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

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    We installed haproxy on Netgate 8200 device 25.07.1-RELEASE (amd64) installed acme certificates and get certificate from letsencrypt, everything ok. checked ssl offload in frontend and selected the acme generated certificate under SSL Offloading. result after Apply Changes: Errors found while starting haproxy [NOTICE] (72045) : haproxy version is 2.9.14-7c591d5 [NOTICE] (72045) : path to executable is /usr/local/sbin/haproxy [ALERT] (72045) : config : Couldn't open the ca-file '/var/etc/haproxy_test/clientca_WAN_117.pem' (No such file or directory). [ALERT] (72045) : config : parsing [/var/etc/haproxy_test/haproxy.cfg:15] : 'bind x.x.x.x:443' in section 'frontend' : 'ca-file' : unable to load /var/etc/haproxy_test/clientca_WAN_117.pem [ALERT] (72045) : config : Error(s) found in configuration file : /var/etc/haproxy_test/haproxy.cfg [ALERT] (72045) : config : Fatal errors found in configuration. also package _devel has the same issue. on other boxes where haproxy was configured on 24.11 - upgraded to 25.07.1 its working. BUG ?? so what can we do now -bolded text we need this function. thank you all in advance

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

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    @Greyhat I think it's useful to work with what we've got and figure something out for the (i hope) edge cases later. So for the JSON I figured you can actually use an existing suricata integration by co-opting their pipelines.

  • 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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    @dma_pf Debt collector, or debt relief service?

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @netboy said in Docker container for nut server?: I am NOT installing docker in pfsense - offcourse this is a big security risk - I agree !!! My apologies. I interpreted your earlier question I think i need to explain what i am asking for. I am fully aware if your netgate router is attached to an UPS you can configure netgate. Let us say you 5 UPS's in your home and you want nut server to read all the UPS's and show me a dasboard about the status of all the UPS's ? - Is there a ready made docker container for client server nut with dashboard functionality? as a request to have something running on pfSense, which is why I responded I believe most people would say that the type of thing you are asking for isn't something you want to run on your firewall. I recommend using a general purpose operating system behind the firewall instead. Mutual misunderstanding I guess. If you want to explore general NUT monitoring, and not something particular to pfSense, I would recommend the NUT Users list as a better place to seek information.

  • 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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    @Vad-B Interesting indeed! I just tried to fill the Pre-authentication Key with file:/dev/null. I get an crash in pfsense after some time, but when I login again is saved. For me this for after service restarts at least this solves it, including the issue with the routes not being advertised even set in the WebUI. Havent done an full restart of pfsense (yet)

  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    Hello, I’m wondering if it’s possible to have a private vpn wireguard server on pfsense and to also have a personal wireguard server such that friends can link to your pfsense network but also be under the private vpn, nordvpn for example. Is that possible to with routing?
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    How to install g729 on pfsense & asterisk

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    friend succeeded in installing the codec? Thank!
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    Squid will not work at all

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    Do you have a backup you can try to restore from? System -> Firmware -> Restore Full Backup or Diagnostics -> Backup/Restore
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    Install the full FreeBSD-GENERIC on pfSense 2.2

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    Hello again  :) I've just improved to the procedure for installing Finch on pfSense. Now more resilient to upgrading of the pfSense host system. Before these changes, the Finch boot scripts could be wiped away after pfSense upgrade. Now, the only manual thing a user needs to do after upgrading pfSense, is restore their "fstab" file from a Backup. But it's very easy and full instructions are given. All new installation procedure is documented on Finch's website: http://dreamcat4.github.io/finch/install/ Other improvements: Better handling of admin user accounts. The presence of a temporary file "$finch_realpath/var/db/finch/installing…" now allows a simple way to query Finch's installation progress (i.e. "not installed, installing, installed"). (Useful for pfSense pkg makers).
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    Squid service stops on backup box when primary goes down

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    How to add snortsam on pfsense

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    @bmeeks: @magedtab: I tried to add snortsam to pfsense . snortsam 2.7 failed in installation i need the steps to install snortsam on pfsense thank you friends I'm pretty sure snortsam is not supported on pfSense, and the package has not been updated for quite a long time now.  So far as I know, the original creator/maintainer no longer visits the forums here. Bill
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    What is the difference between Suricata and snort ?

