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      rantech
      last edited by

      Thanks - that does exactly what I want and worked fine!  One minor thing to point out, the instructions for adding the country data to the list are:

      "'Country code': /usr/pbi/pfblockerng-amd64/share/GeoIP/cc/US_v4.txt  (Change 'US' to required code)"

      However, depending on your hardware, you might  need to change "amd64".  In my case, it didn't work until I changed this to "i386".

      Thanks again!

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        @rantech:

        Thanks - that does exactly what I want and worked fine!  One minor thing to point out, the instructions for adding the country data to the list are:

        "'Country code': /usr/pbi/pfblockerng-amd64/share/GeoIP/cc/US_v4.txt  (Change 'US' to required code)"

        However, depending on your hardware, you might  need to change "amd64".  In my case, it didn't work until I changed this to "i386".

        Thanks again!

        I am running out of real estate on the pages to add more help text! Not that many people read it! :)    Thanks for the feedback!

        "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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          nl
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          I suggest an improvement :

          Add another tab (same as Proxy and Satellite), for blocking IP range by iana Regional Internet Registry (RIR)

          (https://www.iana.org/numbers)

          Attached, you'll find many lists filtered by RIR

          Many thanks for your work.
          Regards  ;)

          AFRINIC.txt
          APNIC.txt
          ARIN.txt
          LACNIC.txt
          RIPE.txt
          reserved.txt
          bogon.txt
          multicast.txt
          others.txt

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          • BBcan177B
            BBcan177 Moderator
            last edited by

            @nl:

            I suggest an improvement :

            Add another tab (same as Proxy and Satellite), for blocking IP range by iana Regional Internet Registry (RIR)

            Thanks for the suggestion nl,

            I think it would be best for users who wish to use such lists, to just create a new Alias and add the URLs to the Source Fields as required… I would rather not create an additional tab.

            "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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              bluepr0
              last edited by

              Hello!

              I just started using pfBlocker to block ads, but I'm getting this cert dialog on many websites

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              • BBcan177B
                BBcan177 Moderator
                last edited by

                @bluepr0:

                I just started using pfBlocker to block ads, but I'm getting this cert dialog on many websites

                Well for one, www.google.com shouldn't be in the block list, unless you really are trying to block that domain? Check the Alerts Tab for additional details.

                Safari and IE are not designed well in regards to HTTPs, best to use Chrome or FF. Also ensure your Safari version is up-to-date.

                Please see the new thread for DNSBL, which might provide some more info:
                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.0

                "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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                  bluepr0
                  last edited by

                  @BBcan177:

                  @bluepr0:

                  I just started using pfBlocker to block ads, but I'm getting this cert dialog on many websites

                  Well for one, www.google.com shouldn't be in the block list, unless you really are trying to block that domain? Check the Alerts Tab for additional details.

                  Safari and IE are not designed well in regards to HTTPs, best to use Chrome or FF. Also ensure your Safari version is up-to-date.

                  Please see the new thread for DNSBL, which might provide some more info:
                  https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.0

                  Thanks for your reply! I checked deeply and there was a list that had google.com as the domain.

                  In any case, for domains that I WANT to block… should I accept the cert? It' just I'm a bit lost about what it means accepting it and why it shows up!

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                  • BBcan177B
                    BBcan177 Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @bluepr0:

                    In any case, for domains that I WANT to block… should I accept the cert? It' just I'm a bit lost about what it means accepting it and why it shows up!

                    When the browser makes an HTTPs request to a domain that is blacklisted by DNSBL, The Resolver (Unbound) forwards the browser to the DNSBL webserver, however the browser sees that the DNSBL webservers certificate is not the same as the domain that it requested, so it reports the cert error. Other browsers like Chrome and Firefox, just drop the failed connection attempts. Safari and IE are always behind the times it seems. If Safari allows accepting the cert, then go ahead. It shouldn't tho as its not the correct certificate. The last thing that you want is to Man-In-The-middle the HTTPs traffic and impersonate a domain. Lots of bad things happen when you do that…

                    More details here:
                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg573329#msg573329

                    "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

                      Hil,

                      I want to allow NAT to my servers only from IPs in Brazil, so I use one country list (alias permit), and use that list as source on my NAT rule. Working as expected.

                      But I use DNS failover from DNS Made Easy, and monitoring from Uptime Robot, and both are been blocked.

                      For now I create a second alias, and setup a second NAT.

                      Are some way to merge both lists? When I try to create one new alias with both alias on, I receive one error that it's not possible because the to aliases are from different types.

                      Thanks

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @heliop100:

                        Are some way to merge both lists? When I try to create one new alias with both alias on, I receive one error that it's not possible because the to aliases are from different types.

                        Please see the following links:
                        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102071.0
                        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg548324#msg548324
                        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg553921#msg553921

                        "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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                          spencerthomass
                          last edited by

                          I have been playing around with pfblockerng and so far I love it. I have found one problem though. I use some blacklists from squidblacklist.org and they work great except if you put www in front of the domain. For example, playboy.com is blocked but www,playboy.com is not. Anyway to fix this?

