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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.

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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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            • K
              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.

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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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                          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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                              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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                              • S
                                S_D
                                last edited by

                                Hi there,

                                Sorry if I'm being a bit thick here and/or this question has already been asked, but can i use this package download blocklists, create Aliases against them, and then use standard pfsense firewall rules to block those ranges talking to/from just ONE port on a particular IP address (ie, allow it for all other ports)?

                                Thanks!

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  S_D,

                                  Sure you can, just configure pfblocker and set action to alias only.

                                  This way pfblocker download,create the lists and you can assgin these aliases to your own rules.

                                  att,
                                  Marcello Coutinho

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

                                  Help a community developer! ;D

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                                    S_D
                                    last edited by

                                    Perfect! Thanks for the reply. I'll set it up tonight.

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                                    • nesenseN
                                      nesense
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi  :)

                                      issue with system being stuck at "configuring firewall…" after reboot/startup with WAN interface down(or having wrong IP config)
                                      using ctrl-c at console doesn't help.

                                      i think the issue is pf tries to grab the lists but keeps waiting?

                                      I tried uninstalling pfblocker and it worked fine with WAN down.
                                      removed aliases + used deny inbound did not help

                                      I'm using pfblocker 1.0.2 and pfs nanobsd 2.0.1

                                      Thank u!

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        I've pushed an update to avoid downloads during boot process, reinstall the package and test again.

                                        att,
                                        Marcello Coutinho

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

                                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                                        • nesenseN
                                          nesense
                                          last edited by

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          I've pushed an update to avoid downloads during boot process, reinstall the package and test again.

                                          att,
                                          Marcello Coutinho

                                          I tried reinstalling but package version is still 1.0.2 and I faced the same issue.

                                          Thank u

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            Try to get some info on system logs.

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

                                            Help a community developer! ;D

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