IP-Blocklist
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Hi there,
I've just installed your package today, and have received the out of memory error as well.
In searching the forum, it seems the SquidGuard folks have encountered this as well, but they seem to be adding the "memory_limit" variable to their own .inc file.
See this post :
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,12586.msg68170.html#msg68170
Maybe this overrides the system's 12mb limit?
– Phob
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Hi,
I have seen a few posts on the ip-block package not installing. When trying to install on 1.2.3 with snort and ntop, the package install screen stayed on running php script for hours. Finally did a clean install of 1.2.3 and the install of ip-block package completed. No issues with starting. However, as a few other posts indicate, ip-block seems to work in silent mode (no logs or messages that url to list was down loaded and installed.).
Thanks,
UPDATE: Performed a re-install package on same machine detailed above and got package installed message. However upon entering URL(s) and click save received the following:
Warning: file_get_contents(wlists.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/ipblocklist.php on line 30
checking:
$ pfctl -s rules | grep ipblocklist
pass quick from <ipblocklistw>to any flags S/SA keep state label "IP-Blocklist"
pass quick from any to <ipblocklistw>flags S/SA keep state label "IP-Blocklist"
block drop quick from <ipblocklist>to any label "IP-Blocklist"
block drop quick from any to <ipblocklist>label "IP-Blocklist"</ipblocklist></ipblocklist></ipblocklistw></ipblocklistw> -
The wlist.txt is only a warning. I will be adding a fix for this here shortly.
It looks like your package install is working. To make that error go away just browse to the whitelist page, until I patch to the next version.
I have seen all the problems that people are having when they have other packages installed, but I have not been able to replicate these issues, besides the php mem error. The php mem error does not actually hinder the function of the package, its more of an annoyance than an issue.
If anyone cannot get the package working due to a number of weird configurations then please PM me. I plan on supporting this package for a long time.
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Hi,
I am running 2.0-BETA3 built on Sun Jul 18 02:17:40 EDT 2010, and im trying to use the package.
It installs fine, but when i add the level 1 list and hit save, it gives the memory error.
This should be normal according to previous posts, but unfortunately the page says "Not RUNIING" and i don't see any rules.Could you help me diagnose the problem?
grtz, Marcus
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I got level 1 going…try doing it in FF and see what happens.
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I am already using Firefox. Still no joy.
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Well I did get an error for bt_level1.gz however when I reloaded pfsense it did state it was running.
I just went to countryipblocks.net and made a huge list of all the countries I don't need in "IP Range" and saved them to a .txt file and posted on my server. I added that to IP-Blocklist and it works like a charm. Now all I am concerned with are a few countries which I will eventually work on the spam levels…
Most of the spam, as listed, is coming from:
Korea
China
India
Russia
Turkey
Vietnam
Ukraine
Brazil
Venezuela
Pakistan -
Even after a reboot of the firewall it did not seem to be running. I also tried smaller lists live level 3. Nut still i cant seem to get it running.
Is there any way to get some debugging output to see where it goes wrong? -
Here is a question. I can copy the direct links for the .gz files from iblocklist.com and they work because they are in the format:
domain:x.x.x.x-x.x.x.x
I went to countryipblocks.net and made a custom list of all the countries that I didn't need accessing my server and made an "IP Range" and then copied into a .txt file and posted on my own server. The format for them is:
x.x.x.x - x.x.x.x
After adding the link to IP-Blocklist it does say it is running, but the list isn't in the exact format (minus the domain) as the .gz ones. Is this an issue? How could one verify this?
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When the script checks to see if it is running it only verifies that the firewall entry has been made. The package does not verify the format of your lists, if there are errors in the lists then it silently ignores them.
countryipblocks.net format does not work. Use the country block package.
To verify your lists are applied cat /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/lists/ipfw.ipfw and see if your IPs are in there.
Always use the domain:x.x.x.x-x.x.x.x format.
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countryipblocks.net format does not work. Use the country block package.
Classic goof…I had a hunch to check the pfsense packages and this must have recently come out as I didn't see there a month or two ago... Thanks!
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Tommy,
Doe you have any tips on debugging the package?
I would really like to have it running, but i cant seem to find any clues on why it does not work.
