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

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    Retested on 24.11-RELEASE (amd64) all seems to work. So it seems right to file a bug for this issue.
  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

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    So since there is no version 25.03. There is an official 25.07 now but only get a 7.08.2 what happen to the rest up to Suricata 7.0.10 or 7.0.12?
  • 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 said in pfBlockerNG not logging anything by default?: I think ( ) that these have to do with Avahi. And you use (you know why ?) Avahi on your Ubuntu .... I could be wrong of course. I dont think so.It happens from my Windows 10 computer. It orginates from the IP 192.168.1.86 @Gertjan said in pfBlockerNG not logging anything by default?: Look at your WAN firewall rule. Normally, there are .... none ! These are my WAN rules [image: 1754480549273-wan-rules.png] @Gertjan said in pfBlockerNG not logging anything by default?: That's why I proposed '3'. What I posted was log level 3. Doesn't give any information. It just appears Aug 6 11:40:26 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] debug: worker request: max UDP reply size modified (1472 to max-udp-size) Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] debug: validator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_state_initial event:module_event_pass Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] info: validator operate: query networkhub-Hfl1Jc.local. A IN Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] debug: iterator[module 2] operate: extstate:module_state_initial event:module_event_pass Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] info: resolving networkhub-Hfl1Jc.local. A IN Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] info: finishing processing for networkhub-Hfl1Jc.local. A IN Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] debug: validator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_wait_module event:module_event_moddone Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] info: validator operate: query networkhub-Hfl1Jc.local. A IN Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] info: validate(nxdomain): sec_status_secure Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] info: validation success networkhub-Hfl1Jc.local. A IN Aug 6 11:40:28 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:0] debug: cache memory msg=124942 rrset=239262 infra=87934 val=85965 Aug 6 11:40:58 mypfsense unbound[24282]: [24282:1] debug: validator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_state_initial event:module_event_pass But do you understand why I see port 5353 and port 5335 in my firewall log?
  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @jhg said in NUT fails to start after 2.7.2 -> 2.8.0 upgrade: Interesting. I would have thought the initial reboot, which occurred as part of the upgrade, would have done the trick, but it took a second reboot, just now, to get things working. Glad you have it sorted. There was no difference in the output of usbconfig show_ifdrv at any point -- before or after unplugging/replugging the USB cable, nor after rebooting. ... Question: What would tell me whether or not a driver was loaded? If there were an attached driver, it should have shown up with the show_ifdrv command. If you use the command and look at the other usb devices, I think they will show attached drivers. I don't expect to see a driver attached to the ups, because there is a quirk that tells the OS to ignore that device (and not attach a driver). Look for idVendor and idProduct in the above output. The Vendor ID for your device is 0764, which corresponds to Cyber Power Systems, and the Product ID for your device is 0601, which is registered as "PR1500LCDRT2U UPS" (don't sweat an exact match for the name). You can see the quirk with the following command: [25.07-RC][root@fw]/root: usbconfig dump_device_quirks | grep 0764 VID=0x0764 PID=0x0005 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE VID=0x0764 PID=0x0501 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE VID=0x0764 PID=0x0601 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE [25.07-RC][root@fw]/root: Your device is third on the list. The HID_IGNORE quirk says to ignore the device and not attach a driver. @jhg said in NUT fails to start after 2.7.2 -> 2.8.0 upgrade: You might consider adding this resolution to the release notes for 2.8. LOL... sorry, I don't have input to the release notes (I don't work here). While I wrote and maintain various packages, including NUT, I'm still just a volunteer. Most packages are actually written by volunteers.
  • 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 : [image: 1753262126227-1acdc586-cb29-4148-9e36-81ade4e5e60c-image.png] 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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    said in Please update frr on Pfsense+ to FRR 10.3: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15785 now frr 10.4.1
  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    @veddy254 said in How to update to the latest Tailscale version?: @lbm_ said in How to update to the latest Tailscale version?: https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.84.2_1.pkg pkg: An error occured while fetching package I would recommend verifying the DNS settings in PfSense and verifying date/time is correct. Barring that, try again later and see if it still fails. I was able to successfully run the command on my 2.8.0 install (I didn't install it because I've already installed it) so it seems localized. Interesting. After I (reinstalled) tailscale the /etc/resolv.conf was overwritten. So I just readded the DNS entries in the Pfsense WebUI, and not it worked. pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.84.2_1.pkg Fetching tailscale-1.84.2_1.pkg: 100% 11 MiB 11.9MB/s 00:01 Installing tailscale-1.84.2_1... Newer FreeBSD version for package tailscale: To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes - package: 1500054 - running kernel: 1500029 Ignore the mismatch and continue? [y/N]: y package tailscale is already installed, forced install Extracting tailscale-1.84.2_1: 100% And pkg info tailscale tailscale-1.84.2_1 Name : tailscale Version : 1.84.2_1 Installed on : Wed Aug 6 09:17:23 2025 CEST Origin : security/tailscale Architecture : FreeBSD:15:amd64 Prefix : /usr/local Categories : security net-vpn Licenses : BSD3CLAUSE Maintainer : ashish@FreeBSD.org WWW : https://tailscale.com/ Comment : Mesh VPN that makes it easy to connect your devices Shared Libs required: libthr.so.3 libc.so.7 Annotations : FreeBSD_version: 1500054 build_timestamp: 2025-07-30T02:26:16+0000 built_by : poudriere-git-3.4.2-12-g74a54a88 port_checkout_unclean: no port_git_hash : 275975297bc ports_top_checkout_unclean: no ports_top_git_hash: 0cd2c078c1e Flat size : 35.4MiB Description : Tailscale is a mesh VPN alternative, based on WireGuard, that connects your computers, databases, and services together securely without any proxies.
  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    Hi again, to be honest: I guess, I did not remember exactly what I did 2 years ago. May I was mistaken by the interface name opt2 because the SG-3100 has a physical port OPT1 and I mixed up physical and virtual names. The goal was to use 2 different tunnels, one for the mobile clients and one for the site-2-site connection. And now all is running in that way . Regards
  • Ha-Proxy_Facing 503 Issues

