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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

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

          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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                • J
                  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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                              johnodon
                              last edited by

                              @kilthro:

                              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.

                              Good idea!  :)

                              Thanks!

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                To use this way, you may need to change pfblocker action to alias only and then create your rules.

                                By default, pfblocker stays on top of rules.

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

                                Help a community developer! ;D

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                                  Gradius
                                  last edited by

                                  This only happens if I reboot/shutdown my pfSense, when I perform boot it's there (this is why is important to perform at last a reboot to check if everything comes up fine again).

                                  [filter_load] There were errors(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:20

                                  cannot define table pfBlockerAsia

                                  cannot allocate memory/tmp/rules.debug:24

                                  cannot define table pfBlockerNorthAmerica

                                  cannot allocate memory/tmp/rules.debug.28

                                  cannot define table pfBlockerTopSpammers

                                  cat /tmp/rules.debug

                                  #System aliases
                                  
                                  loopback = "{ lo0 }"
                                  WAN1 = "{ pppoe0 }"
                                  LAN1 = "{ em0 }"
                                  LAN2 = "{ em2 }"
                                  VDSL2 = "{ em1 }"
                                  
                                  #SSH Lockout Table
                                  table <sshlockout> persist
                                  table <webconfiguratorlockout> persist
                                  #Snort tables
                                  table <snort2c>
                                  
                                  table <virusprot>
                                  
                                  # User Aliases
                                  table <pfblockerafrica> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerAfrica.txt"
                                  pfBlockerAfrica = "<pfblockerafrica>"
                                  table <pfblockerasia> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerAsia.txt"                  <<< line 20
                                  pfBlockerAsia = "<pfblockerasia>"
                                  table <pfblockereurope> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerEurope.txt"
                                  pfBlockerEurope = "<pfblockereurope>"
                                  table <pfblockernorthamerica> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerNorthAmerica.txt"  <<< line 24
                                  pfBlockerNorthAmerica = "<pfblockernorthamerica>"
                                  table <pfblockersouthamerica> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerSouthAmerica.txt"
                                  pfBlockerSouthAmerica = "<pfblockersouthamerica>"
                                  table <pfblockertopspammers> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerTopSpammers.txt"    <<< line 28
                                  pfBlockerTopSpammers = "<pfblockertopspammers>"</pfblockertopspammers></pfblockertopspammers></pfblockersouthamerica></pfblockersouthamerica></pfblockernorthamerica></pfblockernorthamerica></pfblockereurope></pfblockereurope></pfblockerasia></pfblockerasia></pfblockerafrica></pfblockerafrica></virusprot></snort2c></webconfiguratorlockout></sshlockout>
                                  

                                  Cannot allocate memorypfctl

                                  syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded The line in question reads [20]: table <pfblockerasia>persist file /var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerAsia.txt

                                  I didn't changed any of those files, I'm only blocking that area from the files it came with pfBlocker.

                                  Any solution?

                                  /var/db/aliastables(15): ls -la
                                  total 1384
                                  drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 May  6 01:42 .
                                  drwxr-xr-x  12 root  wheel    1024 May 13 12:38 ..
                                  -rw-r–r--  1 root  wheel  41499 May 13 14:12 pfBlockerAfrica.txt
                                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  196104 May 13 14:12 pfBlockerAsia.txt
                                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  71153 May 13 14:12 pfBlockerEurope.txt
                                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  772252 May 13 14:12 pfBlockerNorthAmerica.txt
                                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  36792 May 13 14:12 pfBlockerSouthAmerica.txt
                                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  242707 May 13 14:12 pfBlockerTopSpammers.txt</pfblockerasia>

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                                  • K
                                    kilthro
                                    last edited by

                                    Did you go to system > Advanced > Firewall/Nat tab and increase the Firewall Maximum Table Entries?

                                    I have had to increase mine quite a bit to run all my tables. I currently have mine set to 999999999 and no longer get any memory allocation errors.

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                                      Gradius
                                      last edited by

                                      @kilthro:

                                      Did you go to system > Advanced > Firewall/Nat tab and increase the Firewall Maximum Table Entries?

                                      I have had to increase mine quite a bit to run all my tables. I currently have mine set to 999999999 and no longer get any memory allocation errors.

                                      Nope.

                                      Will do.  Hope is only this.

                                      Thanks!

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                                      • L
                                        LinuxTracker
                                        last edited by

                                        I've been really busy (figuring out Postfix).
                                        I don't have time to update my previously posted spam lists.

                                        (Note: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,42543.msg258273.html#msg258273)

                                        For now I have a routine that extracts all new Spam IPs into one list - updated 2x/hour.
                                        http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/freshspam1.txt

                                        I'm also now harvesting spam IPs from a 2nd email server I manage.
                                        http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/freshspam2.txt

                                        As I update these routines, the next rewrites will:

                                        1. filter out any IPs of major WebMail providers (GMail, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc)

                                        For now, I whitelist US Yahoo email servers and Hotmail/Live/Microsoft Hosting.
                                        http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/YahooIPsUS.txt
                                        http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/hotmail.comIPs.txt

                                        1. Sort spam IPs into my existing US and non-US spam lists
                                        2. Include relevant comment for each IP
                                        3. Drop off addresses that haven't had a spam hit in x#of days.

                                        Edit: Here's a list of AOL outbound Email Servers
                                        http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/AOL_MailIPs.txt

                                        It's compiled from the information on this page.
                                        http://postmaster.info.aol.com/info/servers.html

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                                          LinuxTracker
                                          last edited by

                                          These spam lists have been effective w/o giving me false positives.

                                          This is a list of fresh US Spam IPs from a major source, updated hourly.
                                          http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/usspamips.txt

                                          This list contains fresh Spam IPs from US and other countries, updated hourly.
                                          I'll eventually get it sorted into US/non-US.
                                          http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71477228/worldspamips.txt

                                          PM me if you want more detail about them.

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                                          • L
                                            LinuxTracker
                                            last edited by

                                            Just an FYI.

                                            I looked around a lot for a versatile, online IP converter.
                                            The only one I ever found is by Bluetack and it never showed up in any of my Google search queries.

                                            http://www.bluetack.co.uk/converter/

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