Country Block
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I've got email working right now. I was able to use any SMTP gateway, so email will not be restricted to gmail. So far I have successfully tested yahoo SMTP and gmail SMTP, but there isn't a reason why any SMTP gateway won't work.
Right now this is only on php4 and if I'm not mistaken php5 is on pfsense BETA 2. I don't have BETA 2 so I will need a tester here in a couple days if anyone wants to help out. -
I'm still having trouble with CB staying running. Is there anything I should look at?
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@Bai:
I'm still having trouble with CB staying running. Is there anything I should look at?
Which version of CB are you using?
And PfSense version?
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Not checking your WAN interface will leave you vulnerable to attack from your blocked counties. However, yes. If you do not select your WAN and your LAN, then you will be able to enforce outbound access, on the DMZ, to the countries while still being able to access them on your LAN.
For a customized configuration you can always edit /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/execute.sh to give you more control over how you want to block access to the countries.I see. So to block all incoming I just keep the WAN checked and then if I check "Block outbound" and uncheck my personal LAN then my server and son's computer will be outbound blocked but mine will be unaffected even though all incoming is blocked? Just clarifying. Thanks.
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Not checking your WAN interface will leave you vulnerable to attack from your blocked counties. However, yes. If you do not select your WAN and your LAN, then you will be able to enforce outbound access, on the DMZ, to the countries while still being able to access them on your LAN.
For a customized configuration you can always edit /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/execute.sh to give you more control over how you want to block access to the countries.I see. So to block all incoming I just keep the WAN checked and then if I check "Block outbound" and uncheck my personal LAN then my server and son's computer will be outbound blocked but mine will be unaffected even though all incoming is blocked? Just clarifying. Thanks.
That is correct. You should be able to test this easily by accessing a site located in one of the countries and using a proxy located in the country. That's how I have been checking to make sure I understand how it works (I'm a visual learner).
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Version 1.8 Released
Changes:
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Email notifications
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New cron script
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System logging
Thank you all for your support. The new cron script (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/countryblock.sh) checks if it's running before doing anything. If it's running it exits, if not it will send you an email telling you it's restarting, make a system log entry, and the restart countryblock.
Email notifications use SMTP. Any SMTP sever works, not just gmail like I originally planned. Your email password is stored in plain text in a file called email_send.php for those who are paranoid.
Thanks again everyone.
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wow thats awesome!!!
Gonna give it a try. Thanks for the updates!!!!
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The hits just keep on comin!
Thanks much TB - strong work indeed!
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Which version of CB are you using?
And PfSense version?
Newest of both. 1.7 and 1.2.3
It's still running today from yesterday. So I'm guessing my problem is that I can't always tell when something will make a firewall change and force me to restart CB.
Is there any way to have CB be part of the firewall restart? Surely there has to be some sort of hook for that.
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@Bai:
Which version of CB are you using?
And PfSense version?
Newest of both. 1.7 and 1.2.3
It's still running today from yesterday. So I'm guessing my problem is that I can't always tell when something will make a firewall change and force me to restart CB.
Is there any way to have CB be part of the firewall restart? Surely there has to be some sort of hook for that.
It's possible. I have been trying to make countryblock more integrated since the day I started development. I never figured it out. I'm hoping that I will soon or someone will.
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Trying out the email config: entered in the applicable settings, clicked Save, and this error appears:
Couldn't write values to file!
Navigating again to the email tab reveals this line:
Your settings have already been set. Would you like to overwrite your email settings?
Warning: file_get_contents(email_config.html): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/email.php on line 172
Uninstalling / re-installing doesn't seem to help :(
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Trying out the email config: entered in the applicable settings, clicked Save, and this error appears:
Couldn't write values to file!
Navigating again to the email tab reveals this line:
Your settings have already been set. Would you like to overwrite your email settings?
Warning: file_get_contents(email_config.html): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/email.php on line 172
Uninstalling / re-installing doesn't seem to help :(
Are you leaving a field blank? If so which field?
EDIT: Which browser are you using? -
Are you leaving a field blank? If so which field?
EDIT: Which browser are you using?Yep, leaving Username and Password blank, as my ISP doesn't require that info. I can just use Gmail, if that will satisfy CB ?
Using Chrome.
EDIT: works great with Gmail (all fields filled in).
Thanks tho :)
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All fields must be filled in for the email function to work.
Dont forget that for it to be able to restart CB you must have started it at least once. -
Could you post your gmail settings?
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@DigitalJer set SMTP Auth = No and see if that works
@robfantini
You did the quote wrong.But heres the info you requested:
SMTP Auth = Yes
SMTP Security = Yes
Host = smtp.gmail.com (this is for gmail and GApps users)
Port = 465
User name = your full username (test@gmail.com)
Password = your password
Use HTML Formatting = Yes
From Email address = your full username (test@gmail.com)
To Email address = email you are sending notifications to
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@DigitalJer set SMTP Auth = No and see if that works
@robfantini
You did the quote wrong.But heres the info you requested:
SMTP Auth = Yes
SMTP Security = Yes
Host = smtp.gmail.com (this is for gmail and GApps users)
Port = 465
User name = your full username (test@gmail.com)
Password = your password
Use HTML Formatting = Yes
From Email address = your full username (test@gmail.com)
To Email address = email you are sending notifications to
Subject = whatever you wantthank you, that worked. I had been using the wrong port.
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I get this when trying…
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/email_send.php on line 6
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I get this when trying…
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/email_send.php on line 6
I had that happen until I filled in all fields , pressed save.
SMTP auth could not be set to no. Originally I wanted to use our local LAN mail server . I could only use my gmail smtp account.
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any smtp account should work.
For the smtp auth did you still fill in the username and password when it was set to no?