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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.

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    Dansguardian and Shutterfly

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    @kejianshi:

    Like I said, the real problem is that it will be hard for me to know when I have a real problem and when its a dansguardian thing

    Understood. There are a few situations where DG can cause problems even when properly setup and configured. In order to solve that issue, I implemented a bypass page. I know DG has it's own bypass capability, but I wanted to make sure DG would be completely out of the flow if I chose to bypass it.

    Here's how it works… When you get blocked, DG presents a web page prompting your for an ID and password. If you enter the correct credentials (currently just check against a text file of user/password), it adds the IP address to a list of "unfiltered" IP's that do not get redirected to DG (via the firewall rules). It then manually force the rules to be reloaded. There is a little cron job that removes the IP from the list 15 minutes later.

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    Darkstat Suggestion

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    OpenBGP multihoming problem with incoming route

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    Aliases and snort… still blocking ?

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    Bill - thanks for your input.  I'll be watching out for the 2.6.0 snort package update as well as dialing in the snort rules.

    Thanks.  Now to whitelist via IP the forum.pfsense.org site…  ;D

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    Postfix forwarder - modify SMTP banner?

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    you are correct.

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    Pfsense transparent web filter with squad

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    @jimp:

    You cannot. What you're trying to do is just not possible with pfSense.

    Hi jimp,

    Thx for your replies.Having a network of pcs and a router on the same network please advice me which is the best configuration so as pfsense to be used.I don't need to set it up as a firewall nor as something else. All I need is to install a pfsense appliance between my network and the router so as to have a transparent web filtering without the need of ip changes on my network. Why wan port has to be on different ip rage than nat's ? If it is impossible please advice for the best alternative solution

    thx in advance

    what I'd like :  ROUTER=========PFSENSE/WEBFILTERING============PC
                          192.168.1.1/24========transparent ================.X/24

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    PfBlocker question

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    Looks like the pfBlocker widget uses the description for matching packet stats,, if the rule does not contain the aliasname matching packets will not add to the widget counters.

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    Lcdproc with ARinfotek TEAK-5020L (or other TEAK appliances)

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    Setup URL filtering w/out proxy server

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    Trouble with pfsense + dansguardian + sqid3

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    augh…last try is to reinstall...:\

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    Cannot start Avahi service

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    Hi!

    Just want to know if you managed to get it going? I'm stuck here with the same error (pfSense 2.0.3), and before I'm about to dig in I thought I should ask first. :-)

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    HAVP \ Wii \ Netflix

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    I thought about that, however PFSense is sitting between my modem and router as a firewall and does not handle DHCP \ Traffic Shaping. I chose this because the router I am using has a really good QoS and I love the gui that shows real time usage.

    I am going to table this for now. Getting ready to leave town for a while and there is no reason to worry about it until I can get at least one more WAN connection to handle the traffic anyway.

    Thanks for the suggestion.

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    Squid3 - broken tab & non-working state

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    Hi,

    I run version 2.0.3. Package list doesn't show me "squid3-squidguard" but only "squidGuard".
    Search engine on the whole forum for keyword "squid3-squidguard" brings me only this thread.

    Is their a second repository to configure ? Or should I move to 2.1-RC release ?

    Thanks for the support  ;).

    Phil

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    Dansguardian and clamav

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    @rjcrowder:

    Would you (or anyone for that matter) be able to give me a quick overview? Or point me in the best place to look to get started?

    so… it looks to me like the problem must be in the install of the clamav package (see /var/db/pkg/clamav-0.97.6). Likewise, I'd conjecture that the problem is based on something that is done via the "+CONTENTS" file... Can anyone give me a clue how this is used / interpreted during the install process?

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    Squid3-dev ssl error on gmail

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    The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: https://www.gmail.com/ Failed to establish a secure connection to 173.194.45.85 The system returned: [No Error] (TLS code: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH) Certificate does not match domainname: /C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google Inc/CN=mail.google.com This proxy and the remote host failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable security settings for handling your request. It is possible that the remote host does not support secure connections, or the proxy is not satisfied with the host security credentials. Your cache administrator is admin@localhost.

    but works with https://mail.google.com/mail/

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    DansGuardian "Access has been denied" Page doesn't show if https site is blocked

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    I had wondered if it would be possible to build a https site with SSL and wrap it into the package so that when people get blocked it can divert them to a SSL/HTTPS blocking notification page.  The cert wouldn't match the website typed into the browser originally so it would react like most browsers react to a self signed cert but it wouldn't be just "error - sorry" message.

    Just an idea.  I know little about how you packages are constructed, no idea how tough this is.  HTTPS is designed to keep people from being the "Man in the middle", so I feel your pain.

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    Squid3+Squidgard restore problem

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    The error was showing squid2 instead of squid3.
    That's why it's was not working.

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    Squid3-dev on 2.0.3

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    You may need to enable ipv6 to get squid 3.3.5 listening on 2.0.3 as official package install is compiled with ipv6.

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    XMLRPC sync disturbs tinydns

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    PFSense 2.03 Unable to communicate with www.pfsense.com

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    Assuming your routing is otherwise OK, if you have snort enabled, make sure it's not blocking that request. It's quite common for snort + blocking + HTTP preprocessors to block the package XML for one reason or another.

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