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  • Discussions about packages which handle caching and proxy functions such as squid, lightsquid, squidGuard, etc.

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    @johnpoz said in Please help to configure HAProxy to serve certifficate on internal LAN too: Yeah - what part do you not understand if you always resolve nextcloud.domain.tld so that it hits your haproxy on your pfsense wan IP are you not getting? You have 2 options - use a different domain internally and always go to nextcloud.publicdomain.tld, or use the same domain internally as external and run into the problem of what IP it resolves to.. Change your local domain to say home.arpa or .internal or atleast something different than the public domain your using to point to pfsense wan IP on the public internet. You are shooting yourself in the foot trying to use the same domain externally as internally. There are ways around it, but they complicate the setup. For example you might be able to use views in unbound as one way to work around the problem. You could use only host entries for all your resources. But then again you run into a problem of using the fqdn for this service, now always pointing to your wan IP.. And that is great when you want to access the service haproxy is doing - but if you want to access that resource on some other service that haproxy doesn't handle - like say simple file sharing.. You are going to have problems. Since you clearly do not understand how any of this works - the simple solution is change the local domain you are using so it is not the same as the public domain you want to use to get to your nextcloud. This tone is outrageous directed at somebody who acknowledged right off the rip that English is not their first language. How many languages do you speak, John? And safely assuming it's only one—English of course—take it from a fellow English native that you'd do well to say more with less words. You otherwise were directing OP in the right direction in my opinion.
  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

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    Here. I think. Referenced as "github.com: vendor-provided URL vendor-advisory" in your link.
  • Discussions about packages that handle bandwidth and network traffic monitoring functions such as bandwidtd, ntopng, etc.

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    @kabeda If memory serves, that old version of ntopng did not run as user ntopng, but as user nobody. There are lots of problems in that old version. Anyway, check the ownership and permissions of /var/db/ntopng and make sure it matches the user that ntopng runs as. You may need to set ownership of the entire hierarchy. Example: /usr/sbin/chown -R nobody:nobody /var/db/ntopng However, the better choice would be to upgrade to a more recent version.
  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

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    @netboy said in is something wrong with pfBlockerNG?: After my post, I "changed" DNSBL -> DNSBL mode from "unbound python mode" to "unbound mode" and so far i have no issues. Terrible idea. Moving backwards in development history there.
  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @fjmp24 said in Notification: UPS ups battery is low: If I remove ignorelb directive, my UPS shuts down after 16 seconds This means your UPS is signaling a low battery. Either your battery is bad, or your UPS is bad. Most likely battery, but you never know. I suggest reaching out to Eaton support.
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    I am using the DNS-Update method I have to use a DNS-Sleep of 5 minutes to let the letsencrypt txt dns record update propagate. During this 5 minutes the acme-webgui times out. when the acme-webgui times out the Action list is NOT executed. How can I solve this ? Would it maybe be an idea to let the acme.sh script execute the actions in the action list as a post-hook instead of the web-gui? Or maybe add an option to add post-hooks in the webUI ?
  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

