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      Mr. Jingles
      last edited by

      @Derek:

      Is it appropriate to offer a bounty here?

      I'd like to pledge $100 to add the following feature: block TOR exit nodes.  I personally like TOR, but my forum is getting attacks  from the TOR network that average more than one every eight seconds.  Right now I'm going to the following URL and manually updating the list of nodes that can access my site as a custom list:

      https://check.torproject.org/cgi-bin/TorBulkExitList.py?ip=[my server's IP address]&port=

      I'd love to be able to simply check TOR the way I can flag a country within pfBlockerNG to deal with the problem instead.

      It's always appropriate to throw beer or coffee to BB  ;D

      If you are in a hurry, I noticed, for me Snort/Suricata are also blocking TOR nodes. So you could perhaps use that until (and if) BB finds time to fulfill your request.

      6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        There are three IP lists that contain 'Tor Exit Nodes' that can be used in pfBNG without any code changes :

        (gz)    http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=togdoptykrlolpddwbvz&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz
        (txt)    https://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ip_list_exit.php/Tor_ip_list_EXIT.csv
        (html)  https://rules.emergingthreats.net/open/suricata/rules/tor.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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          dzeanah
          last edited by

          Thanks for that BB.  I'd been trying https://www.dan.me.uk/torlist/ and was seeing Download FAIL messages.  I'll tinker a bit more.

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            taryezveb
            last edited by

            @BBcan177:

            Hi cyberbot/taryezveb,

            Are you running a Nano version/Ramdisk or a full installation of pfSense?

            Full install here.

            @BBcan177:

            On reboot is there a delay in the Reboot process? ie - Stuck on "Loading Firewall … " in the pfSense boot console screen?

            None that can recall. pfSense boots normally, will verify again tho. Once the new monitor arrives, since the previous one failed and do not have any at the moment. Not much luck with hardware lately :)

            @BBcan177:

            After pfSense Boots, does the widget show entries in the packet column? or is it all blank?

            It is all blank, will verify again tho.

            @BBcan177:

            When you hover-over the Firewall Rules for pfBNG, does each Firewall rule popup a table showing the IP addresses?

            Will report back on this, did not think to try that.

            @BBcan177:

            Run the following commands when there are issues, and report back with the output.

            /sbin/pfctl -vvsTables | grep -A4 'pfB_'
                ls -lah /var/db/aliastables/*

            Will do. Not sure when I can report back, whether forced by power outage or just by rebooting. Need to find the right time to do this, if not forced too. Some people here complain when they can not connect to the internet; I'd rather avoid that if possible ;)

            Also having another issue with an alias, that fails to load. Do not think this is the cause of or related to the reboot issue. Since pfBlockerNG keeps on working regardless after it is restarted as explained before. Can supply some details of that now or would it be better to deal with one issue at a time?

            Thank You

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              fragged
              last edited by

              @Derek:

              Thanks for that BB.  I'd been trying https://www.dan.me.uk/torlist/ and was seeing Download FAIL messages.  I'll tinker a bit more.

              For this particular list I ended up setting a cron job on one of my RaspberryPi's to fetch the list on schedule and then fetch it from the Pi to pfBlockerNG.

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                taryezveb
                last edited by

                BBcan177,

                A reboot was forced on me; power went out again :) So can answer some of your questions:

                @BBcan177:

                On reboot is there a delay in the Reboot process? ie - Stuck on "Loading Firewall … " in the pfSense boot console screen?

                Can not answer this for sure, still have no monitor. Like said before do not recall any such issue.

                @BBcan177:

                After pfSense Boots, does the widget show entries in the packet column? or is it all blank?

                Can verify, all blank.

                @BBcan177:

                When you hover-over the Firewall Rules for pfBNG, does each Firewall rule popup a table showing the IP addresses?

                All blank as well.

                @BBcan177:

                Run the following commands when there are issues, and report back with the output.

                /sbin/pfctl -vvsTables | grep -A4 'pfB_'
                    ls -lah /var/db/aliastables/*

                Here is the output of both commands, before restarting pfBlockerNG:

                # /sbin/pfctl -vvsTables | grep -A4 'pfB_'
#
# ls -lah /var/db/aliastables/*
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   3.4K Jul 16 11:00 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_BC.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Jul  1 12:49 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_BC.txt.tmp
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   6.6M Jul 16 11:00 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_Bluetack.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Jul  1 12:49 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_Bluetack.txt.tmp
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    12M Jul 16 11:00 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Jul  1 12:49 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt.tmp

                Here is the output of both commands, after restarting pfBlockerNG:

