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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.

  • Error after OpenVPN Enhancements package install

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    Hi to all, in my case… is a nanobsd installation.

    Regards,
    Andrea Menchetti.

  • Anyone who uses Snort needs to thank Jamesdean

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    Thanks for nice words.

    I have to admit I could not have done alot without the help from the other pfsense devs.

    James

  • Reinstalling Snort nulled everything

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    It was a touch and go week with snort and pfs, but thanks to JamesDean things are running excellent.

    I am using v1.24 with Premium Rules and have no more issues to report. Screens appear much faster and all the rules are updating as expected.

  • How could make authentication with free RADIUS

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    any help or idea

    i couldn't use the net work though,net

    do you think it dosn't here in radius auth or i shoud use any package else >:(

  • Problem downloading snort rules

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    Ok, so I disabled my WAN rule and stopped the SNORT service.  Rule updating worked the first time after that.

  • Snort - Barnyard2 not working

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    James,

    After reading my last post it might have come off a bit accusatory, that was not my intent at all. Thanks for all your work, I was just posting the work around I found in an effort to help others out there.

  • HAVP, Squid and SquidGaurd even possible?

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    V 1.2.3
    I was hoping someone could respond with a successful configure.

  • Snort 2.8.5.3 pkg v. 1.24 upgrade issues

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    Try to reinstall the package, my first code upload of snort package 1.24 was corrupted.

    James

  • Snort pkg v1.22 (possibly later vers too) uninstall broke system

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  • [RESOLVED]direct internet access(outbound nat) too slow

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    Problem solved by addding local direct access ip addresses to services>proxy server>access control>Unrestricted IPs

  • Snort Problems

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    Good news! Just saw an updated snort package is out. Version 2.8.5.3 pkg v. 1.23 is working with Premium Rules. Not only was I able to download all the rules, but snort started with no errors when I enabled every category (with defaults) on the WAN interface.

    Thanks to the pfSense team for an awesome product!

  • Imspector icq-aim issue

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  • Squidguard IP Destinations

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    @Johan449:

    Thanks
    Will give it a try

    Should I include the () or not?

    Yes.
    if you need more IPs - 196.38.192.5 or 196.38.192.10
    Expressions can be as
    (196.38.192.5)|(196.38.192.10)

  • LightSquid Refresh Schedule Data Loss (bug w/ details to fix)

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    Fixed as

    per day fresh will started at 23:45 added new yesterday fresh at 0:15

    Thanks!

  • SIP stops working after a while

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    I have found that pfsense has to be rebooted when you have two providers on the same or separate interface being when you use VLANs, PPPoe or Load balancing. Also, if I register on one interface with the same provider then try to do it on another pfsense refuses to allow it to work unless you reboot.

  • Rate not showing last number of IP address

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    I installed it fresh a few minutes ago and see all 4 octets.

    I do however see that the rate that is displayed is pretty inaccurate for whatever reason.

  • Squid ACL not working with SquidGuard installed

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    I might be taking a shot in the dark but I believe you have to use squidguards ACL instead of squids when it is installed.

  • Snort…working on Bugs today.....

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    Do you use VLANs?

  • SquidGuard problem

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    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply!

    I changed the function is_iprange to is_iprange_new and i had the function "is_ipaddr_valid" as it contains a call to the function is_iprange as well, I had only to change it to is_iprange_new and it is working like a charm, thanks.

    Kind regards,
    David Negreira.

  • Testing new package on local system

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    Thank you. Using an external web server did the trick.
    I do have some suggestions for anyone else wanting to set this up

    1. Download http://www.pfsense.com/xmlrpc.tgz
    2. Extract xmlrpc.tgz to your www root (to simplify)
    3. edit /etc/inc/globals.inc
        change```
    "xmlrpcbaseurl" => "<ip_of_webserver>"</ip_of_webserver>

    4\. Use pkg_config.xml as a template (from xmlrpc.tar). The header information is vital.     keep stored in wwwroot/packages Number 4 is my observation that I wish was more clear to me when first setting this up. Thank you all for your help.
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