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    This one has been tricky still not sure what to try. Any ideas?
  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    @luckman212 I had a nice chat with Netgate Support Bot, https://www.netgate.com/support. I added some highlights below: "Netgate Support Bot This is a known issue reported by multiple users: enabling Tailscale with sysrc tailscaled_enable="YES" does not always auto-start Tailscale after a pfSense reboot. The current workaround is to run the following after each reboot manually: service tailscaled stop && tailscale logout || true && service tailscaled start && tailscale up" "Netgate Support Bot Based on all available Netgate forum reports, there is no conclusive evidence that the failure to auto-start Tailscale after reboot when using sysrc tailscaled_enable="YES" is specifically due to Tailscale’s state being stored in a RAM disk. The root cause is still under investigation by the community. Most users confirm that a manual restart is required post-boot regardless of RAM disk settings." I will check the RAM Disk settings to learn more, but given others' lack of success, I will not experiment with it at this time. Here's what the Chatbot has to say: "Netgate Support Bot Yes, you can disable the RAM disk for /var to test if it helps persist Tailscale's state across reboots. Disabling the RAM disk for /var moves log files, RRD graph data, DHCP leases, and package data storage back to disk instead of volatile memory. Impacts and considerations: The firewall will write these files directly to disk, so settings and logs will persist through reboots and power losses. Packages that write to /var, including Tailscale and packages like pfBlockerNG, Snort, or Squid, will have better persistence. However, disk write activity will increase, especially for logging, RRD data, and DHCP leases. Disabling the RAM disk reduces the risk of data loss after an improper shutdown, but you may lose some of the benefits (e.g., lower disk wear) intended for devices with fragile storage (e.g., low-cost flash or SD cards). Some packages may behave differently on disk vs RAM disk and should be tested after reboot. To disable the RAM disk: Go to System > Advanced > Miscellaneous > RAM Disk Settings in pfSense. Uncheck 'Use RAM Disks' for /var, then Save and Reboot. If you use logging or packages that need persistent state (like VPNs, reporting, DHCP), disabling the RAM disk usually increases reliability but may wear storage more."" "Netgate Support Bot There is no direct evidence in available Netgate forum discussions that deleting the contents of /usr/local/pkg/tailscale/state resolves Tailscale's reboot persistence issue. Most reports focus on restarting the Tailscale service or re-running the 'tailscale up' command after reboot, rather than deleting state files. Deleting this directory could clear a corrupted state or force a fresh authentication. Still, it may also remove valid connections or authentication data, requiring you to re-authenticate Tailscale after reboot. This approach might temporarily resolve glitches caused by a stale state. It is still not an established solution for reboot persistence, and you should only try it with the expectation that re-authentication will likely be required afterward. Always back up any config or state you plan to remove, just in case."
  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    @subhan2k, I guess you only have issues with the domain name when trying to add the static route. What you could do is to add a static route like the following: us-bos.prod.surfshark.com resolves to 43.225.189.108 and 43.225.189.118. Regarding the static route in pfSense: destination network: 43.225.189.0 / 24 (/24 is the key here)
  • Why is Mailscanner using all my inodes?

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    Yeah, but that won't solve the real issue.
  • NTOP - HOW DO I GET HISTORICAL DATA ??

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  • Errors in File Manager…

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    Well that explains it. Thanks.
  • Install ziproxy Package

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    Im also getting the same error trying to install wget. /root(10): pkg_add -r wget Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/wget.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/wget.tbz' by URL
  • Sudo startup messages

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    Nothing to "start" per se but it has to sync the sudoers file with the user permissions in the config. Especially on embedded systems post-upgrade. I just bumped the sudo pkg with a fix, let me know if it doesn't work.
  • [FIXED] Service Watchdog - cannot detect DHCPv6 relay status

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    All good now, thanks! (Will post other issues to the new thread  if required.)
  • Unbound - RFC1918 PTRs vs. Private Address support/Domain Overrides

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    Excellent, all works without any custom config lines now! Thanks!
  • Varnish with missing "if" in pfSense generated vcl

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    I pushed a fix for this - please test it and let me know. There is quite a bit to still do on this package :/
  • SNORT and transparent firewall

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    Glad I could help. Snort not working in a transparent bridge is almost guaranteed to be caused by incorrect automatic IP assignments to the variables, just for future google reference.
  • OpenVPN Manager always connects to the 1st config

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    See here for some discussion: https://github.com/jochenwierum/openvpn-manager/issues/17 OpenVPN Manager needs to use a different management channel for each OpenVPN client that it can control. A default config generated by the client export utility has: # open management channel management 127.0.0.1 166 The 166 needs to be replaced by a different number for each client that is going to be available on the same end-user laptop. I will submit pull requests for code to allow this to be specified and put in the client export utility generated configs…
  • Arpwatch not being able to send email notifications

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    @jimp: sendmail? No. Never. Personally, I'm a "Windows man", so a lot of these pfSense related things are hard for me to know if they are pfSense-spesific or standard for unix based systems. Am I right to assume that "sendmail" is a common feature, and thus not a natural part of arpwatch? @jimp: If you just need to send mail, 2.1 has a CLI program mail.php that will take input from stdin and send it using the configured notification e-mail settings. Isn't the problem here that arpwatch doesn't do anything towards notifications? I might be on thin ice here, but what I'm trying to achieve is to get some sort of notification each time a new IP is logged in arpwatch. If this can be achieved with mail.php, could you give a clue as to how I should proceed to reach my goal? (The pfSense notifications have been configured, and test emails (and growls) are arriving as expected.)
  • HAVP - trying to get working on 2.1RC

