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      JustinHoMi
      last edited by

      I'm using pfsense 1.2.3.

      I installed the package with the web interface. When configuring it, I click enable, commit, and save. However, usually after clicking commit, it disables the Enable checkbox. So it's more like enable, commit, enable, save.

      I notice it's not running after waiting a few minutes then going back to the Country Block configuration page.

      # pkg_info
      arc-5.21o_1         Create & extract files from DOS .ARC files
      arj-3.10.22_1       Open-source ARJ
      arj-3.10.22_3       Open-source ARJ
      bandwidthd-2.0.1_1  Tracks bandwidth usage by IP address
      clamav-0.96.1       Command line virus scanner written entirely in C
      cyrus-sasl-2.1.22_1 RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)
      cyrus-sasl-2.1.23   RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)
      denyhosts-2.5       Script to thwart ssh attacks
      gd-2.0.35,1         A graphics library for fast creation of images
      gdbm-1.8.3_3        The GNU database manager
      havp-0.91_1         HTTP Antivirus Proxy
      jpeg-6b_4           IJG's jpeg compression utilities
      lha-1.14i_6         Archive files using LZSS and Huffman compression (.lzh file
      libiconv-1.11_1     A character set conversion library
      lightsquid-1.7.1_1  A light and fast web based squid proxy traffic analyser
      mysql-client-5.1.44_1 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
      ntop-3.3.8          Network monitoring tool with command line and web interface
      openldap-client-2.4.10 Open source LDAP client implementation
      openldap-client-2.4.11 Open source LDAP client implementation
      openldap-client-2.4.22 Open source LDAP client implementation
      p5-GD-2.39          A perl5 interface to Gd Graphics Library version2
      pcre-7.9            Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
      pcre-8.00           Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
      pcre-8.02           Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
      perl-5.10.1         Practical Extraction and Report Language
      perl-5.10.1_1       Practical Extraction and Report Language
      perl-5.8.8_1        Practical Extraction and Report Language
      perl-5.8.9_3        Practical Extraction and Report Language
      python24-2.4.3_3    An interpreted object-oriented programming language
      snort-2.8.6_1       Lightweight network intrusion detection system
      squid-2.7.9         HTTP Caching Proxy
      squid_radius_auth-1.10 RADIUS authenticator for squid proxy 2.5 and later
      stunnel-4.25        SSL encryption wrapper for standard network daemons
      unzoo-4.4_2         A zoo archive extractor
      
      
      
      From the web interface:
      Country Block
      Dashboard
      Dashboard Widget: Antivirus Status
      Dashboard Widget: HAVP
      Dashboard Widget: Snort
      HAVP antivirus
      Lightsquid
      OpenVPN Status
      bandwidthd
      ntop
      snort
      squid
      stunnel
      
      

      All the latest versions except squid, which looks like it was updated today.

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        tommyboy180
        last edited by

        Something is regenerating your firewall settings I think. Every time rules.debug is run your country block package stops running. I have been running country block for a month now without errors or interruption.

        Start to eliminate variables. Disable packages and services and start to narrow it down. If you want to help me get to the bottom of this now email me your config and I can probably give you an answer within the hour.

        -Tom Schaefer
        SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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          JustinHoMi
          last edited by

          Ok I'll start disabling packages and see what happens. If I can't figure it out I'll send you my config.

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            JustinHoMi
            last edited by

            I disabled everything I could and no luck. What sections of the config should I send you?

            Thanks for offering to look at it for me.

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              tommyboy180
              last edited by

              If you don't mind just send me the entire config.

              -Tom Schaefer
              SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                JustinHoMi
                last edited by

                That's fine. Just got to edit the config. I'll send it to you in a sec.

                Edit: Sent. Thanks!

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                  Supermule Banned
                  last edited by

                  No probs here either. :)

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                    SP0
                    last edited by

                    @tommyboy180:

                    @csnf:

                    I get file system errors trying to write.

                    I can look further into this, I usually don't support nanobsd because of special exceptions I make.
                    The script is getting hung up on creating two files, countries.txt and lists/countries.txt. Perhaps you can make these files and modify the permissions so they cannot be removed.

                    Were you able to look further into this - or can you provide a little more detail on how to fix?  I have the same issue (pfSense 1.2.3 on Alix).  Thanks.

