Unchecking Enable DNSBL Blocks DNS resolution?
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Was intending on getting into pfBlockerNGdevel 3.1.0_4 which I've had running since day 1 of having a Netgate pfSense setup. I began things with unchecking Enable DNSBL - was trying to see if the massive amounts of blocks I was getting was because of it- figured it was. So I unchecked Enable DNSBL - nothing else- and force reloaded pfBlockerNG and... no DNS resolution anymore.
I'd like to understand what happened here. Of course, I then went an un-did what I had changed by re-enabling DNSBL (the only setting I had changed) and doing a full force reload ALL and... still no DNS resolution. I'm unable to browse anything. Interesting.
My solution, since I'd effectively knocked all my home users off the web with no apparent resolution was to restore from a prior backup which did put things back to normal but I'd like to understand what happened and why unchecking Enable DNSBL would stop DNS resolution from functioning even when it was turned back on.
Thanks
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@chandlerl said in Unchecking Enable DNSBL Blocks DNS resolution?:
why unchecking Enable DNSBL would stop DNS resolution from functioning even when it was turned back on
PfblockerNG DNSBL is tied to unbound (the resolver). There are also 2 ways: unbound mode and python mode. It will be interesting to see if, when you disable DNSBL, unbound stops running (see Log). If thats the case it could be a bug ...
