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

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    JonathanLeeJ
    @firefox you could always turn off save settings on squid and squid guard and delete the package and reinstall. You could also manually remove the config from the xml file. Those are also options but I think the fresh firmware is the best approach. It does work on that version I got it going.

  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

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    Hi, I had a problem with my home network today, so I checked pfsense and discovered that suricata had blocked the wan ip. After some tests and triggering some suricata alerts, the wan ip was blocked. I restarted pfsense and ran some more tests, but the problem no longer occurred. I then checked the wan interface settings and indeed the ip list does not include the wan ip, both now that it's working and before, when it was blocked. I'm using pfsense 2.8.0 and suricata 7.0.8_2. I use PPPoE to access the Internet.

  • Discussions about packages that handle bandwidth and network traffic monitoring functions such as bandwidtd, ntopng, etc.

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    dennypageD
    @Leon-Straathof Data retention settings are handled inside of ntopng. Documentation here. Pay attention to the RRD note. Also, if you've turned on some of the slice and dice time series information (is off by default), I'd suggest turning them back off. These balloon the storage requirements and are of little actual use.

  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

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    @jrey said in pfBlockerNG syslog logentries to remote SIEM: @keyser I so want to answer this, but then at the same time (no I don't) ... pfblocker using syslog messaging in real time. no tailing of files, no other packages, just code. Huuuh? That seems very very interesting I noticed your name in other posts around the forum where you seemed to be QUITE proficient at coding/developing. Are you by any chance considering involvement in developing and refining the pfBlockerNG package? It would be SO great if you are looking into adding native syslog to the pfBlockerNG package - or an easy workaround that does not require additional packages and “temporary” edits in files that does not survive service restarts or pfSense updates. Here’s that you will fill me/us in on the solution you are using to your Greylog - please, pretty please with sugar on top

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    dennypageD
    @jhg said in NUT fails to start after 2.7.2 -> 2.8.0 upgrade: Interesting. I would have thought the initial reboot, which occurred as part of the upgrade, would have done the trick, but it took a second reboot, just now, to get things working. Glad you have it sorted. There was no difference in the output of usbconfig show_ifdrv at any point -- before or after unplugging/replugging the USB cable, nor after rebooting. ... Question: What would tell me whether or not a driver was loaded? If there were an attached driver, it should have shown up with the show_ifdrv command. If you use the command and look at the other usb devices, I think they will show attached drivers. I don't expect to see a driver attached to the ups, because there is a quirk that tells the OS to ignore that device (and not attach a driver). Look for idVendor and idProduct in the above output. The Vendor ID for your device is 0764, which corresponds to Cyber Power Systems, and the Product ID for your device is 0601, which is registered as "PR1500LCDRT2U UPS" (don't sweat an exact match for the name). You can see the quirk with the following command: [25.07-RC][root@fw]/root: usbconfig dump_device_quirks | grep 0764 VID=0x0764 PID=0x0005 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE VID=0x0764 PID=0x0501 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE VID=0x0764 PID=0x0601 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE [25.07-RC][root@fw]/root: Your device is third on the list. The HID_IGNORE quirk says to ignore the device and not attach a driver. @jhg said in NUT fails to start after 2.7.2 -> 2.8.0 upgrade: You might consider adding this resolution to the release notes for 2.8. LOL... sorry, I don't have input to the release notes (I don't work here). While I wrote and maintain various packages, including NUT, I'm still just a volunteer. Most packages are actually written by volunteers.

  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    @provels said in updating to acme 1.0 breaks system beyond repair: need to restore from backup: This same mess happened to me, even w/o Acme, going from 25.07 to *.1. Blew, reinstalled w/ Crowdsec, blew again, reinstalled, clipped all the Crowdsec info from config.xml, restored config, back to normal. Crowdsec is a great concept, but I think I'm out. I never had this issue with Crowdec before the ACME update, even with updating from 2.7 to 2.8 there was no issues. In fact after restoring from a backup after the ACME update, Crowdsec reinstalled just fine, and this was before the recent release a couple days ago that contained a fix.

  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

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    yon 0Y
    said in Please update frr on Pfsense+ to FRR 10.3: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15785 now frr 10.4.1

  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    @yobyot I've SSHed into pfsense and for the sake of testing I've simply run the command: tailscale up --auth-key=tskey-client-kQ_THE_REST_IS_A_SECRET\?preauthorized=true\&ephemeral=false --accept-dns=false --accept-routes --advertise-exit-node --advertise-routes=X.X.X.X/24 --advertise-tags=tag:pfsense Note the preauthorized=true and ephemeral=false I gave this key all permissions (temporarly as I just wanted to verify it's working) of course I had to register the tag used also in the ACL tags pane: https://login.tailscale.com/admin/acls/visual/tags so far so good

  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    I figured out the issue. I missed adding the 3rd locations Lan to the static routing. Now all is working perfect.
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    Squid 3.3.x how to install ?

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    One more question.  How do I add CA certs that I manage to squid itself?
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    Clear out all old config from package

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    @marcelloc: @Trel: If I edit a backup xml file, and remove the appropriate settings, and then restore it, does anything I removed get wiped off of pfsense or would the package gui config persist still? Will be removed. Keep in mid that full config restore forces a reboot and package reinstall. Ok, this looks like the best option anyway.  I should be good then.
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    Is pfBlocker safe to use with 2.2?

