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      wcrowder
      last edited by

      <shaking head="">:-\ and thinking out loud… In the 30yrs I've done this every good Forum has a Troll.

      @Supermule:

      Thanks! We need forks :)</shaking>

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        Supermule Banned
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        And youre doing it better than ANY out there ;)

        @wcrowder:

        <shaking head="">:-\ and thinking out loud… In the 30yrs I've done this every good Forum has a Troll.

        @Supermule:

        Thanks! We need forks :)</shaking>

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          Supermule Banned
          last edited by

          Wasnt me…dont use that at all

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            wcrowder
            last edited by

            Neither do I…

            @Supermule:

            Wasnt me…dont use that at all

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              f34rinc
              last edited by

              I really like the idea of blocking entire countries that my network has no business connecting to and put together a script to update pfBlockers country CIDR lists with the lists available from IPdeny.com

              Edit - The script didn't work as intended and has been taken down

              The download is at the bottom of http://legoclan.com/pfsense/  all feedback is welcome

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                simby
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                Hi!

                How can i fix this on PF 2.2 BETA?

                Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

                amd64
                10.1-PRERELEASE
                FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #28 30e366f(HEAD)-dirty: Fri Sep 19 23:30:48 CDT 2014    root@pf22-amd64-snap:/usr/obj.amd64/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.10

                Crash report details:

                PHP Errors:
                in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 256

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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @f34rinc:

                  I really like the idea of blocking entire countries that my network has no business connecting to and put together a script to update pfBlockers country CIDR lists with the lists available from IPdeny.com

                  The download is at the bottom of http://legoclan.com/pfsense/  all feedback is welcome

                  Hi f34rinc,

                  This will update the ISO files for pfBlocker but it doesn't update the XML Continent Files (ie - Africa) with the changes made to the Country Names. So there could be some inconsistencies.

                  There are files named

                  Africa_cidr.txt that have this type of header:

                  Continent: Africa

                  Country: Reunion

                  ISO Code: RE

                  Total Networks: 245

                  These files are used by this command to rebuild the XML files based upon the 6 Continent Files.

                  /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblocker.php uc

                  "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                  Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                  Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                  • BBcan177B
                    BBcan177 Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @simby:

                    Hi!

                    How can i fix this on PF 2.2 BETA?

                    Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

                    amd64
                    10.1-PRERELEASE
                    FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #28 30e366f(HEAD)-dirty: Fri Sep 19 23:30:48 CDT 2014    root@pf22-amd64-snap:/usr/obj.amd64/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.10

                    Crash report details:

                    PHP Errors:
                    in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 256

                    This error doesn't seem to be related to Country Blocking. Maybe its one of your Lists that is failing? Which lists are you using?

                    "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                    Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                    Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                    Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                      f34rinc
                      last edited by

                      Thank you BBcan177 I don't believe I have the skill set to accomplish this

                      Edit - I took the country list of top spammers from http://www.projecthoneypot.org/spam_server_top_countries.php and made a script to make my own replacement for the pfBlocker top spammers list.  Please use the link from my previous post above.

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                        wbennett77
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                        Hi there,
                        Total newbie to Pfsense here. I have installed Pfblocker but and added a few countries to block. It is enabled, logging enabled and "deny inbound" is selected for the countries I chose. When I look at the status i see that the status is a red arrow (down). Am I missing something?
                        Thanks

                        Dell Optiplex 390 Pfsense 2.2 / Asus AC56U Wireless AP / Asus Switch

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                        • BBcan177B
                          BBcan177 Moderator
                          last edited by

                          PfBlocker will not add an Inbound Rule if there are no other rules on the WAN. So you just need to create a dummy rule and it will populate the Auto Rules.

                          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                            wbennett77
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                            @BBcan177:

                            PfBlocker will not add an Inbound Rule if there are no other rules on the WAN. So you just need to create a dummy rule and it will populate the Auto Rules.

                            Being a eager to learn newbie, how and where would I create a dummy rule. Sorry if this has been asked before.

                            Update: Got it working. Dummy rule created on the wan did the trick. I disabled the rule after pfblocker started working and all is still good.

                            Cheers!

                            Dell Optiplex 390 Pfsense 2.2 / Asus AC56U Wireless AP / Asus Switch

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                            • BBcan177B
                              BBcan177 Moderator
                              last edited by

                              You need to goto the Firewall rules Tab and create a dummy Block Rule on the Wan interface. If you hover over the pfBlocker Inbound rule that was created. You can use one of those IPs to copy/paste into the dummy rule.

                              If you edit the inbound rule. It will give you an idea on how to configure the new WAN Block Rule.

                              "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                              Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                              Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                              Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                                wbennett77
                                last edited by

                                @BBcan177:

                                You need to goto the Firewall rules Tab and create a dummy Block Rule on the Wan interface. If you hover over the pfBlocker Inbound rule that was created. You can use one of those IPs to copy/paste into the dummy rule.

                                If you edit the inbound rule. It will give you an idea on how to configure the new WAN Block Rule.

                                Once pfblocker is working can I delete the dummy rule I created. Also, how does the list of ip addresses get updated?

                                Thanks!

                                Dell Optiplex 390 Pfsense 2.2 / Asus AC56U Wireless AP / Asus Switch

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                                  dstroot
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                                  @wcrowder:

                                  It is being very actively forked, we will just have to wait for an announcement from the author doing the update… Or, you could read this thread more carefully.  ;D Did you read the thread I posted to you Panz?  :-*

                                  This is a 58 page thread and the link is a long thread also - why not not just enlighten us? ;D

                                  Cheers!

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Have a look here

                                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=42543.msg439552#msg439552

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                                      dstroot
                                      last edited by

                                      Aha - thanks!  I found an older version of the work here: https://github.com/BBcan177/pf-IPrep

                                      Hope this is progressing well!  I'd love to just install and configure a package rather all the manual steps…  ;D

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                                        wcrowder
                                        last edited by

                                        :)  ;D  :-*…. > :-X

                                        @dstroot:

                                        Aha - thanks!  I found an older version of the work here: https://github.com/BBcan177/pf-IPrep

                                        Hope this is progressing well!  I'd love to just install and configure a package rather all the manual steps…  ;D

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                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @dstroot:

                                          Hope this is progressing well!  I'd love to just install and configure a package rather all the manual steps…  ;D

                                          Where is the fun in that! ? Lol..

                                          The version you refered to is my shell script. If you want to step into the wild side and try my pfBlockerNG package shoot me a PM.

                                          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                                            samline
                                            last edited by

                                            I am trying to upload a local .txt IP blocklist to pfBlocker. What is the correct file address location to use?

                                            C:\Users\my user\Desktop\ipblocklist.txt  (example) does not work.

                                            Thanks.

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