Subcategories

  • Discussions about packages which handle caching and proxy functions such as squid, lightsquid, squidGuard, etc.

    4k Topics
    21k Posts
    tinfoilmattT
    @johnpoz said in Please help to configure HAProxy to serve certifficate on internal LAN too: Yeah - what part do you not understand if you always resolve nextcloud.domain.tld so that it hits your haproxy on your pfsense wan IP are you not getting? You have 2 options - use a different domain internally and always go to nextcloud.publicdomain.tld, or use the same domain internally as external and run into the problem of what IP it resolves to.. Change your local domain to say home.arpa or .internal or atleast something different than the public domain your using to point to pfsense wan IP on the public internet. You are shooting yourself in the foot trying to use the same domain externally as internally. There are ways around it, but they complicate the setup. For example you might be able to use views in unbound as one way to work around the problem. You could use only host entries for all your resources. But then again you run into a problem of using the fqdn for this service, now always pointing to your wan IP.. And that is great when you want to access the service haproxy is doing - but if you want to access that resource on some other service that haproxy doesn't handle - like say simple file sharing.. You are going to have problems. Since you clearly do not understand how any of this works - the simple solution is change the local domain you are using so it is not the same as the public domain you want to use to get to your nextcloud. This tone is outrageous directed at somebody who acknowledged right off the rip that English is not their first language. How many languages do you speak, John? And safely assuming it's only one—English of course—take it from a fellow English native that you'd do well to say more with less words. You otherwise were directing OP in the right direction in my opinion.
  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

    2k Topics
    16k Posts
    tinfoilmattT
    Here. I think. Referenced as "github.com: vendor-provided URL vendor-advisory" in your link.
  • Discussions about packages that handle bandwidth and network traffic monitoring functions such as bandwidtd, ntopng, etc.

    573 Topics
    3k Posts
    dennypageD
    @kabeda If memory serves, that old version of ntopng did not run as user ntopng, but as user nobody. There are lots of problems in that old version. Anyway, check the ownership and permissions of /var/db/ntopng and make sure it matches the user that ntopng runs as. You may need to set ownership of the entire hierarchy. Example: /usr/sbin/chown -R nobody:nobody /var/db/ntopng However, the better choice would be to upgrade to a more recent version.
  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

    3k Topics
    20k Posts
    tinfoilmattT
    @netboy said in is something wrong with pfBlockerNG?: After my post, I "changed" DNSBL -> DNSBL mode from "unbound python mode" to "unbound mode" and so far i have no issues. Terrible idea. Moving backwards in development history there.
  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

    102 Topics
    3k Posts
    dennypageD
    @fjmp24 said in Notification: UPS ups battery is low: If I remove ignorelb directive, my UPS shuts down after 16 seconds This means your UPS is signaling a low battery. Either your battery is bad, or your UPS is bad. Most likely battery, but you never know. I suggest reaching out to Eaton support.
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

    503 Topics
    3k Posts
    M
    I am using the DNS-Update method I have to use a DNS-Sleep of 5 minutes to let the letsencrypt txt dns record update propagate. During this 5 minutes the acme-webgui times out. when the acme-webgui times out the Action list is NOT executed. How can I solve this ? Would it maybe be an idea to let the acme.sh script execute the actions in the action list as a post-hook instead of the web-gui? Or maybe add an option to add post-hooks in the webUI ?
  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

    296 Topics
    1k Posts
    C
    This one has been tricky still not sure what to try. Any ideas?
  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

