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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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    bmeeksB

    I saw where the Netgate kernel developer updated the Suricata package in the pfSense 25.07 development branch to work with the new kernel PPPoE driver. But so far as I know that updated package has not been migrated to 2.8 CE.

    Here is the commit into the DEVEL branch: https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/68a06b3a33c690042b61fb4ccfe96f3138e83b72.

  • 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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    GertjanG

    @AlexK-0 said in Can't receive GeoIP databases updates anymore, banned:

    Days ago, I received from MaxMind an email, notifying me that my country has been banned to receive GeoLite City database updates.

    You've found a reason to use a VPN.

  • 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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    @MacUsers

    https://help.zerossl.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060119933-Certificate-Revocation

    edit: oh you prob out of luck

    You can revoke any certificate issued via the ZeroSSL portal. Currently, certificates issued via ACME can not be revoked from inside the portal - please follow the instructions of your ACME client for revoking those certificates.

    the gui in pfsense does not have the ability to revoke - you prob have to move the certs to something you have certbot installed to and revoke that way.

  • 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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    For 25.07 RC, this worked for me (run sh first)

    [25.07-RC][root@r1.lan]/root: sh # export IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes # pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.84.2.pkg # service tailscaled restart # tailscale up # tailscale version 1.84.2 go version: go1.24.4 # tailscaled -version 1.84.2 go version: go1.24.4
  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    @patient0 Thanks for further suggestions. The tunnel is definitely up and so I don't think this is a CGNAT issue after all. WAN firewall rule is in place for UDP on port 51823 (otherwise the tunnel wouldn't work, right?). I can ping from client 1 -> client 2 and visa versa and also ping all points in between like you suggest. I just can't open an HTTPS connection from pfSenseB from Client 1 using a browser. But I can do this the other way round i.e. from Client 2 to pfSenseA

    I will try and do some packet capture to see if that reveals anything.

  • Error message from Arpwatch

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    I have the same problem, how can i solve this problem?

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  • 2.4.4 TFTP Server 413 Request Entity Too Large

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    @Ethereal What was the actual fix action

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  • Pfsense Squid Proxy and Pulse VPN

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    just guessing, but if I was configuring a business VPN server for remote access such as Pulse, I'd probably have my server setup to disallow clients connecting through proxies as they break the security.

  • Softether VPN Package

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    jimpJ

    No. There is no package for it, and no plans that I am aware of to include it or even to make it available for installation in that way.

    There is a request open here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9044

  • Uninstalled packages in GUI menu after restore

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    GertjanG

    That config file is very comparable with the Windows Registry, or a file system for that matter.
    Leftovers are not bad thing, they are just not used any more.
    The file tends to be somewhat bigger.
    pfSense settings often get removed are changed during upgrade.
    Settings - entries in the config.xml - created by packages, on the other hand, are most often not removed when uninstalling.

  • No package available in Available Package

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    GertjanG

    Yep.
    That confimes :

    @Gertjan said in No package available in Available Package:

    Most known reason : pfSense itself can't resolve anymore.

    Because :

    @Gertjan said in No package available in Available Package:

    Popular expression : you broke the DNS .... so it can't find updates and package information (these Netgate's server IPs are not hard coded in the code, they use URLs).

    You have the solution already ;)

  • HAproxy SSL termination & Snort

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    I was thinking about similar setup, haproxy + suricata
    Frontend: SSL Offloading, Type: http/https Offloading, Public Cert
    Backend: Adress+Port 80, SSL no

    Not sure about snort, but suricata can inspect openvpn interface. I would connect webserver via openvpn to pfsense. Traffic would be encrypten within vpn tunnel but it would be still http, which can be fully inspected by suricata

    I tested it and it was worked. but i am not sure if there is any other security caveat i didn't count with, of course that vpntunnel would need to be extra secured.

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  • pfSense 2.4.5 MIA?

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    @jimp

    Got it! Thanks 😀. Just seemed odd it vanished 😀

  • Avahi - interface missing

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    @mohsh86 said in Avahi - interface missing:

    I've noticed that Avahi GUI does not list "Virtual IPs"

    Thinking maybe your not understanding what avahi actually does... It listens on an L2, a VIP is a L3 IP address.

  • Basic FTP server Package for pfSense

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    GertjanG

    @u444665 said in Basic FTP server Package for pfSense:

    using Captive Portal which works perfectly, as long as you allow all remaining devices 1 by 1.

    Normally ..... a captive portal should be run on a dedicated interface (OPTx).
    Everybody on the 'non-trusted' captive portal interface and up to you if they 'merit' a place on a more trusted LAN (OPTy) interface.
    Or even LAN - if they are really trustworthy.

  • Syslog-NG Feature request

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    GertjanG

    Goto

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    and help yourself ^^

    Btw : This is the FreeBSD 11.2 => so you wind up using "syslog-ng-3.14.1_1".

    Netgate (pfSense) does not develop FreeBSD, they 'use' it from FreeBSD.org and take it 'as is' with some packages wrapped up to they can be installed on pfSense using the pfSense GUI.

    Also : this is a firewall, so priority 1 - 2 and 3 are 'security' and 'stability', so you will never find the latest version nginx, php or whatever other package.

  • Clear squidgard configuration

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    any idea please .??

  • Mailscanner UNOFFICIAL package for pfSense 2.3.x

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    @VenimK

    Try

    touch /etc/inc/xmlrpc.inc

    and rerun the install.

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  • Tinc, multi-wan failover, gateway switching

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    I'm looking into howto do this. It should be tottally possible. The GUI seems to get in the way though with its enforcements. eg you dont seem to be able to create a bridge without any interfaces in. If i could I would be able to have the ip config under pfsenses control, which would allow me to setup ospf in the gui by selecting the bridge interface. I could then just run a ifconfig addm command in the tinc interface up bit to link it all together. No joy, and why cant I have an ipless tinc setup?

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