Problem with squidguard on v2.1.4

mickier

I seem to be having an issue with squidguard with the shallalist blacklist.

I installed pfSense 2.1.4 (nano) and installed squid +squidguard. Then I added the shallalist blacklist and when I hit download it completes without error (but it doesn't say FOUND xx ITEMS during the download).
When I click common acl, and open target rules list, there's only one item: Default access [all].

I have just done this same install using pfSense 2.1.3, and don't have this issue/problem. Different box but it is the same hardware/setup in both instances…

One thing I notice is that on the 2.1.3 server, when I DOWNLOAD the blacklist, it shows FOUND 74 ITEMS, - which the 2.1.4 server does not show anything as FOUND - but the rest of the log shows the same - but this leads me to believe 2.1.4 is not downloading right or not parsing the download correctly or ?

any advise appreciated!

jimp

The use of blacklists with squidGuard on NanoBSD is not technically supported. It may happen to work with a smaller list like the MESD set, but you're likely running out of space on the /var or /tmp RAM disks, causing it to fail in some way.

mickier

Thanks for the quick response.

I just expected that since I have a 4GB boot device that it would have enough space to run this…

I'll try it with the regular installer.

jimp

With NanoBSD, /var and /tmp are RAM disks. If you have enough spare RAM you can increase their sizes from System > Advanced on the Misc. tab.

If you run a full install (not recommended for CF/SD media), then space wouldn't be a problem.

mickier

I just tried the install CD - and installed pfsense on this box from the cd. using v2.1.4
when I try to download the blacklist, I get the same problem:

Here's the download log:

Begin blacklist update
Start download.
Download archive http://www.shallalist.de/Downloads/shallalist.tar.gz
Download complete
Unpack archive
Scan blacklist categories.
Start rebuild DB.
Copy DB to workdir.
Reconfigure Squid proxy.
Blacklist update complete.

and still (as expected since the download did not "FIND 74 ITEMS", the common acl target list is blank…

I'll try again with 2.1.3 (which worked a couple weeks ago)...

mickier

I just reinstalled on the same system with v2.1.3 and it works ok - during blacklist download, I get the line:

Fount 74 items.

which was always missing during the download on the v2.1.4 version.

NOTE also that 2.1.4 downloads, extracts and completes install within 20 seconds, but on version 2.1.3 it is taking a couple of minutes…

I suspect that 2.1.4 either doesn't extract it right or something like that(?)