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      Bai Shen
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      I'm still having trouble with CB staying running.  Is there anything I should look at?

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        robfantini
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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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          mgc6288
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          @tommyboy180:

          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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            tommyboy180
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            @mgc6288:

            @tommyboy180:

            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).

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

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              tommyboy180
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              Version 1.8 Released

              Changes:

              • Email notifications

              • New cron script

              • 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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              -Tom Schaefer
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                kilthro
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                wow thats awesome!!!

                Gonna give it a try. Thanks for the updates!!!!

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                  DigitalJer
                  last edited by

                  The hits just keep on comin!

                  Thanks much TB - strong work indeed!

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                  2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)
                  built on Mon Mar 26 18:02:04 CDT 2018
                  FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p7
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                  1 x 1000baseTX (WAN)
                  1 x 1000baseTX (LAN)

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                    Bai Shen
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                    @robfantini:

                    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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                      tommyboy180
                      last edited by

                      @Bai:

                      @robfantini:

                      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.

                      -Tom Schaefer
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                        DigitalJer
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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 :(

                        –------------------------------------------------
                        2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)
                        built on Mon Mar 26 18:02:04 CDT 2018
                        FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p7
                        VM in ESXi 5.5
                        1 x 1000baseTX (WAN)
                        1 x 1000baseTX (LAN)

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                          tommyboy180
                          last edited by

                          @DigitalJer:

                          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?

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

                          Please support pfBlocker | File Browser | Strikeback

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                            DigitalJer
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                            @tommyboy180:

                            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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                            2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)
                            built on Mon Mar 26 18:02:04 CDT 2018
                            FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p7
                            VM in ESXi 5.5
                            1 x 1000baseTX (WAN)
                            1 x 1000baseTX (LAN)

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                              XIII
                              last edited by

                              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.

                              -Chris Stutzman
                              Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                              Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                              freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                              Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                                robfantini
                                last edited by

                                @DigitalJer:

                                Could you post your gmail settings?

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                                  XIII
                                  last edited by

                                  @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 want

                                  -Chris Stutzman
                                  Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                                  Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                                  freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                                  Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                                    robfantini
                                    last edited by

                                    @XIII:

                                    @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 want

                                    thank you, that worked.  I had been using the wrong port.

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                                      Supermule Banned
                                      last edited by

                                      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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                                        robfantini
                                        last edited by

                                        @Supermule:

                                        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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                                          XIII
                                          last edited by

                                          any smtp account should work.

                                          For the smtp auth did you still fill in the username and password when it was set to no?

                                          -Chris Stutzman
                                          Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                                          Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                                          freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                                          Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                                            Supermule Banned
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                                            nope….used mail instead of smtp...

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