                # /sbin/pfctl -vvsTables | grep -A4 'pfB_'
-pa---- pfB_BC
        Addresses:   102
        Cleared:     Thu Jul 16 11:03:42 2015
        References:  [ Anchors: 0                  Rules: 0                  ]
        Evaluations: [ NoMatch: 0                  Match: 0                  ]
--
-pa---- pfB_Bluetack
        Addresses:   423729
        Cleared:     Thu Jul 16 11:03:39 2015
        References:  [ Anchors: 0                  Rules: 0                  ]
        Evaluations: [ NoMatch: 0                  Match: 0                  ]

# ls -lah /var/db/aliastables/*
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   3.4K Jul 16 11:03 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_BC.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Jul  1 12:49 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_BC.txt.tmp
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   6.6M Jul 16 11:03 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_Bluetack.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Jul  1 12:49 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_Bluetack.txt.tmp
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    12M Jul 16 11:03 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Jul  1 12:49 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt.tmp

                As you can tell from the above, the pfB_TBG alias does not get loaded. The widget shows no entries for pfB_TBG alias or when hovering over the floating firewall rule for it. In the /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log, shows the pfB_TBG alias fails to load:

                Updating: pfB_TBG
no IP address found for /31pfctl: cannot load /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt: No error: 0

                And here is the full output after restarting pfBlockerNG, forcing an update, cron and reload:

                
**Saving Configuration [ 07/16/15 11:01:57 ] ...

**Saving Configuration [ 07/16/15 11:02:07 ] ...
 UPDATE PROCESS START [ 07/16/15 11:02:20 ]

[ level1 ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ level2 ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ level3 ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ ads ]			 exists, Reloading File 
[ spyware ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ badpeers ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ hijacked ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ dshield ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ bogon ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ Primary_Threats ]	 exists, Reloading File 
[ Hijacked ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ Bogon ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ General_Corporate_Ranges ] exists, Reloading File 
[ Business_ISPs ]	 exists, Reloading File 
[ Search_Engines ]	 exists, Reloading File 
[ c2_IP_Feed ]		 exists, Reloading File 
[ c2_All_Indicator_Feed ] exists, Reloading File 

===[  Aliastables / Rules  ]================================

No Changes to Firewall Rules, Skipping Filter Reload
No Changes to Aliases, Skipping pfctl Update

 UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ 07/16/15 11:02:22 ]
 CRON  PROCESS  START [ 07/16/15 11:02:30 ]

  No Updates required.
 CRON  PROCESS  ENDED
 UPDATE PROCESS ENDED
 UPDATE PROCESS START [ 07/16/15 11:02:41 ]

[ level1 ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ level2 ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:02:53 ]
[ level3 ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:02:57 ]
[ ads ]			 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:02:58 ]
[ spyware ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:02:59 ]
[ badpeers ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ hijacked ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:03:00 ]
[ dshield ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ bogon ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ Primary_Threats ]	 Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ Hijacked ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:03:17 ]
[ Bogon ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ General_Corporate_Ranges ] Using Previously Downloaded File 
[ Business_ISPs ]	 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:03:28 ]
[ Search_Engines ]	 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:03:34 ]
[ c2_IP_Feed ]		 Using Previously Downloaded File [ 07/16/15 11:03:35 ]
[ c2_All_Indicator_Feed ] Using Previously Downloaded File 

===[  Aliastables / Rules  ]================================

No Changes to Firewall Rules, Skipping Filter Reload

 Updating: pfB_Bluetack
1 table created.423729 addresses added.
 Updating: pfB_TBG
no IP address found for /31pfctl: cannot load /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt: No error: 0
 Updating: pfB_BC
1 table created.102 addresses added.

===[ FINAL Processing ]=============================================

   [ Original count   ]  [ 1173166 ]

===[ Deny List IP Counts ]===========================

 1173167 total
  375147 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Primary_Threats.txt
  257969 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/level1.txt
  217513 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/General_Corporate_Ranges.txt
  145954 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Business_ISPs.txt
   89452 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/level2.txt
   48844 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/badpeers.txt
   19891 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/level3.txt
    5575 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Bogon.txt
    3654 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/spyware.txt
    3341 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/ads.txt
    2731 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/bogon.txt
    1668 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Search_Engines.txt
     604 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Hijacked.txt
     536 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/hijacked.txt
     151 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/c2_All_Indicator_Feed.txt
      97 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/c2_IP_Feed.txt
      40 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/dshield.txt