Or did i miss something, did i have to make a special rule in the firewall with the list of something? -
Version 2.1 released
Fixed pfsense BETA 2 package for x86 and x64. Now runs on all versions of pfsense.
Fixed (wlists.txt) not found error.
Fixed rare cases of the package not working with large firewall configurations. Thank you netritious!
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When the script checks to see if it is running it only verifies that the firewall entry has been made. The package does not verify the format of your lists, if there are errors in the lists then it silently ignores them.
countryipblocks.net format does not work. Use the country block package.
To verify your lists are applied cat /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/lists/ipfw.ipfw and see if your IPs are in there.
Always use the domain:x.x.x.x-x.x.x.x format.
If I were to save a .gz file on a www server in the format name:x.x.x.x-x.x.x.x and then occasionally updated the .gz in Notepad with IPs I'd like to block, would I need to re-commit / re-add the .gz to IP-Blocklist or is the list auto updated via the www link?
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If I were to save a .gz file on a www server in the format name:x.x.x.x-x.x.x.x and then occasionally updated the .gz in Notepad with IPs I'd like to block, would I need to re-commit / re-add the .gz to IP-Blocklist or is the list auto updated via the www link?
To get the updated .gz on the pfsense box all you would have to do is click "Save/Update". That will re-download the .gz file and re-process it.
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To get the updated .gz on the pfsense box all you would have to do is click "Save/Update". That will re-download the .gz file and re-process it.
Would it make sense, in possibly a future version, to make it where maybe a .gz link can be set to auto update during a certain time frame, i.e. once a day. My thoughts is to have the .gz file reside on my server and when a spam email comes in I can get the IP address out of the header and simply add it to the .gz file without having to log into pfsense. Just a thought.
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To get the updated .gz on the pfsense box all you would have to do is click "Save/Update". That will re-download the .gz file and re-process it.
Would it make sense, in possibly a future version, to make it where maybe a .gz link can be set to auto update during a certain time frame, i.e. once a day. My thoughts is to have the .gz file reside on my server and when a spam email comes in I can get the IP address out of the header and simply add it to the .gz file without having to log into pfsense. Just a thought.
The idea has been passed around on this topic here and there. A cron job would do the same thing. Just run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/IP-Blocklist.sh as often as you like.
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The idea has been passed around on this topic here and there. A cron job would do the same thing. Just run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/IP-Blocklist.sh as often as you like.
I guess I'm not familiar enough to do this. Am I running the .sh file within pfsense to reload the .gz file or is this a command I can set in a .bat file to have pfsense do? Making it easier with fewer steps is a nice goal. If a guy can simply edit the .gz then ideally that would be nice. I can do this with my email server - edit the .dat file and no reloading is necessary. Either way though, this and your country package are awesome and the main reasons I finally switched to pfsense. Thank you.
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The idea has been passed around on this topic here and there. A cron job would do the same thing. Just run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/IP-Blocklist.sh as often as you like.
I guess I'm not familiar enough to do this. Am I running the .sh file within pfsense to reload the .gz file or is this a command I can set in a .bat file to have pfsense do? Making it easier with fewer steps is a nice goal. If a guy can simply edit the .gz then ideally that would be nice. I can do this with my email server - edit the .dat file and no reloading is necessary. Either way though, this and your country package are awesome and the main reasons I finally switched to pfsense. Thank you.
You won't have any benefit with editing the .gz on the pfsense box since this is replaced with the url version every update. Editing the config or settings do not take effect until you click "Save/Update" hence the title of the button. What I suggest is to create a cron job and run IP-Blocklist.sh every hour or even every minute if you like. And just update the url .gz version. This solution only includes 2 steps so I think this is your better and simplest option.
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You won't have any benefit with editing the .gz on the pfsense box since this is replaced with the url version every update. Editing the config or settings do not take effect until you click "Save/Update" hence the title of the button. What I suggest is to create a cron job and run IP-Blocklist.sh every hour or even every minute if you like. And just update the url .gz version. This solution only includes 2 steps so I think this is your better and simplest option.
Well I installed cron and did some research. I did the following:
minute: 0
hour: 1
mday: *
month: *
wday: *
who: root
command: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/IP-Blocklist.shI figure everyday at 1am should be ok. Then whenever I update the .gz file it will update the server.