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      cloudroot
      last edited by

      Wasn't quite sure where this topic would be best suited. So I'm guessing here would do. Mods please feel free to move apropriately.

      Crowdsec are "finally" officially working on a pfSense package. So here's hoping that the community can help making this a great tool for us to use.
      https://github.com/crowdsecurity/pfSense-pkg-crowdsec

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        cloudroot
        last edited by

        Even though I did a search for Crowdsec, I somehow missed that they already announced this. Sorry for failing due diligence.
        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/182043/new-package-best-practices

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          mmetc @cloudroot
          last edited by

          @cloudroot

          Hi, since your post we finished the testing and opened a PR for inclusion in pfsense, waiting for feedback.

          The package can be installed by hand in the meanwhile

          https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/next/getting_started/install_crowdsec_pfsense

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            w0w @mmetc
            last edited by

            @mmetc
            I am grateful for the work done. It's great for me that the package just works after installation.
            I have a question, why are the rules created by Crowdsec hidden from the pfSense interface?

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              mmetc @w0w
              last edited by

              @w0w said in Crowdsec finally comming to pfSense:

              @mmetc
              I am grateful for the work done. It's great for me that the package just works after installation.
              I have a question, why are the rules created by Crowdsec hidden from the pfSense interface?

              We don't do it on purpose, maybe I didn't pay attention but if there is a way to fix that, I'll do it.

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                RobbieTT @mmetc
                last edited by

                @mmetc

                That would be ideal as being 'blind' is counter-intutive to crowdsec's laudable aims.

                ☕️

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                  Bismarck @mmetc
                  last edited by

                  @mmetc

                  Just a heads up, the package needs to be reinstalled after pfSense updates.

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                    mmetc @Bismarck
                    last edited by

                    @Bismarck did the pfsense update also remove the configuration (/etc/crowdsec and /var/db/crowdsec), or just the packages?

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                      Bismarck @mmetc
                      last edited by

                      @mmetc

                      The config and data is still there, but service and menu items are gone from the WebUI.

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                        buggz
                        last edited by buggz

                        Any updates?
                        Though I see 'official' install method on crowdsec website, I would like to install from pfsense package manager.

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                          philippe richard @Bismarck
                          last edited by

                          @Bismarck said in Crowdsec finally comming to pfSense:

                          @mmetc

                          Just a heads up, the package needs to be reinstalled after pfSense updates.

                          Hello,
                          netgate also advises uninstalling third-party packages before updating.

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                            buggz @philippe richard
                            last edited by

                            Shrug, I went ahead and installed it from the instructions on the crowdsec website...

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                              buggz
                              last edited by buggz

                              Not certain where to post this?

                              Anyone else see these type alerts reported?

                              ID	Value		Reason				Country	AS	Decisions		Created At
                              54	Ip:192.168.2.4	LePresidente/http-generic-403-bf			ban:1		7 days ago
                              110	Ip:192.168.2.4	LePresidente/http-generic-403-bf			ban:1		3 days ago
                              
                              
                              - ID           : 54
                               - Date         : 2024-03-06T20:47:07Z
                               - Machine      : N/A
                               - Simulation   : false
                               - Reason       : LePresidente/http-generic-403-bf
                               - Events Count : 7
                               - Scope:Value  : Ip:192.168.2.4
                               - Country      :
                               - AS           :
                               - Begin        : 2024-03-06 20:46:51.646995177 +0000 UTC
                               - End          : 2024-03-06 20:47:07.044271521 +0000 UTC
                               - UUID         : 11f79653-4876-48a9-b45f-7af56c94aff9
                              
                              
                               - Context  :
                              +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                              |    Key     |                            Value                             |
                              +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                              | method     | POST                                                         |
                              | status     | 403                                                          |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/interfaces.widget.php                       |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/interface_statistics.widget.php             |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/disks.widget.php                            |
                              | user_agent | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.2+ |
                              |            | (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/531.2                 |
                              +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                              
                              
