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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 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 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 :

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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.

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    How do I prevent Squid from caching SABnzbd?

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    I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure Squid would only cache traffic that flows through it. I connect to my news reader on port 563 (or whatever it is) so squid would never seem my newsreader traffic as squid only has traffic from port 80 flowing through it!

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    Iperf segmentation fault

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    Still was unable to get this to work. I ended up just setting up a web based (speedtest.net) mini client on a server behind the firewall works okay but I would prefer iperf if you find a solution.

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    Snort - Snort Interfaces > WAN Rules > Categories are blank

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    Got it, thank you!

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    Merge Pfblocker and Snort packages?

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    @bmeeks:

    My suggestion would be to not run the fixed-IP list Emerging Threats rules in Snort if you are using them with pfBlocker.

    Hi Bill,

    The .txt Rulesets from ET are based on the Open ruleset. I have asked if there is a PRO .txt ruleset but waiting on an answer.

    They also indicated that the RBN lists will be discontinued in a few weeks.

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    Free radius2 corrupt data base?

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    Bug in Snort Alerts Display - Calendar

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    @bmeeks:

    This has been fixed with an "unannounced" minor update I pushed the day after New Years.  Just reinstall the Snort package GUI and it should be OK.  The change was so minor that I did not bump the Snort package version.

    To reinstall, go to System…Packages and the Installed Packages tab.  Click the XML icon beside the Snort entry to reinstall the GUI components.  Check and be sure you have clicked "save settings on de-install" on the Global Settings tab first to preserve your configuration.

    Done and done… thank you  Bill for the quick response, that was it.

    We know what you meant, but for those following, the (current) actual heading under Global Settings/General Settings is:  Keep Snort Settings after Deinstall

    Rick

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    IPS Functionality with separate Snort box

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    Please use suricata if you are looking for an IPS, snort inline support was dropped in favor of suricata.

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    Snort Deployment

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    @MikeX:

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    I'm looking for advice, nothing too detailed or specific on the technical part of deployment, but more so of... "use this rule set" or "maybe try this obscure setting".
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    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,64674
    Make sure you read every single post on that thread.

    As for the locking yourself out, if you are on a dynamic ip (seen that you mentioned dynamic dns) then you just change your ip you are remoting in from. Or just whitelist it as mentioned above.

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    HAProxy service error

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    No help section available currently, sorry.

    Every time the configuration is applied all existing configuration options are overwritten. (as is the case with most config files that are managed through pfSense gui.)

    -import option, i don't think its easily possible to implement such a feature..

    As a workaround you could probably put major parts of the old config file into the Setting page under: "Global Advanced pass thru" including listen/frontend/backend sections. Though that way it wont be 'nicely' visible in the webgui..

    the haproxy-devel build uses some default options like a 'unix socket' that might be sufficient for haproxy to startup, instead of the almost 'empty' config you showed. Also when applying haproxy-devel settings if an error is detected in the config file it will show that at the top of the page.

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    Freeswitch on PfSense2.1

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    Bandwidthd loses statistics all the time

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    As long as you have selected output_cdf and recover_cdf in the settings, then it should be reloading the data each time bandwidthd starts. On full installs, the data is on a real disk and so should survive a reboot. On nanoBSD the data is in the /var memory disk and is lost on reboot. So far there is no option to automatically save it to the CF card.

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    Squid-dev and squidguard acl error

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    I think there is some error with authentication through captive portal, its working if I put static ip on terminals.

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    Dashboard Widget: Snort Alerts package update to 0.3.7

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    I believe the refresh is the same as the Firewall widget. But then again, it was back in 2012 I last changed the code…
    If you haved fixed it, I will try see if I have some time this weekend.

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    Why does RRD have to be enabled for Mail Report?

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    thanks

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    Zabbix maintaners: Any plan for to 2.2?

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    I can't reproduce that in a VM. It installs fine and does not complain. Output from ldd shows that the expected libraries are all present. Something else you have installed must be conflicting.

    Seriously consider moving to 2.1, otherwise you're in for a bunch of manual shell package cleanup if you hope to fix that. The package itself appears to be fine.

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    Sarg reporting

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    Change Homenet Snort

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    @gogol:

    The default in the GUI is to automatically add all locally-attached networks to HOME_NET.  You can defeat this and configure your own HOME_NET, but the process is counterintuitive.

    If I remember well as an alternative you can define your own HOME_NET also in the "Advanced configuration pass-through" section of the interface settings. The default HOME_NET will be overruled.

    True, this method will also work.

    Bill

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    Bandwidthd: Syntax Error on line…

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    @phil.davis:

    e.g. if your postgreSQL password was "0.0" you would have had a problem getting that through to the conf file!

    If that was your PostgreSQL password you have bigger problems than getting the value into the .conf file  ;)

    Thanks for fixing that, it's always annoying to find things in PHP that are quirky with 0. Like $t = "0"; empty($t) being true.

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    Installation of freeradius2 on ALIX 2D13 freezes (pfSense 2.1 nanobsd)

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    If it is 30MB then maybe it runs out of space in /var (a memory disk on nanoBSD). These days you can change the size of /var (and /tmp) from the GUI (with reboots…), so you could increase /var just for the install, then put it back after. Alix 256MB are reasonably short on memory, so leaving /var bigger than the default might mean you run out of memory for real processes.

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    Dansguardian Access issues

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    @abbey:

    I am having trouble accessing certain sites, specifically ones containing proxy or proxies phrases. I have already added this sites to exception list, deselected proxy from weighted terms and even turned off Weighted phrase mode

    But i still keep getting access denied Weight phrase: proxies

    In checking logs i see dansguardian: Error connecting via IPC socket to log: No such file or directory

    Not sure on your IPC error. However, if you've properly entered the exceptions,  you definitely should be able to get to the sites. What shows in your access.log? You should see an exception logged for every site you've entered into the exception list.

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