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    How to stop maxmind spam to pfsense alert?

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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @MakOwner
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      @MakOwner You can change your update interval. AFAIK they only update the feed monthly anyway. And it won’t work without a license…and maybe https://forum.netgate.com/topic/186065/heads-up-new-suricata-7-0-3-package-is-coming-soon if I’m reading that correctly.

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      • Bob.DigB
        Bob.Dig LAYER 8
        last edited by

        Looks like we need another update for pfBlockerNG!

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        • NogBadTheBadN
          NogBadTheBad
          last edited by

          You could just sign up for a free license.

          Screenshot 2024-02-13 at 19.30.50.png

          Andy

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @NogBadTheBad
            last edited by Bob.Dig

            @NogBadTheBad said in How to stop maxmind spam to pfsense alert?:

            You could just sign up for a free license.

            Na, take a look at what @SteveITS has "linked".

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            • NogBadTheBadN
              NogBadTheBad @Bob.Dig
              last edited by NogBadTheBad

              @Bob-Dig The link doesn't work.

              I'm running both and get no issues.

              Screenshot 2024-02-13 at 19.59.04.png

              Oh see what you mean now:-

              https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15240

              pfBlocker will just need to incorporate sending the accountID.

              Andy

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                SteveITS Galactic Empire @NogBadTheBad
                last edited by SteveITS

                Sorry, Bill deleted the topic in favor of the release notes:
                https://forum.netgate.com/topic/186071/suricata-package-v7-0-3-available-here-are-the-release-notes

                "Special Notice: MaxMind recently changed their API for authentication when downloading updates for the GeoIP2 database. If you use the GeoIP2 option in Suricata, then you must execute a few specific actions to restore the GeoIP2 database download and update process.
                ...
                Enter your MaxMind Account ID in the new field provided above the previous License Key field."

                I had tried a pfB update after I read that, and didn't have an issue though, so I was a bit confused...

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                  MakOwner @SteveITS
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                  @SteveITS

                  I'm not using the IP related stuff, even tried hunting down as many settings as I could to disable updates but it just keeps spamming alerts. :/

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                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @MakOwner
                    last edited by

                    @MakOwner From what log-file is this exactly? I can't see it (for now).

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                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig
                      last edited by

                      When was this supposed to have changed... Looks like pfblocker updated just fine for me on the 6th of feb

                      And per maxmind I at least auth with the key on the 9th of feb..

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                        SteveITS Galactic Empire @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz I believe the original (Suricata warning) post said January but wasn’t specific.

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