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    • DefenderLLCD
      DefenderLLC @SteveITS
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      @steveits Totally agree. It was be really nice if pfBlocker checked your current table size setting when a list update goes above the threshold.

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        jdeloach @SteveITS
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        @steveits said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

        @cloudified said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

        It would be nice if the package checked that setting upon install and showed a warning somewhere.

        @jdeloach said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

        As far as the default value, that bug/error has been around since day one ....

        The Firewall Maximum Table Entries setting is a pfSense setting...it has nothing to do with the pfBlocker package.

        You are correct, too damn many pf...... in pfSense/packages.

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          SteveITS Galactic Empire @keyser
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          @keyser said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

          Rumors have it that it is Netgate that maintains this package now

          FYI Netgate has a list: https://www.netgate.com/supported-pfsense-plus-packages

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          • lohphatL
            lohphat @SteveITS
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            @steveits

            Note that pfBlockerNG and pfBlockerNG-devel are NOT the same package and are on different development tracks.

            pfBlockerNG-devel will eventually replace pfBlockerNG but for now they're separate.

            SG-3100 24.11-RELEASE (arm) | Avahi (2.2_6) | ntopng (5.6.0_1) | openvpn-client-export (1.9.5) | pfBlockerNG-devel (3.2.1_20) | System_Patches (2.2.20_1)

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              rcoleman-netgate Netgate @keyser
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              @keyser said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

              I wonder whats going on here… Rumors have it that it is Netgate that maintains this package now and @BBcan177 is no longer on board.

              The thing about rumors... is that they're difficult to prove, or disprove.

              TAC doesn't provide support for pfBlockerNG. BBcan is the maintainer. As I understood it BBcan was on paternity leave for the last few months.

              What I can tell you is a colleague in TAC wrote a patch for the issue that was effecting logging (IIRC) and I think that's where people are thinking it's now a Netgate product. It was a patch, nothing more.

              Ryan
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              • DefenderLLCD
                DefenderLLC @rcoleman-netgate
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                @rcoleman-netgate said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

                @keyser said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

                I wonder whats going on here… Rumors have it that it is Netgate that maintains this package now and @BBcan177 is no longer on board.

                The thing about rumors... is that they're difficult to prove, or disprove.

                TAC doesn't provide support for pfBlockerNG. BBcan is the maintainer. As I understood it BBcan was on paternity leave for the last few months.

                What I can tell you is a colleague in TAC wrote a patch for the issue that was effecting logging (IIRC) and I think that's where people are thinking it's now a Netgate product. It was a patch, nothing more.

                Plus he was very forthcoming about the issue and an upcoming patch and how to fix the issue beforehand...

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                  rcoleman-netgate Netgate @DefenderLLC
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                  @cloudified Never let a good theory get in the way of reality... :D

                  Ryan
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                    JMV43 0 @BBcan177
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                    @bbcan177 Changing subject, "Thousands of GitHub repositories deliver fake PoC exploits with malware" found this on Bleeping Computer, some of the pfBlocker feeds are named in this article.

                    JMV

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                    • lohphatL
                      lohphat @JMV43 0
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                      @jmv43-0 ??? I'm not aware of any IP or DNSBL list downloads from pfBlocker feeds which contain executable scripts. They're just lists of IPs, CIDRs, FQNDs to build lookup tables.

                      Do you have an example feed which contains a script?

                      SG-3100 24.11-RELEASE (arm) | Avahi (2.2_6) | ntopng (5.6.0_1) | openvpn-client-export (1.9.5) | pfBlockerNG-devel (3.2.1_20) | System_Patches (2.2.20_1)

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator @JMV43 0
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                        @jmv43-0

                        https://twitter.com/BleepinComputer/status/1584202031044374528?t=0XBrpP3vz_7XvkMFnW4PcQ&s=19

                        "By looking closer into some of those cases, the researchers found a plethora of different malware and harmful scripts, ranging from remote access trojans to Cobalt Strike."

                        "IP address analysis: comparing the PoC's publisher IP to public blocklists"

                        So basically there are scripts and executables that were found in several Github repositories.

                        The researchers found that some of those malware IPs were matched in the public IP blocklists.

                        The best blocklists being hpHosts and Stop Forum Spam.

                        Tho hpHosts has been closed but I have been trying to get it back some what:

                        https://twitter.com/BBcan177/status/1582913688058855426?t=abL5y3qyGMikWZgRn7mbnw&s=19

                        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                        Twitter: @BBcan177Ā  #pfBlockerNG
                        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                        • BBcan177B
                          BBcan177 Moderator @BBcan177
                          last edited by BBcan177

                          And another reason why I resisted to automatically unblock any IPs of any feeds.

                          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                          Twitter: @BBcan177Ā  #pfBlockerNG
                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                          • DefenderLLCD
                            DefenderLLC @BBcan177
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                            @bbcan177 Good idea. Making the same change now...

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                              JMV43 0 @lohphat
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                              @lohphat Looking for a short and concise answer. Are they dangerous or not? I'm not a professional at this like some of you are.

                              JMV

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                                JMV43 0 @BBcan177
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                                @bbcan177 Thank you. I just needed to make sure it didn't somehow affect pfBlocker's feeds..

                                JMV

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                                  pfsjap @BBcan177
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                                  @bbcan177 said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

                                  And another reason why I resisted to automatically unblock any IPs of any feeds.

                                  I don't get it, how would you automatically unblock IPs of some feed?

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                                  • GertjanG
                                    Gertjan @pfsjap
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                                    @pfsjap said in 3.1.0_6 UPDATE:

                                    how would you automatically unblock IPs of some feed?

                                    By using a build in list called 'auto unblock' ;)

                                    Now the question goes to 'why' - right ?

                                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                      pfsjap @Gertjan
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                                      @gertjan I don't want to unblock IPs in a blocklist, I just can't see how that would even be possible.
                                      I guess I could change the rule action from Reject to Pass, but 'Auto unblock'?

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                                      • DefenderLLCD
                                        DefenderLLC @pfsjap
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                                        @pfsjap I was wondering this myself. Got confused with Suricata where this feature is an option.

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