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      tommyboy180
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      @nipstech:

      @nipstech:

      I tried ip-blocklist and could never get it to work. It shows that it's running but is always showing that is is blocking 0 Networks/IPs. Currrntly I'm using the CN and IN pg2.txt lists. I tried uninstalling/rebooting and reinstalling and the behavior didn't change. There isn't anything in the system log either:
      Feb 2 08:28:16 check_reload_status: syncing firewall
      Feb 2 08:27:05 check_reload_status: syncing firewall
      Feb 2 08:26:36 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
      Feb 2 08:26:36 syslogd: exiting on signal 15
      Feb 2 08:26:25 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel

      I updated to the latest 2.0 snapshot and was able to get this from the system log:

      Feb 2 19:27:58 check_reload_status: syncing firewall
      Feb 2 19:27:58 php: /packages/ipblocklist/ipblocklist.php: The command 'rm errorOUT.txt' returned exit code '1', the output was 'rm: errorOUT.txt: No such file or directory'
      Feb 2 19:27:58 php: /packages/ipblocklist/ipblocklist.php: The command 'rm -R /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/lists' returned exit code '1', the output was 'rm: /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/lists: No such file or directory'
      Feb 2 19:27:58 php: /packages/ipblocklist/ipblocklist.php: The command 'ipfw -f flush' returned exit code '69', the output was 'ipfw: setsockopt(IP_FW_FLUSH): Protocol not available'

      That looks like logs left from re-moving the package. Did you uninstall to try and troubleshoot. I don't use ipfw anymore, I must have left that in the uninstall script. You can safely ignore those errors since ipblocklist uses pcftl for blocking IP ranges.

      Here's what you can do to narrow down the problem. SSH into your box and navigate to /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/  and run convert-execute.sh.
      Make sure your list is working by pasting in the browser. I just checked the level1 example in the package and it seems like the host is now gone. Try http://iblocklist.rlcassidy.net/files/bt_level1.gz as a lvl1 list and see if this works.

      -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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        darxmurf
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        @tommyboy180:

        Are you using Firefox or Chrome?

        Tested with chrome and firefox.
        Also I tried to mount the CF card in RW mode via ssh. I don't have any warning, I can load lists but still have 0 ip blocked

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          tommyboy180
          last edited by

          @darxmurf:

          @tommyboy180:

          Are you using Firefox or Chrome?

          Tested with chrome and firefox.
          Also I tried to mount the CF card in RW mode via ssh. I don't have any warning, I can load lists but still have 0 ip blocked

          SSH into your box and navigate to /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/  and run convert-execute.sh
          Post any errors.

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

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            darxmurf
            last edited by

            @tommyboy180:

            @darxmurf:

            @tommyboy180:

            Are you using Firefox or Chrome?

            Tested with chrome and firefox.
            Also I tried to mount the CF card in RW mode via ssh. I don't have any warning, I can load lists but still have 0 ip blocked

            SSH into your box and navigate to /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/  and run convert-execute.sh
            Post any errors.

            Here is :

            0 table deleted.
            0 table deleted.
            ./convert-execute.sh: /usr/bin/perl: not found
            ./convert-execute.sh: /usr/bin/perl: not found
            rm: /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/lists/ipfw.ipfwTEMP: No such file or directory
            rm: Wlists/whitelistTEMP: No such file or directory
            rm: /tmp/rules.debug.tmp: No such file or directory
            rm: /tmp/rules.debug.tmp: No such file or directory
            0
            1
            2
            ..
            ..
            219
            220

            it displays numbers from 0 to 220

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              darxmurf
              last edited by

              okay, found the solution

              I edited the file ipblocklist_list.php

              • added : require_once('config.inc');
              • added : conf_mount_rw(); and conf_mount_ro(); around the block line 69

              edited the file convert-execute.sh

              • changed "usr/bin/perl" to "/usr/local/bin/perl"

              edited convert.pl

              • changed "usr/bin/perl" to "/usr/local/bin/perl"

              It's now running and blocking the addresses I added in my list

              EDIT : how can I verify if it's really working ?
              EDIT 2 : I did not edit the whitelist.php file as I'm not using it…

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                tommyboy180
                last edited by

                @darxmurf:

                okay, found the solution

                I edited the file ipblocklist_list.php

                • added : require_once('config.inc');
                • added : conf_mount_rw(); and conf_mount_ro(); around the block line 69

                edited the file convert-execute.sh

                • changed "usr/bin/perl" to "/usr/local/bin/perl"

                edited convert.pl

                • changed "usr/bin/perl" to "/usr/local/bin/perl"

                It's now running and blocking the addresses I added in my list

                EDIT : how can I verify if it's really working ?
                EDIT 2 : I did not edit the whitelist.php file as I'm not using it…

                To verify you can look at the pfctl table. Just look at the php code that counts how many IP networks are being counted.
                I'm glad you got it working! Since your running embedded I will just link to this post for other embedded users to view. Nice work!

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

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                  darxmurf
                  last edited by

                  cool, all looks okay.

