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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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    DARAD
    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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    GPz1100G
    @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.
  • Load balancer + Squid

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    It can work on 2.0, though the setup isn't fully documented yet. There is a forum thread with more info, search for squid multi-wan and look for posts from Ermal.
  • HAVP + lightsquid = logging oddity

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  • Adding havp lightsquid no longer logs*SOLVED*

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    I'm having same issues with getting client ip address to show up on lightsquid. I'd tried the setting on the very bottom of this page http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/HAVP_Package_for_HTTP_Anti-Virus_Scanning still no dice… anyone figured this one out yet? My current scheme: {inet} - [Squid] - [havp] - {clients}
  • Can't install snort 2.0 beta 4 amd64

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  • Clamav problem

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    thanks, i will try and tell u. thanks
  • HAVP Dashboard widget for HAVP alerts

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    index.php Status: Dashboard Right under Status
  • SquidGuard upgrade

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    @dvserg: @rhiannon: Sorry, sorry 1.2.3-RELEASE Thanks for you report. I check this bug. Thanks, fixed it for mine as well.  Running 1.2.3-RELEASE.  I like the changes to read the logs..
  • Squidguard reinstall error

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  • Snort wont update

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    The snort servers may have your ip blocked if you have updated to many times .
  • Snort interface GUI not displaying correctly

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    @cdx304: Some tell us all if snort is fix in the lastest snapshot .Because i am not updating till it is fixed .Does not take long to reinstall just a pain !!!! Why is it so hard to get an answer to question in this forum .
  • Ether-wake

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    Does the built in Wake On LAN functionality not work for you? Services > Wake On LAN
  • Fixing Squid Transparent Proxy on 2.0

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    Squid+Transparent proxy should be fixed with current snapshots. It had nothing to do with that setting, but a different bug. That may have made it work, but not for the right reasons.
  • IMspector

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  • Squid Installation Failure

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    That did it! Thank you!
  • Snort Streams5 Issue

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    Ahh now I see the issue, I kept changing the "Max Queued" thinking it was related to memcap. There is no option for changing memcap in the gui, I guess it needs to be changed by hand in the config file. I am surprised no one else has ran into this issue as well?
  • Reminder: Squid slowdown still present

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    I have two boxes running at near 100% bandwidth through Squid, one is 1.2.3/Squid 2.7.8_1, the other is 1.2.3/Squid 2.7.9_4.
  • HowTo: Installing Munin-Node on pfsense 2.0

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    jimpJ
    Most of the differences aren't really documented. In FreeBSD you don't need to end your scripts in *.sh, but in pfSense you do. It's just one of the many subtle differences.
  • Squidguard destination name bug

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  • From the Beginning

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    @DigitalJer: No indicator.  Just leave it alone for 10 - 20 minutes (I think that's about how long it took for my config, anyway). Default (tab), click the green arrow to Show Rules, and the categories will all appear when the list has finished loading.  Then just pick what category you want to deny. For the indicator, there are certain difficulties, but I hope to solve this task.
  • Downadup/Conficker-C + Pfsense

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    Answer: No - only Windows systems can (and only then if it isn't patched or running decent AV). What you need to do is to read the alert - it will tell you what the source IP of the alert is.  If that IP address is the WAN IP of your pfSense host, and snort is running on the WAN interface, then it is possible the infection is on one of the 6 systems.  It is also entirely possible it is a false positive, but with so little to go on it is really hard to say.
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