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    • BBcan177B
      BBcan177 Moderator
      last edited by

      @heliop100:

      Hi, thanks for your quick answer,

      The command gets the same of yours:

      grep -h "^148.251." /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/* | grep '/'
      148.251.195.0/24
      148.251.88.0/24

      Run the following commands to report all IPs listed in the 148.0.0.0 range…

      cd /var/db/pfblockerng/deny
      grep "^148\." * | grep '/'
      

      "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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        heliop100
        last edited by

        Hi

        grep "^148." * | grep '/'

        Alienvault.txt:148.251.195.0/24
        Alienvault.txt:148.251.88.0/24

        (But I have disable/enable pfBlockerNG with keep settings cleared, and now are not blocking tcpiputils anymore)

        Thanks.

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        • BBcan177B
          BBcan177 Moderator
          last edited by

          @heliop100:

          Hi

          grep "^148." * | grep '/'

          Alienvault.txt:148.251.195.0/24
          Alienvault.txt:148.251.88.0/24

          (But I have disable/enable pfBlockerNG with keep settings cleared, and now are not blocking tcpiputils anymore)

          Thanks.

          pfBNG will only block what you configure it to block…

          What does this command report:

          host -t A tcpiputils.com
          

          Maybe tcpiputils.com resolves to a different address for you?

          All blocked IPs should be reported in the Alerts Tab.

          You can also try:
          Instead of completely disabling pfBNG, goto the LAN interface and toggle the Icon at the left for each pfBNG Rule one at a time to see which Rule is causing the block for you. Then go from there.

          "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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            heliop100
            last edited by

            Hi,

            $ host -t A tcpiputils.com
            tcpiputils.com has address 148.251.153.34

            Will try your suggestion:

            Instead of completely disabling pfBNG, goto the LAN interface and toggle the Icon at the left for each pfBNG Rule one at a time to see which Rule is causing the block for you. Then go from there.

            Thanks.

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            • BBcan177B
              BBcan177 Moderator
              last edited by

              As a note, Germany is listed in the TOP20 List… Did you by any chance select all of the TOP20 to block? If so... This is why its blocked...

              You can also create a pfBNG alias "Permit Outbound" and add the IPs that you want to bypass the Blocking rules to the "Custom list" at the bottom... Then set the Rules order to have this permit Rule above the Block/Reject 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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                heliop100
                last edited by

                Hi,

                No using TOP20.

                Don't know what may be happened, now are not blocking.

                Thanks.

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                  heliop100
                  last edited by

                  Hi

                  I'm receiving this error:

                  [ There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:27: cannot define table pfB_IBlock: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [27]: table persist file /var/db/aliastables/pfB_IBlock.txt]

                  The pfSense box has 4Gb ram and are at 7%.

                  Thanks.

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                    doktornotor Banned
                    last edited by

                    @heliop100:

                    [ There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:27: cannot define table pfB_IBlock: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [27]: table persist file /var/db/aliastables/pfB_IBlock.txt]

                    Welcome to the club. This is not a package issue, also nothing to do with lack of physical RAM. It's core OS (probably kernel-level) stuff…

                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4876

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                      heliop100
                      last edited by

                      ok, thanks.

                      @doktornotor:

                      @heliop100:

                      [ There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:27: cannot define table pfB_IBlock: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [27]: table persist file /var/db/aliastables/pfB_IBlock.txt]

                      Welcome to the club. This is not a package issue, also nothing to do with lack of physical RAM. It's core OS (probably kernel-level) stuff…

                      https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4876

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @heliop100:

                        Hi

                        I'm receiving this error:

                        [ There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:27: cannot define table pfB_IBlock: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [27]: table persist file /var/db/aliastables/pfB_IBlock.txt]

                        The pfSense box has 4Gb ram and are at 7%.

                        Thanks.

                        Damn IBlock again :)

                        Create a second IBlock Alias for this large IBlock list.

                        There seems to be an issue with having that many IPs in one Alias table.

                        "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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                          doktornotor Banned
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                          Well, some of these lists would need splitting feature until the damned bug is found.

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                            interos
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                            Having issues setting up pfBlockerNG on pfSense.
                            Seems like an easy to fix problem if I want to write code; so my assumption is that it is also an easy settings fix that I missed.

                            The problem is that when pfBlockerNG ingests a list, it finds spaces in the header and promptly aborts.
                            I've been testing several lists from iBlockList via both paid and public lists that demonstrate the same problem.

                            The first list I tried was the Pedophile list.  Here is the excerpt from the txt file which is downloaded via a gz file.