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    @firefox: I understand that they both IDS/IPS Daemon What is the difference between them ? Nothing really except two different vendors.  Snort is an open-source version of the IDS engine used by Sourcefire.  Suricata is a totally open-source effort partially funded by the U.S. Government and some private companies.  Well, technically Suricata is funded by the Open Information Security Foundation, but they get funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and others.  Here is a link describing Suricata:  https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/index.php/download-suricata.  Suricata is multi-threaded and should theoretically scale better in very high throughput networks.  However, extensive testing by the Snort guys and some independents shows there really is not much difference in the packet throughput in real-world networks between Snort and Suricata. In the end it comes down to personal preference.  Currently Suricata captures and logs a little bit more "context" around alerts, but Snort is catching up in this area. Bill
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    Squid3 disable caching and masking

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    Squid error page time difference

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    Snort/Barnyard2 interface via Stunnel

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    @wq6n: pfSense 2.1.3 Snort 2.9.6 Barnyard2 ? Stunnel 4.43.0 Unified2 feed from Snort remains constant on all sensors First off, thank you for such a great software security suite of tools. Pointing several Snort IDS sensors to a remote MYSQL server using a common port (lets call it TCP 3333). Created the Stunnel cert at the remote server using: openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -config stunnel.cnf -out stunnel.pem -keyout stunnel.pem I did not create the Diffie-Hellman 'openssl gendh 512 >> stunnel.pem' as I did not see anything in the pfSense Barnyard2 configuration that suggested integration. However the other native Stunnel relationships do support the DH key. All Stunnel connections are in place and operational to the remote MYSQL server. I did have to go into the working pfSense Barnyard2.conf and append [port = 3333] to the MYSQL line. The remote Stunnel takes the incoming port TCP 3333 feeds and port forwards the data streams to the local TCP 3306 MYSQL listener. Restarting the Snort interface everything comes up and the remote end does see the incoming connection from the pfSense Snort application. My challenge is that Barnyard2 stops working and the connection is closed after a while. The Native feeds from the other remote Snort senors remain functional. Any ideas on keeping the Barnyard2 application running? Do you see any Barnyard2 related messages in the system log on the pfSense side?  The latest Barnyard2 binary seems to have a problem with multiple instances concurrently accessing the same SQL DB.  This usually manifests itself with a "duplicate key" error written to the pfSense system log. The fix, if you have this error, is to choose only one Barnyard2 instance to update the References table.  There is a checkbox to handle this on the BARNYARD tab in Snort. Bill
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    Blocking specific items on a web page?

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    Unable to determine IP address from host name for ….

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    thank you rjcrowder for your time. I find the solution, the sites i got the massage was host in my vpn network and i should check the option "Disable DNS Rebinding Checks" at menu System->Advanced->Admin Access
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    Squid RealTime Log

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    not really an answer but different developers built the packages. That is why Squid 2 doesn't have the real-time logging feature
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    Squid Authentication - Almost there…but not yet

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    Final Update & Closing: My settings: LDAP base domain: cn=Users,dc=ads,dc=example,dc=local LDAP username DN attribute: samAccountName LDAP search filter: (&(memberOf=CN=InternetUsers,CN=Users,DC=ads,DC=example,DC=local)(sAMAccountName=%s)) AD structure: Container: Users > squid, test, administrator Other Containers (OU): OU Main             –- OU1 --- User1             --- OU2 --- User2 All these users have been added to security group (global) named InternetUsers and this group resides in the "Users" container. I am able to verify three users - test, squid, and administrator which are in Users container; but I am not able to authenticate User1 and User2 which are placed elsewhere in AD even though they are members of InternetUsers group. I conclude that the search is limited to one level only. So either I have to find a way to provide multiple Base Domain values, or find a way to make the search query recursive. Both would perhaps require me to directly edit the .inc file. I am not planning to do it and will leave it at that. I would rather create local users in Squid and now focus on learning SquidGuard. Thanks
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    Squidguard LOG and ERROR message

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    this is solved. please close. thanks to all
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    Lightsquid Will Not Install

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    Never mind, I figured out the problem… it was Snort getting in the way. I had disabled Snort as part of my routine checks; but forgot to clear the blocks it had put into place. ::) Once the blocks were cleared and with Snort temporarily disabled Lightsquid installed just fine. :)
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    Vhosts

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    Every-time i reboot Pfsense the vhost configuration file is deleted, and must go to vhost service page and save the previous config to recreate the config file. Pfsense 2.1.3 i386
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    OpenVPN

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    https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Pbi_add:_Invalid_file_for_usercheck
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    Dansguardian Group with Multiple Filters

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    I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to accomplish… For each group in Dansguardian (you can only create 3) you can specify multiple things (and I'm sure I will miss some). 1.) What sites are blocked based on a blacklist (plus allows via a whitelist) for URL's and sites 2.) PIC's based blocking 3.) Block rules based on weighted phrases in the content 4.) Grey list of sites that are allowed as long as they don't violate phrase blocking 5.) URL rewrite rules 6.) Content rewrite rules 7.) Blocking timeframes You can assign users to groups either by using an authentication mechanism (there are several) or by IP address.
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    Squid deny all by default without having to blacklist one by one

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    @marcelloc you're a genius! it worked! fast response too. :) thanks much!
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    Snort cant add to suprress

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    Hello joako, When you goto Snort and edit the Interface where you added the suppression, look at the Settings TAB, and find "Choose a suppression or filtering file if desired" The file listed here, should be the suppression list for the interface. There is a "View List" button, if you click that, does it show you the newly added Suppression's?
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