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      chain
      last edited by

      Did you create a group per each item that is shown below?

      @tonymorella:

      Few things I found out while beta testing V2

      • First rule is take your time and be patient. Adding to may rules at once will casue alot of blocks you may or may not way. Wildcards are not supported, or wanted in most cases. For example adding google.com does not filter all the hosts for the domain, need to add each host that is being blocked to the filter lists
      • Make sure to double check ASN's, especially for large companies that have acquired other companies, more than one ASN might exist
        *** Unbound has an issue in my setup using OpenVPN connected to PIA. It does not start correctly when a network issue is sensed,  em1 or openvpn interfaces flap for example. The core problem seems to be how the rc scripts handle unbound reload.  They do a HUP vs reload to get around the cache being lost. Disabling "DHCP Registration" or "Static DHCP" was a workaround that allowed unbound to start correctly.
      • Checking "DHCP Registration" or "Static DHCP" causes other issues with unbound, this is a know issue being talked about in the DNS forum.  I added all my hosts host to unbound statically as a work around
      • I wanted to have my allow rules > pfb block rules > my block rules > my per interface rules.  Did this by enabling "Floating Rules" and using "pfb_pass/match  | pfsense pass/match |  pfb_block/reject"
      • If you have WIFI make sure to enable "DNSBL Firewall Rule" and select both LAN and WIFI or the NAT: Port Forward rule for 10.10.10.1 is not setup correctly.  If you don't change this setting things still work but everything runs slow over wifi.
      • Make sure to whitelist all the DNSBL sites FQDN via an allow aliases, some IPv4 block-lists include the IP space the DNSBL are found in
      • DBSBL is basicly a man in the middle for DNS so any site that is block but running https will create warrnings. Depending on how the brower is setup it might just ignore or not display the error.  CTRL+SHIFT+I on both Chrome and Firebox will bring up dev panel where you can see which pages are not loading. Chrome will show an error, Firefox will show a red slash throught the lock icon.
      • Noticed a list of domains in the Alexa top 1K that serve up ads, since I don't want this I added the following custom block list to my Ads DNS Group which will remove them from any DNS group that is using the Alexa top 1K filter. To confirm make sure "Enable Alexa Whitelist" is NOT checked for this DNS group.
      popcash.net
      www.popcash.net
      cdn.popcash.net
      outbrain.com
      www.outbrain.com
      onclickads.net
      www.onclickads.net
      googleadservices.com
      www.googleadservices.com
      adcash.com
      www.adcash.com
      popads.net
      www.popads.net
      popmyads.com
      www.popmyads.com
      
      
      • List of domains added to DNSBL Custom Domain Suppression to stop them from being blocked
      
      goo.gl
      google.com
      www.google.com
      mail.google.com
      docs.google.com
      sites.google.com
      fonts.googleapis.com
      cache.google.com
      clients.google.com
      clients0.google.com
      clients1.google.com
      clients2.google.com
      clients3.google.com
      clients4.google.com
      clients5.google.com
      clients6.google.com
      clients7.google.com
      clients8.google.com
      clients9.google.com
      www.maxmind.com
      s3.amazonaws.com
      fls-na.amazon.com
      login.live.com
      redis.io
      pgl.yoyo.org
      someonewhocares.org
      www.thingamajob.com
      winhelp2002.mvps.org
      hosts-file.net
      www.hosts-file.net
      adaway.org
      sysctl.org
      adblock.gjtech.net
      www.dshield.org
      malwaredomainlist.com
      malwaredomains.com
      bambenekconsulting.com
      malwarepatrol.net
      zeustracker.abuse.ch
      malc0de.com
      curl.haxx.se
      dl.dropboxusercontent.com
      whois.cymru.com
      github.com
      collector-cdn.github.com
      pivotal.github.com
      cloud.github.com
      raw.githubusercontent.com
      raw.github.com
      stopforumspam.com
      www.stopforumspam.com
      sourceforge.net
      www.sourceforge.net
      iweb.dl.sourceforge.net
      chase.com
      www.chase.com
      mint.com
      www.mint.com
      americanexpress.com
      www.americanexpress.com
      online.americanexpress.com
      linuxquestions.org
      www.linuxquestions.org
      optimizely.com
      www.optimizely.com
      api.optimizely.com
      cdn.optimizely.com
      cdn2.optimizely.com
      cdn3.optimizely.com
      slashdot.org
      www.slashdot.org
      ebay.com
      www.ebay.com
      rover.ebay.com
      srx.main.ebayrtm.com
      openbl.org
      www.openbl.org
      www.us.openbl.org
      delta.com
      www.delta.com
      aa.com
      www.aa.com
      cruisesonly.com
      www.cruisesonly.com
      ripe.net
      www.ripe.net
      weather.com
      www.weather.com
      lacnic.net
      www.lacnic.net
      tvrage.com
      services.tvrage.com
      www.tvrage.com
      publicbt.com
      device.maxmind.com
      www.boingo.com
      xda-developers.com
      www.xda-developers.com
      forum.xda-developers.com
      opengapps.org
      download.mono-project.com
      
