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    E2guardian package for pfsense - $??

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      TheLimey
      last edited by

      Excellent news all round!  :D

      So we're currently just waiting for Renato to get back from holiday (vacation), at which time he'll be reviewing the code. Hopefully that doesn't take very long! I have no idea how much code needs to be reviewed, or how thorough that testing is, but hopefully it's not a major task.

      Thanks for your findings knes1, please do update if you work out more. Maybe a new thread, with a link here.

      @_jwsmiths_, I share your concern! With the e2guardian package so close, I'm wondering if it's better to wait. …but Marcello's comments about the packages not working reliably is also concerning. If I get time I'll create a pfSense VM for testing the manual install, as he (Marcello) suggests.

      I'm glad we know where we are now, and that we just have one more task to complete (unless Renato finds any issues  :-X). Thanks to everyone for all your input, and please keep us updated here if you discover anything relevant. :D

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        knes1
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        @TheLimey:

        Thanks for your findings knes1, please do update if you work out more. Maybe a new thread, with a link here.

        As promised, here's the guide (I wrote a blog post about it):

        http://knes1.github.io/blog/2015/2015-07-18-manually-installing-e2guardian-to-pfsense.html

        Let me know if you think it would be better to open up a separate thread about this (for discussing etc…).

        Again, thanks to Marcello and others who made this possible :)

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          marcelloc
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          Please feedback package tests, it may speed up merge process.

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            ismaelnoble
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            ill try it out later this week on my test system…provided work doesnt have other plans for me.

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              knes1
              last edited by

              @marcelloc:

              Please feedback package tests, it may speed up merge process.

              Here's my feedback:

              • Daemon tab doesn't appear on first load, you have to click on it second time to appear
              • Sometimes (happend to me on 2 out of 4 installs) when loading shalla list, some entries from the default site and url list (adv category) stays in the config file, which prevents e2guardian to start. When attempting to start e2guardian manually I received the following error:
              Error reading file /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/ads/urls: No such file or directory
              Error reading file /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/ads/urls: No such file or directory
              Error opening file: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/ads/urls
              Error opening bannedurllist
              Error opening filter group config: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardianf1.conf
              Error reading filter group conf file(s).
              Error parsing the e2guardian.conf file or other e2guardian configuration files
              

              This can be resolved by commenting out offending adv list in ACL configuration for sites and urls.

              • When attempting to install e2guardian on production system where I had defunct dansguardian installed (and removed, both through package manager and by deleting files) e2guardian wouldn't start and when I attempted to start it from console I received the following message:
              
              Starting e2guardian.
              Error binding ipc server file (try using the SysV to stop e2guardian then try starting it again or doing an 'rm /tmp/.dguardianipc').
              Exiting with error
              
              

              I resolved this by deleting the following 2 files:

              
              /tmp/.dguardianipc
              /tmp/.dguardianurlipc
              
              

              E2guardian is now running successfully on one production SG2440 in a small network with cca 10 devices. I will update this if I encounter any problems.

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                doktornotor Banned
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                Well afraid most of the above is causes by the (incomplete) "DIY" install process.

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  the /usr/local/etc messages may be related to pbi vs pkg isntall

                  the /tmp/.dguardianipc errors are related to previous dansguardians install and tmp files it creates.

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                    bfrost
                    last edited by

                    What can I do to help get this into the repo? Testing?

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                      jwsmiths
                      last edited by

                      Testing it out now on my production home system.  So far no major problems.  Will update this post later.

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                        jwsmiths
                        last edited by

                        I see period "Exited with status 11" messages in system logs.  No obvious malfunction while browsing internet though.

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                          bfrost
                          last edited by

                          I am so very excited about this going into the repo that I am checking the web page every few hours.

                          I appreciate the work from those who have contributed.

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                            TheLimey
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                            I was hoping Renato would post here with an ETA.  As I mentioned before, I PM'd him (before I knew he was on holiday), with a link to this thread, but I have seen no post here, and received no reply by PM either. He's either ignoring me (us), or not checking his messages. :'(

                            Based on the fact he is checking code for pfSense, I'm going to assume he is a pfSense staff member. If that is the case then I'm very disappointed at the lack of updates the company is providing their customers.

                            Does anyone have any direct contact with him? It would quite excellent if we could get an ETA posted here. :)

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              Better ask for a comunity repo IMHO.

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                                jwsmiths
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                                FYI - installing 2.2.4 borked my entire internet access.  E2Guardian won't start (linked file missing) but even when I disable it and turn off the NAT rule that should be forwarding all traffic to E2Guardian I am unable to make http connections out (https still works).  May need to un-install E2guardian and then upgrade and then re-install it to make sure it works.

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  @jwsmiths:

                                  May need to un-install E2guardian and then upgrade and then re-install it to make sure it works.

                                  Yes. After any firmware upgrade, you need to check freebsd packages you've installed. Sometimes will be a dependence some times just the pkg itself.

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                                    knes1
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                                    @jwsmiths:

                                    FYI - installing 2.2.4 borked my entire internet access.  E2Guardian won't start (linked file missing) but even when I disable it and turn off the NAT rule that should be forwarding all traffic to E2Guardian I am unable to make http connections out (https still works).  May need to un-install E2guardian and then upgrade and then re-install it to make sure it works.

                                    Ok, I've tried the following upgrade procedure in a VM: Firstly, I've uninstalled e2guardian using pkg, then upgraded pfSense to 2.2.4, and then reinstalled e2guardian freeBSD packages. This seems to work (I haven't tested it fully yet though).
                                    Here are the steps:

                                    1. Before the upgrade:
                                    
                                    pkg delete e2guardian
                                    pkg delete pcre
                                    
                                    
                                    1. Upgrade pfSense to 2.2.4

                                    2. Reinstall e2guardian packages

                                    
                                    pkg install e2guardian
                                    
                                    
                                    1. Go to e2guardian config and save a page (this is to reapply configs)

                                    I believe this might work even if you applied the upgrade without deinstalling e2guardian first (e.g. do steps 1,3 and 4 after the upgrade). However, I haven't tried it.

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                                      bfrost
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                                      Is anything happening with this?

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                                        doktornotor Banned
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                                        @bfrost:

                                        Is anything happening with this?

                                        https://github.com/marcelloc/pfsense-packages/pull/2/files
                                        https://github.com/marcelloc/pfsense-packages/pull/4/files

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                                          TheLimey
                                          last edited by

                                          @bfrost:

                                          Is anything happening with this?

                                          I haven't seen any updates with regards to the pfSense e2guardian package, so I assume we are still just waiting for Renato (renatohtpc - https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?action=profile;u=265729) to finish the code review.

                                          He was apparently on holiday, and would be working on it when he got back, but that should have been over a week ago. I PM'd him a while back with a link to this thread with the hope he might let us know what is happening. I assume he either isn't checking his messages, or he doesn't want us to know what is happening. =(

                                          Marcello suggests just installing the code, but I haven't had a chance to try that out. some others seem to have had some success though.

                                          Everything is easy when you know how, …and have the right tools, ...and the time, ...and money.

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                                            Mobile_Bob
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                                            Watching the pull request daily, it looks extremely close…

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