@BBcan177:

If you see an AD in a web page, right click on it, and click "Inspect"… This will show what the domain of the AD is...

There are other DNSBL Feeds that can be added (Check the DNSBL thread), and you can also manually add Domains to the Custom Lists...

actually i see Ads on youtube app on my android and iOS devices, is there any solution?

Hey BBcan177! Thank you SO much for taking the time to explain this to me. I was scratching my head trying to figure out exactly why my PrivacyGuard alerts weren't showing, but my general pfBlocker alerts were. This makes perfect sense, now. Thank you again for the clear, concise explanation. You rock!  ;D

This is not a bug with the package…

If you use the GeoIP rules and depending on what Countries you add, you can block access to the Root DNS Servers. So its up to how you configure the rules and the blocklists... Anything being blocked will show in the Alerts Tab.

Here is an IP list of the Root DNS Servers, which should not be blocked...
https://www.internic.net/domain/named.root

btw - I am not actively maintaining pfBlockerNG in pfSense 2.2.x... Best to move to pfSense 2.3.x asap...

php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc

seems to have fixed the issue

thanks for your help

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=99929.msg556801#msg556801

@centurioapertus:

I solved my problems by installing Linux, but I digress.  Since I still have a few Windows 10 machines, my plan is to block all traffic to microsuck except from one VM which will be running as a WSUS server.  All my Windows 10 machines will be pointed to the WSUS server for updates.

I just thought I would drop the idea of a WSUS server into the mix.

Noob question from me:  I've used a little SCCM 2012 but never WSUS to push out Windows Updates.  Does WSUS require a Windows Server OS?  I'm curious if a home user can spin up a WSUS VM for free (legally).

The package allows for different options to define the firewall rules…

There isn't one better than the other.... Its wants better for you network environment.... Your observations about the differences between those rule options is sound tho..

I will say that its best not to overload the widget statistics/Alerts Tab with useless information with packets that are already being dropped by the stateful implicit deny firewall rule and then concentrate on those Alerts that are important to review.

Just pfBlockerNG.  Deleted all lists manually, did a force update to clear everything, uninstalled the package, rebooted the machine and installed pfBlocker from scratch and re configured from a blank slate.

Not sure what preciusely that fixed, other then to know that it is now working as expected, again.

If Avast uses a CDN, it might be hit or miss with a TLD domain in the whitelist… Try your google FU and see if you can find the whole list of IPs that are used for the update process, or send Avast Support a request for those IP ranges.... Then add those IPs to the Whitelist....

To bypass DNSBL, you can configure the LAN devices to use a different DNS server and that should solve this issue for you. Could also run the DNS Forwarder (dnsmasq) on a different port….

Ah! So basically configure this at the device level. Android for example: https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/228009007-Android-Configuration-instructions-for-OpenDNS

Thats a duplicable solution indeed. Thanks!

@Mr.:

BB: isn't the not-reporting-no-logging a bug?

Feature … :)

Someone needs to find a way to bypass those human validation measures in these sites to get the list to download...

Quoting the MaxMind doc:

Country, Registered Country, and Represented Country

We now distinguish between several types of country data. The country is the country where the IP address is located. The registered_country is the country in which the IP is registered. These two may differ in some cases.

Finally, we also include a represented_country key for some records. This is used when the IP address belongs to something like a military base. The represented_country is the country that the base represents. This can be useful for managing content licensing, among other uses.

@BBcan177:

No that is to increase the "State Table"…

System / Advanced / Firewall&NAT  -  Firewall Maximum Table Entries

too

BBCan177's fix above worked for me.
Let me take this opportunity to thank BBCan for his work on the pfblockerNG package - very impressive work fella!

@tonymorella:

@Mr.:

@RonpfS:

For DNSBL to work, all clients on all networks have to point to the DNS Resolver of the pfsense with DNSBL.

I'm trying to figure out the sentence to google for that actually gives relevant results so I can figure out what to do, Ron  ;D

I mean: how can I be sure/test my Windows, Linux and Android stuff do what you wrote above? Is it simply a case of DHCP an IP to all clients (including static P's), or is there more to be done (like disabling services on the clients, for example (?)).

Thank you for any tips  :P

Setup rules to redirect all DNS request to the local DNS

Firewall > NAT > Port Forward> Edit

Interface LAN

Protocal TCP/UDP

Click Invert match select LAN Address

Destination port range From Port DNS and to Port DNS

Redirect target IP 127.0.0.1

Redirect target port DNS

NAT reflection Use system default

Filter rule association Create new associated filter rule

Create rule that allows TCP/UDP from LAN net to  LAN address on port 53

Create rule that allows TCP/UDP from This Firewall to Any on port 53

For example, if a device has 8.8.8.8 setup as its DNS server this rule says anything that is not the LAN address for the request to 127.0.0.1 from port 53 to port 53

Tony

I am lost on last 2. Is the 2nd last one created under Firewall rules-lan
and the last one is firewall  rules-floating,

Thanks for sharing,
regards,
boatingdude

Did you see the DNSBL Feeds that i posted in the DNSBL sticky thread?

Hello

Thanks, tonymorella :)  ( the last space was my mistake )

Regards.

@jvamos:

I have been receiving reports of people having websites down. I could not replicate the problem.

I had the user recreate the issue and noticed he was clicking on the suggested sites at the top under the Google ad network. Same page but with an ad server in between. I corrected user behavior but couldn't help think this would be an issue in larger offices.

Anyone have a good workaround?

Josh

Yep notice this all the time. If the point is to block the ads, then user behavior is the way to go. If you want to allow, good ads add them to the whitelist or create a allow for the Google ASNs.

@johnpoz:

Curious would anyone else like to see slimmed down version of pfblocker?

I really don't want it creating auto firewall rules for me, no offense at your coding stills or anything.  I just do not like the idea of auto rules in any sense of the word.  But I do love the ability to easy pick IP blocks of specific countries to use in an alias.. You made that brain dead easy - would love to see package that does just that..

To answer: no. I think BB is, to put it in popular sitcom-TV terms: ""like" OMG".

Because BB probably (I haven't asked, so just guessing) has a Blueprint of '"The Ultimate Firewall Blocking Tool Set", and in such an ultimate tool set you want as many different tools.