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

      @Bob-Dig said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

      Just using the patch again

      what patch is this? I don't see anything related in the patches? From what @BBcan177 mentioned, sounds like would just manually edit that file. Is there some patch to auto do that?

      edit
      Oh your talking about the patch shown in this thread

      https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/comments/1ey2sza/update_on_asn_issues_with_bgpviewio/

      edit2:
      well I tried editing the ua string, and still not loading that as109 I setup as test.

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        jrey @johnpoz
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        @johnpoz

        I had provided the fix as a "patch" file well over a year ago - the last time bgpview did this actually.
        Original version of the patch I created should be on this forum somewhere - I never provided it to reddit

        • it changed a couple of other things as well.
          Like not providing your device's NDI to bgp (they don't need it, and I viewed it as an issue) especially in light of the fact that Netgate gives you the option to not even send it to them in the URL and they have made such a "fuss" about NDI and registration being a problem why send it where it is not required.

        I'm no longer providing the patch directly with various reasons mentioned in the other thread. and now with new version that doesn't need it

        if your downloads are not working.
        a) Just wait for the release,
        b) find the patch,
        c) or change the line as referenced.

        I recommend a) for good reason at this point

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          jrey @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

          well I tried editing the ua string, and still not loading that as109 I setup as test.

          let me try this for you - standby

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @jrey
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            @jrey said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

            c) or change the line as referenced.

            I did change the line.. does it need a specific format or something?

            ua="pfSense/pfBlockerNG cURL download agent-"

            to

            ua="different-"

            And that doesn't seem to be working.. My current aliases that have table entries, they might be a bit out of date it seems.. I can for sure just wait til the new version comes out, etc. and already have my ipinfo token ;)

            But now just curious to get it working if all you would have to do is change the ua..

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              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @jrey
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              @jrey said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

              let me try this for you - standby

              Also interested in a how-to.

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                jrey @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

                pfSense/pfBlockerNG

                this is what they are currently blocking on.. change that

                the curl that actually pulls it looks like this: (I log it in the pfblockerng.log (cause I like logging)

                /usr/local/bin/curl -A "pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent-60835222024" -sS1 https://api.bgpview.io/asn/109/prefixes

                it send the output to a tmp file as part of what gets called.
                Works fine here

                {"status":"ok","status_message":"Query was successful","data":{"ipv4_prefixes":[{"prefix":"12.5.186.0\/23","ip":"12.5.186.0","cidr":23,"roa_status":"None","name":"CISCO-SY729-186","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"12.
                
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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator @johnpoz
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                  @johnpoz delete the ASN file. So if the asn is a block it's in the "deny" folder. You can do that in the Log tab to delete the file. Once that file is deleted run a Force update to get the new update

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

                    @jrey said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

                    this is what they are currently blocking on.. change that

                    I did, I changed the whole ua variable to be "different-"

                    @BBcan177 should a force reload do that.. not using any asn in any pfblocker rules - just an native alias and doesn't seem to want to pull any info for the AS109 test alias I created.

                    But I do see a AS109 file, let me try deleting that file. And then running a forced update.

                    edit: ok I deleted the AS109_v4.tx file in /var/db/pfblockerng/native

                    But still show this error
                    [ AS109_v4 ] Reload . completed ..
                    Empty file, Adding '127.1.7.7' to avoid download failure.

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                    • BBcan177B
                      BBcan177 Moderator @johnpoz
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                      @johnpoz no a Force Reload uses the existing downloaded files and makes any changes that you might have made with the settings. New downloads only occur if the downloaded file is missing (which is why I said to delete it) or at the Cron Frequency setting that you set.

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                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @BBcan177
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                        @BBcan177 yeah I deleted it, says empty file in the output, but no info added other than the place holder.

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                          jrey @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz

                          you could also just take the exact call I provided and ssh in the device, paste it and watch the terminal window fill with json return, (or perhaps you might see some other error ?)

