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  • Discussions about packages which handle caching and proxy functions such as squid, lightsquid, squidGuard, etc.

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    JonathanLeeJ
    Squid can be configured externally, I would love a how to guide on how to do this correctly.
  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

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    DARAD
    Hello team, I have a Netgate 8200 running 24.11-RELEASE (amd64) with Suricata 7.0.8_5 package installed. Suricata doesn't seem to start. It loops to red once I press the Play button on the interface. It leaves no logs in the System logs, it leaves no logs in suricata.log at /var/log/suricata/suricata_ovpns933787/suricata.log I tried launching it manually: # /usr/local/bin/suricata -V or # /usr/local/bin/suricata -c /usr/local/etc/suricata/suricata_33787_ovpns9/suricata.yaml -i suricata_ovpns933787 and I get this output ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/bin/suricata: Undefined symbol "__strlcpy_chk@FBSD_1.8" Thanks in advance, Dara
  • Discussions about packages that handle bandwidth and network traffic monitoring functions such as bandwidtd, ntopng, etc.

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    @kabeda If memory serves, that old version of ntopng did not run as user ntopng, but as user nobody. There are lots of problems in that old version. Anyway, check the ownership and permissions of /var/db/ntopng and make sure it matches the user that ntopng runs as. You may need to set ownership of the entire hierarchy. Example: /usr/sbin/chown -R nobody:nobody /var/db/ntopng However, the better choice would be to upgrade to a more recent version.
  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

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    @vicking said in No blocks on IP: Is it a bad idea to have the action set to deny both instead of inbound only? Question is squarely for admin. Per the infoblock which explains, in part, the "Deny Inbound", "Deny Outbound", and "Deny Both" actions: 'Deny' Rules: 'Deny' rules create high priority 'block' or 'reject' rules on the stated interfaces. They don't change the 'pass' rules on other interfaces. Typical uses of 'Deny' rules are: Deny Both - blocks all traffic in both directions, if the source or destination IP is in the block list Deny Inbound/Deny Outbound - blocks all traffic in one direction unless it is part of a session started by traffic sent in the other direction. Does not affect traffic in the other direction. One way 'Deny' rules can be used to selectively block unsolicited incoming (new session) packets in one direction, while still allowing deliberate outgoing sessions to be created in the other direction. In other words: When set to "Deny Inbound", incoming connection requests from WAN hosts are blocked and therefore no state will be created. However a LAN host can still establish state to an otherwise listed IP. If set to "Deny Outbound", outgoing connection requests from LAN hosts are blocked and therefore no state will be created. However an incoming connection request from an otherwise listed IP to an 'open' WAN port can still establish state. If set to "Deny Both", both incoming connection requests and outbound connections requests are blocked and therefore no state will be created regardless of connection direction.
  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @dennypage Nicely done sir!
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    I am using the DNS-Update method I have to use a DNS-Sleep of 5 minutes to let the letsencrypt txt dns record update propagate. During this 5 minutes the acme-webgui times out. when the acme-webgui times out the Action list is NOT executed. How can I solve this ? Would it maybe be an idea to let the acme.sh script execute the actions in the action list as a post-hook instead of the web-gui? Or maybe add an option to add post-hooks in the webUI ?
  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

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    This one has been tricky still not sure what to try. Any ideas?
  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    @elvisimprsntr Updated 25.07.1 to 1.90.6_1, copied and pasted from @elvisimprsntr's post: pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.90.6_1.pkg (Why it worked this time and not on previous updates: Over the last couple of days, I ran into the "Shared object "libutil.so.10, not found..." error that triggered the version 25.07.1 update issues some of us have been having. After I fixed that error, I decided to go back to the usual update method, and it worked.)
  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    Hi @patient0, Already fixed :) reset and preformed a full new installation. The peer can connect and performed a successful Handshake, and ping pfsense, wireguard and lan servers. However psfsense and my Lan servers can't ping this peer even with the handshake performed. I know that ping can be misleading but don't now what else.
  • System Patches Package v2.2.23

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  • DNS Broken for pkg.pfsense.org

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    https://forum.netgate.com/topic/115789/pkg-pfsense-org-appears-to-be-dead/2
  • Packages wishlist?

