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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 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 :

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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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    @elvisimprsntr Thanks, just updated, works fine! 👍 😊

  • 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.

  • SquidGuard on Embedded

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    I know this thread has been dead for a while but I looked at it again, and it looks like the problem is that the squidGuard package is assuming that the log directory is read/write all the time. It logs a lot of things, and it's not feasible to keep that on a read-only filesystem. The better solution might be to rotate its log frequently, or manually add another FS (like a USB stick) that is kept read/write.

  • Installing software not in the packages

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    Nice.  Browsing through the list at the moment. Thanks.

    Another question if you please, how would I pipe all requests on the wan to the reverse proxy? Would you know?

  • Solved: Bandwidthd core dump

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    I have them both at 40 (plenty low enough) and no dumps. Hope this helps others

  • NTOP not working on pf 2.o.

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    Thanks for update :)

  • Snort updating problems today ?

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    for me it is ok,..

  • Freeradius + MySQL backend

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  • Url blocking on one internal network

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    How possible looking you settings ?

  • SOS!!

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    Cleanup also

    /var/tmp /var/db/clamav
  • Accessing squid.conf

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    I did search the forum, but perhaps my google-fu is not upto scratch.

    Much thanks.

    So I just edit the squid.inc file as I would the .conf file?

  • More detailed bandwidth reporting

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    You can install pfflowd and setup a Netflow collector (search the 'net – there are a ton of them) which can analyze the traffic patterns and give you a good idea of what is going where.

  • Lightsquid could not keep log

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    i am also having the similar problem…

    i am using 1.2.3 release and light squid is enabled. it generated only 2 systems report for one day. I tried refreshing but could not get reports....

    can any one help.....

    Thanks in advance

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  • Solved: pfsense 2.0-BETA2 - Four Snort services running

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    Problem solved! Thanks to pfSense book, page 75 session 4.9 and 4.91. Editing /cf/conf/config.xml I've found those duplicated snort services, deleted the top 4 snort related lines. After rebooting I got just one snort as it should be.

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  • Unable to delete or reinstall the squid and squidgurad

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    Thanks…..

  • My clients looses sound on massengers ifi install imspector

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  • Transparent proxy on other server

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  • Squid proxy blocking my torrents WHY? HELP

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  • [Bug] BandwidthD with PPPoE does not function

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  • Snort front end questions

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    It took some time but it was fairly easy when you follow the openvpn tutorial. You shouldn't unless you want to connect remotely anyways. I used my intranet web server to host the database and run the frontend.

  • How to block all site except some with Squid?

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    @bczeon27:

    I know this is off the topic.  I got the pfsense book.  But, I want to know more about secure networking.  Do you recommend any book that teaches networks infrastructure and security?

    Nothing comes to mind, really. There are lots of books out there, but none jump out at me for that. You might start a new thread under "general discussion" to ask everyone.

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