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  • Setting up FreeRADIUS - WiFi (WPA2-Ent), OVPN, 2FA, etc

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    @mich32: The same problem… Thanks for that info! I was actually considering offloading the RADIUS function to a Zentyal box myself (something I'm experimenting with myself atm), & having the pfSense doing auth against if for stuff like oVPN, so thanks for the heads-up. (using DD-WRT AP's atm & maybe a few Ubiquiti's later on) The idea, from my else at least, is to allow them to keep using their W7P clients environemt (& iOS wireless), with a fully POSIX infrastructure back-end, but served in a presentable manner (i.e. just the right eye-candy). I'd be interrested re any progress or insights to be shared here.
  • Seriously, is there a reason postfix disables itself every upgrade??

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  • APCUPSD and Back-UPS ES 525 Problem

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    Oh FFS I spent all night trying to get this working, this morning I posted to the forum for help, then decided to try one more thing…. and now it works UPS Cable = 940-0119A (my cable is 940-0119B, but that is not coded into the program) UPS Type / Device = dumb /dev/cuau0 Device = /dev/cuau0 Now to see if it really shuts down gracefully Eric… [image: APC1.png] [image: APC1.png_thumb] [image: APC2.png] [image: APC2.png_thumb]
  • HaProxy Multiplexing

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    I finally solved it using "agnoster duplicator"… It does exactly as i wanted..  :D https://github.com/agnoster/duplicator
  • Snort automatic blocking for specified rules only?

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    @BBcan177: Take a look at the port scan Pre-processor. There are settings there to not alert on certain scanners and also has some other tuning settings. BBcan177 is correct.  There are a number of tunable parameters for the portscan preprocessor.  It's on the PREPROCESSORS tab for the interface.  One thing you can do is a create an Alias containing hosts that should never trigger a portscan alert.  That is the "Ignore Scanners" box.  Create the alias with those hosts under Firewall…Aliases, then come to the PREPROCESSORS tab and enter the alias name in the "Ignore Scanners" box. Bill
  • Snort.conf => where is it?

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    Hello Simby, Snort will use as much memory as it needs. If you goto the Snort Interfaces and edit the WAN interface, in "WAN Settings" you will see an option "Detection Performance Setting" For this, follow jflsakfja's recommendation and set it to "AC-BNFA-NQ" Then depending on what Rules you enable and how you set the Pre-Processors, Snort will use the memory that it needs. If you are looking for some other information, maybe try to re-phrase the question?
  • SquidGuard redirect page and https traffic

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    From what I understand, HTTPS filtering is tricky because the proxy only sees the IP addresses at the two ends of the tunnel and not the actual URL.  For SquidGuard to see the content of the traffic, it would have to have a trusted cert installed on the user's PC, and this would make pfSense the "man" in what's essentially a Man-in-the-Middle attack.  Modern browsers can detect this to a degree and may warn the user. You can block all of HTTPS through the firewall of course, but if you need to selectively block some HTTPS sites and not others, you will have to use IP addresses. I've seen some stuff on the latest releases of Squid/SquidGuard that supposedly support filtering HTTPS, but I haven't tried it or really paid it much attention as I use Squid2.
  • Which Caching Proxy?

