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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.
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    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.

  • [solved] squid non starting

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    Thanks romany. That has done the trick. For good measure I have gone thru every proxy server settings page and pressed save.
    Relief!!1!one!  :D

  • NTOP Memory leak

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    The system now shows only 25mb free and about 2mb of swap being used.. while there is still almost 1600mb in the inactive..

    Could it be that it's not freeing up or able to use this memory?

  • Estm time for SNORT package to be available again?

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    Well i can update it! But is it more useful and not as resource hungry as snort i have used them rarely and cannot remember much of each.

  • SpamD and greylisting in general?

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    It's transparent to the user. Spamd will basically just tell the incoming mail server to go away for a little while… and theoretically only the real mail servers will come back. A typical spammer will not try again.

    I've never used spamd, but most greylisting packages will remember which servers have previously sent messages, so the delay is only in the first email received.

    I have my server only greylist incoming mail senders that have dynamic ips. Very few real mail servers have dynamic ips, and very few spammers send spam from static ips. This has the added benefit of far fewer lost emails (which are rare anyways), and no delay for 99% of incoming mail.

  • Bandwidthd Broken…

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    Yea I got it working for some time now…
    Thanks though!

  • Snort how to?

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    Thank You!
    I see how it works now.

  • Squid redirect my web request to my pfsense (squid) machine

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    I really doubt this is true.  You can stop squid if you go to status/services.  Even if the redirect rule was still in place, any change/apply of a firewall rule should reload the filters.  Also, many users have transparent squid running in a production environment without issue.  I'm sure that it isn't as good as having standalone Squid box, but for many people, it's the best solution.

  • Interface Statistic Counter & Uptime Record

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    2: The uptime is displayed on the first page when you log in.

  • Lightsquid ip exceptions

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    I believe the file to edit is /etc/inc/filter.inc  You can edit it from the gui if you enter that file name starting with the leading slash, however I am not sure of what line number or how the squid redirect reads exactly.  Don't change anything if you don't know what it does.

    It might be worth your while to start a new thread to ask how to exclude an IP from the global squid/transparent proxy redirect.  It's basically a firewall rule, so the 'firewalling' forum may even be appropriate - but don't quote me on that.

  • SquidGuard : Source Userlist ?

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    @dvserg:

    User's added in new version GUI, but i now do test bugs (this now not updated to CVS). Will be updated along at 1-2 weeks. Possible getting from me sources and testing this is too.

    Greeeeaaaattt  ;D !!! Well… Waiting for this addition :)

    Good Work !

  • Package Request (ArpON)

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    Go ahead and start a package, or post a bounty for it.  If the money's right, I'm sure someone will take it on.

  • Strange SNORT problem….

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    thnx 4 an answer… When do you plan to release a patch for it, so I could sleep well  ;) ?

  • Uninstalling broken ntop, need help !!

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  • Snort Porn Rules

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    Anybody have a clue on how to solve this? Sometimes (in rare occasions) it does trigger them, but nothing get's blocked.

    Plenty of ram..

  • Squid ldap auth slow

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    Try the package forum…

  • Firewall issue

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    Moving this to the packages board as it's squid related.

  • Pfflowd stopped status

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    Yeah, it does have a dependency on the state table.  It could be the case that the way my default rules are they just lend the,selves to the pfflowd process.

  • How can i add manual ACL in SquidGuard

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    In current version only modify '/usr/local/pkg/squidguard_configurator.inc' file. Current version not supported Users option, but in near time mabe added

  • Need snort, kinda screwed. Plz help

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    The snort package is no longer available for pfSense.  I would encourage you to create a separate snort box and use that in conjunction with your firewall.

  • SNORT in pfSense1.2

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    Yes, it is recommended that you consider starting a bounty project for the package.

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