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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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    @SteveITS ...got it, I should have looked in the docs... I do too use Quad9 and have DNSSEC disabled, so I guess my question is pointless..

    Thank you for all the help.

  • 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.

  • Working with snort

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    Yes… You dont have to have it on the WAN...

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    Thanks Wagonza, for the update!

  • [Unbound DNS] Could I share the DNS service to Internet?

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    @wagonza:

    To allow access from the internet, create an ACL with 2 networks:

    0.0.0.0/1
    128.0.0.0/1

    Remember to allow DNS queries to your WAN port on your firewall if you have removed that fw rule you setup previously.

    Thanks. it's now working:)

  • FreeSWITCH - fs_cli

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  • Squidguard blacklist not working?

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    I am not using the blacklist files BUT:

    if you only want to block http (port 80) then it is enough to use squid in transparent mode.
    if you like to block https (port 443) then you have to run squid in non-transparent mode. In this mode you have to enter the proxy server address in the clients browse.

  • Parental controls

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    Hi,

    I am not sure, if the apps are always hitting the same IP or if they do a failover if one IP isn't available. But perhaps there is only the problem with one authentication server which is used for the first start of the app and after this the app is able to work with a proxy.

    For example microsoft.com is using many subnets of IPs so I could allow the hole subnet.

    To find out the IPs I checked the firewall after the apps tried to connect to the internet and then I tried to find out who is the owner of this IP/domain and which subnet belongs to this domain.

    Not sure if there is an other way to find out all IPs.
    Perhaps you can write a script which is doing a dns lookup for a domain some hours and which copies all the IPs to an excel sheet. Then you can delete all double entries and use the rest for the Alias/pfsense.

    If someone has got a better idea it would be great to hear it!

  • Error installing ntop

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    Working Now!!! 2 Upgrades and working thanks.

  • HAVP not working

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  • Bandwidthd on pfSense 2.0 RC3

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    Yup. Just updated now and re-installed. Working now. Was not able to start the service before but all seems to be good. Thank you very much.

  • Dashboard Widget: Antivirus Status

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    Submitted fix to GitHub to fix dashboard widget.

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  • How to cache specific sites only using squid / lusca

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    You may have to edit the squid config manually to stop regular caching.
    As for caching specific sites I would read Squid Package Tuning.
    Good luck. Post your results as others may wish to do the same :)

  • Help me!!!!! please, lightsquid error message

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    You are welcome; good to hear that you are working now.

  • Missing png-1.4.5_1 port for ntop and vnstat2

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    I'll do an upgrade after hours and see if that helps here.

    Update Okay, so after doing upgrade on both systems RRD graphs are working again.

  • DenyHosts

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    A package DEV will need to test the package on BETA 2.0 before coping the package to the BETA 2.0 Repo.
    If you would like the package now you should be able to copy the 1.2.3 package files to the same location on your BETA 2.0 install.

  • Lightsquid install failed

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    Everything seems to be working now; just fyi and I've tested with two systems.  Thank you to whoever fixed it!!!

  • Bandwidthd as a backend data base as a package?

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  • Squid to block upload of emails

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    http://www.squid-cache.org/
    No. Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP.
    Email - is the POP/SMTP/IMAP proto.

  • Lightsquid installation failed…....can anyone help me..

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    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,39203.0.html

  • Ntop settings

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    Set a password via the settings, tell it which interface to listen on and then click change. When the page reloads press access ntop and thats all there is to it. Based on what you describe, if you cant get ntop to work for you bandwidthd will do what you want as well.

  • Block donwload by pfsense

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    Please search the forum, as you'll find this has been discussed many times before.

    In short, install Squid and SquidGuard and configure your firewall rules to force people to use the proxy (or configure the proxy in transparent mode).

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