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    • M
      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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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @mkubiak402
                last edited by

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

                6c29a40e-ef6b-4dd1-9d86-e7c17afd9560-image.png

                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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                  • GertjanG
                    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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                              • T
                                terryzb
                                last edited by

                                Is it because these are not actual hostnames here?
                                fqdn.png

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                                  SteveITS Galactic Empire @terryzb
                                  last edited by

                                  @terryzb do you have TLS enabled? If so try disabling it. If you are forwarding DNS disable DNSSEC.

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                                  • GertjanG
                                    Gertjan @terryzb
                                    last edited by

                                    @terryzb

                                    Wrong tests always give wrong answers :

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                                    Good test :

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                                    krk.kargoo.com = does not exist.

                                    The right colom doesn't say : fill in some random description.
                                    It says :
                                    Hostname
                                    Enter the DNS Server Hostname for TLS Verification in the DNS Resolver (optional).

                                    = If you use TLS, enter the host name of 8.8.8.8 1.1.1.1 and 9.9.9.9
                                    No TLS ? You can leave (should ?) these empty.
                                    That will be :
                                    dns.google one.one.one.one and dns9.quad9.net

                                    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

                                      Yeah, you entered a url and it must be a hostname there.

                                      But also that hostname doesn't resolve. Not a pfSense issue.

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                                        mkubiak402 @stephenw10
                                        last edited by mkubiak402

                                        @stephenw10

                                        ok ignore that it was not saved that way i was just noting what they where too...

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                                          mkubiak402 @mkubiak402
                                          last edited by mkubiak402

                                          IDK I have done new Clean installs it works fine if i just use my Linksys router

                                          can I sent you my backup settings?

                                          its just strange that some odd webpages just don't work. I'll just have to deal with it or just though this thing in the trash.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            So what exactly is not working at this point?

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