                              
                              - ID           : 110
                               - Date         : 2024-03-10T17:05:23Z
                               - Machine      : N/A
                               - Simulation   : false
                               - Reason       : LePresidente/http-generic-403-bf
                               - Events Count : 6
                               - Scope:Value  : Ip:192.168.2.4
                               - Country      :
                               - AS           :
                               - Begin        : 2024-03-10 17:05:14.489298026 +0000 UTC
                               - End          : 2024-03-10 17:05:22.976400929 +0000 UTC
                               - UUID         : 9e9bff46-125a-4ebf-a606-e1910060bc01
                              
                              
                               - Context  :
                              +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                              |    Key     |                            Value                             |
                              +------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                              | method     | POST                                                         |
                              | status     | 403                                                          |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/log.widget.php                              |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/interfaces.widget.php                       |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/interface_statistics.widget.php             |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/disks.widget.php                            |
                              | target_uri | /widgets/widgets/thermal_sensors.widget.php                  |
                              | user_agent | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.2+ |
                              |            | (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/531.2                 |
                              
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                                mmetc @buggz
                                last edited by

                                @buggz said in Crowdsec finally comming to pfSense:

                                Not certain where to post this?

                                Anyone else see these type alerts reported?

                                This is a regular crowdsec alert (source: your logs) but the connections come from an internal network.

                                You can install a whitelist with "cscli parsers install crowdsecurity/whitelists" and you shouldn't receive alerts from private IPs anymore.

                                If you have more issues regarding the plugin or are unsure how crowdsec works, feel free to ask on https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/issues or the discord channels.

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                                  buggz @mmetc
                                  last edited by

                                  @mmetc

                                  Thank you for this very informative reply!

                                  I will whitelist the local IP.

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                                    buggz
                                    last edited by buggz

                                    Perfect, seems to work, will know in a few more days.

                                    cat /usr/local/etc/crowdsec/hub/parsers/s02-enrich/crowdsecurity/whitelists.yaml
                                    name: crowdsecurity/whitelists
                                    description: "Whitelist events from private ipv4 addresses"
                                    whitelist:
                                      reason: "private ipv4/ipv6 ip/ranges"
                                      ip:
                                        - "127.0.0.1"
                                        - "::1"
                                      cidr:
                                        - "192.168.0.0/16"
                                        - "10.0.0.0/8"
                                        - "172.16.0.0/12"
                                      # expression:
                                      #   - "'foo.com' in evt.Meta.source_ip.reverse"
                                    
                                    
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                                      Antibiotic
                                      last edited by Antibiotic

                                      Hi, like me understood , the profit of use Crowdsec if pfSense have opened ports on WAN? no any opened , no any profit. If using pfBlockerNG will Crowdsec only duplicate functionality?
                                      Crowdsec is working with a Snort? Have a read working with Suricata, what about Snort?

                                      pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                                      CPU: Intel N100
                                      NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                                      RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                                      Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                                      Brgds, Archi

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                                        buggz @Antibiotic
                                        last edited by

                                        I don't know if CrowdSec duplicates pfBlockerNG.

                                        I use both pfBlockerNG development and Snort.
                                        Seems to be working good for me so far...

                                        @Antibiotic said in Crowdsec finally comming to pfSense:

                                        If using pfBlockerNG will Crowdsec only duplicate functionality?
                                        Crowdsec is working with a Snort? Have a read working with Suricata, what about Snort?

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                                          Antibiotic @buggz
                                          last edited by

                                          @buggz Are you keep opened any ports on WAN?

                                          pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                                          CPU: Intel N100
                                          NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                                          RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                                          Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                                          Brgds, Archi

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                                            Antibiotic @mmetc
                                            last edited by

                                            @mmetc Any news, regarding the official including of package in pfSense repo?

                                            pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                                            CPU: Intel N100
                                            NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                                            RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                                            Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                                            Brgds, Archi

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