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    • L
      LinuxTracker
      last edited by

      @kevross33:

      I also use the following and they seem fine:

      http://rules.emergingthreats.net/fwrules/emerging-Block-IPs.txt (this blocks known russian business network, shadowserver command and control servers, dhsield and spamhaus.
      http://rules.emergingthreats.net/blockrules/compromised-ips.txt (compromised hosts doing nastiness)

      If you choose one try the top one. Static blacklists are useful but many setups moving towards a more scored reputation rating for domains, IPs etc.

      http://www.damballa.com/downloads/r_pubs/WP_Blacklists_Dynamic_Reputation.pdf
      http://www.damballa.com/solutions/damballa_firstalert.php

      Those look promising.  I'll plug 'em in over the next week and see how they do.

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        Michael Sh.
        last edited by

        I found a bug in the parsing of lists. If the list in the IP format instead of CIDR (xx.xx.xx.xx without / xx) the first line is lost from the list. If the list contains one row the entire list is ignored.
        Tested on text format.

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          tommyboy180
          last edited by

          Interesting. I'm having difficulty replicating. Can you post a sample of the list you're 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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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            The code looks for a space/or <enter>after the ip address, can you check if the list you want to apply has it?

            	foreach ($url_list as $line){
            											# CIDR format 192.168.0.0/16
            											if (preg_match("/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+\/\d+)/",$line,$matches)){
            												${$alias}.= $matches[1]."\n";
            												$new_file.= $matches[1]."\n";
            											}
            											# Single ip addresses 
            											if (preg_match("/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s+/",$line,$matches)){
            												${$alias}.= $matches[1]."/32\n";
            												$new_file.= $matches[1]."/32\n";
            											}
            											# Network range 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.254
            											if (preg_match("/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/",$line,$matches)){
            												$cidr= pfblocker_Range2CIDR($matches[1],$matches[2]);
            												if ($cidr != ""){
            													${$alias}.= $cidr."\n";
            													$new_file.= $cidr."\n";
            												}
            											}
            										}
            ```</enter>

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              Michael Sh.
              last edited by

              @tommyboy180:

              Interesting. I'm having difficulty replicating. Can you post a sample of the list you're using.

              I use my own list to ban some IP work within their own network. It generates by script from the SQL database and given over HTTP.

              @marcelloc:

              The code looks for a space/or <enter>after the ip address, can you check if the list you want to apply has it?

              
              # Single ip addresses 
              if (preg_match("/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s+/",$line,$matches)){
              .....
              
              ```</enter>
              

              That's the reason for such behavior. \s+ requires a complete IP-address by space character. My list was originally a form:
              192.168.0.1\n
              192.168.0.3\n
              …
              when using
              192.168.0.1/32\n
              192.168.0.3/32\n
              everything works as expected.

              PS: I was wrong a little bit. Lost is not the first line but last line.
              That is, /(\d+.\d+.\d+.\d+)\s+/ does not work on the "192.168.1.1\n<eof>"</eof>

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                Michael Sh,

                Try to remove the \s+ from that preg_match at /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc file and see if works.

                att,
                Marcello Coutinho

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                  johnodon
                  last edited by

                  Hi Guys.

                  Loving your product so far and wanted to thank you for all of your hard work.  I am especially liking custom lists for blocking malware, compromised and botnet sites.

                  Not sure if this had been requested before but I will ask anyway.  :)

                  I will use IE9 as an example…

                  For the custom lists I am blocking both inbound and outbound.  Naturally when I try to visit a site in one of the lists, I receive the generic "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage " page.  Is it possible have this redirected to a local webpage that provides more information?  i.e. "The site you are trying to access has been blocked by your local administrator...blah blah blah."

                  Even better if we could make it customizable so my wife knows to come and find me!  :)

                  This would help to determine root cause for not reaching a site...blocked or just down.

                  Thoughts?

                  Thanks!

                  John

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                    kilthro
                    last edited by

                    That would be an awesome addition. I find myself in the same situation many times when the wife calls me and says _____ is not working. I have to VPN into the network and then check the logs of the firewall ect to see if it is indeed getting blocked or there are other network issues. I really hope that would be a possibility.

                    Thanks for the suggestion.

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      @johnodon:

                      Is it possible have this redirected to a local webpage that provides more information?  i.e. "The site you are trying to access has been blocked by your local administrator…blah blah blah."

                      You can get this using a proxy server like squidguard or dansguardian.

                      Pfblocker use firewall rules only.

                      You can try this by using created alias on a nat rule that forward to a web server.
                      On this web server, you can change 404 error page to your custom page.

                      It's not impossible to do but not that easy too.  :)

                      att,
                      Marcello Coutinho

                      Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                      Help a community developer! ;D

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                        Michael Sh.
                        last edited by

                        @marcelloc:

                        Michael Sh,

                        Try to remove the \s+ from that preg_match at /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc file and see if works.

