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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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    @qinn
    Sent him an email Dan an email to the address on his site.. Not sure what is happening, my Teams stopped working. Disable it/turn it off and the problem went away.

  • 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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    @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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    @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.

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    Miniupnpd Package

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    Patch to enable Squid cachemgr

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    OK.  I see the menu options in squid_ng.xml, but they are not appearing in the GUI.  Maybe I am just misunderstanding how the package/GUI system works.  Could someone give me pointers please?

    Thanks!

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    Need PerUserBW Package

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    You clearly are not understanding what I am saying.  Research ALTQ and Per user bandwidth.

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    Squid stats

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    Login to a shell and check /var/squid/log.  You should see a cache.log, and if you have logging enabled you will have an access.log.  Also, check to make sure that the daemon is runinng (ps aux | grep squid).  The cache is kept in /var/squid/cache as well.  So see how large that directory is.  There is also a cachemgr patch in the forums that I am looking into installing at the moment.

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    Squid in RC2

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    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,1820.0.html

    RC2h is now up.  To upgrade run this from a shell ( option 8 ):

    For a list of bugs since RC2:  http://cvstrac.pfsense.com/rptview?rn=28

    Run this command:

    fetch -q -o - http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/update_to_rc2h.sh | sh -

    This should be the last update before RC3.

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    Squid 0.4 beta on RC2

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    @jeroen234:

    uninstall squid
    upgrade to the latest version of rc2 i beleve its rc2g now
    install squid again

    I uninstalled squid, cleaned up cache and config.xml,  upgraded up to f (didn't find any g?) and reinstalled. Same errors I'm afraid.

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    Snort, SnortSam & Oinkmaster

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    Just a note

    Imho it is easier to operate an IDS on an external device!

    marcus

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    About Some Packages Problem

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    OH,I SEE! Waiting it realease~~~~~~~

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    Squid (transparent, LAN+OPT) OPT subnet access: Permission denied

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    It works fine with RC2.

    Did you uninstall and then reinstall?

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    Squid in RC2e

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    …well, reinstalled it 2 times without success.
    After that I deleted the package, rebooted and installed it again.

    Now it works as expected.

    Just to let you guys know...

    Cheers

    jahonix

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    FreeNAS undefined function problem

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    Thanks for clearing that up!

    I think I will try to install head on a spare comp to experiment with, maybe try to make it dual boot FreeBSD/pfsense so that I can become more familiar with this stuff.

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    Error install HAVP with GUI

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    logs erros  havp  ALPHA
    0.6 with GUI :

    Downloading package configuration file… done.
    Saving updated package information... done.
    Downloading havp and its dependencies... done.
    Checking for successful package installation... failed!

    Installation aborted.

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    Problems with Squid and SpamD

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    Uninstall and reinstall the squid package.

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    Squid not allowing access on port 88 outbound

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    You're bumping up against the squid ACLs.  Consult the squid documentation and modify your squid.conf appropriately.

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    Squid working, but getting some "operation timed out" errors

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    From the "Better Late Than Never" Department:

    Log into the box and use squidclient to query squid for stats:

    squidclient mgr:menu

    will give you a complete list of available commands.

    squidclient mgr:info

    is generally the first and most useful query to run.

    Look at the statistics related to median response time. Of particular interest will be the time it takes DNS to answer requests. Remember, squid is a proxy, that means that it's doing a lot of work in place of clients. Each request consumes system resources while it's being processed and the longer it takes to complete the transaction the longer those resources are unavailable to handle other requests.

    Also, make sure you're using diskd for async I/O, if possible, and that shared mem is tuned properly (if shared mem isn't tuned properly you'll get scary messages about resources being unavailable in the logs). NOTE: diskd can be a pain. If aufs works, use it instead. The last info I read on diskd v. aufs stated that in order for aufs to work on freebsd, threads would have to be able to do non-blocking I/O. I'm not sure about the current kernel, so more research is required.

    Don't use the default cache object removal policy, it's slow, inefficient and indiscriminate. Use one of the heap-based policies instead. Choose whichever policy meets your need, the primary distinguishing characteristic being their affinity for object size or age.

    Check the squid FAQ for more information.

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    Great! We should start a Starbucks fund for the dev's… I know I drank way too much Russian Sludge (no offense to the ruskies, but adding coffee grounds to a basket over and over until you can't close it makes for some interesting coffee) in my day developing grid software for super collider research.

    Anyways, I'm going to get a test box or two running. Let me know if there's any other way I can contribute other than submitting meaningful and detailed bug reports. Unfortunately no matter how many Frapa's or Mocha's you drink, it still doesn't make release day come any sooner lol… Keep up the good work guys.

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    Updated packages, incoming breakage, feedback needed

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    @mrreload:

    Ok,
    I tried again and I am getting the same thing. Log shows exactly the same as earlier post. I have tried deleteing the havp package file from /tmp, same. Tried to install it with or without squid installed. Tried a fresh install of pfsense, same. Strange thing is I have other packages installed without any issue. Squid and Freeradius.

    The same happens for me, even on a new install of pfsense.  Here's the error i get for HAVP:

    Downloading package configuration file… done.
    Saving updated package information... done.
    Downloading havp and its dependencies... done.
    Checking for successful package installation... failed!

    Installation aborted.

    Here's the error I get when trying to install CLAMAV:

    Installing clamav and its dependencies.
    Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...

    It just sits there until I go and close the page after several minutes.  Weird thing though is that CLAMSMTP installs fine without any problems.

    Thanks in advance...

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    Get a soekris/wrap and throw one of these ready made asterisk images to it. This will only use around 3 watts.

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