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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.

  • Snort package

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    only 1.2.1 and 1.3

  • Update Available Packages on Package Manager?

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    I should have noticed that since I am running pfSense 1.2.1 on several live systems and it works great for my needs.

  • Can I achieve this functionality with Squidguard?

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    Individual redirection URL possible have for 'user destinations' entered on Destinations page. Blacklist standard items not relised for use  with this future (SG can, but GUI can't).
    Each ACL used for individual Source-set (source Ip's/domains/users). Time also used for ACL only.
    If you want use some rule as 24/7 with timed ACL - need select this rule in ontime and in overtime column. If you want use rule only for 'YouTime' - select you rule for left column only.
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    You can see next tutorials:

  • Error in squidguard quickstart?

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    As promised hereby the things I discovered on your Quick Start squidguard http://diskatel.narod.ru/sgquick.htm. I hope they're usefull:

    General Settings: on an Intel E2200 with 1 Gb ram: rebuilding blacklist (shallalist) costs about 20 seconds.

    The way I got squidguard to work I had to fill in at least one destination. By skipping this squidguard wouldn't work.

    With transparant proxy you can use ACL with IP-adresses perfectly. To use ACL with usernames you have to switch transparent proxy off.

  • Install SquidGuard

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    Now - pfSense 1.2 test installation
    Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()…done.
    Writing configuration... done.
    Starting service.
    Installation completed.  Please check to make sure that the package is configured from the respective menu then start the package.

    Download size
    /tmp/apkg_squidGuard-1.2.0_1.tbz 1 574 423

  • Squid Transparent Proxy + PPTP VPN == Fail

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  • IP-based domains on squidGuard

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    hello…

    i just re-installed the latest squid package including the xml, and also squidguard and xml, and re-load the blacklist...

    all's well now... i think... :D

    thank you very much

  • New Animated Dashboard Interfaces Widget Icon (sad I know)

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    I logged back in a couple of hours later and the nic icons on the dashboard are blinking!  Very cool.  I hope you get the different colors working for the different connection speeds.  Its little things like this that make managers totally not understand IT ;D

  • Can I install 3rd party programs on Pfsense?

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    You can install about everything you could on a normal FreeBSD install.
    If you want to know how you should install a normal FreeBSD.
    http://www.freebsd.org/

    Also: THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED.

    As fredde said: You should run as few services as possible on a firewall.

  • Squid runs like uber crap

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    Please search the forum for the like 30+ other threads about this.

  • Squid Transparant Exception IP

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    you can update the packages by using the packages menu and then selecting "update XML" you do not need to deinstall / reinstall the whole package…
    and for your squid not working, please have a look, if all is configured properly... i test my package changes extensively before making them public so there is little chance for something going wrong...

  • Squidguard user acl - i cant add username ex. shorname.name

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    ok. thks.

  • Squidguard just doesn't work: solved !

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    Maybe you'v e got also a good anser on this one: I enabled transparent proxy in squid. When I disable transparent proxy, squidguard doesn't function…

  • IMspector issue?

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    I was able to fix my issue… I've reinstalled IMSpector and saw that the settings are still intact, so I disabled IMSpector and uninstalled it, then MSN worked :)

  • Squid3 errors

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    @thekod:

    Can I get in on the squid3 testing if I'm running 1.2-RELEASE?

    No. This is for FreeBSD 7.x platform (pfSense 1.2.1/1.3) Update firmware

  • Cannot add 4shared.com in Squidguard Destination???

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    @sherwinaval:

    @dvserg:

    You download another blacklist? SG can work only with one blacklist type Need reconfigure all you ACL's

    didn't actually downloaded a new one… was working with the same blacklist

    edit:
    it's all ok now... maybe it needed to redownload the blacklist that's why it was giving some error.

    Yes! If you full-reinstall SG package, then need restore last or re-download fresh blacklist.

  • [ask] WINS SERVER possible for a new package?

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    Does it require Samba? I thought samba4wins was a stand alone wins server?

  • How to Install SquidGuard in PFSense

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    you meen besides the logical way of system -> packages -> squidguard

    my guess would be to install squid first…

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  • Squid Custom Log Formats

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    Sent.  And it's right.  Or at the very least, it works.  :)
    Thanks!

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