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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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    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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    @BBcan177 Thank you for the kind reminder; I am so accustomed to ensuring Save Settings is checked that I didn't follow your instructions properly (thanks @tinfoilmatt for uploading and highlighting the screen shot). I've properly followed the instructions and the update did not report and db problems. Thank you again! drac
  • 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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    @agitelzon I have no issue connecting to LE servers from pf shell. The issue is cloudflare security setting is configured as a whitelist for api zone record changes. The whitelist includes my ipv4 address only, as a /32. As I mentioned, I could add the ipv6 prefix as a /64. Given that pf is configured to prefer ipv4, I thought that would carry over to acme as well.
  • 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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    For what it’s worth, we may have had the same issue but for different reasons. I checked, and my system has the duplicate two files. Therefore, I asked Grok.ai about “/usr/local/etc/rc.d/pfsense_tailscaled enable /usr/local/etc/rc.d/tailscaled disable” versus the solution it had provided me yesterday. See the answer below. (Grok.ai used sources that included this Netgate forum, Lawrence Systems Forums – Networking & Firewalls, and https://forum.tailscale.com/.) The Two Service Files: Quick Breakdown Before diving into the relation, let’s clarify what those files are (based on standard pfSense Tailscale package behavior on 25.07.x/FreeBSD 15-CURRENT): • /usr/local/etc/rc.d/tailscaled: This is the generic FreeBSD/Tailscale rc.d script. It originates from the underlying tailscale package (the one you manually installed via' pkg add' for version 1.90.6). It’s a basic daemon starter/stopper that just runs /usr/local/bin/tailscaled without any pfSense-specific smarts (e.g., no auto-auth, no route advertising, no GUI integration). • /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pfsense_tailscaled: This is the pfSense-specific wrapper script. It’s installed by the official pfSense-pkg-Tailscale package. It wraps the generic tailscaled binary but adds pfSense magic: it reads your GUI config (auth key, advertised routes, exit node flags), writes them to /usr/local/etc/rc.conf.d/pfsense_tailscaled (e.g., pfsense_tailscaled_authkey="yourkey"), and handles the full tailscale up with flags on boot. It’s what makes the service “pfSense-aware.” In a stock official package install (without your manual binary upgrade), only pfsense_tailscaled exists and runs everything. When you force-installed the newer tailscale pkg on top, it added the generic tailscaled script as a side effect—but your fixed script (the one we pasted into /usr/local/etc/rc.d/tailscaled) overrode it to behave correctly.
  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    @tinfoilmatt Thanks! I have done that and it worked when forcing just her TV out the Centurylink.. My problem is my local box here. Im missing something because I can not get it to pass traffic from the WAN to the Wireguard tunnel. Ive got some time today so will chip away on my lab setup to see if I can finally accomplish it here first.
  • No IGMP & UDPXY proxy among packages

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    @GruensFroeschli: The IGMP proxy is already in the base and not a package anymore. You can configure it under "Services –> IGMP proxy" Isn't already installed on pfsense just like GruensFroeschli said?
  • MOVED: fail Install Snort: Binary packages are not downloaded / installed

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  • [patch] making dns-server's dnscache work

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    Thanks marcelloc!  :)
  • Snort and ET SidReporter

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    Done https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/2133
  • Squid Package Status v3 / v2.7 ??

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    @Nachtfalke: @trendchiller: Hi ! until now i'd recommend you using pfSense 2.x with the squid-reverse-package, since it includes all features currently, but still depends on squid 2.7. I'm working on porting the features to squid 3.1 and want to create a new package or update or else, not sure by now… squid3 is mainly for testing so far... but seems to work so far... but i do not have any feedback if the auth settings still work, since these are from squid 2.7 and in 3.1 they might be different... @trendchiller Do you me the "User Auth" using RADIUS or other systems ? If yes then I probably find some time to test with FreeRADIUS2 package when I am at home. Perhaps it will help you when you open a squid3 thread and/or a page on pfsense docs where you put in all points which do not work or of which you are unsure if they are working. then people can participate and give you feedback. I am very interested in squid3 package but till now I do not know why it is just alpha and how to help on this. :) I did some basic testing yesterday with Squid3 and FreeRadius2 last night. I can confirm that it indeed works for basic user auth (prompted for username to gain access to the web)
  • Snort Suppression - ordering and tagging entries?

