PfBlockerNG

BBcan177

After seeing some users installation of pfBNG, I would like to suggest the following:

Enable "Keep Settings" in the General Tab. On any re-install you will lose all settings without it.
With the new "Alerts" Tab, you don't need to break-out each List into a single Alias. You can create an "Alias" Category, say IBlock and put most of the IBlock lists into one Alias. You can create another Alias for "Mail Servers" etc.. The Alerts tab will tell you which list was responsible for the Blocked event.
If you create an "Alias Permit/Deny/Match/Native", name the Alias pfb_ All lowercase. The widget is designed to pick this Prefix in the Rules so that it can be displayed with the other Auto rules that are prefixed pfB_. For any Alias only type list, never use pfB_ as a prefix. The package will remove it at each Cron event.
Match can be used if you want to Monitor a group of IPs, this will just log the activity without Blocking. These Match rules will populate in the Floating Tab. You can use a URL or post IPs in the "Custom Box" provided in each Alias.
"Alias Native" are lists that do not undergo any De-Duplication/Reputation, this can be used for Lists like the IBlock Anti-Infringement or when you want to Block Facebook for example.
With the new "html" format, you can Deny, Permit or Match sites like Twitter, Facebook for example. You can use Hurricane Electric to pull the IPs that are part of these networks. You would also need to create a list for IPv6 if you use that in your network. Again use the "Alias Native" for these types of lists if you want to Block them. For Permit or Match, you can use the Auto-Type Rule Settings.

http://bgp.he.net/search?search%5Bsearch%5D=twitter&commit=Search
http://bgp.he.net/search?search%5Bsearch%5D=facebook&commit=Search
http://bgp.he.net/search?search%5Bsearch%5D=spotify&commit=Search
http://bgp.he.net/search?search%5Bsearch%5D=dropbox&commit=Search

And as always no one reads the tech notes on each setting. So I advise you to read each one to familiarize yourself with each function.

dennypage

And what List Action did you select?

BBcan177

@dennypage:

Did you enable pfBlockerNG in the General tab? Did you force an update
@Asterix:

Not seeing any aliases being created after selecting various country blocks. Nor do I see them on the dashboard widget. Its empty.

Follow the pfblockerng.log. It will tell you error events that can help diagnose…

Two points to check

Each alias needs to have a defined : List Action
Ensure that you have a "header name" for each List/URL

asterix

I edited my previous post as a reboot fixed it.

Wanted to check if u enable the floating rules options on the general tab?

BBcan177

@Asterix:

I edited my previous post as a reboot fixed it.

Wanted to check if u enable the floating rules options on the general tab?

The choice is there to run Rules on each interface or to set them in the "Floating Tab"… The Choice is yours to make... There are threads that give some more advice on that...

So yes, if you want to enable "Floating Rules" select the option in the General Tab.

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=78062.0

justsomeone

woot, it's official!

wcrowder

@BBcan177:

After seeing some users installation of pfBNG, I would like to suggest the following:

Enable "Keep Settings" in the General Tab. On any re-install you will lose all settings without it.

With the new "Alerts" Tab, you don't need to break-out each List into a single Alias. You can create an "Alias" Category, say IBlock and put most of the IBlock lists into one Alias. You can create another Alias for "Mail Servers" etc.. The Alerts tab will tell you which list was responsible for the Blocked event.

And as always no one reads the tech notes on each setting. So I advise you to read each one to familiarize yourself with each function.

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Cino

@Asterix:

Wanted to check if u enable the floating rules options on the general tab?

Depends on how you want your system setup. I have it enabled using rule order pfSense Pass/Match | pgB_Pass/Match | pfB_Block/Reject..

JasonJoel

My lists were all showing 0 entries after update… But after the last CRON they are all showing again. Weird as I force updated many times and it didn't populate. Not sure what happened, but ignore this post. :)

BBcan177

Can you run the following command followed by a "Force Update"

/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc

JasonJoel

I ran that and force updated. After last update have 70K+ entries, same as right before I did it.

