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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.

  • [patch] making dns-server's dnscache work

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    Thanks marcelloc!  :)

  • Snort and ET SidReporter

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    Done
    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/2133

  • Squid Package Status v3 / v2.7 ??

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    @Nachtfalke:

    @trendchiller:

    Hi !
    until now i'd recommend you using pfSense 2.x with the squid-reverse-package, since it includes all features currently, but still depends on squid 2.7.
    I'm working on porting the features to squid 3.1 and want to create a new package or update or else, not sure by now… squid3 is mainly for testing so far... but seems to work so far...
    but i do not have any feedback if the auth settings still work, since these are from squid 2.7 and in 3.1 they might be different...

    @trendchiller
    Do you me the "User Auth" using RADIUS or other systems ?
    If yes then I probably find some time to test with FreeRADIUS2 package when I am at home.

    Perhaps it will help you when you open a squid3 thread and/or a page on pfsense docs where you put in all points which do not work or of which you are unsure if they are working. then people can participate and give you feedback.

    I am very interested in squid3 package but till now I do not know why it is just alpha and how to help on this. :)

    I did some basic testing yesterday with Squid3 and FreeRadius2 last night. I can confirm that it indeed works for basic user auth (prompted for username to gain access to the web)

  • Snort Suppression - ordering and tagging entries?

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    It is not possible today but patches are accepted.

  • Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0.2 log to Barnyard2 mysql not working

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    Hey, which architecture are you using?

    I'm using pfsense 2.0.1 amd64 and I can't seem to get it to work

    I first tried downloading the 64bit barnyard and uploading it to the pfsense box on /usr/local/bin/:

    i386
    http://files.pfsense.com/packages/8/All/barnyard2

    X64
    http://files.pfsense.com/packages/amd64/8/All/barnyard2

    but this did not work, so I did the following command: chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/barnyard2

    This didn't work so then I did the following:

    pkg_delete mysql-client-5.1.53
    pkg_add -r http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8-stable/Latest/barnyard2.tbz

    but its still not working….

    :(

  • Problem with Freeswitch package

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    test asterisk

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    pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/amd64/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz

    i386
    pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz

    This doc may be usefull too:
    http://www.freepbx.org/forum/freepbx/tips-and-tricks/asterisknow-freepbx-and-pfsense

  • Snort no longer starts - rules problem?

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    @awsiemieniec:

    Worked for me, too.  I have no idea what I just opened up on my firewall, but it's working.

    Nothing at all, you just set a variable That is read by snort.

  • SNORT not blocking any alerts other than (http_inspect) alerts

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    I have none whitelisted. I tested it by enabling all emerging rules, thus all sorts of alerts pop up. However, only the (http_inspect) alerts are blocked.

    Blocking is enabled, along with all the preprocessors. Snort is running - I tried reinstalling, manually updating rules, rebooting. Also, checked the system logs -all seem well. But no other alerts are blocked.

    I'm stumped. What am I doing wrong?

  • SquidGuard Mystery Bandwidth Hog

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    Indeed it turned out to be p2p, had to rummage through the computers on my network to find it as it didn't show up in the state tables or sockstat as a local connection - sneaky stuff, those p2p networks!

  • PPTP proxy package for multiple outgoing PPTP connections

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    I had hoped that an approach like the one discussed in

    http://old.nabble.com/-patch–pf-PPTP-nat-passthrough-patch.-td16047825.html

    would have been implemented since (the discussion is almost 4 years old)

  • Firewall rule for NRPEv2?

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    Found the solution, from ScottWilkerson of Nagios (thread http://support.nagios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4728&p=20437#p20437)

    Had to remove the $ARG2$ values on the Nagios side (plus use the firewall opening for port 5666)

    Thanks all for your suggestions/help.

    AWS

  • Fix for the latest snort version - Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0.2 ..anyone?

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    well its not my 'specialty' and i am still learning. i am all for contributing in anyway that i can, and right now ..that is doing a lot of research so i can actually learn more about the environment as a whole. ..which i love..

    so..if you took my questions or comments as being snippy or what not…i apologize, but a person has to start somewhere. we all cant be 100% knowledgeable over night.  :-[

  • Varnish pass client ip?

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    2.X don't need streaming support, still trying to learn how to put together a decent static website, lol

  • Where to get AMD64 version of Unbound

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    Hmmm - ok i think you have given me enough info to work with. I will check it out and see if I can find a problem.

  • Squidguard ACL list sorting and checking

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  • What is the meaning?

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    Of course not only installed. I added rules and selected interfaces. But not give any alert or blocking i do not understant anything to this snort

  • Postfix forwarder - warning messages

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    @biggsy:

    It's a pity that you can only see packages that haven't been installed in the Available Packages page - no easy way to see if the currently installed version is out of date.

    When there is updates to installed packages, you can see your current version and updated version available.

  • What is the problem in SNORT!

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    @GrandmasterB:

    Looks like the same problem I have. -> http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,45191.0.html

    Can you check if you have the snort binary-file in /usr/local/bin? In my case the packages snort.tgz etc. were not installed correctly.

    Where is the snort binary. How can i reinstall this file. Now i am looking log files it gives some error it likes
    snort[32143]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_52423_re0/snort.conf(145) => Unable to open the IIS Unicode Map file '/usr/local/etc/snort/snort_52423_re0/unicode.map'.

  • SquidGuard and Firewall Rules

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    The SquidGuard - URL filter for proxy Squid

    If you clients use proxy Squid, then squidGuard can filter URL's for this clients. But Firewall rules don't use for block sites in this situation.
    If you clients not use Squid proxy (direct access), then you can use firewall rules for block site domains/IP's (not URL's).

  • SNORT - 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.0.2 - Specific Threat Issue

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    New issue seems to have come up.

    The fix above works….however, I no longer receive any alerts in the Alerts tab (yes alerts are enabled) and I'm not sure it's blocking offenders.

    If I use GRC.com's ShieldsUp! yes, it will detect that and block it.

    Now, FWIW, I recently installed and configured pfBlocker and am having it block a few countries that used to show up in my logs a lot.  Perhaps that's why I am seeing a lot less offenders being blocked?  I suppose that makes sense.  But, the fact that I no longer see Alerts is odd.

    Just curious of anyone who implemented the above fix noticed this?

    Thanks!

    -th3r3isnospoon

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