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                      mgc6288
                      last edited by

                      I must be doing something wrong, or am finding the wrong IP of spammed emails.  First, I have nearly every country checked, including the Dominican Republic.  I've still received a few emails and my mail server separates them and lists their IP in the subject line for me.  Recently I found one with an IP of 200.42.239.139 which as stated here:

                      http://ip-address-lookup-v4.com/lookup.php?ip=200.42.239.139

                      Points to the Dominican Republic.  Am I finding a fake IP from the sender?  Thanks.

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                        Supermule Banned
                        last edited by

                        Depending on what the spammer uses as relay….

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                          kpa
                          last edited by

                          Look at the last ip address before your own email server in the received headers, that's the IP address checked by country block.

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                            tommyboy180
                            last edited by

                            Version 1.4 released.

                            Added logging option.
                            Added missing country. (India is in the top 10 list)
                            Fixed misspellings.
                            Changed installation process.

                            -Tom Schaefer
                            SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                              mgc6288
                              last edited by

                              @tommyboy180:

                              Version 1.4 released.

                              Added logging option.
                              Added missing country. (India is in the top 10 list)
                              Fixed misspellings.
                              Changed installation process.

                              After some looking around…is the logging feature located under status --> system logs --> Firewall?

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                                tommyboy180
                                last edited by

                                Yes, system logs -> Firewall.
                                I am still working on a way to filter what is logged only by the package. That requires a lvl 67 programmer and I am only lvl 66.

                                Right now the only way to tell if something is blocked by the package is to click the red x on the logged event.

                                -Tom Schaefer
                                SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                                  darklogic
                                  last edited by

                                  Came across some issues. I found you may need to uninstall the 1.3 package and then reboot you system after the uninstall. Then install the new 1.4 package and reboot again. I was not able to get the new version to start until after I did the following. This is just something to try if anyone else happens to get this same issue for what ever reason.

                                  Other than that, the package is working great. Good job on implementing the logging. I have a feeling level 67 will soon come about.

                                  Thanks again for all the hard work tommyboy180

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                                    deltaend
                                    last edited by

                                    Thank you for the new version Tommyboy180.

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                                      tommyboy180
                                      last edited by

                                      @deltaend:

                                      Thank you for the new version Tommyboy180.

                                      Thank you!

                                      -Tom Schaefer
                                      SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                                        louis-m
                                        last edited by

                                        has anybody got this going on embedded yet? i'm getting hit with terrible spam and this would come in extremely handy.
                                        i've changed my embedded to rw, did the install but it still complains. i've tried to create countries.txt etc and they get deleted the minute i try to commit countries in the gui.
                                        i'd really appreciate some help with this as i've had to close down my mail server to stop spam coming in (even with spam assasin!)

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                                          louis-m
                                          last edited by

                                          i got it going but could the author or anybody else let me know if i am doing anything wrong or opening a hole as i am not a coder.
                                          i simply edited the config file like:

                                          $N = count($aCountry);

                                          $myFile = "countries.txt";
                                          conf_mount_rw();
                                          $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w+');
                                          $output = "**You selected $N Countries";

                                          for($i=0; $i < $N; $i++)
                                          {
                                          //echo($aCountry[$i] . " ");
                                          fwrite($fh, $aCountry[$i] . "\n");
                                          conf_mount_rw();
                                          }
                                          echo("");
                                          }
                                          }

                                          and away it went. it's running ok now. thank you.**

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                                            tommyboy180
                                            last edited by

                                            @louis-m:

                                            i got it going but could the author or anybody else let me know if i am doing anything wrong or opening a hole as i am not a coder.
                                            i simply edited the config file like:

                                            $N = count($aCountry);

                                            $myFile = "countries.txt";
                                            conf_mount_rw();
                                            $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w+');
                                            $output = "**You selected $N Countries";

                                            for($i=0; $i < $N; $i++)
                                            {
                                            //echo($aCountry[$i] . " ");
                                            fwrite($fh, $aCountry[$i] . "\n");
                                            conf_mount_rw();
                                            }
                                            echo("");
                                            }
                                            }

                                            and away it went. it's running ok now. thank you.**

                                            Awesome! You saved me a couple hours on my day off. I will make the changes and commit this in the CountryBlock package and the IPBlocklist package.

                                            -Tom Schaefer
                                            SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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