                        att,
                        Marcello Coutinho

                        It works, but there will be problems with the ranges. They are already there. The second part of the range is seen as IP. I would have made ​​more strict:

                        
                                                                              foreach ($url_list as $line){
                                                                                      # CIDR format 192.168.0.0/16
                                                                                      if (preg_match("/^\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+\/\d+)\s*$/",$line,$matches)){
                                                                                              ${$alias}.= $matches[1]."\n";
                                                                                              $new_file.= $matches[1]."\n";
                                                                                      }
                                                                                      # Single ip addresses
                                                                                      if (preg_match("/^\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s*$/",$line,$matches)){
                                                                                              ${$alias}.= $matches[1]."/32\n";
                                                                                              $new_file.= $matches[1]."/32\n";
                                                                                      }
                                                                                      # Network range 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.254
                                                                                      if (preg_match("/^\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s*$/",$line,$matches)){
                                                                                              $cidr= pfblocker_Range2CIDR($matches[1],$matches[2]);
                                                                                              if ($cidr != ""){
                                                                                                      ${$alias}.= $cidr."\n";
                                                                                                      $new_file.= $cidr."\n";
                                                                                              }
                                                                                      }
                                                                              }
                        
                        

                        While the testing found that the "/usr/local/bin/php -q /usr/local/www/pfblocker.php cron" does not work from 00:00 to 00:59.
                        I do not understand why it is done.

                        pfblocker.php

                        
                                $hour=date('H');
                        .....
                                                        if ($row['url'] != "" && $hour > 0){
                        .....
                        
                        
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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          @Michael:

                          It works, but there will be problems with the ranges. They are already there. The second part of the range is seen as IP. I would have made ​​more strict:

                          without the \s+, you need to move this if after network-range if

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                          Help a community developer! ;D

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                            Michael Sh.
                            last edited by

                            @marcelloc:

                            @Michael:

                            It works, but there will be problems with the ranges. They are already there. The second part of the range is seen as IP. I would have made ​​more strict:

                            without the \s+, you need to move this if after network-range if

                            I think with the \s+, this if must be placed after network-range if too ;)

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              @Michael:

                              I think with the \s+, this if must be placed after network-range if too ;)

                              with \s+ it will be a different match from network range but it might be easier to read the code this way.

                              Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                              Help a community developer! ;D

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                                Michael Sh.
                                last edited by

                                @marcelloc:

                                @Michael:

                                I think with the \s+, this if must be placed after network-range if too ;)

                                with \s+ it will be a different match from network range but it might be easier to read the code this way.

                                So I say, if we use a "foreach" without interruption, we must use a more stringent re.
                                Without this, the 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.15 work twice in any case. One time as IP, the second time as a range.

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                                  johnodon
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm having an issue (or rather my wife is)…

                                  I have the following config/rules applied:

                                  Enable Logging:  Yes
                                  Inbound Interface:  WAN, Block
                                  Outbound Interface:  LAN, Reject

                                  All custom lists - Disabled
                                  Top Spammers - All Selected - Deny Inbound
                                  Africa - All Selected - Deny Inbound
                                  Asia - All Selected - Deny Inbound
                                  Europe - Russian Federation - Deny Inbound
                                  North America - Mexico, Dominican Republic - Deny Inbound

                                  My wife works from home 5 days a week and connects to her corporate network via VPN.  She is able to establish a VPN connection without issue, however, she is unable to connect to their Exchnage server via Outlook.  I checked the firewall logs and do not see any traffic being blocked other than the few IPs from China that are constantly scanning me.  If I disable pfBlocker, she is able to connect to Exchange without issue.

                                  Where should I begin to look?  I was hoping that the FW logs would at least provide the IP that is being rejected but there isn't anything.

                                  TIA!

                                  John

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    The easiest way to workaround this is to create a custom list with action allow outbound(or both) and put companies ips there.

                                    This way, these ips will be allowed before any coutry rule.

                                    Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                    Help a community developer! ;D

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                                      johnodon
                                      last edited by

                                      @marcelloc:

                                      The easiest way to workaround this is to create a custom list with action allow outbound(or both) and put companies ips there.

                                      This way, these ips will be allowed before any coutry rule.

                                      How do I know what range/ip is being blocked if nothing is being written to the FW logs?

                                      John

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        You can use nslookup and/or tcpdump.

                                        nslookup owa.company.com

                                        tcpdump -ni your_pfsense_lan_interface host your_internal_pc_ip

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                                          johnodon
                                          last edited by

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          The easiest way to workaround this is to create a custom list with action allow outbound(or both) and put companies ips there.

                                          This way, these ips will be allowed before any coutry rule.

                                          Unless I am missing it, there is not an option to "Permit Both".  Should I create two lists:  "Permit Inbound" and "Permit Outbound"?

                                          Thx,

                                          John

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                                            kilthro
                                            last edited by

                                            You could make a list with alias only and then just add the firewall rule on both wan and lan to permit it. That way you only have one list but reference it in both locations for both ways.

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