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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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    dennypageD

    @jhg Please post the output of the following commands:

    pkg info | grep nut usbconfig dump_all_desc
  • 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.

  • PFSense 2.0

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  • OpenVPN Client Export Utility - Revoked Certificates

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    jimpJ

    Not easily, no.

    It could maybe be added to the export package in the future, but it does not currently exist.

    After revoking the certificate you could save a copy locally and then remove it from the list of certificates if you wish to stop it from being used again.

  • How to configure SARG

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    Having the same issue before but now it's giving me the report that I've set. Try Forcing Schudule, and Save.

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  • Trying to delete Lightsquid

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    You're aware that you can export your entire configuration, reinstall pfSense and then reimport your config?  Diagnostics - Backup/Restore.

  • Suricata keeps getting disabled

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    It's happening to me to so I am leaving it disabled until the update comes out. I check daily for a package update.

  • Enforce use of squid proxy in non-transparent mode?

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    Strange, I didn't notice your response until just now. I had already found that option by that time however. Yes, it is on the diagnostics menu.

    I'm still having an issue getting this working, however. I am going to start a new thread for that, however.

  • [SOLVED] Squid Proxy for Transparent Caching of HTTP and HTTPS

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    To do HTTPS with a transparent proxy, you will have to install a certificate on every client computer, so you end up touching all your clients anyway.

  • Squid - Help on proxy authentication

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    Anyone?

  • Packes and backup pfsense server - newbie question

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    You need to install every package you installed on the master, on the slave as well. And reconfigure it from scratch if that package does not offer syncing its settings to the slave (some packages do, most do not). It's not as difficult as it sounds, it's a do it once and forget it process.

  • Squid 3: HTTPS and Multiserver

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  • SquidGuard 1.4_4 pkg v.1.9.5 not running

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    SquidGuard is started by Squid itself via the "Squid.conf".

    First you download a blacklist on the (Blacklist) page. (use shallalist for example)
    (during the update log it must read "found xx items", those are the subjects you can block from that list)

    Select the stuff you want to block and allow (Common ACL). (default access = allow)

    Pressing save and then apply in the main Squidguard (proxy filter) page will save the settings into "Squid.conf".

  • Squid Video Cache ?

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  • Squid3 logs stopped since 2.1.5 update

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  • Squid3-dev not working

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    Got it… in squid had to add a few custom opcions... like this:

    acl LAN1 src 192.168.1.0/24;tcp_outgoing_address 164.67.234.231 LAN1;

    All working now. Thanks.

  • Squid error with gui and acl localnet

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    I have narrowed it down to my openvpn interface (OPT) being enabled in the gui as a transparent interface, giving the weird address.

  • Minor update to varnish package

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  • Gateway down alert via email

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    My fault  :-[
    It only works when you have gateway groups activated for loadbalancing or failover…

  • Openvpn Client Export not reinstalling/uninstalling.. stuck on deinstall

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    jimpJ

    Is there any error message shown on the page at all?

    It sounds like maybe the package .inc file has gone missing.

    From the shell or diag > command in the shell exec box, try this:

    fetch -o /usr/local/pkg/ https://packages.pfsense.org/packages/config/openvpn-client-export/openvpn-client-export.inc

    Then uninstall again.

  • Squid - Upstream (remote cache) proxy issues

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  • Squid Logging on remote logging server or remote DB

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