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  • udpbroadcastrelay vs mcast-bridge vs mdns-bridge

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    @luckman212 said in udpbroadcastrelay vs mcast-bridge vs mdns-bridge: I'm reminded of xkcd 2347... LOL! Closer than you know... I used to be one of those random maintainers in Nebraska. There were actually a handful of us, but we all escaped the state before 2003.
  • LLDP Package disappeared

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    @dennypage Tried first option, did not fix. Then tried second which has fixed the problem, thanks for your help. I have a second unit on 25.07.1 found that had identical problem, again option two fixed.
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  • Problem with Net-SNMP - not starting

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    @barnettd Thanks for the fix! I was running into the exact same issue. Like @kmp, the pkg utility also had to be downgraded: pkg: 2.2.2_2 → 1.21.3_5 [pfSense] The following packages were reinstalled: pfSense-repo-25.07.1 [pfSense] pfSense-upgrade-1.3.11 [pfSense] snmpd starts up and everything appears to be working after a reboot.
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    @rootCRO said in pfSense 2.8 Installation Fails, and 2.7.2 Cannot Fetch pkg Packages – Repository Unreachable”: services.netgate.com Where did you get that "services.netgate.com" host name from ? Here is the forum that handles the 'install' questions : Home > pfSense Software > Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software. @rootCRO said in pfSense 2.8 Installation Fails, and 2.7.2 Cannot Fetch pkg Packages – Repository Unreachable”: I’d really like to know exactly where pfSense pulls its packages from FreeBSD: { enabled: no } pfSense-core: { url: "pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v25_07_1_amd64-core", mirror_type: "srv", signature_type: "fingerprints", fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg", enabled: yes } pfSense: { url: "pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v25_07_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v25_07_1", mirror_type: "srv", signature_type: "fingerprints", fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg", enabled: yes } I'm using pfSense plus. Be ware : you can't point a web browser to URL like https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v25_07_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v25_07_1, as it is not a web server.
  • mdns-bridge one-way reflection

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    @keyser said in mdns-bridge one-way reflection: @marcg Yes, those ports are needed - in what we consider the wrong direction - when you are Airplaying Video/screen mirroring. For sound only Airplay they are not needed/used. @keyser @dennypage , thanks for the info and confirmation. Somewhat reminiscent of the well-known firewall issues with active FTP ... with the difference that Airplay was introduced 20+ years later.
  • zabbix 7.4 package

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  • UDP Broadcast Relay and subnet-directed broadcasts

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    While I'm not 100% sure it cannot be brought to relay subnet-directed broadcast, it would make little network sense if it did. Remember that any IP stack on the other side that follows IP guidelinies would still drop the packet even if the NIC picked up the L2 broadcast frame from the wire. The idea of the package is forwarding Class D (multicast) and proper global broadcast frames.
  • snort 4.1.6_27 crashing with php error

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    yeah, it's fixed with _28
  • Need urgent support with HAProxy setup will pay

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  • Advantages of mDNS-Bridge vs UDPBroadcastRelay

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    @dennypage And thank you SO much to @dennypage for maintaining the package - and so selflessly spending time supporting it and us users. Especially when we ask stupid questions or are so selfcentered we find ourselves important enough to outright complain over volunteer work like this. All package maintainers should really have a HERO badge here on this forum.
  • HAProxy - Files

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    @AnthonySalamone preface: I don't use HA Proxy but did use the power of searching the internet. If you want to use pfSense with Authelia, which seems to use these exact three files, someone written a blog post about how to do it: https://kovasky.me/blogs/pfsense_haproxy_authelia/
  • Prometheus Node Exporter gives log errors - fix or suppress in log

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    @nws thanks for the consistent fix - I completely overlooked that for a while. And @credulous yes, it's still a mystery why the collectors seemingly trigger and gives errors, and also why they don't appear at the collector list. It seems the Prometheus Node Exporter package on FreeBSD has very low priority perhaps? Else you would imagine something like this could be fixed.
  • HAProxy / ACME + external webhost?

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  • FreeRadius or something else, for MFA without a PIN code?

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    @Codefighter Thanks @Codefighter, you’ve nailed it. I totally agree that for home use, OTP can feel like overkill. But when it comes to small, medium, and large businesses, we’ve got a real responsibility to keep networks and systems secure. We can’t afford to be casual or underestimate the risks out there. Honestly, I’d much rather hear a few grumbles from employees about typing in an OTP every time they hop on the VPN than have to sit in a meeting with the board explaining why we didn’t do enough to prevent and mitigate a cyberattack.
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  • net-snmp on Netgate 7100 cluster - firmware 25.07.1-RELEASE

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    see https://forum.netgate.com/topic/198800/solved-pkg-upgrade-not-found-required-by-pkg running on ssh this command fixed my problem. pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade for me the problem is solved.uuu
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