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    • J
      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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        • G
          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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                    • 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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                                  • nesenseN
                                    nesense
                                    last edited by

                                    php: : The command '/usr/bin/grep -v '^#' '/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerspyware.txt.tmp' > '/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerspyware.txt'' returned exit code '2', the output was ''
                                    php: : The command '/usr/bin/fetch -T 5 -q -o '/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerspyware.txt.tmp' 'https://127.0.0.1:443/pfblocker.php?pfb=pfBlockerspyware'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'fetch: transfer timed out'
                                    php: : The command '/sbin/pfctl -nf /tmp/rules.test.packages' returned exit code '1', the output was 'no IP address found for grep: /tmp/rules.test.packages:17: file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerTopSpammers.txt" contains bad data no IP address found for grep: /tmp/rules.test.packages:19: file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerads.txt" contains bad data no IP address found for grep: /tmp/rules.test.packages:21: file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerspyware.txt" contains bad data no IP address found for grep: /tmp/rules.test.packages:23: file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerhijacked.txt" contains bad data no IP address found for grep: /tmp/rules.test.packages:25: file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerdshield.txt" contains bad data'

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                                    • marcellocM
                                      marcelloc
                                      last edited by

                                      Pfsense is trying to update urltables applied by pfblocker during boot.

                                      I'll try to find a way to prevent this if there is no link/ip/webserver up.

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

                                      Help a community developer! ;D

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                                        TrickyWidget
                                        last edited by

                                        I got the dreaded error trying to load the Level 1 list:

                                        There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:16: cannot define table pfBlockerLevel1:
                                         Cannot allocate memory pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded - The line in question reads
                                         [16]: table <pfblockerlevel1> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerLevel1.txt"</pfblockerlevel1>
                                        

                                        My Firewall Maximum Table Entries is set to 4294967295 and still no love.  Freshly installed pfSense and pfBlocker, most everything at defaults.  Just the one block list.  512MB of RAM, only 32% in use.  1GHZ CPU.

                                        Does anyone have any suggestions?

                                        Thanks.

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                                          TrickyWidget
                                          last edited by

                                          I got this suggestion from marcelloc:

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          Unselect the list, apply pfblocker config.

                                          change again table max entries and apply config.

                                          when you are sure that the new config is applied, try to enable again the list.

                                          That seemed to work for a while, but the error eventually returned (or at once on reboot).

                                          I've got a RAM upgrade on the way to see if going to 1GB helps any.

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                                            fragged
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            On my physical 2.0.1 box pfblocker is making duplicate WAN rules. I only though to check after reading this thread: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,50408.0.html . I tried to remove + reinstall the package, but it saved the config files and still keeps making duplicates.

                                            pfblocker works fine on my VM, which also has floating rules though I've only used the latest version on it.

                                            Is there a file / config I should also remove addition to the pfblocker package to make sure nothing is carried on.

                                            Regards,
                                            Joona

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