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      mkubiak402 @Gertjan
      last edited by mkubiak402

      @gertjan

      I don't check if it's pfBlockerNG-devel related because it was doing it before I installed it. I legit just installed it today.

      and the "https://liteblue.usps.gov/" was the right address my wife gave me the wrong one its working now so they fixed some thing on there end..

      so now I just need to figure out what's up with http://www.a2heaven.com/ and i can apply that fix to any new webpages that come up not working.

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        mkubiak402 @mkubiak402
        last edited by mkubiak402

        if this helps this is what i get with a tracert

        https://imgur.com/IuXJ3Z9

        this is at work..

        https://imgur.com/L1Bm42S

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          mkubiak402 @Gertjan
          last edited by

          @gertjan

          https://imgur.com/gn1LR2P

          https://imgur.com/shJ8oPg

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            mvikman @mkubiak402
            last edited by mvikman

            @mkubiak402 Did you notice that you have "/" in the end of "www.a2heaven.com/" when trying to run tracert?
            Try without it, just as you tried www.google.com...

            pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
            Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
            Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
            HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
            HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

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              mkubiak402 @mvikman
              last edited by

              @mvikman said in a few website are being blocked?:

              @mkubiak402 Did you notice that you have "/" in the end of "www.a2heaven.com/" when trying to run tracert?
              Try without it, just as you tried www.google.com...

              i did it both ways same deal

              https://imgur.com/mSjyTmT

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @mkubiak402
                last edited by Gertjan

                @mkubiak402

                Tracert ?
                I didn't mention tracert.

                I said :

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                That would have shown direct that "a2heaven.com" doesn't get resolved.
                So something is stopping "a2heaven.com" from getting resolved.

                True : this :

                1e9d2e3b-e59f-441c-9101-191e26bb60bb-image.png

                says the same thing : "can't resolve a2heaven.com"

                But now I don't know who your resolver is.
                It should be 'pfsense', but it could be some one else.

                And before you ask : no, pfSense - out of the box - does not 'block' anything.
                pfBlockerng-devel doesn't block neither. But the feeds you are using could list "a2heaven.com" and in that case everything is fine : you use a list that blocks "a2heaven.com" : everything is working great ;)
                So, white-list "a2heaven.com" (or stop using the list in which you found it).

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

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                  mkubiak402 @mkubiak402
                  last edited by

                  @mkubiak402 ok I did not add any list for blocking any list pfBlockerng-devel it id its self

                  but like I was saying this was going on before I added pfBlockerng-devel..

                  and a2heaven.com was blocked on a fresh install and so was her old log in for work.

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                    mvikman
                    last edited by

                    Both of those domains are resolving fine for me, so guessing it's something in your configuration.
                    Tested from my two different networks, one uses the default dns root server and the other 1.1.1.1
                    Did you set DNS servers yourself to something other than that pfSense uses by default?

                    pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                    Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
                    Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
                    HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
                    HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Yes, what is that client using for it's upstream DNS server? That's what's failing to resolve it.

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                        mkubiak402 @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10

                        i have the DNS set with

                        8.8.8.8 google
                        9.9.9.9 quad9.net
                        1.1.1.1 Cloudflare

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                        • GertjanG
                          Gertjan @mkubiak402
                          last edited by Gertjan

                          @mkubiak402 said in a few website are being blocked?:

                          @stephenw10

                          i have the DNS set with

                          8.8.8.8 google
                          9.9.9.9 quad9.net
                          1.1.1.1 Cloudflare

                          Is that the answer to this question :

                          @stephenw10 said in a few website are being blocked?:

                          ... what is that client using for it's upstream DNS server? That's what's failing to resolve it.

                          ?

                          If you've set 8.8.8.8 9.9.9.9 1.1.1.1 on a client, then it will use any of these to get DNS anwers.
                          This means that pfSense is bypassed - or : is not involved at all in any DNS requests coming from this client.

                          Still strange, because :

                          [23.01-RC][root@pfSense.mynetwork.tld]/root: dig @8.8.8.8 a2heaven.com +short
                          91.196.124.110
                          [23.01-RC][root@pfSense.mynetwork.tld]/root: dig @1.1.1.1 a2heaven.com +short
                          91.196.124.110
                          [23.01-RC][root@pfSense.mynetwork.tld]/root: dig @9.9.9.9 a2heaven.com +short
                          91.196.124.110
                          

                          In other words : when I ask 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or 9.9.9.9 to resolve "a2heaven.com", they all have an answer for me.

