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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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    @njaimo There's a note on https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dns/resolver-config.html

    Python Module Order:

    Controls the position of the Python module in the DNS resolution process. If DNSSEC is disabled, this option has no effect. Pre Validator: The script is run before DNSSEC validation. Post Validator: The script is run after DNSSEC validation.

    Since we normally forward (to Quad9) we disable DNSSEC.

  • 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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    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.

  • Snort not running when setup on 2 interfaces

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    @ermal:

    Can you please state your pfSense version?

    less /etc/version ```gives me a``` 2.0.1-RELEASE less /etc/platform ```shows``` pfsense

    Best regards
    T

  • PfSense and Snort VRT Subscription

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    Thank you Jamesdean for clarifying how the pfsense snort package handles Sourcefire VRT/premium rules subscriptions.

  • Fusionpbx/freeswitch package is missing

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    I can try a fresh install later tonight. I really need to find a way to clone a UDMA CF card…using a CF2IDE adapter on a nano-itx motherboard's IDE primary port. Trying to keep the hardware down to zero moving parts. Having a number of CF cards to cycle through would make it a bit easier to test various packages.

  • Freeradius2 not at list package

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    @neewbie:

    I use the hard drive. I might have to reinstall my pfsense machine.

    You should reinstall your machine.
    freeradius2 is available for HDD install on amd64 and i386 :)

  • SquidGuard old version install howto

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    Blacklist rebuild can take time from 10 min up to 1.5 hour (depends on the speed of you system)

    Is it possible if the blacklist rebuild does not fully complete

    Only if it had been interrupted manually or reboot.

  • OpenNTPD timing out when performing queries

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    @biggsy:

    I was curious about this, having tried ntpq myself with the same timeout.

    I did some searching and found this thread http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0408/msg00448.html

    It seems, from the first few responses in the very long thread, that openntpd doesn't respond to ntpq and probably never will.

    Do you know/suspect your LAN clients aren't sync'ing to pfSense?

    I expected " ntpq -p " to work, but never bothered to use anything else to check if the ntp server is working.

    I just performed ntpdate on one of my computers and got some positive feedback:

    ntpdate 10.119.97.61 29 Jan 11:38:06 ntpdate[15951]: adjust time server 10.119.97.61 offset -0.004357 sec

    I guess this thread can be closed. Would be nice to see what servers the pfSense box is sync'ed to, but I suppose this would suffice.
    Thanks for having me .. think outside the box :)

  • What is going on with Snort package?

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    I just donated a bit.

    Thanks guys!

  • Freeswitch- process is not starting

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    now its working fine …thanks  ;)

  • Pfsense 2.0.1 and freeswitch

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    Another hit

    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,45593.msg238114.html#msg238114

    Are you searching the forum? ???

  • Jail (PfJailCtl pkg) on pfsense 2

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    I still use pfJailCtl GUI on 2.0.1 and it's capable to start my jail on boot. Of course it needed additional work to make it run smoothly:
    1.  Turn on the debug in the GUI.
    2. Configure jail and push Create which of course would not work, just copy script from debug output.
    3. Replace sysinstall installed by the packet (from FreeBSD 7) with FreeBSD 8.1 version.
    4. Modify script from §3 according to your needs, remember to change FreeBSD release to something 8-tish ie I used 8.2, turn ssh if you wish - remember to change port because otherwise pfSense and jail ssh would not be distinguishable.
    5. Run your script from shell.
    6. Boot jail from GUI.
    I successfully share SMB from jail, which I know is not too great idea on firewall, but it save me one box @home and it's a bit safer than sharing directly from pfsense. I also managed to run vnc to xfce4 on xvbf in the jail. If someone would need such functionality I shall share this result.

  • Snort stops working after snort update (newest 2.0 RELEASE)

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    @antilog:

    @Cino:

    i've always had a space, at least for the last 2 years:

    suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 2 suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 3 suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 22

    This was in response to johnybe, who did not have a space.  :)

    Sorry, it was a typo.  :)

  • Snort 2.9.2.1 Upgrade?

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  • Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.1.1 update broke my Snort

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    @mentalhemroids:

    ***UPDATE *** BTW, I didn't have to restart the system.  Just uninstall and reinstall.

    usually you dont need to reboot but i throw that out there to be safe

  • Proxy Server package (squid3) bandwidth limits not working(?)

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    Squid3 is not fully updated, test this feature with squid 2 package.

  • Squidguard bypassed by facebook android app

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    Last time I sniffed the traffic from my tablet it looked like the Facebook app just used standard HTTPS, so as marcelloc said, transparent proxying wouldn't catch it.

    You'd have to set the proxy settings on the phone/tablet if it's supported.

  • Snort not starting error

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    i love how no one searches anymore…

  • Can squidguard merge permission from Group ACL?

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    You clients will use first-mach rule only.

  • Squid stops from working

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    ok. rebooting pfsense resolves the issue. I don't know what could be the issue but what I'm sure is WAN got an issue but it was restored but it seems pfsense needs to reboot. I can now ping google.com and no more No route to host issue

  • No IGMP & UDPXY proxy among packages

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    @GruensFroeschli:

    The IGMP proxy is already in the base and not a package anymore.
    You can configure it under "Services –> IGMP proxy"

    Isn't already installed on pfsense just like GruensFroeschli said?

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