====================[ Last Updated List Summary ]==============

Jul 15	07:20	spyware.gz
Jul 15	07:20	ads.gz
Jul 15	07:20	badpeers.gz
Jul 15	07:22	Primary_Threats.gz
Jul 15	07:30	dshield.gz
Jul 15	07:36	Hijacked.gz
Jul 15	07:50	hijacked.gz
Jul 15	07:51	bogon.gz
Jul 15	07:51	General_Corporate_Ranges.gz
Jul 15	07:51	level2.gz
Jul 15	07:51	level3.gz
Jul 15	07:51	Business_ISPs.gz
Jul 15	09:00	Bogon.gz
Jul 15	09:01	Search_Engines.gz
Jul 15	12:01	level1.gz
Jul 15	23:56	c2_IP_Feed.raw
Jul 15	23:56	c2_All_Indicator_Feed.raw
Jul 16	11:02	level1
Jul 16	11:02	level2
Jul 16	11:02	level3
Jul 16	11:02	spyware
Jul 16	11:02	ads
Jul 16	11:03	hijacked
Jul 16	11:03	dshield
Jul 16	11:03	bogon
Jul 16	11:03	badpeers
Jul 16	11:03	Primary_Threats
Jul 16	11:03	Hijacked
Jul 16	11:03	Bogon
Jul 16	11:03	General_Corporate_Ranges
Jul 16	11:03	Search_Engines
Jul 16	11:03	Business_ISPs
Jul 16	11:03	c2_IP_Feed
Jul 16	11:03	c2_All_Indicator_Feed
===============================================================

IPv4 Alias Table IP Total
-----------------------------
1173167

IPv6 Alias Table IP Total
-----------------------------
0

Alias Table IP Counts
-----------------------------
 1173167 total
  746461 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt
  426458 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_Bluetack.txt
     248 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_BC.txt

pfSense Table Stats
-------------------
table-entries hard limit  5000000
Table Usage Count        427593

 UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ 07/16/15 11:03:43 ]

                Hope this helps and Thank You.

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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @taryezveb:

                  Updating: pfB_TBG
                  no IP address found for /31pfctl: cannot load /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt: No error: 0

                  Hi taryezveb,

                  What lists are in this pfB_TBG alias? Can you send me the full URLs that are part of this Alias? It seems that the IP parser failed to convert one line as it is showing  "no IP address found for /31" and pfctl is failing. IBlock lists are renowned for adding strange IPs and once i review the list, I can patch this up.

                  It would be good if FreeBSD pfctl had some error checking ability. As any error in the alias file can cause the whole packet fence to fail.

                  If you see this issue again, please copy the    /var/db/aliastables/pfB_TBG.txt  file and forward to my email address which is in the General Tab of pfBNG.  I would need to see the file before you perform a Reload.

                  Thanks!

                  "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

                    @fragged:

                    @Derek:

                    Thanks for that BB.  I'd been trying https://www.dan.me.uk/torlist/ and was seeing Download FAIL messages.  I'll tinker a bit more.

                    For this particular list I ended up setting a cron job on one of my RaspberryPi's to fetch the list on schedule and then fetch it from the Pi to pfBlockerNG.

                    Its strange that you guys are seeing errors in downloading this list from www.dan.me.uk?

                    If you load that URL in a browser does it fail to download also? Did you try http instead? I use this list in several other boxes and have not seen anyone else complain about that list.

                    "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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                      n3by
                      last edited by

                      I had this error… and now I think maybe because:

                      Umm… You can only fetch the data every 30 minutes - sorry.  It's pointless any faster as I only update every 30 minutes anyway.
                      If you keep trying to download this list too often, you may get blocked from accessing it completely.
                      (this is due to some people trying to download this list every minute!)

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                        thehasty
                        last edited by

                        @BBcan177:

                        @thehasty:

                        I am using custom inbound IPv4 lists (spamhaus, DShield, etc) set to Deny_Inbound with a custom port alias set up. When I look at the alerts, it shows entries for ports that I do not have specified to block.

                        When using "Adv. Inbound Settings", you need to set the "Custom Protocol" setting. If you use "any" it will act on all ports, suggest to use "TCP/UDP" or as required.

                        Apparently it is no longer blocking inbound spam from my custom list?

                        2015-07-16 23:57:19 Copper-Fit-Back-Relief@cdkql.xyz [myemail] 198.154.80.46 127.0.0.1 SMTP ? 250 5467

                        fit in a range on my custom block list: 198.154.80.2-198.154.80.219

                        Please advise

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                          doktornotor Banned
                          last edited by

                          @thehasty:

                          Please advise

                          Please post your "custom list". Plus how's that list configured in pfBNBG. Noone can advise with no info.

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                            thehasty
                            last edited by

                            It was working until I changed the setting he advised. I've changed it back for now.