                          Btw : If I want to know what my PC (or iPhone, or TV, or dindong, or whatever) is using as its DNS, I'll ask it : example :

                          C:\Users\Gertjan>ipconfig /all
                          
                          ..........
                             Serveurs DNS. . .  . . . . . . . . . . : 2a01:cb19:907:beef::1
                                                                 192.168.1.1
                          

                          and guess what : 192.168.1.1 == pfSense (2a01:cb19:907:beef::1 is the other IP).

                          If you have entered 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8 9.9.9.9 like this :

                          05f2ddc8-e03f-45e0-8022-695c613cbaa9-image.png

                          then tell us if you are forwarding or resolving.
                          In other words : did you check "DNS Query Forwarding" (on the Services > DNS Resolver > General Settings page )

                          92309047-d24b-45e3-b320-4617e4cdb8ed-image.png

                          ?

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

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                            mkubiak402 @Gertjan
                            last edited by mkubiak402

                            @gertjan said in a few website are being blocked?:

                            resolving.

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                              Gertjan @mkubiak402
                              last edited by

                              @mkubiak402
                              The Resolver can also forward.
                              You didn't show what you've set here :

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                              If you didn't check the "DNS Query Forwarding", you can safely remove 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8 9.9.9.9 from the System >General Setup page, as they are not used / needed.

                              What do you see when you do this :

                              6a489b72-2e8f-4efb-84a5-8bffeb448114-image.png

                              As you can see, my pfSEnse (== 127.0.0.1 = the resolver) took 200 msec to resolve a2heaven.com to "91.196.124.110".

                              If it didn't gave that answer, stop/de activate pfBlockernd-devel, and to the DNS lookup again.

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

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Still check the DNS servers in use on the client itself. It may have something else configured there.

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                                  Gertjan @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  Yeah, @mkubiak402, don't forget to show the output of "ipconfig /all", or equivalent, as shown above.

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

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                                    mkubiak402 @Gertjan
                                    last edited by

                                    @gertjan

                                    this is with "DNS Servers" in

                                    58e506c0-99f4-4153-b0d3-1365681bb2f9-image.png

                                    i removed the 1.1.1.1 ect

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by stephenw10

                                      Ok, so Unbound cannot resolve it. Do you have any sort of filtering for DNS queries setup there? pfBlocker DNSBL?

                                      Since it appears to be a single IP address you could workaround this by just adding a host override for it. But that would break if the IP ever changed.

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                                        mkubiak402 @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10 said in a few website are being blocked?:

                                        pfBlocker DNSBL

                                        Well i have it installed now.. but this is an problem before that.
                                        I am working on building new PFsense box and ill having to see if there is a change.
                                        here is the block log its all my Wifes phone from her online games.

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                                        • GertjanG
                                          Gertjan @mkubiak402
                                          last edited by

                                          @mkubiak402

                                          I saw in you image (first line) :

                                          66afdb9c-2c26-41fb-bb2b-a5c7a85e86f9-image.png

                                          I also use the StevenBlack DNSBL in pfBlockerng-devel - let's try :

                                          29351444-ac0e-44ce-8760-b9d241d1b2e9-image.png

                                          So, my unbound - the resolver (127.0.0.1) took 7 ms to answer 0.0.0.0 as this is for me the default when it found a host name 'krk.kargoo.com' that is listed on a DNSBL.

                                          You don't have an answer, the Result block, so I presume unbound fails to resolve.

                                          What do you see when you visit :

                                          e4799a3c-5def-4f8e-8f4c-815490ae6b7c-image.png

                                          This should be a huge page with thousands of hostnames unbound resolved recently, depening a bit on how many devices you have on your LAN(s).

                                          Can you also show what this page shows : Status >System Logs >System > DNS Resolver - the last 30 40 lines or so.

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

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                                            mkubiak402 @Gertjan
                                            last edited by mkubiak402

                                            @gertjan

                                            krk.kargoo.com This site can’t be reached

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