      
      • Ads DNS Group

      • Update Frequency: Once a Day

      • Enable Alexa Whitelist: NOT Enabled

      • Add Custom Block List noted above

      
      http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&mimetype=plaintextoup	yoyo
      http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt							hphosts_ats
      https://adaway.org/hosts.txt								adaway
      http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts							syctrl
      http://adblock.gjtech.net/?format=unix-hosts						gjtech
      
      
      • Privacy Fraud DNS Group

      • Update Frequency: Once a Day

      • Enable Alexa Whitelist: Enabled

      
      https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt			disconnect_basic
      http://hosts-file.net/fsa.txt								hphost_fsa
      http://hosts-file.net/hjk.txt								hphost_hjk
      http://hosts-file.net/pha.txt								hphost_psh
      https://www.dshield.org/feeds/suspiciousdomains_High.txt				dshield_sdh
      
      
      • Malware Exploit DNS Group

      • Update Frequency: Once a Day

      • Enable Alexa Whitelist: Enabled

      
      https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malvertising.txt			disconnect_malvertising
      http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt					malwaredomainlist
      http://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains					malwaredomains			
      https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malware.txt				disconnect_malware
      http://hosts-file.net/emd.txt								hphosts_emd
      http://hosts-file.net/exp.txt								hphosts_exp
      http://hosts-file.net/mmt.txt								hphosts_mmt
      https://lists.malwarepatrol.net/cgi/getfile?receipt=f1442112770&product=8&list=dansguardian malwarepatrol
      https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist			zeustracker
      https://malc0de.com/bl/BOOT								malc0de
      
      
      • SPAM DNS Group

      • Update Frequency: Once a Day

      • Enable Alexa Whitelist: Enabled

      
      http://hosts-file.net/grm.txt								hphost_grm
      http://hosts-file.net/hfs.txt								hphost_hfs
      https://spam404bl.com/blacklist.txt							spam_404
      
      
      • Malicious DNS Group

      • Update Frequency: Once a Day

      • Enable Alexa Whitelist: Enabled

      
      http://hosts-file.net/hphosts-partial.txt						hphost_partial
      http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt							mvps_hosts
      http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts							SomeoneWhoCares
      https://gist.githubusercontent.com/BBcan177/4a8bf37c131be4803cb2/raw			BBcan177
      
      
      • BambenekConsulting DNS Group

      • Update Frequency: Once a Day

      • Enable Alexa Whitelist: Enabled

      
      http://osint.bambenekconsulting.com/feeds/dga-feed.gz					bambenek_dga
      http://osint.bambenekconsulting.com/feeds/c2-dommasterlist.txt				bambenek_c2
      
      

      Thanks
      Tony M.**

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        @chain:

        When creating the Alias are you add them into a larger group or are you leaving them as they are individual items? Is there a limitation on amount of alias you can add to a group?

        That is personal preference… There is no limit to either method...

        I prefer to create an "ADs" alias, "Malicious" Alias etc instead of making an Alias with a single feed in it.... The other post that you linked has the "DNS Group Name" listed also for your reference...

