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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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    bmeeksB

    I saw where the Netgate kernel developer updated the Suricata package in the pfSense 25.07 development branch to work with the new kernel PPPoE driver. But so far as I know that updated package has not been migrated to 2.8 CE.

    Here is the commit into the DEVEL branch: https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/68a06b3a33c690042b61fb4ccfe96f3138e83b72.

  • 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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    @fxandrei Found this thread via Google. And I figured out what OP did, so here's the explanation:

    In the pfSense webpage do:

    Click on "Services" Select "Acme Certificates" Edit any of your certificate entries by clicking on the pencil icon. Scroll to the bottom of the certificate edit page and find the "Actions list" section. Click on "Add" to add a new action and fill out the information as needed. For HAProxy restarting do: Mode: Enabled Command: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/haproxy.sh restart Method: Shell Command And finally "Save" at the bottom of the cert edit page.

    As far as I can tell, the above action seems to propagate to all certificates that I have, not just a single one. I am not sure if this is just a visual bug, but just something to be aware of.

    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.

    Hopefully this helps you and anyone else that finds this thread via searching.

  • 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.

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    Ntop central gui or database

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    jimpJ

    That would be in the ntop config (not pfSense nor the pfSense GUI for ntop settings…), under its admin menu I believe.

    ntop can act as a netflow collector so I believe it is possible for it to centrally manage things like that, but that's a better question for an ntop forum or mailing list than here since it would not be specific to pfSense.

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    Strange problem with my new 2.1 config - NAT port forward strips URL

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    No, when you NAT to 127.0.0.1, that means the NATing device - not the requesting device. At the NAT layer, VLANs do not matter - only IPs are involved at that point. Hope you find a fix for your issue, as I have been unable to reproduce it.

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    Asterisk WebGUI broken in Last release PfSense 2.1

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    See here http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,47210.msg366422.html#msg366422

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    Squid3 coming up with accept failure: (23) Too many open files in system

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    See - I don't actually know because I've never had to solve the problem.

    In cases like this I'd normally recommend checking the system tunables to see if its adjustable .

    If not, I would recommend either a cron job to reboot on a schedule or maybe a cron job to clear the issue as you stated.

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    Squid transparent manullay

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    Psotfix relay - lost connection after UNKNOWN from

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    @c0mputerking:

    computer\king.ca is across town so exteral ip/network 
    Ok so i need to set notification diffently?? and direct to computerking.ca?? 
    I also would like systems on my LAN to use pfsense as relay to the main computerking.ca mail server
    is that what this setup is for?

    Yes, notifications go direct to the mail server for computerking.ca  They're being sent from the firewall so no need for them to pass through postfix.

    I don't really see the point of sending via postfix to the computerking.ca mail server but, yes, you could use it for that.

    The most common use for the postfix package is in front of a mail server on the LAN/DMZ to prevent spammers from hitting it.  However, you can use it to apply anti-spam filtering to outgoing mail from LAN PCs and servers.

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    FreeRADIUS & Cisco WLC 5508

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    [SOLVED] Squid 3 Package - Reverse proxy

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    @marcelloc:

    You need first to disable web gui redirect option on system-> advanced. Then try to follow reverse proxy menu options.

    Disabling the gui redirect helped - thanks. I now have the reverse proxy working, bit I didn't realize that to get the reverse proxy working I had to enable Reverse HTTP mode and bind onto port 80. I thought Reverse HTTP was for creating connections (reversing HTTP roles) not reverse proxying…

    Marked as solved. Thx

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    PfBlocker trouble with aliases

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    PREfixed != appended. And iblocklists work just fine, P2P/gz format.

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    Exclusion URL blocking

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    create group in Squidguard.

    Proxy filter –>Groups ACL then click add.

    There you can manipulate users about their access.
    Just put the IP of certain users at Client (source) field.

    what i have in my pfsense is a group for admin and group for users.

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    Sort service will no longer start (2.9.4.6 pkg v. 2.5.9)

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    @arch113:

    @asterix:

    Uninstall.. make sure you un-check the option to save settings. Reboot. Do a clean install and re-configure Snort.

    That worked…  I hope I dont have to do that too often......

    If you upgrade to 2.1-RELEASE of pfSense these kinds of issues very likely will not happen anymore.  The 2.1 code base uses PBI to manage packages.  This is a huge improvement over the TBZ process in 2.0.x.  Under the old system, any update of a package runs the risk of overwriting some critical shared library with a different version than might have been placed there by existing packages.  So in that case something will break.

    Under the 2.1 code base with PBI, each package gets installed in the equivalent of its own "chroot jail" (not a perfectly accurate analogy, to be sure, but close enough for this discussion  ;D ).  This way each package can have its own private copy of "shared" libraries.  In effect they really are not shared anymore.  This prevents the problem where one package overwrites some critical library used by a different package.

    Bill

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    Snort blocks IP's regardless of the blocking settings

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    @fragged:

    2.0.3 is the minimum supported version for the current Snort package from what I've gathered from bmeek's posts.

    Yes, fragged is correct about the pfSense version.  Sorry I did not notice your pfSense version in your original post.  Upgrade to at least 2.0.3, and 2.1-RELEASE is even better.

    Bill

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    Make new packages with pbi

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    OK thanks.

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    Postfix - where to setup the you are not me option?

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    marcellocM

    Many spams send a correct header but on mail change sender info on mail data.

    on my setup I do not use the ^ on helo info

    my domain restrictions are placed on  acls  helo and sender field

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    Squid Non-Transparent Upstream Proxy – Bind to VIP?

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    marcellocM

    Great workaround!  :)

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    Squid Whitelist Not Working

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    marcellocM

    @tgordon:

    I have squid 2.7.9 pkg v.4.3.3 installed on PFSENSE in transparent mode with squidGuard 1.4_4 pkg v.1.9.5. I cannot get the whitelist to work under the access control section of the proxy. It does work if I put the domain names in the General section under "Bypass proxy for these destination IPs". This is not ideal though as it does not work for sub domains, so I have to add all possible sub domains to this line as well.

    while using squiguard, you need to include it on it's acls as all requests will be forwarded to it.

    @tgordon:

    Also, this is only a 1 line text box, so it is getting very long.

    You can also include an alias name on this field

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    Updated: Munin-node on PFsense 2.0.x

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    Cool!

    I think it deserves a dedicated pfSense package…

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    Squidguard url db?

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    jimpJ

    You should update it periodically. A cron job is not recommended unless you know for sure the URL source allows periodic fetching. Some of them state they do not allow it, or say it's frowned upon, etc.

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    Lcdproc, port not listed

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    Looks like when I upgraded to the newer version it changed my connection type.  I changed it back and it looks to be working.

    Thanks

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    Squid to throttle downloads based on size

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    It limits my entire connection though.

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