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    Error: dns_probe_started

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @guile
      last edited by johnpoz

      @guile if you do a nslookup to pfsense IP and it resolves, ie answers your fqdn query. then how is it dns related - unless your browser is not using pfsense for its dns..

      Unless your unbound is restarting and your browser asks, and fails, and by time you ask via your nslookup it has restarted. Look in your log, is unbound restarting a lot?

      Do a query like this to see how long its been running.

      [23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/: unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf status
      version: 1.17.1
      verbosity: 1
      threads: 4
      modules: 2 [ validator iterator ]
      uptime: 94572 seconds
      options: control(ssl)
      unbound (pid 3856) is running...
      [23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/: 
      

      So my unbound has been running for 94500 seconds, or 26 some hours.. Which makes sense because I had restarted it yesterday a few times playing with something else for another thread.

      If you weren't using doh, then blocking doh would have no effect.. If you were blocking doh and the browser was trying to use it - then it would always fail.. But from your ping and nslookup dns is working, so maybe its restarting a lot - which if your registering dhcp that can be a problem, etc

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      • JonathanLeeJ
        JonathanLee
        last edited by

        I had this same issue when I updated to the new PfSense. To resolve it I had to add in the custom settings in DNS resolver for unbound. It was like my IPv4 was trying to connect to IPv6 websites intermittently even with DoH blocked. That custom setting fixed it for me as I have no IPv6 from the ISP

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          guile @johnpoz
          last edited by

          @johnpoz

          My unbound status:

          [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@firewall.local.com]/root: unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf status
          version: 1.13.2
          verbosity: 1
          threads: 2
          modules: 2 [ validator iterator ]
          uptime: 7006 seconds
          options: control(ssl)
          unbound (pid 39208) is running...
          
          

          I restarted the service when the error ocurred. Ill keep checking the status using the command.

          Im not using DoH, im just trying to block users to use DoH. All the configurations I posted, can I disable them all?

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            guile @JonathanLee
            last edited by

            @JonathanLee ill try ur config. This config, right?

            server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf
            do-ip4: yes
            prefer-ip4: yes
            do-ip6: no
            prefer-ip6: no
            private-address: ::/0
            dns64-ignore-aaaa: *.*
            do-not-query-address: ::
            do-not-query-address: ::1
            do-not-query-address: ::/0
            
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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @guile
              last edited by johnpoz

              @guile said in Error: dns_probe_started:

              uptime: 7006 seconds

              So its only been running for not even 2 hours.. Did you on purpose restart it for something..

              I would check that, next time you have a problem.. Did unbound just restart.. that should just run and run and run.. I have seen mine run for months without a restart, etc. My restarts when I restart it for say adding a host override or something, etc.

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                guile @johnpoz
                last edited by guile

                @johnpoz yea, I manually restarted when the error occurred. ill check the uptime, next time when the error appear. But probably is not the case, because when the error appears takes like 5 minutes to internet comes back. And a service restart takes like 10 seconds.

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                • JonathanLeeJ
                  JonathanLee @guile
                  last edited by

                  @guile add it into GUI under custom options inside DNS resolver towards the bottom. Let me know if it fixes it. For me all the sudden I had all my machines trying to connect to AAAA records (IPv6) again I only have IPv4 from my ISP, so it will not connect to any IPv6 urls. No big deal most all have IPv4

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                    guile @JonathanLee
                    last edited by

                    @JonathanLee

                    Ok, up and running. Lets see if this will fix the problem:

                    Screenshot_1.jpg

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                    • JonathanLeeJ
                      JonathanLee @guile
                      last edited by

                      @guile Hello, just curious what you use include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf for, is this for pf blocker? I am using squid guard that is why I asked.

                      I have a monster list of DoH servers I block with Squidguard.

                      Screenshot 2023-07-05 at 10.26.01 AM.png

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                      • JonathanLeeJ
                        JonathanLee @guile
                        last edited by

                        @guile Let us know if this fixes the intermittent issues. I use to never have this problem before, that custom option fixed it. Furthermore, I can still access everything I need every website I need has both IPv6 and IPv4 so its not a big deal for me.

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                          guile @JonathanLee
                          last edited by

                          @JonathanLee

                          The line:

                          var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf 
                          

                          Is auto generated by pfBlocker. Why u dont use pfBlocker to block DoH? You dont need to have a huge list, just check the list and u good. Like this:

                          Screenshot_2.jpg

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                            guile @JonathanLee
                            last edited by

                            @JonathanLee Ok, ill let u know.

                            For now is working.. not a single error.

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