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    Country block doesnt work for me anymore since 2.0 release

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      tommyboy180
      last edited by

      It sounds like you need to uninstall countryblock and re-install.

      -Tom Schaefer
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        killervette
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        Its a fresh 2.0 install from scratch

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          tommyboy180
          last edited by

          Embedded?

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            killervette
            last edited by

            Nope. 386 build

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              tommyboy180
              last edited by

              Can you run```
              /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/execute.sh

              -Tom Schaefer
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                killervette
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                @tommyboy180:

                Can you run```
                /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/execute.sh

                [2.0-RELEASE][root@sentinel.localdomain]/root(1): /usr/local/www/packages/countr                                                yblock/execute.sh
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                rm: /tmp/rules.debug.tmp: No such file or directory
                rm: /tmp/rules.debug.tmp: No such file or directory
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                  tommyboy180
                  last edited by

                  That looks normal to me. Are you sure you can get it working?

                  -Tom Schaefer
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                    killervette
                    last edited by

                    This is in my log

                    Oct 1 21:34:35 root: Countryblock was found not running

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                      tommyboy180
                      last edited by

                      That doesn't mean that you can't get countryblock running. Can you get it running in your GUI? screenshot?

                      -Tom Schaefer
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                        killervette
                        last edited by

                        OK, gui says its running.  I tested some proxies and i think i am good now.  thanks for all the help.  Now if I can get ip-blocklist i will be set

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                          tommyboy180
                          last edited by

                          What changed from when it was not working to working???

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                            hytek
                            last edited by

                            To get rid of the error rm: /tmp/rules.debug.tmp: No such file or directory,

                            Edit /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/execute.sh

                            Find the lines

                            rm /tmp/rules.debug.tmp
                            

                            Replace With

                            if [ -f /tmp/rules.debug.tmp ]
                                    then
                                    rm /tmp/rules.debug.tmp
                            fi
                            
                            

                            Still looking to see why the error log is showing that countryblock is not running when pfctl shows that it is…

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                              hytek
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                              @hytek:

                              Still looking to see why the error log is showing that countryblock is not running when pfctl shows that it is…

                              Just tested some sites:
                              www.visitkorea.or.kr
                              211.178.9.106

                              www.chinadaily.com.cn
                              209.177.94.85

                              For testing China and Korea are enabled in CountryBlock, but I can still get to them. Something isn't working right even with pfctl listing it is. I have reloaded CountryBlock, and have tried it on a fresh system.

                              PFSense 2.0 i386

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                                tommyboy180
                                last edited by

                                Are you sure those IPs are in the country list that you have checked? Even if those IPs are in a country they could belong to another list.

                                I know countryblock works great on 2.0 but we have another package coming out for pfsense 2.0 called pfblocker. This will replace countryblock on 2.0. The new package will be released sometime in the near future.

                                -Tom Schaefer
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                                  hytek
                                  last edited by

                                  Should CountryBlock block pings to an IP that is guranteed to be on the list? Those two were examples that I thought might be on the list, but I have a few IP's that are physically in the countries I am blocking.

                                  Since time is relative, what kind of estimate do you give for "near future?"  ;D

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                                    tommyboy180
                                    last edited by

                                    It will block all traffic.
                                    pfblocker 1.4 is only BETA but is fully functional and is available now.

                                    -Tom Schaefer
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