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      fher98
      last edited by

      @hulleyrob:

      Can you show the rules that are added?

      Thank you for your reply, here you go

      • The first screenshot is WAN, to block from the outside and just added outbound too.
      • Next is LAN with it its default rules plus the auto block.
      • The last one is for my office branch, in which the rule for 10.4.2.3 is to get  acces to the internet via squid/dansguardian at port 3128 on  that pfsense.

      rulespfsense1.png
      rulespfsense1.png_thumb
      rulespfsense2.png
      rulespfsense2.png_thumb
      rulespfsense3.png
      rulespfsense3.png_thumb

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        hulleyrob
        last edited by

        Where are you seeing these, can you post the log showing the TOR traffic entering your network?

        Also should the WAN only be blocking TCP TOR traffic? (because it is, not * like the others)

        Rob

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          jawz101
          last edited by

          Is the Reputation Settings supposed to give the option to choose all 3 :
          Individual List Reputation, Collective List Reputation (pMAX), Collective List Reputation (dMAX)

          Reading the descriptions it seems as though the dMAX makes the most sense but I can't tell what the other 2 would mean– so then I don't know if I quite understand what's going on here.

          Seems like that whole feature needs some fresh eyes to write the descriptions because it doesn't answer the what's and why's.

          Also, on the same page, is the entire Emerging Threats IQRISK IPv4 Reputation section a subscriber feature or just portions of it?  For clarity, if the section could be hidden unless a checkbox is checked or something it would help in knowing if it's relevant to those who don't pay for it.  Just a thought.

          Thanks!

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            heliosfa
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            @wbennett77:

            [ [color=red]XML RPC Sync ] Improvements to http/https and Username. The 'General Tab settings' can also be excluded from the sync to allow for Site specific customizations.

            Is the XML RPC Sync meant to support sync to an IPv6 address? When I try it with just an IP v6 address the sync times out because it is trying to use the address in a non-literal format.  When I enter the address in the literal form with [] around it, I get the following error (which is the same when trying to use a host name).

            php-fpm[26593]: /pkg_edit.php: [pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address or Port settings.
            

            I am already synchronising some of the pfSense config over v6 successfully.

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            • BBcan177B
              BBcan177 Moderator
              last edited by

              @heliosfa:

              php-fpm[26593]: /pkg_edit.php: [pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address or Port settings.
              

              Did you enter the port field? It will log that error message if the address is not valid (IPv4/6) or if the port is not valid…

              Here is a snippet of that validation code:

              
                      // Validate Replication Target IP Address and Port Settings
              	if (!is_ipaddr($sync_to_ip) || !is_port($port)) {
              		log_error("[pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address or Port settings.");
              		$success = FALSE;
              		return $success;
              	}
              
              

              "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

                @jawz101:

                Is the Reputation Settings supposed to give the option to choose all 3 :

                For Reputation, 'Max', 'dMax' and 'pMax' are all individual settings.

                'Max' is for each individual List, while the other two are done after downloading of the lists has completed. 'dmax' and 'pMax' Reputation processes analyze all of the lists as a collective.

                "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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                  heliosfa
                  last edited by

                  @BBcan177:

                  Did you enter the port field? It will log that error message if the address is not valid (IPv4/6) or if the port is not valid…

                  Yep, and if I change the IPv6 address for an IPv4 one and change nothing else, it works without complaining.  The logs show it is using the port - it just does not like a v6 address, with [] or without.

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                    doktornotor Banned
                    last edited by

                    May I suggest using a hostname? :P

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                      heliosfa
                      last edited by

                      @doktornotor:

                      May I suggest using a hostname? :P

                      I tried it (when I was just going to use the dynamic v4 for the sync) but it gives the same error as the literal IPv6 address.

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                        doktornotor Banned
                        last edited by

                        Maybe you'd rather post a screenshot of what you actually configured.

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                          heliosfa
                          last edited by

                          @doktornotor:

                          Maybe you'd rather post a screenshot of what you actually configured.

                          Some background on the setup with screenshots coming up :)

                          So, the setup is two pfSense boxes running the latest release connected to two separate cable connections. Both have a dynamic v4 WAN address and both have v6 through a tunnelbroker. THere is a v4 and v6 IPSEC VPN between the boxes. This is the XML RPC Sync settings I have for pfBlocker and this is what I have for syncing just the aliases with the pfSense XML RPC Sync.

                          As per this post in the docs, comunications between the pfSense boxes over IPSEC won't work without additional routes. With the routes in place, both the pfBlocker and system XML RPC sync work with the LAN IPv4 address (10.x.x.x) where the IPv6 address is in both screenshots BUT the routes break routing for some other machines that need to use the VPN so having them in full-time is not an option so my plan was to just shove the sync traffic over the WAN, either v4 or v6.

