Subcategories

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

    4k Topics
    21k Posts
    N

    Can I use pgblockerng aliases in Haproxy?

    80758505-9bad-4dad-a80b-c159be1045a2-image.png

    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.

    2k Topics
    16k Posts
    cyb3rtr0nianC

    @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.

    571 Topics
    3k Posts
    K

    @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

    3k Topics
    20k Posts
    N

    @SteveITS ...got it, I should have looked in the docs... I do too use Quad9 and have DNSSEC disabled, so I guess my question is pointless..

    Thank you for all the help.

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

    99 Topics
    2k Posts
    K

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

  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

    493 Topics
    3k Posts
    GertjanG

    @EChondo

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

    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

    294 Topics
    1k Posts
    R

    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

    89 Topics
    574 Posts
    A

    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.
    link text

    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

    690 Topics
    4k Posts
    J

    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.

  • Sarg - change output_dir

    Locked
    9
    0 Votes
    9 Posts
    3k Views
    marcellocM

    Thanks for the feedback, I'll include this forder check before boot check to avoid this errors on embedded systems.

  • MOVED: imspector install fails

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    793 Views
    No one has replied
  • MOVED: phpSysInfo installation fails

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    814 Views
    No one has replied
  • Arpwatch Fatal error in /usr/local/www/head.inc on line 26

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    834 Views
    No one has replied
  • Snort 2.9.2.3 pkg v. 2.2.1 Invalid keyword 'normalize_javascript'

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • How To Manually Update PfBlocker?

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    F

    Thanks for that marcelloc,

    As the backup box has already updated automatically, I ran the command in the console.  No errors but I also did not get any output in the system logs as you normally see when an update is run automatically.

    I guess I need to leave the box powered off for a while to let it get out of date and test again.

    Cheers

  • Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.1.1 Error.

    Locked
    88
    0 Votes
    88 Posts
    40k Views
    G

    Yes, after every new update /usr/local/lib/snort/ is deleted and not re-installed.  So on every update I'm forced to upload those deleted files manually, then update manually, and after all that, manual start snort.

    This is very annoying.  ::)

    The deleted directories are:
    dynamicengine
    dynamicpreprocessor
    dynamicrules
    dynamic_preproc

    I never had such issues on 2.0.1 (same config).

  • Openvpn and snort

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    1k Views
    C

    whitelisting your tunnel network is the easiest way. Sounds like you have an overly aggressive ruleset in place if just RDPing into a server trips something, some general Snort tuning is probably in order.

  • HAVP + 2.1 development

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    1k Views
    jimpJ

    Someone probably just needs to fix the package to make sure it:
    1. Adds its user properly (though this may get automatically fixed once some pbi fixes get finished)
    2. Sets its config directory explicitly, since the PBI default assumes a different place than before. It should be in /var/etc/

    I'm not sure who is actively maintaining havp right now (might be dvserg) but the fixes above should be fairly easy to do.

  • Where is MailScanner Processed Mail/Spam Going?

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    B

    Thanks kindly for the suggestions. Could not locate where they were going and they just seemed to remain in the Zimbra que. So I just disabled spam checks in Zimbra and now they are going through after getting tagged/relabled as spam from MailScanner.

    Thank again :)

  • Setting up transparent proxy with bridged if

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    G

    You mean there is no way to do that with pfSense 2.0.1

  • Sarg error: "libgd.so.4" not found

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    _

    reinstalled today, now it works great! Thanks for your help :)))

  • Snort Widget v0.3.1 quick fix for Snort 2.9.2.3 pkg v. 2.2

    Locked
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    2k Views
    D

    Didn't even see the update… Looks like v0.3.2 needs "Send alerts to main System logs", will test it.

  • Postfix and p5-perl-ldap.tbz

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • 0 Votes
    1 Posts
    9k Views
    No one has replied
  • Varnish stops working after few days

    Locked
    23
    0 Votes
    23 Posts
    8k Views
    X

    After 20 days varnish goes belly up. Will be removing squid and squidGuard to see what difference it makes. There is no love between those three.

    BTW does anybody have pfBlocker, pfflowd, squid, squidGuard and Varnish installed and stable on pfs 2.0.1?

  • [request package] fail2ban or denyhosts

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • Lightsquid problem?

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    E

    @heper:

    check if your logs are located in /var/squid/log or logs (i have different boxes with different version and it seems its one or the other)

    other then that its possible that there is a problem with multiple perl versions. for a solution search the forum or ask the devs because i'm not going to advice you how to destroy your firewall :)

    My log file location is /var/squid/log. What can I do?

  • New snort fatal error

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • PfBlocker duplicate rules

    Locked
    9
    0 Votes
    9 Posts
    3k Views
    C

    @marcelloc:

    if you do not have any service published on wan, then no need to use pfblocker for inbound restriction.

    Excellent point!  Thanks again!

Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.