        "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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          cjbujold
          last edited by

          Getting error when rebooting with latest PFblockerng  not certain what the error is.  Any help on how to fix would be appreciated.

          Thanks

          12-26-15 11:48:19 [ PF was wedged/busy and has been reset.]
          12-26-15 11:48:40 [ There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: DIOCXCOMMIT: Device busy - The line in question reads [0]: ]
          12-26-15 11:49:15 [ Unresolvable source alias pfB_Top_v4 for rule pfB_Top_v4 auto rule]
          12-26-15 11:49:17 [ Unresolvable source alias pfB_Top_v6 for rule pfB_Top_v6 auto rule]
          12-26-15 11:49:19 [ Unresolvable destination alias pfB_Top_v4 for rule pfB_Top_v4 auto rule]
          12-26-15 11:49:21 [ Unresolvable destination alias pfB_Top_v6 for rule pfB_Top_v6 auto rule]

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            Hugovsky
            last edited by

            That error is normal. It's because when you reboot pfsense, pfblock needs some time to make the alias and the firewall complains about it.

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            • BBcan177B
              BBcan177 Moderator
              last edited by

              @cjbujold:

              Getting error when rebooting with latest PFblockerng

              12-26-15 11:48:19 [ PF was wedged/busy and has been reset.]
              12-26-15 11:48:40 [ There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: DIOCXCOMMIT: Device busy - The line in question reads [0]: ]

              The error "PF was wedged/busy and has been reset" is an issue… When using "Alias type" rules, you can sometimes get an error when re-installing the package, or rebooting if you have a nanobsd or ramdisk installation; however, this error is indicating an error in loading the rules.  Not enough information to help you diagnose it... If it persists, maybe try to uncheck "Keep Settings", and disable pfBlockerNG, then "Save". Following that re-check "Keep Settings", and re-enable, followed by a "Force Reload"... There can also be an issue with a non-pfBNG rule that is causing this 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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                Venlaw
                last edited by

                Why is it that my whitelist keeps getting pushed to the bottom of my floating firewall rules when it is at the top in the IPv4 lists? It was added after the blocklists, but as stated, its been moved to the top in the IPv4 tab in pfBlockerNG? I have to manually move it to the top of the floating firewall rules every reload.

                CPU: Celeron G1610 MB: Intel DQ77KB RAM: 4GB Corsair Vengeance Storage: 16GB SanDisk mSATA SSD NIC: Dual Onboard Intel (VLANs) WAN: 50/5mbps

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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Select the "Rule Order" setting that is appropriate for your setup in the General 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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                    Venlaw
                    last edited by

                    Thank You.

                    CPU: Celeron G1610 MB: Intel DQ77KB RAM: 4GB Corsair Vengeance Storage: 16GB SanDisk mSATA SSD NIC: Dual Onboard Intel (VLANs) WAN: 50/5mbps

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                      Ramosel
                      last edited by

                      @tonymorella:

                      Few things I found out while beta testing V2

                      • Unbound has an issue in my setup using OpenVPN connected to PIA. It does not start correctly when a network issue is sensed,  em1 or openvpn interfaces flap for example. The core problem seems to be how the rc scripts handle unbound reload.  They do a HUP vs reload to get around the cache being lost. Disabling "DHCP Registration" or "Static DHCP" was a workaround that allowed unbound to start correctly.

                      • Checking "DHCP Registration" or "Static DHCP" causes other issues with unbound, this is a know issue being talked about in the DNS forum.  I added all my hosts host to unbound statically as a work around

                      Tony M.

                      Tony, there are some recent posts from people either trying to get OpenVPN/PIA and pfBlockerNG/DNSBL working together or like me, looking to head that direction after I get some other fine tuning in place.  Can you please elaborate or cookbook your setup if it is indeed working correctly.

