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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.

  • iperf3 won't automatically restart after reboot

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    @sgseidel,

    Understood. I just posted into the developer forum asking for some assistance in getting started to setup a development environment, how to build pfSense packages and that. I am hopeful that I will get some guidance and then move forward in improving the pfSense implementation of iPerf3.

    Stuart

  • Patches package gone from 2.5.2 branch??

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  • HAProxy 301 Redirect

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    @johnoatwork
    Dude, you have two ACLs in this single rule which are mutually exclusive!
    So this rule cannot work at all.

    www.example.net - requires that the host name includes "www.example.net"
    aclcrt_SharedFrontendHTTPS - requires that the host name includes "example.com"

    Both will never match to the requested host. So remove the second ACL from this rule.

  • HAProxy php error after devel-update

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  • PfSense 2.0.3 OpenVPN Client Export Utility config file name

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    @jimp after so many years, searching in the forum came to this post.

    I need to rename the config file for the export, to be more clearly named. Is there any way to have it in the Additional configuration options ?

  • ntopng Ghost hosts?

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    @deanfourie did u ever find out? i would also like to understand this as i have the same issue

  • ntopng not displaying properly on firefox

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    @jsbsmd

    Seems to work fine on FF linux Mint

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  • openvpn client import can't import tls-crypt info

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  • OpenVPN/Freeradius issue

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  • Suricata does not start the interface

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    @fox95 said in Suricata does not start the interface:

    but what does work, is deleting the interface each time you want to make a change to the value because if you don't whatever new value you enter makes no difference. this was the original posters best advice.

    You should not have to delete the interface. I suspect what is actually happening is the stale PID file is preventing Suricata from starting with the new stream memcap value.

    Each time Suricata tries to start, the daemon creates a PID file in /var/run/ on pfSense. But due to the stream memcap error, the startup of the daemon is aborted and it fails to clean up after itself (leaving the now "stale" PID file). Simply go delete that file and it should start fine (once you get it happy with the stream memcap value).

    Notice the original error the OP posted about:

    24/11/2019 -- 12:08:14 - <Error> -- [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_INITIALIZATION(45)] - pid file '/var/run/suricata_bce11963.pid' exists but appears stale. Make sure Suricata is not running and then remove /var/run/suricata_bce11963.pid. Aborting!

    It is complaining about the leftover PID file. Simply deleting that referenced file will let it start. The reason deleting the interface appears to work is that each time an interface is created, a new UUID is also created. So that 11963 number that is part of the file name will change when a new interface is created, and therefore the daemon will not detect an "existing" file matching the new UUID.

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    and then its just suddenly worked, typical technology. Thanks for the info!

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    Yes, system patches is for seldom issued bug fixes between releases. But it doesn't cost you anything to install, and will be there should you need it.

  • PHP Error openvpn-client-export sice update to pfSense 2.7

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    @bmeeks

    Thanks, I opend a corresponding Ticket

    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13570

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  • log alert

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    @norvik-it

    Ah, ok, nice example of taking care of a sick person with a shotgun.

    I use pfBlockerng-devel with dnsbl myself. It's web server doesn't "stop" like that every minute.
    The PID is here (according to the info found in the pfBlockerng-devel lighty webserver config file here /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl_lighty.conf ) : /var/run/dnsbl.pid

    The process number is in that file : does it really stops every minute ?

    All the others : SquidGuard, ntopng iperf ClamAV ICAP are part of the 'do not belong on a firewall anyway (my opinion).

    I've installed this 'Service Watchdog' package and added a task :

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    Unselecting the notification box will stop sending you mails.
    The issue is now a bit solved.

    Next step : check if the service is really stopped.
    And if so, why / by who / what reasons ?!

    Example :

    [22.05-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.xxxxx.net]/root: cat /var/run/dnsbl.pid 4622 [22.05-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.xxxxx.net]/root: ps ax | grep '4622' 4622 - S 0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd_pfb -f /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl_lighty.conf 35843 1 S+ 0:00.00 grep 4622

    So the process running.

    If all these process are really killed on your system every minute, I can advise you to do one thing :
    Remove / disable all these packages.

    Or, as stated above, find the reason why they are dying on your pfSense, or are getting killed.
    Remove the issue for each of them.

    Example : if free RAM gets low, the system will kill processes, this is known as the OOM (Out Of Memory) event. Restarting them in that case is a really bad idea.

  • Alias Match vs Native

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  • openvpn-client-export - naming openvpn client config

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    @ppcm
    The export bundle is an self-extracting 7-zip. You can simply open it with the 7-zip FM and rename the .ovpn file.

  • freeradius3 google authenticatior is not working

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  • UDP Broadcast Relay

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    @gzesku 1.0 is only for dev builds.

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