    93 Topics
    650 Posts
    C
    @luckman212 I had a nice chat with Netgate Support Bot, https://www.netgate.com/support. I added some highlights below: "Netgate Support Bot This is a known issue reported by multiple users: enabling Tailscale with sysrc tailscaled_enable="YES" does not always auto-start Tailscale after a pfSense reboot. The current workaround is to run the following after each reboot manually: service tailscaled stop && tailscale logout || true && service tailscaled start && tailscale up" "Netgate Support Bot Based on all available Netgate forum reports, there is no conclusive evidence that the failure to auto-start Tailscale after reboot when using sysrc tailscaled_enable="YES" is specifically due to Tailscale’s state being stored in a RAM disk. The root cause is still under investigation by the community. Most users confirm that a manual restart is required post-boot regardless of RAM disk settings." I will check the RAM Disk settings to learn more, but given others' lack of success, I will not experiment with it at this time. Here's what the Chatbot has to say: "Netgate Support Bot Yes, you can disable the RAM disk for /var to test if it helps persist Tailscale's state across reboots. Disabling the RAM disk for /var moves log files, RRD graph data, DHCP leases, and package data storage back to disk instead of volatile memory. Impacts and considerations: The firewall will write these files directly to disk, so settings and logs will persist through reboots and power losses. Packages that write to /var, including Tailscale and packages like pfBlockerNG, Snort, or Squid, will have better persistence. However, disk write activity will increase, especially for logging, RRD data, and DHCP leases. Disabling the RAM disk reduces the risk of data loss after an improper shutdown, but you may lose some of the benefits (e.g., lower disk wear) intended for devices with fragile storage (e.g., low-cost flash or SD cards). Some packages may behave differently on disk vs RAM disk and should be tested after reboot. To disable the RAM disk: Go to System > Advanced > Miscellaneous > RAM Disk Settings in pfSense. Uncheck 'Use RAM Disks' for /var, then Save and Reboot. If you use logging or packages that need persistent state (like VPNs, reporting, DHCP), disabling the RAM disk usually increases reliability but may wear storage more."" "Netgate Support Bot There is no direct evidence in available Netgate forum discussions that deleting the contents of /usr/local/pkg/tailscale/state resolves Tailscale's reboot persistence issue. Most reports focus on restarting the Tailscale service or re-running the 'tailscale up' command after reboot, rather than deleting state files. Deleting this directory could clear a corrupted state or force a fresh authentication. Still, it may also remove valid connections or authentication data, requiring you to re-authenticate Tailscale after reboot. This approach might temporarily resolve glitches caused by a stale state. It is still not an established solution for reboot persistence, and you should only try it with the expectation that re-authentication will likely be required afterward. Always back up any config or state you plan to remove, just in case."
  • Discussions about WireGuard

    715 Topics
    4k Posts
    L
    @subhan2k, I guess you only have issues with the domain name when trying to add the static route. What you could do is to add a static route like the following: us-bos.prod.surfshark.com resolves to 43.225.189.108 and 43.225.189.118. Regarding the static route in pfSense: destination network: 43.225.189.0 / 24 (/24 is the key here)
  • Squid supported SNMP?

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    2k Views
    No one has replied
  • Snort stops working

    Locked
    7
    0 Votes
    7 Posts
    3k Views
    J
    With only Exploit and BAckdoor rules, snort still crashes. It can work without "core dumping" between 1 and 4 days. What I have seen is that snort does not give the right amount of ram in the logs : "Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 166M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 166M "  Or "Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 67M -- Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 67M "  just restarted ten minutes ago: "SnortStartup[29480]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 112M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 112M -- Mode ac-sparsebands -- Snort memory usage:" I have 2GB on that machine!!!! Any clue ?
  • SquidGuard ACL ?

    Locked
    6
    0 Votes
    6 Posts
    6k Views
    D
    @wompy: good point, that might be a pain. I guess I could just cut and paste the data from blk_spyware and place that in a new destination. My main objective is to block the spyware category, but since most of it is ads on websites, I want it to look transparent to the users. If you use HTTP WebGIU & Internal redirection, possible another way - modification /usr/local/www/sgerror.php. SG sent many information to redirected page http://10.62.0.3/sgerror.php?url=404&a=%a&n=%n&i=%i&s=%s&t=%t&u=%u [a] - client address #                [n] - client name #                - client user #                - client group #                [t] - target group #                - client url need checking 't' param with 'blk_spyware' and return redirection to blank Image
  • Snort core dumped

    Locked
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    3k Views
    S
    Thx hoba, I read it, the rules are disabled, I've seen it before. Memory consumption has been at ap. 40%, CPU at 10% max Yesterday the machine slowed down the whole traffic, I had to disable snort. Today I will try to analyse if the box itself (no shaping, no ids) is able to handle the traffic. Just NAT some rules and that's it.
  • Bandwidthd BETA 2.0.1.1 not working on PF 1.2

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    W
    Hi I'm interested in installing this package on 1.2 Stable and just want to check if the installation issue has been resolved before I try it on my new install and stuff up my router.
  • SquidGuard and blank redirects?

