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    IP Country Block {Now $150}

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      jigpe
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      Is this possible in pfsense 1.2.2?

      jigp
      Davao City

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        eri--
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        I would do a package for this when i find time.

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          0tt0
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          @Farsheed:

          One very helpful feature will be to create firewall rules based on a country's IP address. I am currently using aliases to do this but this is a tedious work specially since there is a limit in the number entries in an alias. So if someone can create a module for this I am willing to put $100 into it. I imagine the UI would have a drop down option to pick a country. It would be great for the list of IPs to be editable so it can be updated if needed. I currently use the following website http://www.countryIPblocks.net/ to get my IP list and it seems to be very accurate.

          Is such a service really correct enough?

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            Farsheed
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            To the best of my knowledge it is. IANA assigns address blocks to Regional Internet Registries. ISP's then apply for their IP block from their Local Internet Registry http://www.iana.org/numbers/. Such allocation is kept in a database (updated regularly) which can be downloaded from the appropriate Regional Registry ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/.

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              0tt0
              last edited by

              @Farsheed:

              To the best of my knowledge it is. IANA assigns address blocks to Regional Internet Registries. ISP's then apply for their IP block from their Local Internet Registry http://www.iana.org/numbers/. Such allocation is kept in a database (updated regularly) which can be downloaded from the appropriate Regional Registry ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/.

              Ok, if this works not only in theory but also in practice it's obviously a very handy feature for any FW-admin.

              Cheers,

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                cheesyboofs
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                +1 for this feature,

                Spam is my biggest bug bare ATM, I can filter it out but not stop the initial connection to my graylist server - this feature would help greatly.

                I could imagine a GUI page of flags where by you would tick a check box next to the flag of the countries you would like to block.

                Cheers

                Author of pfSense themes:

                DARK-ORANGE

                CODE-RED

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                  Guest
                  last edited by

                  Please do not make feature requests or comments on the bounty unless you are contributing money to the bounty.

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                    cheesyboofs
                    last edited by

                    OK + {$50} then.

                    Author of pfSense themes:

                    DARK-ORANGE

                    CODE-RED

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                      jamesdean
                      last edited by

                      Perfect timing…..

                      Right now I have scripts that do what you guys want.
                      My scripts download blacklists and inject them into the firewall.

                      OpenBSD keeps a country black list somewhere, I could easily add those.
                      For example they have a black list of all of China and Korea.

                      I could make it into a package with a gui if you guys want, I'm really busy with work right now so I cant give you a date.

                      James

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                        tommyboy180
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                        This bounty is complete with the countryblock package

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

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