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      Supermule Banned
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      Depending on what the spammer uses as relay….

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        kpa
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        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
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          Version 1.4 released.

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

          -Tom Schaefer
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            mgc6288
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            @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
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                darklogic
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                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
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                  Thank you for the new version Tommyboy180.

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                    tommyboy180
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                    @deltaend:

                    Thank you for the new version Tommyboy180.

                    Thank you!

                    -Tom Schaefer
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                      louis-m
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                      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
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                        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
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                          @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
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                            louis-m
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                            hey, no probs! thanks for your efforts and what a great package!
                            i still can't get the logging to work (tick box etc) so there must be another bit in there to change to rw

                            think the last bit above is meant to be "ro" instead of "rw"

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                              tommyboy180
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                              The logging uses a feature already built into pfsense. It logs just like anything else, so you logs should show up under the Firewall logs.

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

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                                louis-m
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                                i've edited it again and put the conf_mount_rw(); at the very begining of the php script and the conf_mount_ro(); at the end and it works fine now

                                conf_mount_rw();

                                mwexec("touch countries.txt");
                                //$myFile = "countries.txt";
                                //$fh = fopen($myFile, 'a+');

                                if(isset($_POST['formSubmit']))
                                    {
                                $aCountry = $_POST['formCountry'];

                                if(isset($_POST['formOutbound']))
                                        {
                                $output2 = " and Outbound access is BLOCKED.";
                                exec("touch OUTBOUND");
                                }
                                        else
                                        {
                                $output2 = " and Outbound access is ALLOWED.";
                                exec("rm OUTBOUND");
                                }

                                if(isset($_POST['formlogging']))
                                        {
                                exec("touch logging");
                                }
                                        else
                                        {
                                exec("rm logging");
                                }

                                if(empty($aCountry))
                                        {
                                $output = "**You didn't select any Countries.";
                                exec("rm countries.txt");
                                }
                                        else
                                        {

                                $N = count($aCountry);

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

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

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                                  tommyboy180
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                                  Excellent! Great work and 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
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                                    and what a great peice of code too. that cheeky little bleeder from taiwan is now being blocked good and proper! thank you!

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                                      louis-m
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                                      um….there's a bit of a difference between the full & embedded versions. running on a full version with the same packages eg snort etc, country block runs. with the embedded. it stops after 5 mins. i'll play a bit more i think.

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                                        tommyboy180
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                                        @louis-m:

                                        um….there's a bit of a difference between the full & embedded versions. running on a full version with the same packages eg snort etc, country block runs. with the embedded. it stops after 5 mins. i'll play a bit more i think.

                                        I don't have any experience with embedded so any help is appreciated. I wonder what the difference is, hopefully there is a fix that we can implement.

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

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                                          cmb
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                                          @tommyboy180:

                                          I don't have any experience with embedded so any help is appreciated. I wonder what the difference is, hopefully there is a fix that we can implement.

                                          The only real difference is if you must write to something other than /var you must conf_mount_rw() first and conf_mount_ro() afterwards.

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                                            tommyboy180
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                                            @cmb:

                                            @tommyboy180:

                                            I don't have any experience with embedded so any help is appreciated. I wonder what the difference is, hopefully there is a fix that we can implement.

                                            The only real difference is if you must write to something other than /var you must conf_mount_rw() first and conf_mount_ro() afterwards.

                                            Thank you very much.

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

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