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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 said in NUT fails to start after 2.7.2 -> 2.8.0 upgrade:

    Interesting. I would have thought the initial reboot, which occurred as part of the upgrade, would have done the trick, but it took a second reboot, just now, to get things working.

    Glad you have it sorted.

    There was no difference in the output of usbconfig show_ifdrv at any point -- before or after unplugging/replugging the USB cable, nor after rebooting.
    ...
    Question: What would tell me whether or not a driver was loaded?

    If there were an attached driver, it should have shown up with the show_ifdrv command. If you use the command and look at the other usb devices, I think they will show attached drivers. I don't expect to see a driver attached to the ups, because there is a quirk that tells the OS to ignore that device (and not attach a driver).

    Look for idVendor and idProduct in the above output. The Vendor ID for your device is 0764, which corresponds to Cyber Power Systems, and the Product ID for your device is 0601, which is registered as "PR1500LCDRT2U UPS" (don't sweat an exact match for the name).

    You can see the quirk with the following command:

    [25.07-RC][root@fw]/root: usbconfig dump_device_quirks | grep 0764 VID=0x0764 PID=0x0005 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE VID=0x0764 PID=0x0501 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE VID=0x0764 PID=0x0601 REVLO=0x0000 REVHI=0xffff QUIRK=UQ_HID_IGNORE [25.07-RC][root@fw]/root:

    Your device is third on the list. The HID_IGNORE quirk says to ignore the device and not attach a driver.

    @jhg said in NUT fails to start after 2.7.2 -> 2.8.0 upgrade:

    You might consider adding this resolution to the release notes for 2.8.

    LOL... sorry, I don't work here. While I wrote and maintain various packages, including NUT, I'm still just a volunteer. Most packages are actually written by volunteers.

  • 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.

  • Squid & Captive Portal.. but not captive portal

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    jimpJ

    If you don't like using CP, then your only choice would be to somehow (hardcode, group policy, WPAD, etc) put the proxy settings on every workstation directly.

    That is also the only way you'd be able to control access to HTTPS/SSL sites.

  • How to install aditional pakege in pfsense

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    @vikram_scs:

    how to install aditional pakege in pfsense

    pkg_add -r pkgURL

  • Squid - allowed subnets

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    That seems to do the trick, thanks! (don't know why I didn't see that myself, duh)

  • Squid proxy not doing anything

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    the pfSense router has DHCP enabled, and the LAN card connects to 48 Port switch with 3 vlans, so turning off transparent proxy is not useful to me  :(

    I suppose i could try non-transparent on one computer to see it i can get it working at all for troubleshooting…

  • Installing SABnzbd?

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    Ok, thanks!

  • Havp Update problems and crash

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    HAVP "reboot" updated.

  • Snort: Don't Automatically Add Internal Subnets

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  • Pfstat?

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    How many packets are blocked

  • Snort and freeradius issue

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    That's a pretty vague report. We'd need a lot more information before we could even speculate on what may or may not be an issue.

    Do they work when installed separately?

    Are you sure you have them both properly configured?

    Any errors in the system logs?

    Are you on the full install or NanoBSD/embedded?

  • Bandwith Monitor - HELP

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    Thanks forthe replys guys,

    ive installed Pfsense 1.2.3 onto my machine, gone to packages but whenever i try to install ntop it just hangs at "extracting" and i cant even get back to 192.168.1.1 though he web interface and end up having to hard reboot. ive installed bandwidthd.. and its running but cant figure out the config to get it to display graphs. and have also installed darkstat but i cant seem to "start" the service.. every time ive installed.. or attempted to install a package ive had to hard reboot the router.. any ideas why this probel could be occuring?

    can anyone help me with the bandwidthd config?

    thanks again

  • HAVP not in package list ??

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    jimpJ

    Many packages are disabled on NanoBSD/embedded because they do not work properly with the filesystem and RAM restrictions of embedded systems.

  • Few HAVP Issues

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    I will assume that this is the cache for HAVP/Squid?
    I just tested on a different computer and things are getting by HAVP.
    (testing with same test pages)

    Now, some things will get blocked…but others are not.

    I cleared all cache from IE and FF before testing.

  • How to clear lightsquid report

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    I think it might be in /var/lightsquid/report since I'm getting an error about that folder. I'm still trying to get the logging to work.

  • SquidGuard int error page

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    thanks, i just edit file, and everything works

  • HAVP accessed denied image

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    Sorry guess I'm a newb.  I'm not sure how to modify these files.  The template files seem to just have garbage in them.

  • Nrpe - add check_gmirror to the plugin list

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    Shouldn't be a problem. I'll take a look at it.

    -Erik

  • "Rate" feature requests

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    jimpJ

    I'm not sure if the original author of the rate package is still hanging around.

    As for the reverse DNS, that wouldn't be advisable for such a live view in the GUI.

    You could use a console app such as iftop or trafshow to get a better idea of the kind of info you're really after. You can install them from the shell, such as:

    # pkg_add -r iftop # rehash # iftop -i <lan interface=""></lan>
  • Snort and Barnyard2

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    James, thank you very much for your hard work on Snort - awesome package!

    I've upgraded with each new version and am running Snort 2.8.5.3 pkg v. 1.25. Snort runs but my one problem is Banyard 2 which is showing enabled but is not running due to mysql. I do have mysql enabled but forgot the original password required in the barnyard tab. Restarting snort shows this entry in the logs:

    barnyard2[32432]: fatal error: database: mysql_error: can't connect to local mysql server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock

    I looked at the snorby tutorial in the FAQ for barnyard but I know you said barnyard is now fixed so not sure what to do to get banyard2 to turn green/enabled with my password issue. Any ideas?

  • (Snort) Question about false positives…

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    Thank you! That's exactly what I needed to figure out.

    -Sean

  • Snort screwing up VoIP states

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    Thanx to TreeTopFlyer  I was able to figure out the whitelist issue.

    I going to recode and I will have the issue fixed I soon as I am free.

    James

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