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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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    @bmeeks So after upgrading to the newest PfSense 2.8.0 everything is now working like a charm!

    Suricata no longer seems to strip off tags like it did before! Which means I can now use my network segmented by VLANs and still use the benefits of Suricata Inline IPS! Very niiize!

    I checked in the Alerts section and it is indeed generating the correct alerts from the different VLAN sections, I put Inline IPS on the parent interface of all the VLANs.

    I assume this is because the FreeBSD version is also updated with the new PfSense 2.8.0 version?

    Because before, as soon as I selected Inline IPS mode, my entire VLAN tagging would break and nothing was reachable until I switched back to Legacy mode.

  • 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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    @Gertjan
    Hello,
    Thank you.
    I had exactly the same issue, and your solution helped me fix it.

    Ask ChatGPT

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @jhg Please post the output of the following commands:

    pkg info | grep nut usbconfig dump_all_desc
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    @EChondo

    What's your pfSense version ?
    The instructions are shown here :

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    A restart of a service will start by re creating their config files. If a certificate changed, it will get included. When the process starts, it will use the new certificate.

    @EChondo said in Issue with ACME Certificates Refresh & Restarting HAProxy:

    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.

    No need to wait x days.
    You can re test / renew right away, as you are 'allowed' to renew a couple (5 max ?) of times per week.

  • 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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    I've read through some other posts about this, but they either didn't say whether the proposed solution worked or they were very convoluted and difficult to understand. Here is our scenario: We have 6 locations--Las Cruces (LC), Sunland Park (SP), El Paso (EP), Abilene (ABI), Fort Worth (FW), and Plano (PL). LC and ABI have software that is accessed by the other 4 locations via VPN. There are WireGuard VPNs set up between LC and those 4 locations (SP, EP, FW, PL), and ABI and those 4 locations (SP, EP, FW, PL). There is also a WireGuard VPN connection between LC and ABI. LC and ABI have 2 internet connections. SP, EP, FW, and PL each have one internet connection.

    If the primary internet connection goes down at either LC or ABI and failover occurs to the secondary internet connection, is there a way to set up the WireGuard VPN connections so that they also failover without purchasing some 3rd party application?

    Thanks.

  • Zabbix

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    Having same problem. No mention of the agent in the system log.

  • Can anyone explain some pf.conf rules?

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    Thanks!  That's very useful information.

  • Uninstalling Packages from command line

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    @sullrich:

    Use Diagnostics -> Edit file and edit /cf/conf/config.xml and remove any related snort items in the <installedpackages>area.  No reboot is required.

    Afterwards reinstall snort from System -> Packages.</installedpackages>

    That did it, thanks!

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  • SquidGuard - how do I add my own

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    @dvserg:

    In transparent mode use Redirect mode=External… and all you redirections must have external url's(non-pfsense)
    After define Destinations need check\deny this in Default and ACL's

    Hi DVSerg

    Thankyou for the reply. So I need to create a webpage on an EXTERNAL host to get a proper error message when using transparent proxy, is that understood correctly?

    Best regards
    Kenneth

  • Block msn & snort

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    Not sure on snort. You could use the imspector package and set it to block everyone not defined on the whitelist.

  • Snort + CARP

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    yes, the master-> slave works everywhere but snort.  I get no message at the top

  • LightSquid fails installation?

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    Please watch this thread:  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7017.0/all.html
    Maybe it's related, at least the same question has been asked there as well.

  • Problem with squid and login systems

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    It appears that I was not able to reproduce this, as I put a 1.2 machine into production with squid and the problem is still ocurring. Once I disable the transparent proxy, the problem disappears.

    Any ideas?

  • Squid 2.6.18 fails since upgrading 1.2 final ((13) Permission denied )

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  • FTP through Squid….

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    Actually, we have try to disable the userland FTP proxy setting, and start pftpx as FTP forwarding proxy.
    With redirecting all 21 incoming traffic to the pftpx (8021), it works but it's already a NAT config which means that the internal machine must have the gateway point to the pfsense machine.

    The FTP client are configured to use Proxy and passive mode, the connection works with other Proxy server on the same LAN (not pfsense squid) . The problem is that Squid do not accept FTP connection from ftp clients.

    For a non-NAT environment, pfSense would be better to have proxy servers for different protocol such as http / nntp / ftp /…

  • PfSense 1.2 Squid fails to start:

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    Maybe you should reinstall the system with a 1.2 and restore the backuped config. I did so with a 1.0 beta1 last week and the config was upgraded just fine (didn't have a problem with it though, but as it was an embedded install so switching the cf-cards was pretty easy to do).

  • How to get snort oinkid?

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    Thanks :)

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    It worked great, Thanks !!!!!!

  • Nut Not working…...... (Solved? Yes... In 1.3 it will be)

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    OK and thank you everyone for your responses and time. I appreciate it very much as does everyone else that posts!

    Keep up the good work people!

  • Ntop crashiing **ERROR** Sanity check failed (2) [Low memory?]

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    If you want to see where you sit on ram, just run top in the terminal.

  • TinyDNS and Reverse DNS

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    Uups, sorry, forgot you are using TinyDNS.
    Haven't worked with it, hence can't tell.

  • SquidGuard time source??

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    This will is added in. Last time very many was changed.

  • Packages list on www.pfsense.com

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    which platform: the index page has a platform line-> pfsense or embedded.

  • Snort Error Debugging

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