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    I suppose your choices are HAPV + clamd or dansguardian + clamav.  Haven't tried HAPV because it looked like was going to maybe cause issues with my simple squid setup I run. I was using dansguardian + clamav with all the filters except clamav turned off for a while.  I made an alias group of only windows computers on the network and only those were "filtered" through dansguardian, which was only doing AV scanning and no filtering. That works, but I eventually turned it off because I have government issue symantec corporate AV solutions that never expire on all the windows machines running on the network, so they were pretty much covered anyway.
  • Bandwidthd database option

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    Super, thanks! Just a note regarding the operation, I just pulled2.1-RC1 (i386) built on Wed Aug 21 01:29:33 EDT 2013 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p9after first removing the bandwidthd package out of my older 2.0.3 installation. After working out my RRD issues (something about the database not converting properly, fixed with reset of my old data) I went to the bandwidthd menu to set it up again. Very cool to see the new fields there for database logging! Anyway, unchecking the enable bandwidthd box and clicking save rendered the menu URL``` /pkg_edit.php?xml=bandwidthd.xml&id=0 I was able to repeat the problem a couple of times. I don't think this is a big deal, I just prefer to enter all of my settings with the service disabled while I work out all the niggles. arri
  • Proxying over IPSEC

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  • Spamd - says it started, but then says not running

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  • Writing pfSense packages and getting them added

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    #1 - Not in the public repositories. Nobody else there is doing Java. #2 - I work for ESF, the parent company behind pfSense, and we are the official source of pfSense support/consulting. We could assist with developing a package as a part of the usual support hours/time. See the link in my sig.
  • Snort blocking with disabled rule

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    @jflsakfja: Ding! Ding! Ding! Run from Diagnostics>Command prompt (I've checked the em1 directory, it's correct) $ grep 2000419 /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_7104_em1/rules/snort.rules (no results so nothing found) $ grep 2000419 /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_7104_em1/rules/flowbit-required.rules Category: emerging-policy  GID:1  SID:2000419 alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download"; flow:established,to_client; file_data; content:"MZ"; within:2; byte_jump:4,58,relative,little; content:"PE|00 00|"; distance:-64; within:4; flowbits:set,ET.http.binary; reference:url,doc.emergingthreats.net/bin/view/Main/2000419; classtype:policy-violation; sid:2000419; rev:17;) The rule indeed looks enabled from my point of view Thanks for the quick feedback.  This confirms my suspicion.  I will put in a fix for this in the upcoming package update (pkg. 2.6.0).  In the meantime a Suppress List Entry is a viable work around. Bill
  • Squid Whitelist Issue

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    Anybody? I started playing around with Untangle and finally got it working. I like it, but the block page is proving harder than I thought to customize. They want you to pay for branding, and the blockpage is over-written with each update to Untangle. I also tried moving to Squid 3 and Squid 3 dev for HTTPS filtering, but I couldn't even get the services to start. I didn't play around with it too much because I wasn't liking the idea of using beta software in production anyway, and I took the services not starting as a sign that I should move on to a stable solution.
  • Postfix relay timout after data

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    Same problem here. We have web server in local network (10.x.x.x) and it uses NAT to get access to internet. Problem is that sending data takes over 180sec and its timed out when it goes thrue pfsense. If I change postfix relayhost to 10.x.x.x network (it does not go thrue pfsense) it works just fine. Client mail log: Aug 19 21:22:55 nginx postfix/smtp[27134]: ABCDEFHTEOT: to=someone@somewhere.com, relay=mail.server.com[xx.xx.xx.xx]:25, delay=37971, delays=37791/0.01/0.07/180, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (conversation with mail.server.com[xx.xx.xx.xx] timed out while sending message body) Mail Server log: Aug 19 21:22:55 mail postfix/smtpd[9514]: timeout after DATA (66017 bytes) from unknown[10.x.x.x] Aug 19 21:22:55 mail postfix/smtpd[9514]: disconnect from unknown[10.x.x.x]/someone@somewhere.com
  • RRD Mailreport package doesn't send out emails

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    If you set the day of the week to blank it automatically reverts to Sunday. Anyway - This HAS worked until a few days ago, even when set to Daily and Sunday.
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