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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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    @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.

  • Enable/Run Squid3 after installation

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    @rjcrowder:

    Squid3 does report proper status on the services screen.

    The status is showing up ok, the problem I see is when you try to start or restart the daemon.

    I'll take a look if I did some mistake on squid service info.

    EDIT:

    I found a way to fix it. The pfsense function that stops daemon is running on backgroud when it should wait process to killed before trying to start/restart.

    I did pull request to try to fix this. On my tests, it worked.

    att,
    Marcello Coutinho

  • Squid3 Reverse Proxy | URIs

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    Dear all,

    Regarding to the 'wildcard' symbol, if I take a look at the config I already see that all URIs are automatically added a wildcard suffix by just entering the FQDN. So I suppose it is not needed at all. Isn't that strange? When I only want to host 'www.domain.com/test' it aint possible?

    Please help me out. I want to have my Exchange (and all features) working behind pfSense.

    Thanks,
    Canefield

  • FATAL ERROR: Unable to open rules file reference.config

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  • Sshdcond package - acls for pfsense ssh daemon

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  • Squid removed when restoring a backup

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    @marcelloc:

    Not sure what happened but why are you still on 1.2.3?

    I'm going to upgrade, could it be a bug in such version?

  • Apache + mod_security on 2.0.1-RELEASE

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    @dandantheflyingman:

    Yes i have seen a similar help topic. The problem was that both accf_http.ko and accf_data.ko were missing so even putting that line in the /boot/loader.conf was not helping.

    That is why i searched and found a copy of those *.ko files. What i dont know is whether they were suitable for my build? is there a better way?

    Could you post a link to the files? or upload them. Where did you save them once downloaded?

    I think I am having the same problem.

    Cheers.

  • Apache_mod_security service won't start

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    Maybe this thread can help you

    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,45095.msg235045.html#msg235045

  • Basic question

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    @redmon:

    and for monitoring and logging I need any kind of package?

    You can use lightsquid or sarg.

    Sarg has a realtime gui tab to see logs and reports that you can click to change sort order.

  • Snort event filter

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  • MAKE COMMAND PLEASE HELP

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    We do not include a full set of compiler/make/libraries type tools on the firewall. It's a security risk, and it takes up a lot of space.

    Compile the module on a separate FreeBSD system and then move the module to the firewall.

  • Web Redirection using squidguard

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  • IMSPECTOR installed in 1.2.3 but no logs. Why?

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  • Squidguard error page?

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    Thank you I'll try that out.

  • Bandwidthd - clear daily usage at midnight…

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    Still stuck…
    I issue 4+ consecutive HUPs in hope the data will rotate out but NO.

    I have tried a shell script:

    #! /bin/sh # for pid in $(pgrep bandwidthd); do kill -HUP $pid; done

    I have also tried:

    pgrep bandwidthd| xargs kill -HUP

    I have tested both by changing "-HUP" to "-9" and whamo all parent and children are killed.

    What am I doing wrong?

  • Dansquardian+squid3+HAVP antivirus

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    You just need squid3+ dansguardian as dansguardian has clamav integration.

    Dansguardian forces squid2, so use this package install sequence.

    dansguardian

    squid3

  • Problem with squid 3 and squid guard

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    squidguard force squid2 install.

    Uninstall both and then install in this order

    squidguard

    squid3

  • Squid3 and SSL

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    i confgured wpad and try to make it work and it doesnt i followed the tutorial in the documentation but nothing happen

  • Squid and apple devices?

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  • [Lightsquid & Squid] full link for user.

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    No, LS group URL's by domain.

  • HAVP Antivirus with different scanners

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    Well, a quick hack is done in a few minutes but of course I would prefer a real integration. The only problem I see is that it might need regular updates because as far as I can say the linux/netbsd scanners of the different third party av scanners look like changing a lot. Due to the licence problem it might also need the users to install it using the ssh console. Not perfect but… I wouldn't mind as long as it works once the installation is done.

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