                          prompt: /usr/local/bin/curl -A "pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent-60835222024" -sS1 https://api.bgpview.io/asn/109/prefixes
                          
                          {"status":"ok","status_message":"Query was successful","data":{"ipv4_prefixes":[{"prefix":"12.5.186.0\/23","ip":"12.5.186.0","cidr":23,"roa_status":"None","name":"CISCO-SY729-186","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"12.0.0.0\/8","ip":"12.0.0.0","cidr":8,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"12.19.88.0\/21","ip":"12.19.88.0","cidr":21,"roa_status":"None","name":"CISCO-SY558-88","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS INC","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"12.0.0.0\/8","ip":"12.0.0.0","cidr":8,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_stat
                          
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                          • dennypageD
                            dennypage @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

                            And where in pfblocker would I put this token? I am not seeing it in any of the pfblocker settings, I have my maxmind token setup.

                            The link was to see info from @BBcan177 discussing the issue with BGPview.io, and the potential solutions being explored.

                            Using IPinfo, which requires registration and a token like Maxmind does, is one of the solutions he is exploring. He is working on an experimental implementation of IPinfo, which would potentially be used in a future version of pfBlocker. As the work is experimental and unreleased, you won't find a place to enter the token yet. 😊

                            [Edit: This is what I get for reading/responding to posts in order. Sorry @BBcan177, I hadn't noticed that you had stepped in and posted.]

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                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @dennypage
                              last edited by johnpoz

                              Yeah that seems to work fine

                              [24.03-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.home.arpa]/: /usr/local/bin/curl -A "pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent-60835222024" -sS1 https://api.bgpview.io/asn/109/prefixes
                              {"status":"ok","status_message":"Query was successful","data":{"ipv4_prefixes":[{"prefix":"12.5.186.0\/23","ip":"12.5.186.0","cidr":23,"roa_status":"None","name":"CISCO-SY729-186","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"12.0.0.0\/8","ip":"12.0.0.0","cidr":8,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"12.19.88.0\/21","ip":"12.19.88.0","cidr":21,"roa_status":"None","name":"CISCO-SY558-88","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS INC","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"12.0.0.0\/8","ip":"12.0.0.0","cidr":8,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"12.159.148.0\/22","ip":"12.159.148.0","cidr":22,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"NET12","description":"American Registry for Internet Numbers","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"12.0.0.0\/8","ip":"12.0.0.0","cidr":8,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/16","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":16,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"Cisco Systems, Inc.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/14","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":14,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.101.0.0\/18","ip":"64.101.0.0","cidr":18,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"62.50.64.0\/19","ip":"62.50.64.0","cidr":19,"rir_name":"RIPE","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.101.64.0\/18","ip":"64.101.64.0","cidr":18,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"Cisco Systems, Inc.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/14","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":14,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.101.96.0\/19","ip":"64.101.96.0","cidr":19,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"Cisco Systems, Inc.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/14","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":14,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.101.128.0\/18","ip":"64.101.128.0","cidr":18,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/14","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":14,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.101.192.0\/19","ip":"64.101.192.0","cidr":19,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/14","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":14,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"unknown"}},{"prefix":"64.101.224.0\/19","ip":"64.101.224.0","cidr":19,"roa_status":"Valid","name":"CISCO-GEN-6","description":"Cisco Systems, Inc.","country_code":"US","parent":{"prefix":"64.100.0.0\/14","ip":"64.100.0.0","cidr":14,"rir_name":"ARIN","allocation_status":"un
                              

                              but doesn't seem to be updating the table in pfblocker and says the download fails, and I did change the line 761 to be a different ua

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator @johnpoz
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                                @johnpoz try to use the same agent string

                                pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent

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                                  jrey @johnpoz
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                                  @johnpoz

                                  you might also need to delete the .orig and .fail files in the "original" directory if they exists there, not just the .txt in native

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @BBcan177
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                                    @BBcan177 said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

                                    pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent

                                    well that worked

                                    [ AS109_v4 ]			 Downloading update .
                                      Downloading ASN: 109... completed
                                    . completed ..
                                    

                                    tables.jpg

                                    sorry for delay - kind of multitasking ;) on a meeting for work as well ;)

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                                    • GertjanG
                                      Gertjan @JeGr
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                                      @JeGr said in Under attack, anything I should do?:

                                      I don' even know how that got so famous in the first place!

                                      I guess grc.com, Gibson and affiliates.
                                      I remember vaguely some talk shows ...

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

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