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    It is not possible today but patches are accepted.
  • Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0.2 log to Barnyard2 mysql not working

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    Hey, which architecture are you using? I'm using pfsense 2.0.1 amd64 and I can't seem to get it to work I first tried downloading the 64bit barnyard and uploading it to the pfsense box on /usr/local/bin/: i386 http://files.pfsense.com/packages/8/All/barnyard2 X64 http://files.pfsense.com/packages/amd64/8/All/barnyard2 but this did not work, so I did the following command: chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/barnyard2 This didn't work so then I did the following: pkg_delete mysql-client-5.1.53 pkg_add -r http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8-stable/Latest/barnyard2.tbz but its still not working…. :(
  • Problem with Freeswitch package

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    test asterisk amd64 pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/amd64/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz i386 pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz This doc may be usefull too: http://www.freepbx.org/forum/freepbx/tips-and-tricks/asterisknow-freepbx-and-pfsense
  • Snort no longer starts - rules problem?

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    @awsiemieniec: Worked for me, too.  I have no idea what I just opened up on my firewall, but it's working. Nothing at all, you just set a variable That is read by snort.
  • SNORT not blocking any alerts other than (http_inspect) alerts

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    I have none whitelisted. I tested it by enabling all emerging rules, thus all sorts of alerts pop up. However, only the (http_inspect) alerts are blocked. Blocking is enabled, along with all the preprocessors. Snort is running - I tried reinstalling, manually updating rules, rebooting. Also, checked the system logs -all seem well. But no other alerts are blocked. I'm stumped. What am I doing wrong?
  • SquidGuard Mystery Bandwidth Hog

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    Indeed it turned out to be p2p, had to rummage through the computers on my network to find it as it didn't show up in the state tables or sockstat as a local connection - sneaky stuff, those p2p networks!
  • PPTP proxy package for multiple outgoing PPTP connections

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    I had hoped that an approach like the one discussed in http://old.nabble.com/-patch–pf-PPTP-nat-passthrough-patch.-td16047825.html would have been implemented since (the discussion is almost 4 years old)
  • Firewall rule for NRPEv2?

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    Found the solution, from ScottWilkerson of Nagios (thread http://support.nagios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4728&p=20437#p20437) Had to remove the $ARG2$ values on the Nagios side (plus use the firewall opening for port 5666) Thanks all for your suggestions/help. AWS
  • Fix for the latest snort version - Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0.2 ..anyone?

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    well its not my 'specialty' and i am still learning. i am all for contributing in anyway that i can, and right now ..that is doing a lot of research so i can actually learn more about the environment as a whole. ..which i love.. so..if you took my questions or comments as being snippy or what not…i apologize, but a person has to start somewhere. we all cant be 100% knowledgeable over night.  :-[
  • Varnish pass client ip?

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    2.X don't need streaming support, still trying to learn how to put together a decent static website, lol
  • Where to get AMD64 version of Unbound

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    Hmmm - ok i think you have given me enough info to work with. I will check it out and see if I can find a problem.
  • Squidguard ACL list sorting and checking

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  • What is the meaning?

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    Of course not only installed. I added rules and selected interfaces. But not give any alert or blocking i do not understant anything to this snort
  • Postfix forwarder - warning messages

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    @biggsy: It's a pity that you can only see packages that haven't been installed in the Available Packages page - no easy way to see if the currently installed version is out of date. When there is updates to installed packages, you can see your current version and updated version available.
  • What is the problem in SNORT!

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    @GrandmasterB: Looks like the same problem I have. -> http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,45191.0.html Can you check if you have the snort binary-file in /usr/local/bin? In my case the packages snort.tgz etc. were not installed correctly. Where is the snort binary. How can i reinstall this file. Now i am looking log files it gives some error it likes snort[32143]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_52423_re0/snort.conf(145) => Unable to open the IIS Unicode Map file '/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_52423_re0/unicode.map'.
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