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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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    @AlexK-0 said in Can't receive GeoIP databases updates anymore, banned:

    Days ago, I received from MaxMind an email, notifying me that my country has been banned to receive GeoLite City database updates.

    You've found a reason to use a VPN.

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @elvisimprsntr thanks for your suggestion. I will give it a try.

  • 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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    @patient0 Thanks for further suggestions. The tunnel is definitely up and so I don't think this is a CGNAT issue after all. WAN firewall rule is in place for UDP on port 51823 (otherwise the tunnel wouldn't work, right?). I can ping from client 1 -> client 2 and visa versa and also ping all points in between like you suggest. I just can't open an HTTPS connection from pfSenseB from Client 1 using a browser. But I can do this the other way round i.e. from Client 2 to pfSenseA

    I will try and do some packet capture to see if that reveals anything.

  • Dansguardian groups problem

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    Did you enabled squid3 auth? can you see users on squid log files?

  • Problems with Sarg and View report

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    try to run sarg on console/ssh to see what errors it returns

  • Snort libpcap.so.1 error <1 Jan 17:28:23 build>

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  • SNORT Error (3381) Fatal Error

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  • How to force Squid 2 to cache EVERYTHING and the kitchen sink?

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  • Issues with safe search in squidguard?

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  • [SOLVED] squid, dansguardian and xbox 360

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    For anyone that runs into this, I fixed my error. First and foremost make sure squid is working 100% before you go and add dansguardiand or squidGuard into the mix.

    This thread has some good info on how to test and verify that your squid proxy works correctly.
    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=26171.5

    Also a couple notes…

    In squidGuard, if you make a change; any change, make sure you press the "apply" button on the "proxy filter" –> "general settings" page, then restart your squid service. Restarting the squid service will also make the squidGuard service restart.

    In squid having both "Disable X-Forward" and "Disable VIA" make it appear that you are not using a proxy. I would suggest not checking them until you are certain your squid installation is working the way you want.

    Squid is enabled on my home network, I found that Steam will not work with a proxy enabled. Not sure if this fix/hack is kosher, but it works. I set my "LAN" sub net (xx.xx.xx.xx/24) in the "Bypass proxy for these source IPs". In testing it appears that squid still blocks web sites from being viewed, but does not stop Steam or our X360 from having connection errors.

    You do not need to set NAT rules if you are on pfSense 2.0x. Just setting the "Transparent proxy" box will make it work.

  • Transparent proxy in pfsense

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    You will need to install the Squid (v2 of squid) or Squid3 (v3 of squid) package to get the Services->Proxy Server menu item.
    Check the Packages forum for lots of information about Squid configuration.

  • Squid not caching

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    tnx a lot Nachtfalke - my squid is not working too. :) newbie. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU and to all !

  • Snort not working at all ?

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    Reinstalled Snort and began again.

    Now it could DL the rules and everything is fine.

    Its very sensitive to things….. :D

  • Squid3 reverse proxy, client ip

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    @deddric:

    i cant really think that people that are using this solution wont have correct client ips of the visitors.

    Most reverse proxies does it. You need to set a header var with x-forwarded-for or similiar to get it on web server and change it's log to include it.

    Take a look on http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html at Reverse Proxy Request Headers

  • Quagga OSPF: routing priority does not work

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  • Ebtables

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    Thanks for the info.

    Do you happen to know of any packages that will allow me to do the following:

    On the LAN interface, I need to create filter rules which, based on MAC address can redirect DHCP requests to a different port. I'd like to implement multiple DHCP pools and send clients to specific DHCP servers based on their MAC.

  • Sarge Reports error

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    Try to run sarg on console/ssh, it will return a more detailed error.

    I`m running sarg on 5 dansguardian servers without erros.

  • PFblocker blocks countries it should not block

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    Great thank you.
    Good to know PFsense also has the packages system like the beta version and has also pfblocker package available.

  • Snort & Beast TLS attack

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    Thanks for the heads up man..  ;D

  • ARPWATCH

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  • Squid error message : wrong time

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    Squid time:
    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=34315.0;prev_next=next

    Firewall shedule:
    If I remember correct on SYSTEM –> ADVANCED there is an option to reset firewall states when a shedule changed.

  • Squidguard not applying rules

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    Solved the problem by reinstalling squid for a fourth time and setting the allowed subnets again under Acces Control Tab.
    After restarting the system everything worked fine.

    Blocked Facebook by using an alias with all facebook servers combined with a firewall rule that drops all connections to the alias (and from).

    Thanks for the help.

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    In some cases it's better to remove all packages before firmware update. It will keep all config but will not hang install/upgrade process.

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