                            List distributed by iblocklist.com

                            Sharing R@ygold Porn:1.9.98.0-1.9.99.255
                            Shares Various Illegal Porn:1.9.101.0-1.9.103.255

                            In pfBlockerNG, I have the following settings:

                            Alias Name: Pedophiles
                            List Description: i-BlockList Pedophiles
                            Format: gz
                            State: On
                            URL: http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=dufcxgnbjsdwmwctgfuj&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz&username=MyUserName&pin=MyPIN
                            Header: iBlock-Pedo
                            List Action: Deny Both
                            Update Frequency: Every 4 Hours
                            Weekly: Monday
                            Enable Logging: Enable
                            Enable Custom Port: Blank
                            Enable Custom Destination: Blank
                            Custom Protocol: any
                            IPv4 Custom Addresses: Blank
                            Update Custom List: Default

                            Running pfSense 2.2.4
                            pfBlockerNG 1.10

                            Here is the Log File from the UI

                            UPDATE PROCESS START [ 10/11/15 17:27:44 ]

                            [ http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=dufcxgnbjsdwmwctgfuj&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz&username=MyUserName&pin=MyPinCode ]
                            ** TERMINATED - Header contains Blank/International/Special or Spaces

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

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

                            UPDATE PROCESS ENDED

                            So my first thought is to do pre-processing on these and rehost them.  That seems like a poor choice to just configuring the plugin correctly.  Any thoughts on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

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                            • BBcan177B
                              BBcan177 Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @interos:

                              ** TERMINATED - Header contains Blank/International/Special or Spaces

                              This error means that you entered invalid characters in the Header field. This is the field beside the URL in the IPv4 tab. Do not include spaces, or other special characters when naming the Header…

                              So remove the "-" in your Header:    iBlock**-**Pedo
                              You can use "_" if you wish instead…

                              "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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                                hmh
                                last edited by

                                How-to block social networks with pfBlockerNG

                                Install package Cron
                                Install FreeBSD package manager https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_Packages

                                
                                pkg install whois
                                
                                

                                Add Cron task

                                
                                /usr/local/bin/mwhois -h whois.radb.net -i origin as32934 | grep -Eo "([0-9.]+){4}/[0-9]+" | sort -n > /var/db/pfblockerng/facebook_cidr.raw
                                /usr/local/bin/mwhois -h whois.radb.net -i origin as49988 | grep -Eo "([0-9.]+){4}/[0-9]+" | sort -n > /var/db/pfblockerng/odnoklassniki_cidr.raw
                                /usr/local/bin/mwhois -h whois.radb.net -i origin as47541 | grep -Eo "([0-9.]+){4}/[0-9]+" | sort -n > /var/db/pfblockerng/vk_com_cidr.raw
                                
                                

                                My config
                                update lists once a week on friday

                                In pfBlockerNG add IPv4 List

                                With
                                List Action: Alias Match
                                And
                                Update Frequency: Weekly

                                Add firewall rule:

                                Thats it!

                                P.S.
                                If you already have list (for example) Top20 with List Action: Alias Match, processing of files will be skipped
                                Because nets from facebook_cidr.raw already in list Top20

                                Will be cool if developers add option to block networks by AS number
                                It is very useful

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                                • BBcan177B
                                  BBcan177 Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Yes v2.0 has whois support built-in… :)

                                  "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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                                  • SoloamS
                                    Soloam
                                    last edited by

                                    BBcan177, first of all great work on this package, it's a must have to all pfsense boxes.

                                    I found a bug! If we can call it a bug, it can be only miss configuration.

                                    Lets assume this scenario. 2 Lists, 2 Interfaces.

                                    I have list 1 (IP's)
                                    1.2.3.4
                                    5.6.7.8

                                    I have list 2(IP's)
                                    1.2.3.4
                                    9.10.11.12

                                    Both have IP 1.2.3.4

                                    I make use of De-Duplication.

                                    I set list 1 as Deny on Interface LAN1
                                    I set list 2 as Deny on Interface LAN2

                                    The logs are all messed up, because He can't find out that from what interface the block 1.2.3.4 is.

                                    Best Regards

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                                    • BBcan177B
                                      BBcan177 Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @soloam:

                                      I found a bug! If we can call it a bug, it can be only miss configuration.

                                      Hi soloam,

                                      Its not a bug. When you use de-duplication, only one of the Lists will have IP 1.2.3.4
                                      If you want a second list to skip de-duplication, you will need to use "Alias Native" and manually create the firewall 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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                                      • SoloamS
                                        Soloam
                                        last edited by

                                        That was my solution. :)

                                        Thank you BBcan177.

                                        Best Regards
                                        Soloam

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                                        • SoloamS
                                          Soloam
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello all, just to make one question.

                                          I what to see the complete list of IP's on a alias. So i'm looking at Diagnostics > Tables and selecting the alias table. When I do this I get  a blank page and in pfsense the alert:

                                          
                                          Crash report details:
                                          
                                          PHP Errors:
                                          [15-Oct-2015 15:55:19] PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 115824003 bytes) in /usr/local/www/csrf/csrf-magic.php on line 157
                                          
                                          

                                          Can any one tell me if it's possible to resolve this?

                                          Thank you.
                                          Best Regards

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                                            heliop100
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            Are there same way to get Alerts auto-refresh with one filter applied saved?

                                            Thanks.

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