DNS Blacklist, New Package! Check it out.

skear

I just installed the 2.0 RC, and dont see it in my list of packages.

Is it not available?

Currently DNS Blacklist is not available for 2.0. I spoke to xa0z, (one of the package developers) a few days ago and he said he wasn't sure if there would be an update for 2.0 but he was considering it.

I like the package and would like to see it continue but in the mean time I have started using SquidGuard as an alternative. So far it has been working pretty well, it takes a bit more time to configure but it's much more versatile.

jaredadams

Thanks, good to know. I'll be looking into it.

jaredadams

Just installed squidguard and enabled the blacklists. How up to date are they? Are they updated on a regular basis?

skear

@jaredadams:

Just installed squidguard and enabled the blacklists. How up to date are they? Are they updated on a regular basis?

It depends which blacklist you are using, most of them are updated quite frequently.

SquidGuard has a list of several on their site. URLBlacklist.com has a list the updates very often.
http://www.squidguard.org/blacklists.html

More SquidGuard configuration information
http://hubpages.com/_pfsense/hub/URL-Filtering-How-To-Configure-SquidGuard-in-pfSense

jaredadams

You are a life saver. I was using the default. Thanks for the link to those.

jaredadams

One more thing. Can this thing auto update its lists or would I have to setup a cron job to download, extract, and restart the service?

skear

@jaredadams:

One more thing. Can this thing auto update its lists or would I have to setup a cron job to download, extract, and restart the service?

Currently there is no auto update feature so you would need a script to take care of it. Check out the link below for a sample script, you could probably write a much simpler one to do the job though.

http://www.maynidea.com/squidguard/faq-plus.html#autobl

Nachtfalke

This package isn't available for pfsense2.0 x64 till now, isn't it ?

pfsenseyahoo

@wpcprez:

@robfantini:

@sunil:

Hi,
I am new to PfSense, I tried using DNS Blacklist and tried to block, Adult Porn and Online Gaming but I beleive it blocks all sites, if I try accessing any site it redirects to Google. For eg I tried indiatimes.com; yahoo.co; rediff.com and our Company website but it all gets redirected to Google, not sure if I am going wrong somewhere or do I need to work on the scripts.

I have the same issue.

I also have the same issue and even if I uninstall the dns blacklist the DNS redirector is jacked up now and no dns redirection works.

me too….. :(

please help….

albertsilvano

any update on how we are going to manually manipulate when we check the adult category and it includes other sites like yahoo?
please we need help…..thank you....

jigpe

xa0z havent seen you in your chan in freenode. Where are you and what server? So i could keep in touch with you and mcrane. Id like to test it again but you're not there in freenode

jigp

albertsilvano

any update on this package? is this dead already?