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    @j@svg: Got it. So, basically wait for NG…. :( There is a manual install steps on pfblockerng thread but I'll send pull request to remove pfblocker and enable pfblockerng on 2.2
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    Lcdproc is not working anymore after the las Upgrade to 2.2

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    The system logs indicate: php: lcdproc: Failed to connect to LCDd process Operation timed out (60) Any clues?
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    NTOP question

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    jimpJ
    Use ntopng rather than ntop. Its main screen focuses on immediate/current traffic usage.
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    Bacula version compatibility issue

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    jimpJ
    That should be possible in theory. The FreeBSD ports tree has both available still, sysutils/bacula-client is 7.0.5, sysutils/bacula5-client is 5.2.12
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    Squid Proxy with HTTPS Inspection downgrades SSL/TLS Ciphers

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    @marcelloc: You mean client to squid cipher or squid to web server? I meant both connections. AFAIK sslproxy_cipher is for Squid <-> web server, and https_port is for Squid <-> web client. It doesn't hurt to keep both connections with strong SSL/TLS modes.
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    Ldap group Search filter for users in other OU's

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    Upgrade to pfsense 2.2 ->Installation of squidGuard-squid3 FAILED(for me Solved)

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    Have you restart the firewall.
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    Snort keeps blocking my WAN

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    It should not be blocking your WAN IP unless Snort is not getting restarted when your WAN IP changes.  Remember that Snort only reads the Pass List contents once at startup.  It stores the contents in a memory array and refers to that array when getting ready to block an IP.  If the IP is in the memory list, it is not blocked.  If it's not in the memory list, it is blocked.  But this memory list is only created at startup and is not updated again until Snort restarts. The BOTH selection should be fine.  You can change it if you wish, but depending on the direction of traffic, it may not help with your blocking problem.  I think that issue is caused by Snort not recognizing your WAN IP updated. If you WAN IP changes and Snort does not restart, you can get a block.  You should see some system log entries when your WAN IP changes.  Look for a line near the IP change message that says "…restarting packages...".  If you don't see that line, and your IP changed, that's going to be the problem.  You would next need to determine why the packages did not restart.  Have you applied any manual patches to pfSense itself? Bill
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    How to backup configuration in readable text?

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    jimpJ
    ^ These things. If you have a good editor, it may already have base64 en/decoing built in. I use UltraEdit. All I have to do is select some text and use Edit > Decode base64. Notepad++ Has Plugins > MIME Tools > Base64 Decode There are scripts for Kate, and probably many other editors out there.
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    [Solved] Issue installing squid and squid guard

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    I've seen this behaviour before as well.  It's almost as if there are some operations in the package being done out of order, such as copying a library file to a dir that doesn't exist and then later creating that dir.  Fails on first install because the dir wasn't there, but succeeds on second try because the dir got created at the end of the first failed install.
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    Custom SquidGuard Error Pages Redux

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    I haven't tried that.  The problem with editing the local file is that any changes will be blown away during an upgrade.  The posts I linked to suggested just including the function in an external file so that you only had to add the include statement to the updated sgerror.php.  I know I should move the KOMerr.php out of /usr/local/www but I wanted to get it working at a basic level first.
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    Snort GUI misleading v- 2.2

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    Thanks that worked perfectly. cjb
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    Testing snort alerts

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    @tsolrm: What sort of things would cause snort to throw an alert? I am trying to test its functionality so I need a few test cases that would prove that it works. Thank you Enable the Emerging Threats scan rules category, then scan the firewall (on the interface where Snort is running) from a host running nmap.  That should generate some alerts for MySQL probes, VNC probes and a handful of others. Bill
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    Squid3: How to set HTTPS bypass ONLY for certain clients, but leave HTTP proxied

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    @marcelloc: As you're forwarding it via firewall nat/rules, just create a no nat rule before with your client ips. Thank you, Marcello! So, if I understand correctly, I create a rule that instead of forwarding the client's IP outgoing traffic from port 80 to port 8080 on the LAN interface (like I have with DansGuardian), I create a rule to forward port 80 outgoing traffic on the LAN interface to port 3128? so even if the proxy is set to bypass traffic from that IP in transparent mode, it will still force HTTp to be proxied, and HTTPS to be bypassed?
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    Snort suppress list not working ?

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    @godtor: Solved, i was missing the "Choose a suppression or filtering file if desired" option.. my bad sry :) And after choosing that file and saving the change, remember to restart Snort on that interface. Bill
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    Strange snort's portscan detection

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    Snort puts the interface in promiscuous mode so it's seeing any traffic on the selected interface.
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    2.2 update(amd64) UnboundDNS package missing from package list

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    BBcan177B
    In 2.2, Unbound is part of the base pfSense software. Look in the GUI menu for "DNS Resolver".
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    2.2 Update Woes - Squid/Squidguard/vnstat

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    try squidguard-dev instead of squidguard3 there is an issue with the libs after reboot but search for my post on how to correct it if you still need squidguard
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