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  • Package removed, but old settings remained (HAVP - Antivirus - Widget)

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    Just FYI… pfSense seems to be a continuous work in progress, but it is still one of the best FREE alternatives out there. There are many issues on getting packages configured properly, and information is spread all over (although this forum is a great place to get started). Anyway, I found out that in many cases (more often then not), simply re-installing a package is NOT enough. Also, restore using the "Factory Defalts" from the Diagnostics menu, does NOT clear everything. That is a VERY MISLEADING name. The only thing it resets is some superficial settings of the XML config file and web user interface. Many stale configurations and files remain around, and specially those that where manually changed/created via shell. So, my 2 cents are: once anything gets miss-configured (unstable), simply backup you configuration, do a brand new fresh install ("formatting" the drive), EDIT your config-pfSense.XXXX.xml file, and manually remove everything related to the bad/hung package, and then restore you config back. YES, stale settings will also remain the XML config file, even if after you remove packages our related items using the web interface!!!
  • Sarg not deleting old logs

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    Turns out this is a bug in sarg. Old reports are not deleted if 'Generate the index tree by file' is not selected in General settings. http://sourceforge.net/p/sarg/bugs/159/
  • Postfix package breaks 2.1.3 ?

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  • SQuid Consult

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    OK, from what I understand, Squid handling HTTPS traffic will only see the IP address and not the actual requested domain.  Other people's solution for blocking Facebook on HTTPS is getting their CIDR block, create an URL table alias and then using firewall rules to block access to the alias: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=69860.0 Check out the reply by Phil Davis. I think I may have read that Squid3 can handle HTTPS traffic, but it involves installing a certificate and essentially acting as the man in the middle, which might alert the web browser of an attack.  I haven't played with Squid3 so I can't say for sure.
  • Snort rule "ET TROJAN DNS Reply for unallocated address space" - high sev

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    @Heisenberg1977: Is there a specific link that you are referring to regarding "Bill Meeks advice"? Thanks for the other suggestions. Click on Bill Meeks name, and then select "Show Posts" You can follow thru on his advice in Several Threads. He is a wealth of knowledge! Here is one of them: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=77952.msg425066#msg425066
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    Hi Gurus Let me explain my scenario (Network Diagram) Router (ISP)  <===>  Firewall PFsense <===> My Lan Segment In the PFsense I installed the the squid (Version 2.7.9 pkg v.4.3.4). The problem that I am finding is that This Proxy (Squid) only block web that use ports 80 (Like www.youtube.com) but not ports 443 (like www.facebook.com). The problem to filter all port 443 I am solved by apply a rule Like this: ![](http://Filter 443 by IP's) Well, let me know if exit an alternative to filter in base to group. For example Group 1 (permit traffic 80 and 443 to the following pages - Like banks, facebook, emails, www.youtube, etc the rest are blocks) Group 2 (permit traffic 80 and 443 to the pages of banks) Group 3 (some policy That I would considered) Also I would create some different another different Profile of user 1 ( User VIPs, acccess to all pages) Profile of user 2 (User which belong to Group 1) Profile of user 3 (User which belong to Group 2) …............. Profile of user n (User which belong to Group n) My version of firewall is: ![](http://Firewall Version) Also, exit any type the report where I can review (an extrat this data) and elaborate a Report to inform the top of Traffic that the user consume. I appreciate your comment /suggestion
  • Bandwidthd patch

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  • Squid error prevents web use

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    Pretty much, if you know how to navigate a Linux/UNIX filesystem.  cd / will get you to the root folder, not to be confused with the 'root' folder.
  • Squid 3.3.10 v 2.2.2 crashes every 4 days high memory usage in GUI

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  • Microsoft dial up client Windows VS PFsense L2TP/IPSEC

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    No solid date. Should be moving to BETA sometime in the next couple weeks if all goes well.
  • How to disable ssl filtering for selected websites?

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    Why not just filter based on the domain name?
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