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

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    Can I use pgblockerng aliases in Haproxy?

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    If it was a firewall rule, typing pfb would produce a dropdown to select.

    Here it has to be written, but will it work? Is it supported?

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

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    @bmeeks So after upgrading to the newest PfSense 2.8.0 everything is now working like a charm!

    Suricata no longer seems to strip off tags like it did before! Which means I can now use my network segmented by VLANs and still use the benefits of Suricata Inline IPS! Very niiize!

    I checked in the Alerts section and it is indeed generating the correct alerts from the different VLAN sections, I put Inline IPS on the parent interface of all the VLANs.

    I assume this is because the FreeBSD version is also updated with the new PfSense 2.8.0 version?

    Because before, as soon as I selected Inline IPS mode, my entire VLAN tagging would break and nothing was reachable until I switched back to Legacy mode.

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

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    @pulsartiger
    The database name is vnstat.db and its location is under /var/db/vnstat.
    With "Backup Files/Dir" we are able to do backup or also with a cron.

  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

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    @Gertjan
    Hello,
    Thank you.
    I had exactly the same issue, and your solution helped me fix it.

    Ask ChatGPT

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    NUT version is 2.8.2_5 (I've already tried reinstalling the package)

    NUT seems to think it can't find the UPS, but usbconfig shows it to be present:

    [2.8.0-RELEASE][admin@janus.jhmg.pvt]/usr/local/etc/rc.d: usbconfig ... ugen0.5: <PR1500LCDRT2U UPS Cyber Power System, Inc.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (2mA) ...

    Below is the console log attempting to start NUT from the command line.

    [2.8.0-RELEASE][admin@janus.jhmg.pvt]/usr/local/etc/rc.d: ./nut.sh stop stopping NUT [2.8.0-RELEASE][admin@janus.jhmg.pvt]/usr/local/etc/rc.d: ./nut.sh start starting NUT Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.8.2 Network UPS Tools upsd 2.8.2 fopen /var/db/nut/upsd.pid: No such file or directory Could not find PID file '/var/db/nut/upsd.pid' to see if previous upsd instance is already running! Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.53 (2.8.2) listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 USB communication driver (libusb 1.0) 0.47 listening on ::1 port 3493 Can't connect to UPS [CyberPower-1500] (usbhid-ups-CyberPower-1500): No such file or directory libusb1: Could not open any HID devices: no USB buses found No matching HID UPS found upsnotify: failed to notify about state 4: no notification tech defined, will not spam more about it Driver failed to start (exit status=1) Found 1 UPS defined in ups.conf Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.8.2 kill: No such process UPS: CyberPower-1500 (primary) (power value 1) Using power down flag file /etc/killpower

    Also

    [2.8.0-RELEASE][admin@janus.jhmg.pvt]/usr/local/etc/nut: more ups.conf [CyberPower-1500] driver=usbhid-ups port=auto [2.8.0-RELEASE][admin@janus.jhmg.pvt]/usr/local/etc/nut: egrep -v '^#' nut.conf MODE=none

    and this, which singles out the usbhid-ups driver as the problem:

    [2.8.0-RELEASE][admin@janus.jhmg.pvt]/usr/local/etc/nut: /usr/local/libexec/nut/usbhid-ups -a CyberPower-1500 Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.53 (2.8.2) USB communication driver (libusb 1.0) 0.47 libusb1: Could not open any HID devices: no USB buses found No matching HID UPS found upsnotify: failed to notify about state 4: no notification tech defined, will not spam more about it
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    @EChondo

    What's your pfSense version ?
    The instructions are shown here :

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    A restart of a service will start by re creating their config files. If a certificate changed, it will get included. When the process starts, it will use the new certificate.

    @EChondo said in Issue with ACME Certificates Refresh & Restarting HAProxy:

    I haven't been able to confirm if the above works(mine just renewed, don't feel like doing it again just to test), so we'll see in 60 days I guess.

    No need to wait x days.
    You can re test / renew right away, as you are 'allowed' to renew a couple (5 max ?) of times per week.

  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

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    I had a similar issue with Routed VTI over IPsec recently. FRR lost its neighbors after rebooting or when a tunnel went down. It never re-discovered it automatically. Only restarting FRR (either in GUI or via CLI) brought the neighbors back.

    When I manually added those under the OSPF neighbors tab in the GUI it seems to solve the problem as well.

  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    Hello,
    I am unable to get the Tailscale package to work. The page at VPN > Tailscale > Authentication is stuck. It displays the error "Tailscale is not online," but also shows a "Logout and Clean" button, with no option to log in.
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    This state persists even after performing the following troubleshooting steps:

    Rebooting the pfSense router.

    Completely uninstalling and reinstalling the Tailscale package multiple times.

    Clearing browser cache and using a private browser window.