                            top to bottom

                            manualMail
                            IPs added manually to be blocked from sending mail.
                            txt
                            on
                            blank
                            blank
                            deny inbound
                            never
                            Monday
                            enable
                            tick'd with my smtp_ports alias in the box
                            unticked
                            unticked
                            any (was tcp/udb)

                            5.56.133.231-5.56.133.237
                            5.255.94.149-5.255.94.243
                            23.108.42.1-23.108.42.138
                            23.227.199.146-23.227.199.158
                            23.231.63.12-23.231.63.139
                            50.2.66.2-50.2.66.50
                            50.2.70.2-50.2.70.44
                            50.30.36.45-50.30.36.182
                            69.12.64.24-69.12.64.230
                            80.79.17.10-80.79.179.51
                            81.31.44.2-81.31.44.64
                            82.118.242.107-82.118.242.140
                            82.192.81.134-82.192.81.157
                            85.187.151.170-85.187.151.184
                            94.228.219.2-94.228.219.14
                            94.242.202.227-94.242.202.254
                            95.211.147.113-95.211.147.117
                            95.211.159.9-95.211.159.12
                            107.158.123.194-107.158.123.253
                            107.179.25.195-107.179.25.252
                            109.200.217.177-109.200.217.192
                            138.99.218.6-138.99.218.223
                            159.8.217.192-159.8.217.198
                            173.224.115.142-173.224.115.144
                            173.247.227.2-173.247.227.19
                            185.7.34.116-185.7.34.173
                            185.82.202.20-185.82.202.222
                            192.3.11.82-192.3.11.94
                            192.3.207.187-192.3.207.190
                            192.161.194.131-192.161.194.148
                            192.169.69.131-192.169.69.141
                            198.23.190.35-198.23.190.157
                            198.52.147.34-198.52.147.62
                            198.52.150.34-198.52.150.61
                            198.52.231.141-198.52.231.147
                            198.52.246.137-198.52.246.163
                            198.52.251.134-198.52.251.232
                            198.52.152.34-198.52.152.62
                            198.154.80.2-198.154.80.219
                            209.126.121.18-209.126.121.35
                            216.144.241.194-216.144.241.205
                            216.169.105.172-216.169.105.211
                            216.169.112.80-216.169.112.206

                            default

                            Thank you.

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                              doktornotor Banned
                              last edited by

                              @thehasty:

                              It was working until I changed the setting he advised.

                              Which setting?

                              @thehasty:

                              manualMail
                              IPs added manually to be blocked from sending mail.
                              txt
                              on
                              blank
                              blank
                              deny inbound
                              never
                              Monday
                              enable
                              tick'd with my smtp_ports alias in the box
                              unticked
                              unticked
                              any (was tcp/udb)

                              Post screenshots. Not such mess. You changed exactly what?

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @thehasty:

                                Apparently it is no longer blocking inbound spam from my custom list?

                                When you add IPs to a custom list, did you select "Update Custom List" at the bottom of the Alias Settings when you saved it (and ran a Force Update)?  If you don't select this option, then it will only update the alias as per the defined Frequency setting of the Alias.

                                Its best to look at the Aliastable to see if the IP is actually in the table. You can view the table by hovering over the Alias in the Widget or Firewall Rules. You can also view the table in Diagnostics: Tables: in the pfSense GUI.

                                I will also be submitting a PR for a small bug. The details of the workaround can be found in the following link:
                                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg526272#msg526272

                                "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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                                  pfcode
                                  last edited by

                                  Using pfB_TOR rules (List: Blut_Tor), it blocks IP 162.244.25.186, the host is 0.ca.pool.ntp.org, Whats the reason to block LAN to access this IP with port 123?

                                  Release: pfSense 2.4.3(amd64)
                                  M/B: Supermicro A1SRi-2558F
                                  HDD: Intel X25-M 160G
                                  RAM: 2x8Gb Kingston ECC ValueRAM
                                  AP: Netgear R7000 (XWRT), Unifi AC Pro

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                                    doktornotor Banned
                                    last edited by

                                    The reason is that you configured it so…

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                                      pfcode
                                      last edited by

                                      @doktornotor:

                                      The reason is that you configured it so…

                                      Well, whats the pfB_TOR rules for then?  since its turned on by default. why we need to block these IPs if they are good, no harm?

                                      Release: pfSense 2.4.3(amd64)
                                      M/B: Supermicro A1SRi-2558F
                                      HDD: Intel X25-M 160G
                                      RAM: 2x8Gb Kingston ECC ValueRAM
                                      AP: Netgear R7000 (XWRT), Unifi AC Pro

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                                        doktornotor Banned
                                        last edited by

                                        There is NO list turned on by default, anywhere. The blocklist simply lists tor exit nodes. You do not need to block anything. Simply stop using the "offending" blocklist to block outbound traffic, or whitelist the IP, or whatever.

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                                          Marvho
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello everyone,

                                          I'm new to pfblockerng and I want some sugestions from you guys.

                                          Which list could be useful for a home use scenario with no open ports, just outbound traffic is important.

                                          I'm also interested in blocking adverts with pfblockerng. Is there a way to use the easylist from ADBlock Plus ?

                                          Which lists are you using actual? And where do I get them?

                                          Thanks for any advice.

                                          Best regards

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                                            doktornotor Banned
                                            last edited by

                                            @Marvho:

                                            Which lists are you using actual? And where do I get them?

                                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg508975#msg508975

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