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

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    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.
  • PFSence and Zabbix Agent via IPSec

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    Resolved.  I had a static routes in place so that packets would route between the various firewalls (as per 13.4.4 in the guide book)  Once I removed those (coupled with a better understanding of how the agent was communicating with the server and things are now working)
  • Ad block with PixelServ

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    @DigitalJer: heh, what I've done is configure SquidGaurd to redirect to ext URL, and that URL is: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Blank.gif Not the most elegant…but kinda the same thing! Nice! I've never work with squidguard before, do you use some sort of block list with squidguard?
  • Question: How effective blocking extensions on PFSense?

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    Very important these ideas. But this is a challenge we will face. For you what is the best way to block those extensions on pfsense?
  • Squidguard - unable to reinstall

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    It also seems that if you deinstalled squid first then deinstalled squidguard, that issue may occur. Leaving squid last to deinstall seems to work fine.
  • OpenOSPF over OpenVPN Tunnels - is it possible

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    [DONE] SOLVED Thanks, found the causing on my own. Did uncheck the "redistribute connected" and disabled to redistribute the public, external IP-range. That's it… Thanks for all your help! :-)
  • SNORT NOT INSTALLING (PFSENSE STILL A PROBLEM)

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    @trentdk: Ignoring cdx304, and going with tbaror, I can confirm the Snort package installation error on pfSense 2.0 (nightly dec 28): Yes, and there are already several other threads dedicated to that – with workarounds. The maintainer of that package still needs to fix it.
  • PfSense 2.0 (dec 28) + squid + lightsquid: lightsquid error

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    Using those 'refresh' buttons, and messing around with the log rotation didn't help  :'(
  • Squid and lightSquid (and squidGuard if I am lucky)

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    Thanks for that, now the logs work as well. Thanks for your time guys :)
  • Nmap, squid, and squidGuard on 1.2.3

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    When I do an nmap on my IP on the LAN network (without checking any of the three boxes), it sits on the page pkg_edit.php just loading and loading.. with the text "Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-12-27 16:28 CST" outside the right margins of the webdesign. After a while it just stops "loading" nothing. EDIT: Ok finally, it took forever just to do a scan on my machine from the pfSense server.
  • Cant find snort rules tab

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    @Cry: What version (number) of pfSense are you running? 1.2.3
  • Snort GUI wishlist

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    NAC (VLAN ISOLATION) :)
  • HAVP still blocking users after service fails to start

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  • Terminal Server Aware web usage logging

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    Thanks, I'll check it out.
  • Squid LDAP Auth on Win2008R2 AD?

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    ok i've read somewhere that Unix may have trouble communicating with Windows 2008 R2 LDAP. Can anybody confirm this?
  • Can't start squid? pfsense 2.0 squid 2 or 3

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    I know, I apologize for being a giant douchebag, but I was in a hurry to get back online.
  • Blocking Cookies

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    Cool.  I'll have to try it once I have some time.
  • Squidguard weird update-behaviour

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    Ah, ok. I'll stay tuned. At the moment i'm staying good with that little "feature"…
  • General Package 'problems'

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    Upgrading has caused spamd to stop working but I will post about that in a separate thread. @jimp: You'd have more luck posting a specific thread with that in the topic asking, the maintainer of that package may see it and offer some help. Usually we err on the side of caution when removing packages. Removing them from the list makes it a lot harder for the maintainer to debug problems. Spamd doesn't have a current maintainer according to the package listing. I also get 'current version unknown' so I'm not sure if I have the latest. Reinstalling installs the current one again so I'm 50/50 whether I have the current or not. I hope this next comment is taken as it's entitled and not taken the wrong way. I love pfSense, however the packages, for me, are it's biggest weakness. pfSense isn't really designed for embedded so it's designed for packages to extend it. However, a lot of the packages are simply not maintained, don't work properly, cause problems and that is just from my own personal experience. Documentation is scarce for a lot of the packages too or the documentation that is there is just not adequate. I wouldn't even mind paying a small fee for some packages (such as spamd as when it worked it was fantastic) if they were maintained or worked correctly. I'm not one of these people who take and moan about it when it doesn't work. I wish I could contribute and I would really love to take over spamd but I know enough about it or BSD to be more of a hinderance than a help.
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    Any example on how to use the first option (SSL STRIP)?
  • Openospfd and default redistribute metric

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    no one have advice on this?
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