    Toggling the main "Enable Tailscale" checkbox in the settings.

    Checking the logs, which show the service gets a "terminate" signal and shuts down cleanly; it does not crash.

    Manually trying to delete the state file with rm /var/db/tailscale/tailscaled.state, which failed because the file does not exist.

    It appears that the package's configuration is corrupted in a way that persists even after reinstallation. Can anyone advise on how to perform a complete manual cleanup of all Tailscale files and settings?

  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    I've read through some other posts about this, but they either didn't say whether the proposed solution worked or they were very convoluted and difficult to understand. Here is our scenario: We have 6 locations--Las Cruces (LC), Sunland Park (SP), El Paso (EP), Abilene (ABI), Fort Worth (FW), and Plano (PL). LC and ABI have software that is accessed by the other 4 locations via VPN. There are WireGuard VPNs set up between LC and those 4 locations (SP, EP, FW, PL), and ABI and those 4 locations (SP, EP, FW, PL). There is also a WireGuard VPN connection between LC and ABI. LC and ABI have 2 internet connections. SP, EP, FW, and PL each have one internet connection.

    If the primary internet connection goes down at either LC or ABI and failover occurs to the secondary internet connection, is there a way to set up the WireGuard VPN connections so that they also failover without purchasing some 3rd party application?

    Thanks.

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  • Possible memory leak in bandwidthd

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    There is a slight leak somewhere in strongSwan that we haven't tracked down yet, which is probably why charon was the one to die since it couldn't get more memory.

    Most systems have enough RAM that it goes unnoticed, but ALIX is severely limited by today's standards.

  • NRPE not functioning right.

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  • 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 issue with FreeRadius and OTP - seems like a bug

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    Thanks for moving this to the right place.

    I did some more searching, and this post helped isolate the problem, and the last line has a valid workaround:
    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=84063.msg460879#msg460879
    "chflags schg /usr/pbi/freeradius-amd64/etc/raddb/scripts/otpverify.sh"

    On the x86_64 architecture I tested today, the script /usr/pbi/freeradius-amd64/local/etc/raddb/scripts/otpverify.sh gets modified upon reboot so that the first line is just "#!" rather than "#!/usr/pbi/freeradius-amd64/bin/bash".  Setting an immutable bit prevents the bad modification, but obviously that could be a problematic workaround to support.

    Thanks to grinyas for isolating the issue.  I'll set an immutable bit for now so we can keep this in production.

  • MOVED: squidGuard + Whitelist

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  • 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 – All tables missing

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    Thanks for being a rockstar!

  • VHosts, 404 - not found

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  • Arpwatch positive question.

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    There's really no point in obfuscating MAC addresses because they are only in your local network visible. No attack surface to be gained here.
    On the other side it helps someone analysing your problem. I could have seen if they are from the same manufacturer (same device?), or if the local administered bit is set, which would be an indication of virtual MACs (eg. CARP).

    Please provide a network diagram how your stuff is set up.
    Obviously somewhere is traffic leaking between your networks.

    In the diagram please don't obfuscate your internal network addresses.
    It does not help your security and makes it harder to wrap ones mind around your setup.
    Also don't leave out "non-critical devices".
    You may think they have no impact, but maybe they do.

  • Pfsense Web page report on each user

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  • Vnstat2 statistic by billing month

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    Hi,

    I have the 22nd set as cutoff date. I installed vnstat2 beginning of April and was expecting it to start with May on the 22 or 23.

    Maybe I posted a bit early, because I noticed, that beginning of May, it did not switch over to show the May traffic. It looks to me, like it would count until May 22, and than switch.

    Any thoughts?

    Cheers,

    Eddi

  • Zabbix2.4 agent issues

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    Yes, but i trying to read ipsec status from it - and pfsense crashes. Any ideas how to make it work ?

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  • Syslog-ng Basic Questions

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    I have been following the progress of the syslog-ng package for pfSense as I have been wanting to provide long-term logging as well as increased flexibility over pfSense's standard logging solution.  While the package still has some issues, recent bug-fix commits have at least allowed me to get it setup on my router and it is working pretty much the way I want.  I think there's still an issue with the log-rotate and compress feature but I haven't looked into it yet to see if I can fix it myself.

    If you would like to experiment with syslog-ng, I would be more than willing to help you out!

  • PfBlockerNG?

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    Thanks again for everything I will give it try  :)

  • Firewall rules get moved arround after updates on PfBlockerNG?

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    Hi  killmasta93,

    I took a look at your Firwall Rules screenshot… Please do not use the "pfBlockerNGSuppress" Alias as a Firewall Rule Reference… That Alias is used for suppressing those IPs when Lists are downloaded so that they don't end up blocking those IPs. Take a look at the following thread:

    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg513676#msg513676

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