                  And btw, thanks for your package  ;D

                  And for ppl with the embedded version, here is the detailed operation:

                  via SSH :
                  Login your system and go in the ip-blocklist folder : /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist
                  mount your CF card in RW mode with this command : /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
                  edit the file ipblocklist_list.php

                  • add this in the 3rd line of the file (the blank one…) : require_once('config.inc');
                  • line 66 add this line: conf_mount_rw();, it's just before this : $myFile = "lists.txt";
                  • line 75 add this line: conf_mount_ro();, it's just after this : fclose($fh);
                    save your file

                  check where is perl on your system with this command : find / -type f -name perl
                  if the result is not : /usr/bin/perl
                  edit files :

                  • convert-execute.php
                  • convert.pl
                    and replace all the "/usr/bin/perl" instances with the path returned by the "find" command

                  then put your system back in RO mode with : /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

                  If you don't like SSH, you can do everything from the admin page, using the Edit File function located in the Diagnostic menu. From there, you don't need to mount your system in RW mode, the admin page will do it for you

                  */!\ this fix worked on my system but I'm not responsible if your crash yours… so be careful  ;) /!*

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                    Cino
                    last edited by

                    Haven't used this package in a while.. Giving it a shot on my 2.0Beta5 build. When i disable IP-Blocklist, I see this error in my log:

                    Feb 4 16:21:54 	php: /packages/ipblocklist/ipblocklist.php: The command 'ipfw -f flush' returned exit code '69', the output was 'ipfw: setsockopt(IP_FW_FLUSH): Protocol not available'
                    

                    BTW great work!! this package is coming out real nice!

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                      tommyboy180
                      last edited by

                      @Cino:

                      Haven't used this package in a while.. Giving it a shot on my 2.0Beta5 build. When i disable IP-Blocklist, I see this error in my log:

                      Feb 4 16:21:54 	php: /packages/ipblocklist/ipblocklist.php: The command 'ipfw -f flush' returned exit code '69', the output was 'ipfw: setsockopt(IP_FW_FLUSH): Protocol not available'
                      

                      BTW great work!! this package is coming out real nice!

                      That's some old code that I need to remove. Ignore it until its removed.

                      -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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                        Cino
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                        thanks tommyboy180!

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                          wm408
                          last edited by

                          I'm on an embedded pfsense 1.2.3.  I had some errors under the "whitelist" tab on IP-blocklist.

                          "Warning: fopen(wlists.txt): failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/whitelist.php on line 86 Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/whitelist.php on line 87 Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/packages/ipblocklist/whitelist.php on line 92"

                          -I also have a slave 160GB sata drive mounted to /store.  (Kind of cheating for an embedded, might not apply to most)
                          -I searched for "wlists.txt" in whitelist.php, while in command mode in vi, typed /wlists.txt
                          -changed wlists.txt entry to /store/ipblocklist/wlists.txt.
                          -made sure permissions were the same on the original wlists.txt and the new /store/ipblocklist/wlists.txt  (they were, didn't have to modify)

                          whitelist tab has no errors now.

                          Also, thanks a lot guys for the modifications to the files to get it working on embedded!

                          Hey Tommyboy.. any updates on making Internet Explorer/IE functional with ipblocklist?

                          I grabbed countryipblocks.net's full pg2 list and removed the US_pg2.txt from the group.  Then did a: cat * > pg2_beast.txt

                          wget –no-check-certificate -r -U Mozilla -A "*pg2.txt" www.countryipblocks.net/e_country_data/

                          I had to stop the wget once it started to go recursively outside e_country_data, but I got it all.

                          Thx so much countryipblocks.net!

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                            darxmurf
                            last edited by

                            quick question, is it logged somewhere when somebody is blocked ?

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                              wm408
                              last edited by

                              Wow i did this whole write up on squid and forgot I am in the IP-blocklist thread.   ::)  Think I forget because when IP-blocklist is successful, access denied gets shoved into a squid page.

                              @darxmurf:

                              quick question, is it logged somewhere when somebody is blocked ?

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                                tommyboy180
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                                @wm408:

                                Wow i did this whole write up on squid and forgot I am in the IP-blocklist thread.   ::)  Think I forget because when IP-blocklist is successful, access denied gets shoved into a squid page.

                                @darxmurf:

                                quick question, is it logged somewhere when somebody is blocked ?

                                lol :)

                                To answer the question, it goes into the firewall logs if you checked logging.

                                -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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                                  darxmurf
                                  last edited by

                                  Sorry, I just saw it after I asked my question

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                                    wm408
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                                    Hey Tommyboy, any luck on getting IE to function with this?  I personally use chrome but I want to implement some IP block stuff in a work environment where all they use is IE.

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                                      tommyboy180
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                                      @wm408:

                                      Hey Tommyboy, any luck on getting IE to function with this?  I personally use chrome but I want to implement some IP block stuff in a work environment where all they use is IE.

                                      I've tried to work with IE and it just wont work with me. I kicked it to the curb. If you absolutely need IE then see if the new IE BETA will work.

                                      -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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                                        vg8open
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                                        Some of the popular blacklists on the internet change very often.  Is it possible to add a setting for IP-Blocklist to reload the blacklists automatically at a period specified by the user?

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                                          tommyboy180
                                          last edited by

                                          @vg8open:

                                          Some of the popular blacklists on the internet change very often.  Is it possible to add a setting for IP-Blocklist to reload the blacklists automatically at a period specified by the user?

                                          This has already been answered within this Topic. Please search the topic for the answer you are looking for.

                                          -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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                                            vg8open
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                                            I was thinking more along the line of user-friendly web-based GUI setting.  With that said, setting up a cron job will works for me.

                                            Thanks

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