLAKE2:b52178a:BLAKE2/3rdparty/BLAKE2 \
 		cxong:tinydir:ec6bff2:tinydir/3rdparty/tinydir
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
 		-DSE_DBDIR="${SE_DBDIR}" \
 		-DSE_LOGDIR="${SE_LOGDIR}" \
 		-DSE_PIDDIR="${SE_PIDDIR}" \
 		-DSE_TAGNAME="${GH_TAGNAME}/freebsd"
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/cpu_features
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 PORTDOCS=		DISCLAIMER.md WARNING.TXT
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	softether-4.[0-9]* softether-devel-4.[0-9]*
 
 SE_DBDIR?=	/var/db/${PORTNAME}
 SE_LOGDIR?=	/var/log/${PORTNAME}
 SE_PIDDIR?=	/var/run/${PORTNAME}
 PLIST_SUB=	SE_DBDIR="${SE_DBDIR}" \
 		SE_LOGDIR="${SE_LOGDIR}" \
 		SE_PIDDIR="${SE_PIDDIR}"
 SUB_LIST=	SE_DBDIR="${SE_DBDIR}" \
 		SE_LOGDIR="${SE_LOGDIR}" \
 		SE_PIDDIR="${SE_PIDDIR}"
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 # devel/cpu_features not available on these archs, see devel/cpu_features/Makefile
 .if (${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == armv6 || ${ARCH} == armv7 || \
      ${ARCH} == mips || ${ARCH} == mips64)
 # skip cpu_features when devel/cpu_features is not available
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DSKIP_CPU_FEATURES=1
 .else
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/include/cpu_features/cpu_features_macros.h:devel/cpu_features
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libcpu_features.so:devel/cpu_features
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${SE_LOGDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${SE_DBDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${SE_PIDDIR}
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for doc in ${PORTDOCS}
 	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name ${doc} -exec ${INSTALL_DATA} {} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR} \;
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/security/softether5/distinfo b/security/softether5/distinfo
index 6408cc6f6598..195ca001a6a7 100644
--- a/security/softether5/distinfo
+++ b/security/softether5/distinfo
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1682937154
-SHA256 (softether/SoftEtherVPN-SoftEtherVPN-5.02.5180-321-g6ae786d5_GH0.tar.gz) = d9143e9a6c5c238a7115ada963aaabb0198c5ac5512e1e1748f7707131079bf6
-SIZE (softether/SoftEtherVPN-SoftEtherVPN-5.02.5180-321-g6ae786d5_GH0.tar.gz) = 16486457
+TIMESTAMP = 1685607869
+SHA256 (softether/SoftEtherVPN-SoftEtherVPN-5.02.5180-333-g0f689d9d_GH0.tar.gz) = 177025c797f13764536b6940f59cb6add42729fbcb8ab60807ecc394c83fcb77
+SIZE (softether/SoftEtherVPN-SoftEtherVPN-5.02.5180-333-g0f689d9d_GH0.tar.gz) = 16485975
 SHA256 (softether/SoftEtherVPN-libhamcore-2951ae5_GH0.tar.gz) = 7e95f906ca088f192a2de2f90fede3b8af394e151666ae4a0533151de3fe919c
 SIZE (softether/SoftEtherVPN-libhamcore-2951ae5_GH0.tar.gz) = 8337
 SHA256 (softether/BLAKE2-BLAKE2-b52178a_GH0.tar.gz) = 0bef79a164bda953410f474daab3241ed6461daa4fb90213b95ae60c440c6775
 SIZE (softether/BLAKE2-BLAKE2-b52178a_GH0.tar.gz) = 908803
 SHA256 (softether/cxong-tinydir-ec6bff2_GH0.tar.gz) = d9c28aecc6c12409156942c5f6293267f9fba91ab1c2727bcfe26dc8f451030f
 SIZE (softether/cxong-tinydir-ec6bff2_GH0.tar.gz) = 24765
 SHA256 (softether/0cc81bd8.patch) = 80b87fec109c7fc907766a55300ea5cda02b6574ca2a3edce4733053106ce5f5
 SIZE (softether/0cc81bd8.patch) = 822
 SHA256 (softether/a461121b.patch) = 98b3fc15c8a499f20677d04d17dc012a72b4d78f1824db31ebf7dcc2c902aa26
 SIZE (softether/a461121b.patch) = 930
 SHA256 (softether/0d974cb2.patch) = f41cc1a1949b0f6137231c1c9b2db5ace7c02175804f723335a33a0a004c04d1
 SIZE (softether/0d974cb2.patch) = 2014
 SHA256 (softether/7ae4b614.patch) = ad423c6829a49183c0d9ed4764facf38e75aece4ebad1af5d4b1630556bd820e
 SIZE (softether/7ae4b614.patch) = 1118
 SHA256 (softether/effb160a.patch) = b0d2865d8fc99b5e607737d2dbd6c58dfc2d8d6631ae9ed021057a2b37db669d
 SIZE (softether/effb160a.patch) = 780
 SHA256 (softether/0938b91c.patch) = 44ff3ce20ca7dfb2a7b25ad91199c6dc8bdcf9984acafe7970803b4e45782381
 SIZE (softether/0938b91c.patch) = 1639
diff --git a/security/softether5/files/pkg-message.in b/security/softether5/files/pkg-message.in
index 7af183c3137b..c71f0403c586 100644
--- a/security/softether5/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/security/softether5/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 To run SoftEtherVPN client from startup, run
 sysrc softether_client_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN server from startup, run
 sysrc softether_server_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN bridge from startup, run
 sysrc softether_bridge_enable=yes
 
 To run SoftEtherVPN traffic server from startup, run
 sysrc softether_trafficserver_enable=yes
 
-Initial and further configuration of all softether services can be
-done either by using a Windows client to connect to the running
-services or by vpncmd from command line.
+Initial and further configuration of all SofEther services can be
+done either by using VPN Client/Server/Bridge Manager for Windows
+or by vpncmd from command line.
 
-Please note client functionality is not supported on FreeBSD right now.
+Now client functionality practically works on FreeBSD!
 
 When removing SoftEther VPN without the desire to reinstall, please
 ensure to remove the following directories as well:
 - %%SE_DBDIR%%
 - %%SE_LOGDIR%%
 - %%SE_PIDDIR%%
 EOM
 }
 ]