                      For the 5 folks who asked me privately to keep you informed if I get any info on this…  I'll be asking these questions publicly.    If someone does respond privately I'll forward responses only if the OP approves.  Really, no one here bites (well, maybe Dok - grin)

                      Rick

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                        wiz561
                        last edited by

                        I am trying to setup the DNSBL portion of pfblocker and ran into a strange problem.  I have a pretty restrictive firewall setup where it's pretty much default deny; allow by exception.  When setting up the DNSBL portion, I see that the workstations are just timing out when accessing a known blocked site in the DNSBL.  In the firewall logs for pfsense, I see the workstation trying to get to 127.0.0.1:8081.  I fixed this timeout by adding the 127.0.0.1:8081 in the firewall and now it works properly.

                        Why does DNSBL try doing a localhost instead of the 10.10.10.1?

                        Thanks!

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                        • RonpfSR
                          RonpfS
                          last edited by

                          DNSBL create a NAT port forward to 127.0.0.1

                          ![DSNBL NAT 3.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/DSNBL NAT 3.jpg)
                          ![DSNBL NAT 3.jpg_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/DSNBL NAT 3.jpg_thumb)

                          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                            wiz561
                            last edited by

                            @RonpfS:

                            DNSBL create a NAT port forward to 127.0.0.1

                            Makes sense.  Thank  You!

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                              chain
                              last edited by

                              @RonpfS:

                              DNSBL create a NAT port forward to 127.0.0.1

                              Do you need to create different Port Forward for different zone i.e LAN, WIFI, Guest?

                              I see alot of DNSBL alert, but no permit or match? is this working correctly?

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @chain:

                                @RonpfS:

                                DNSBL create a NAT port forward to 127.0.0.1

                                Do you need to create different Port Forward for different zone i.e LAN, WIFI, Guest?

                                I see alot of DNSBL alert, but no permit or match? is this working correctly?

                                No you do not need to create any additional NAT rules.. However, in the general tab, you can click the checkbox to create a 'Floating permit rule' for other LAN subnets (WIFI, Guest etc…) to access the DNSBL VIP address. Also ensure that you do not have any other restrictive rules (as wiz561 posted above).

                                Not sure what you mean by "Permit and Match" as that only refers to IP rules, and not 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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                                • ExolonE
                                  Exolon
                                  last edited by

                                  @BBcan17,

                                  The wrench/spanner/settings icon for the pfBlocker widget doesn't work with pfSense 2.3/ pfBlockerNG 2.0.6,

                                  Appears you just need to an ID statement to the DIV tag to the pfblockerng.widget.php (line 500 approx.):

                                  
                                  Not really worth me putting a pull request just for this, but maybe something for your next pull request?
                                  
                                  
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                                  • BBcan177B
                                    BBcan177 Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @Exolon:

                                    Not really worth me putting a pull request just for this, but maybe something for your next pull request?

                                    Thanks Exolon, I guess one of the latest pfSense commits broke that ;) I have tested the change at line 500 and it seems to correct the issue…

                                    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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                                      chain
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                                      When DNSBL is running, I have looked at the Alerts to find site is working, but not able to see the images. How do I find what is blocking the site images

                                      http://kregjig.ning.com/

                                      image.PNG
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                                      • BBcan177B
                                        BBcan177 Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @chain:

                                        When DNSBL is running, I have looked at the Alerts to find site is working, but not able to see the images. How do I find what is blocking the site images

                                        http://kregjig.ning.com/

                                        Click F12 in the browser and goto "console" it will show the domains that are blocked… Its also visible in the Alerts tab. You can also suppress a domain by clicking the "+" icon in the Alerts 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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                                          chain
                                          last edited by

                                          @BBcan177:

                                          @chain:

                                          When DNSBL is running, I have looked at the Alerts to find site is working, but not able to see the images. How do I find what is blocking the site images

                                          http://kregjig.ning.com/

                                          Click F12 in the browser and goto "console" it will show the domains that are blocked… Its also visible in the Alerts tab. You can also suppress a domain by clicking the "+" icon in the Alerts Tab.

                                          OK, that's perfect I'll try to getting it working

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                                            chain
                                            last edited by

                                            I'm running DNSBL_DNSBLEasyList and have selected all the categories. I notice that I don't get any hit on these categories. is there a way to test if this is working correctly?

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