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                          • BBcan177B
                            BBcan177 Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @spencerthomass:

                            I have been playing around with pfblockerng and so far I love it. I have found one problem though. I use some blacklists from squidblacklist.org and they work great except if you put www in front of the domain. For example, playboy.com is blocked but www,playboy.com is not. Anyway to fix this?

                            Did you manually add the www. domain to a customlist? If so, make sure to select "Update custom list' at the bottom of the page before running a "Force Update"

                            "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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                              spencerthomass
                              last edited by

                              @BBcan177:

                              @spencerthomass:

                              I have been playing around with pfblockerng and so far I love it. I have found one problem though. I use some blacklists from squidblacklist.org and they work great except if you put www in front of the domain. For example, playboy.com is blocked but www,playboy.com is not. Anyway to fix this?

                              Did you manually add the www. domain to a customlist? If so, make sure to select "Update custom list' at the bottom of the page before running a "Force Update"

                              No, I used the porn block list from squidblacklist.org.

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @spencerthomass:

                                @BBcan177:

                                @spencerthomass:

                                I have been playing around with pfblockerng and so far I love it. I have found one problem though. I use some blacklists from squidblacklist.org and they work great except if you put www in front of the domain. For example, playboy.com is blocked but www,playboy.com is not. Anyway to fix this?

                                Did you manually add the www. domain to a customlist? If so, make sure to select "Update custom list' at the bottom of the page before running a "Force Update"

                                No, I used the porn block list from squidblacklist.org.

                                The issue there is that DNSBL (unbound) will need to add an extra line for each domain (in bold)

                                local-zone: "doubleclick.net" redirect
                                local-data: "doubleclick.net A 10.0.0.111"

                                It can cause some false positives depending on the domain name… Some ADvert servers like:

                                ads.example.com

                                You want to block just the ads.example.com and not example.com...

                                I will see if I can come up with a workaround for that... In the short term, you can add any additional domains to a custom list and block them that way.

                                "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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                                  spencerthomass
                                  last edited by

                                  @BBcan177:

                                  @spencerthomass:

                                  @BBcan177:

                                  @spencerthomass:

                                  I have been playing around with pfblockerng and so far I love it. I have found one problem though. I use some blacklists from squidblacklist.org and they work great except if you put www in front of the domain. For example, playboy.com is blocked but www,playboy.com is not. Anyway to fix this?

                                  Did you manually add the www. domain to a customlist? If so, make sure to select "Update custom list' at the bottom of the page before running a "Force Update"

                                  No, I used the porn block list from squidblacklist.org.

                                  The issue there is that DNSBL (unbound) will need to add an extra line for each domain (in bold)

                                  local-zone: "doubleclick.net" redirect
                                  local-data: "doubleclick.net A 10.0.0.111"

                                  It can cause some false positives depending on the domain name… Some ADvert servers like:

                                  ads.example.com

                                  You want to block just the ads.example.com and not example.com...

                                  I will see if I can come up with a workaround for that... In the short term, you can add any additional domains to a custom list and block them that way.

                                  I was scared you would say that. There are around 1 million domains on the list and it would take a very long time to make a custom list.

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                                  • BBcan177B
                                    BBcan177 Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Here is a temporary workaround. Edit the file  /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc

                                    And add this code after Line 2758

                                    
                                    if (substr($line, 0, 4) != 'www.') {
                                            $domain_data .= "local-data: \"www." . $line . " 60 IN A {$pfb['dnsbl_vip']}\"\n";
                                    }
                                    
                                    

                                    https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/blob/master/config/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc#L2758

                                    So it will look like this:

                                    
                                    // Remove suppressed domain names
                                    if (!in_array($line, $pfb_dnssupp)) {
                                            $domain_data .= "local-data: \"" . $line . " 60 IN A {$pfb['dnsbl_vip']}\"\n";
                                            if (substr($line, 0, 4) != 'www.') {
                                                    $domain_data .= "local-data: \"www." . $line . " 60 IN A {$pfb['dnsbl_vip']}\"\n";
                                            }
                                    }
                                    
                                    

                                    Then execute a "Force Reload" for DNSBL.

                                    "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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                                      spencerthomass
                                      last edited by

                                      Thank you BBcan177. That works.

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                                        abujammy
                                        last edited by

                                        @BBcan177 what do you think about adding a format so that we can import "host" file formats and it can parse out the domain name to lookup the IP?

                                        So basically I believe like the "whois" works but it just knows that the first part of the line is an IP that doesn't matter.

                                        0.0.0.0 facebook.com
                                        127.0.0.1 google.com
                                        

                                        Like that.

                                        There are a lot of good, free lists out there that are in this format.

                                        Thoughts?

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                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          If your talking about DNSBL, the parser is already there to parse for the domain name in a host feed…  Try it and if there are issues with the parser, send me the URL if it doesn't work.

                                          Have you seen this thread:
                                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.0

                                          "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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                                            abujammy
                                            last edited by

                                            @BBcan177 man, that's perfect.  I cannot tell you how much your work helps me out.  Thank you so much for all that you do.  pfBlocker is amazing. :)

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