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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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    I saw where the Netgate kernel developer updated the Suricata package in the pfSense 25.07 development branch to work with the new kernel PPPoE driver. But so far as I know that updated package has not been migrated to 2.8 CE.

    Here is the commit into the DEVEL branch: https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/68a06b3a33c690042b61fb4ccfe96f3138e83b72.

  • 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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    @AlexK-0 said in Can't receive GeoIP databases updates anymore, banned:

    Days ago, I received from MaxMind an email, notifying me that my country has been banned to receive GeoLite City database updates.

    You've found a reason to use a VPN.

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @elvisimprsntr thanks for your suggestion. I will give it a try.

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

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    @fxandrei Found this thread via Google. And I figured out what OP did, so here's the explanation:

    In the pfSense webpage do:

    Click on "Services" Select "Acme Certificates" Edit any of your certificate entries by clicking on the pencil icon. Scroll to the bottom of the certificate edit page and find the "Actions list" section. Click on "Add" to add a new action and fill out the information as needed. For HAProxy restarting do: Mode: Enabled Command: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/haproxy.sh restart Method: Shell Command And finally "Save" at the bottom of the cert edit page.

    As far as I can tell, the above action seems to propagate to all certificates that I have, not just a single one. I am not sure if this is just a visual bug, but just something to be aware of.

    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.

    Hopefully this helps you and anyone else that finds this thread via searching.

  • 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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    @patient0 Thanks for further suggestions. The tunnel is definitely up and so I don't think this is a CGNAT issue after all. WAN firewall rule is in place for UDP on port 51823 (otherwise the tunnel wouldn't work, right?). I can ping from client 1 -> client 2 and visa versa and also ping all points in between like you suggest. I just can't open an HTTPS connection from pfSenseB from Client 1 using a browser. But I can do this the other way round i.e. from Client 2 to pfSenseA

    I will try and do some packet capture to see if that reveals anything.

  • udpbroadcastrelay wont start

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    @stephenw10

    thanks for your answer.

    looks like you have to configure a forward to be able to start the service, thanks

  • No available packges (2)

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    @Dobby_ this one actually works. thank you so much for your help!

  • Block layer 7 on websites

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    @ammar177 Using pfBlockerNG. Create an alias of ASNs you want to block (netflix,hulu,peacock,etc..). Apply that alias to the IPs that should be blocked.
    There isnt a clean way to block streaming sites on pfsense. Snort openapp.id rules have not been updated in some time (over 5 years) so they will not account for the latest streaming sites. You will need to write your own rules for that.

    If you are looking to block streaming media sites on a phone its probably best to point that client to openDNS or NextDNS where you can do category-based blocking and not use pfSense for DNS. That's the best recommendation i can give.

  • Freeradius not taking new ACME certificate

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    There’s nothing more expensive about providing a wildcard.

    But, if they were the same price nobody would buy a single domain certificate, because it would be simpler and as cheap to buy the wildcard.

    People who provide certificates have invested time and money to be in that club. Therefore they want to get back as much as they can from selling them. People are willing to pay more for wildcards so they are charged more. It’s just ordinary economics.

  • node_exporter failing uname collector

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  • FreeRADIUS config file exposure/preservation feature request

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  • radsecproxy package

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  • Enabling/disabling interfaces creates issues for ntopng

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  • System Patches package version 2.2.4

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  • Should I uninstall a patch before/after an upgrade?

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    If you added a patch manually and that fix is included in the new release, then just delete the entry from the package without touching it.

    If you revert a patch after upgrading you undo the fix and put back the bad code.

    Manual patch entries are never automatically removed. Only the "recommended" list changes automatically by version.

  • pkg repository update fall

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  • lcdproc crystalfontz problem

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    Dobby_D

    @fireodo said in lcdproc crystalfontz problem:

    @Dobby_ said in lcdproc crystalfontz problem:

    Thank you very much indeed, would be one of my
    next options (project) to enrich my small APU´s.

    If you like to look here too:

    https://lcdstore.de/CF635TMFKU

    Cool after installing the Power and reset button
    in/on the APU I would assume that could be the next "project" or perhaps later if the Bluetooth
    serial port is ready installed.

  • [Solved] pfSense-pkg-System_Patches reinstallation failed!

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    @SteveITS said in [Solved] pfSense-pkg-System_Patches reinstallation failed!:

    @furom They’re working on something. There’s an open redmine from a couple years ago but I don’t have the URL handy. At least it blocks it now. Per my sig it was… worse.

    That is great. And fully agree, this is much to prefer over ruining your system, no doubt at all so with some more insight, only grateful it (as usual with pfSense) turned out well :)

  • Several vulnerable packages without update

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    @fadinzr

    [23.05-RELEASE][root@xx xx xx]/root: pkg audit -F vulnxml file up-to-date libxml2-2.10.3_1 is vulnerable: libxml2 -- multiple vulnerabilities CVE: CVE-2023-29469 CVE: CVE-2023-28484 WWW: https://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/freebsd/0bd7f07b-dc22-11ed-bf28-589cfc0f81b0.html curl-8.0.1 is vulnerable: curl -- multiple vulnerabilities CVE: CVE-2023-28322 CVE: CVE-2023-28321 CVE: CVE-2023-28320 CVE: CVE-2023-28319 WWW: https://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/freebsd/a4f8bb03-f52f-11ed-9859-080027083a05.html py39-setuptools-63.1.0 is vulnerable: py39-setuptools -- denial of service vulnerability CVE: CVE-2022-40897 WWW: https://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/freebsd/1b38aec4-4149-4c7d-851c-3c4de3a1fbd0.html redis-7.0.10 is vulnerable: redis -- HINCRBYFLOAT can be used to crash a redis-server process CVE: CVE-2023-28856 WWW: https://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/freebsd/96b2d4db-ddd2-11ed-b6ea-080027f5fec9.html 4 problem(s) in 4 installed package(s) found.

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  • Minor UI bug in udpbroadcastrelay

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  • Package Upgrades via CLI

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    Pkg update
    Pkg clean

    Clean gets rid of old versions no longer needed

  • system_patches update question

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    @jimp
    Looks fine to me now [running 23.05]. 👍

    A few minutes ago:

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    Now:

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    ☕️

  • After upgrade to 23.05 RELEASE, Syslog-NG won't start

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    @jimp Yes, great work as always. All it takes is another one of us mooks to run your code and it's, "Oh, yeah, that..."!

  • RRDSummary not working after upgrade to 23.05

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    I confirm the RRD_Summary 2.1 update fixes the issue. Thanks!!

  • Service Watchdog Race Condition Possible?

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    jimpJ

    The service watchdog package is not smart. It only knows to run on a timer from cron, and it only knows to see if a process is running or not.

    So yes, race conditions are easily possible. Not just at boot but also during any deliberate stop/restart of a service, package ugprades, etc.

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