                          With the system sync settings, I can stick in an IPv6 address or a hostname and it works. With the pfBlocker sync, if I put in a v6 address as 2001:xxx:xxx:xxx::xxx (without []) I get this in the log:

                          php-fpm[63574]: /pkg_edit.php: [pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC syncing to https://2001:xxx:xxx:xxx::xxx:443.
                          

                          To me, this looks like pfBlocker wants the literal address in the config as the system's sync gives this entry in the log and works:

                          php-fpm[46766]: /rc.filter_synchronize: Filter sync successfully completed with https://[2001:xxx:xxx:xxx::xxx]:443.
                          

                          So I put in a literal address as [2001:xxx:xxx:xxx::xxx] in the pfBlocker sync settings and I get this entry in the logs:

                          php-fpm[24610]: /pkg_edit.php: [pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address or Port settings.
                          

                          If I try a host name instead of the IPv6 literal address, I get the same error message. If I put in the public dynamic IPv4 address, it works. For clarity, I am NOT changing any sync settings apart from the destination address each time.

                          So, what works for the system sync is IPv4 address, v6 address and hostname. What works for me with the pfBlocker sync is IPv4 address only.

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                            doktornotor Banned
                            last edited by

                            Try this with System Patches:

                            
                            --- a/usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc       2015-10-24 23:39:52.249959365 +0200
                            +++ b/usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc        2015-10-24 23:39:52.274963703 +0200
                            @@ -2897,8 +2897,12 @@
                                    }
                            
                                    // Validate Replication Target IP Address and Port Settings
                            -       if (!is_ipaddr($sync_to_ip) || !is_port($port)) {
                            -               log_error("[pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address or Port settings.");
                            +       if (!is_ipaddr($sync_to_ip) && !is_hostname($sync_to_ip) && !is_domain($sync_to_ip)) {
                            +               log_error("[pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address.");
                            +               $success = FALSE;
                            +               return $success;
                            +       } elseif (!is_port($port)) {
                            +               log_error("[pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target Port settings.");
                                            $success = FALSE;
                                            return $success;
                                    }
                            @@ -2907,6 +2911,10 @@
                                    if (empty($synctimeout)) {
                                            $synctimeout = 150;
                                    }
                            +
                            +       if (is_ipaddrv6($sync_to_ip)) {
                            +               $sync_to_ip = "[{$sync_to_ip}]";
                            +       }
                                    $url = "{$protocol}://{$sync_to_ip}";
                            
                                    if ($port == "") { $port = $config['system']['webgui']['port']; };
                            
                            
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                              heliosfa
                              last edited by

                              With a literal v6 address, I now get:

                              php-fpm[17959]: /pkg_edit.php: [pfBlockerNG] XMLRPC sync terminated due to mis-configured Replication Target IP Address.
                              

                              With a non-literal address, it now works - thank you very much :)

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                                doktornotor Banned
                                last edited by

                                Yeah, don't put literals there. (Also, if you could test with some hostname, would be appreciated.)

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                                  heliosfa
                                  last edited by

                                  Yep, a host name now works as well according to the logs.

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                                    jawz101
                                    last edited by

                                    @BBcan177:

                                    @JohnPFsense:

                                    One minor thing. The header field was a little strange. Im used to a header meaning something to ignore  as actual input. So my immediate intuition was to input something like a # because my lists did not load right and the force update said:
                                    ** TERMINATED - Header contains Blank/International/Special or Spaces

                                    But I found in the forum that its a header like a description. So maybe a little description for header would be helpfull.

                                    I was going to name it "filename" but I think it can also be misleading (users might think to enter the URL filename there)

                                    There is a description of what a Header should be just above the URL settings in each alias. Suggestions are always welcome!  :)

                                    Header sounds like it's something too programmy.  Why not just call it a label?

                                    btw, I've been trying to add this ad blocking list because they have tons of formats yet get a download failed so I dunno
                                    http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/iplist.php?ipformat=plain&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext

                                    http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/  – main page which offers various list formats and flags to reformat in different ways (csv, etc)

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                                    • BBcan177B
                                      BBcan177 Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      There should be no issue in downloading that yoyo list. Just use the "txt" format and ensure that you enter the header as something like "yoyo".  Also ensure that you copy/paste the URL (paste as plain text). Check the pfblockerng.log file for other clues to the issue.

                                      "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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                                        Hugovsky
                                        last edited by

                                        I can confirm yoyo list works. I'm using it.

                                        http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/iplist.php?ipformat=plain&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext

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                                          jawz101
                                          last edited by

                                          thanks.  I'd been messing around with all of my lists last night for a while - finally started working once I stopped tinkering :)

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                                            jawz101
                                            last edited by

                                            has anyone seen this site?
                                            http://iplists.firehol.org/

                                            Seems like their github page aggregates a lot https://github.com/firehol/blocklist-ipsets
                                            plus it's nice to see how often lists are maintained

                                            https://github.com/firehol/firehol/wiki/dnsbl-ipset.sh

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