    Locked
    57
    0 Votes
    57 Posts
    48k Views
    W
    I knew it was a problem, just hoped that there was a solution now. Oh well, once again thank you!
  • Snort custom rules/config?

    Locked
    9
    0 Votes
    9 Posts
    4k Views
    G
    NP
  • XML error: no packagegui object found!

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    3k Views
    X
    @hoba: Download the config.xml from diagnostics>backup/restore. Edit it with a texteditor that can handle the unix specific textfile (like http://pspad.com). Strip out the section for that package, save and reupload it again (pfSense will reboot). Now pfSense won't know that this package was ever installed. Try to reinstall it. Also make sure your pfSense is on the latest version when working with packages. This makes complete sense and is the solution to my problem. Thinking out of the box! Thank you for the quite response.
  • Bandwidth.conf deleted at each reboot ?

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    H
    thx, i was pretty sure about that but i was expecting a specialist to say it :) anyway, i found a way to customize the /usr/local/pkg/bandwidthd.inc so now even after the reboot the item i added is still loaded in the config !
  • Squid Installation and basic parameters to get it running

    Locked
    14
    0 Votes
    14 Posts
    8k Views
    H
    hi i am using squid for quite some times, i used the upstream proxy in the past when i had the option to use it by my isp, but now my isp oblige me to do so, and if i don't my internet will be very slow, so if i use it now squid stops immediately, i tried it with 5 different pfsense boxes, any body aware of this and solved it? thanks in advance
  • AIM issue

    Locked
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    3k Views
    R
    AIM 6 uses a new version of the AIM/ICQ protocol which is not supported by IMSpector. Try an older version of AIM or ICQ and it should work fine.
  • SIPROXD is working!

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    3k Views
    W
    Hi Guys I too would love to see how this was setup! Thanks in advance
  • Snort dual-WAN Hack

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    3k Views
    S
    Excellent work!  I've commited your changes.
  • Snort not running

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    F
    I can't remember, I'll look into it, when I'm around the system again…
  • 0 Votes
    13 Posts
    4k Views
    T
    I am building something like this. It's already working steady, howver I can't write the webgui pages for it. If anyone is interested we could make a package. I have to questions though, it works with lighthttpd (nog the webgui's) on the outside, is this dangerous? Is there a systemwide variable for the WAN interface, and if pptp is used do their need to be rules added on both the pptp interface and the WAN interface?
  • Snort memory usage. how much is needed?

    Locked
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    4k Views
    G
    I'm running ac-sparsebands with about half of the rules enabled.  I'm using approx. 240 MB per interface.  This is on top of whatever else you're running. -GTM
  • Lightsquid - monthly view - graph gives 500 - Internal Server Error

    Locked
    18
    0 Votes
    18 Posts
    9k Views
    F
    ls -l total 100 -r–r--r--  1 www  www      56 Mar 24  2007 .htaccess -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    2307 Mar 24  2007 bigfiles.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    2556 Mar 24  2007 check-setup.pl -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    9185 Mar 24  2007 common.pl -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    4740 Mar 24  2007 day_detail.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    1324 Mar 24  2007 fixreport.pl -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    1210 Mar 24  2007 get.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    10054 Mar 24  2007 graph.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    6710 Mar 24  2007 group_detail.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    7015 Mar 24  2007 index.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    16353 Mar 24  2007 lightparser.pl -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    3779 Mar 24  2007 month_detail.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    4757 Mar 24  2007 topsites.cgi drwxr-xr-x  6 root  wheel    512 Apr  9 22:04 tpl -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    4038 Mar 24  2007 user_detail.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    3132 Mar 24  2007 user_month.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    4049 Mar 24  2007 user_time.cgi -r-xr-xr-x  1 www  www    3572 Mar 24  2007 whousesite.cgi This is how it looks here, I've changed the loginpage to http, no change. Best regards
  • IFTOP how to install?

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    5k Views
    S
    Unsupported, but here you go: pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.org/packages/All/iftop-0.17.tbz From a shell ( option 8 ). rehash iftop
  • Heavy hard disk load when squidGuard activated and shallalist used

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    D
    After downloading Blacklist system start SG with non-builded bases and starting base rebuild. That's all making slowing down of system. With rebuilded base SG started on 3-5 times quickly.
  • How to activate SquidGuard?

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    3k Views
    D
    @freddymc: I solved this, reinstalling squid and squidGuard. Fred Good way  ::)
Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.