I also tried adding/removing a few countries and the count changes. So seems like everything is working great. Not sure what happened right after upgrade, but it is behaving now. AWESOME addition to pfSense.

JasonJoel

I hate to ask stupid questions on here, but i'm going to anyway. Feel free to point out my inadequacies, as I'm sure the answer is obvious and I'm just being obtuse…

If I need to unblock/pass a specific IP address that is currently being blocked in a country block list - is that possible?

For instance, I had Poland blocked in the Top 20 list. However, GOG.COM's game down loader is via Poland so I need to let it through.

Obviously I can unblock Poland, but would rather just let the GOG IP address through.

BBcan177

@JasonJoel:

If I need to unblock/pass a specific IP address that is currently being blocked in a country block list - is that possible?

Follow the instructions in this link to create a "Permit outbound" alias.

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg484689#msg484689

fsansfil

Very nice job on the package but…in the alert tab we need small country flags for the CC colum. Its not a real NG package w/o little flags :)

Cheers.

F.

BBcan177

@fsansfil:

Very nice job on the package but…in the alert tab we need small country flags for the CC colum. Its not a real NG package w/o little flags :)

:) I thought about it.. I was going to borrow the flags from the ntopng package but with so many countries, I think it's impractical for most users to reference all those Flags. While I agree it would look nice, I think Geography is not the intended topic. I may add it and let the user decide which they prefer. However, I am focusing my efforts on the next version which will have Unbound DNSBL integration. :)

Thanks for the overall positive feedback!

dennypage

ROFL!

@fsansfil:

Very nice job on the package but…in the alert tab we need small country flags for the CC colum. Its not a real NG package w/o little flags :)

doktornotor

I think you just need one flag for CN. That's where most of the unwanted junk traffic comes from. :P

(I know about project getting pissed off bug reports about "You ignoramus don't know this state does not exist any more?! We have split from those nasty theyspeakotherdialect criminals whopping two years ago and you dare to not have noticed yet?! What an insult to our huge 500K headcount nation! And/or - this flag is not used any more, it was used by $badguy regime, you are insulting our brand new "democracy". Flags can become a slippery slope very quickly…)

Many thanks to all those that made this happen ;D

A recent upgrade to vDISASTER-1.0, has forced me to start over from scratch. Working bit by bit on preparing a system for the blueprint guides doesn't seem like a lot of work when you do it bit by bit. Starting over made me realize what a lot of people have been complaining about: complexity.

Just about when the suricata part of the blueprints was finished (I deliberately delayed the IP lists, since I knew the package was coming), the package was made available. Great, perfect opportunity to test it I thought.

Installed the package, went to configure it…my jaw dropped! BBcan177 told me it was good, but unfortunately due to a LOT of work coming my way, wasn't able to help out test it, but I never thought it would be THIS good!

It basically takes configuring a system according to the blueprints from a process that takes 2 days (you do double check everything, right?) to a few hours. Biggest help is the auto-creation of floating rules using the lists. Bonus thing is, the way the package handles the lists, you don't even have to create the dozen (or so) floating rules suggested. Just one rule containing the alias, which in turn contains the lists. pfBlockerNG then handles the "ok, so what list is this IP on?" part in its alerts tab. Perfect!

So far it makes a perfect addition to the blueprint guides (and the new guide, which will be a LOT simpler, yes I'm typing it up bit by bit, preparing it for other authors to contribute too). Only downside I find to it, is that sync doesn't want to sync, but that's another story, for another day. First I need to add the dozens of lists back, then figure out why it's not working. I understand that a much needed break is in order for the devs, so for the time being, I'm not going to bother with it ;D Problem solved: There is an input validation that messes up my special passwords (I'm special, didn't you know?). Using alphanumeric ones solves it. Thanks to BBcan177 for keeping me company while troubleshooting this.

simby

Any problem wizh iblocklist?

After i add list, can t download any list from this site. I have gz and cidr format. Any help?

fragged

Have you clicked the "Force Cron" button on the Update tab? Is there anything in the Logs / Log Files / Error.log?