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      abujammy
      last edited by

      @BBcan177, this is going to take some explaining. :)  This feature affects other services, but let's just use AWS as an example.

      AWS controls (among many, many others) the entire 54.240.128.0/18 range, which means that all /24 ranges from 54.240.128.0/24-54.240.191.0/24 are included.  Since AWS allows others to use their servers, it's highly likely that many of those /24 ranges are going to be flagged.

      Let's say that 128, 129, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 get flagged in a particular /24.  As far as AWS is concerned, there's no correlation which implies that 130, 139 or 145 are the same individual or group.  This is especially true for CloudFront where the IP assignments mean nothing.

      So the entire /24 net gets blacklisted when, in actuality, for these particular subnets, the relationships between IPs on the same /24 subnet is almost zero.

      What I'd like would be for a way to say: "Hey, go ahead and parse out something like this: https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json and, if the IPs are within those ranges, still blacklist them, but don't add them to the list for reputation processing."

      Thoughts?

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        @abujammy:

        What I'd like would be for a way to say: "Hey, go ahead and parse out something like this: https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json and, if the IPs are within those ranges, still blacklist them, but don't add them to the list for reputation processing."

        Hi abujammy, Its best to use the Country code exclusion for Reputation and add "USA" to the list of exclusions.

        "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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          tommyboy180
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          Wow! BBcan177. Wow.

          I've been gone for such a long time, I come back and pfBlockerNG is a hit! This is so cool. I'm so glad that you stepped up and helped move this idea. Thanks to Marcello Coutinho for helping me get pfBlocker (back when it was IP blocklist and country Block) off the ground from it's first inception back when it was release 0.1.

          This is absolutely awesome. And you gave throwback credit to me and Marcello Coutinho.

          Well done! This is why I love the pfsense community. We all work together to make our worlds better.

          -Tom Schaefer
          SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

          Please support pfBlocker | File Browser | Strikeback

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          • BBcan177B
            BBcan177 Moderator
            last edited by

            @tommyboy180:

            Wow! BBcan177. Wow.

            I've been gone for such a long time, I come back and pfBlockerNG is a hit! This is so cool. I'm so glad that you stepped up and helped move this idea. Thanks to Marcello Coutinho for helping me get pfBlocker (back when it was IP blocklist and country Block) off the ground from it's first inception back when it was release 0.1.

            This is absolutely awesome. And you gave throwback credit to me and Marcello Coutinho.

            Well done! This is why I love the pfsense community. We all work together to make our worlds better.

            Thanks… Most don't realize all the effort that goes into developing and maintaining a package with an ever changing landscape...  ;)  welcome back...

            "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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              peppegate
              last edited by

              Hello,
              what did you prefere as blocked iplist?
              did you have some web service that you know where i can buy access to some blocklist that i can insert by URL and forget it?
              did you know also some of this service for Whitelist (like googlebot and similar)
              tnx for your help.

              Peppe

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                AmosK
                last edited by

                Is it possible to block a list of dynamic IP's but only specific ports?

                We get a lot of spam H.323 calls originating from AWS (185+ EC2 IP ranges) and DigitalOcean (10+ IP ranges) and others. We'd like to automate the blacklisting but only on port's 1503 and 1720.

                Expert Mode Question: Most of the originator calls are named "unknown" or "cisco" and it would be great to parse those out and block those, though I'm betting that's beyond the scope of pfBlockerNG.

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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @peppegate:

                  Hello,
                  what did you prefere as blocked iplist?
                  did you have some web service that you know where i can buy access to some blocklist that i can insert by URL and forget it?
                  did you know also some of this service for Whitelist (like googlebot and similar)
                  tnx for your help.

                  Peppe

                  Here is link to a script to import ~50 blocklists…
                  https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg549973#msg549973

                  I think there are some Whitelists available... But I don't have those URLs myself... Google search and/or hopefully other users can share some URLs for whitelisting...

                  "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

                    @AmosK:

                    Is it possible to block a list of dynamic IP's but only specific ports?

                    We get a lot of spam H.323 calls originating from AWS (185+ EC2 IP ranges) and DigitalOcean (10+ IP ranges) and others. We'd like to automate the blacklisting but only on port's 1503 and 1720.

                    Expert Mode Question: Most of the originator calls are named "unknown" or "cisco" and it would be great to parse those out and block those, though I'm betting that's beyond the scope of pfBlockerNG.

                    You can use the "Adv. Inbound Firewall" rule settings to protect only certain ports/Dest IPs etc… I will be adding "Adv. Outbound Firewall" rule settings in the next release. You can also use "Alias" type rules, and manually create the firewall rules to suit more complex setups...

                    "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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                      ToddCsense
                      last edited by

                      pfBlockcerNG IPv4-lists: Changes from script: as of 2016-01-18

                      Re: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86212.msg510369;topicseen#msg510369

                      After perusing the log from the CRON run for pfBlockerNG_import.php script as listed here, it appears that there are a couple changes that might reduce errors that I have documented below.

                      Might want to delete the "no access," "discontinued" and "not found" or change status to "off."

                      Cheers,

                      Todd

                      *Startlist


                      • Abuse_Spyeye
                        from: https://spyeyetracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=ipblocklist
                        to: discontinued

                      as per: https://spyeyetracker.abuse.ch/ :

                      SpyEye Tracker has been disconntinued. More information will follow soon on https://www.abuse.ch

                      Thanks for all your support!



                      • Snort_BL
                        from: https://labs.snort.org/feeds/ip-filter.blf
                        to: http://talosintel.com/feeds/ip-filter.blf

                      as per: http://blog.snort.org/2015/09/ip-blacklist-feed-has-moved-locations.html :
                      Wednesday, September 2, 2015
                      IP Blacklist feed has moved locations!
                      For those of you using the IP Blacklist feed on labs.snort.org, we've had to move the URL to the new link.
                      You can find it at the following URL: http://talosintel.com/feeds/ip-filter.blf



                      • Infiltrated
                        from: http://www.infiltrated.net/blacklisted
                        to: no access

                      as per: http://www.infiltrated.net/blacklisted
                      Forbidden
                      You don't have permission to access /blacklisted on this server.



                      • Geospy
                        from: http://www.geopsy.org/blacklist.html
                        to: not found

                      as per: http://www.geopsy.org/blacklist.html
                      Not Found
                      The requested URL /blacklist.html was not found on this server.


                      *Endlist

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                        DJProject
                        last edited by

                        Is it possible to import "Easylist Germany" to "DNSBL Easylist" from AdBlock Plus into pfBlockerNG?

                        Easylist Germany: https://easylist.adblockplus.org/de/

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                          oddworld19
                          last edited by

                          @BBCan17
                          I am having trouble viewing the pfblockerNG alerts.

                          On the main index page, I can see (for example) X packets for "pfB_NAmericav4" (I created an inbound rule/alias to block everything inbound on WAN that's not from United States).

                          I can see that it blocked 475 packets.

                          Clicking on it bring me to the alerts page, which says "Found 29 Alert Entries - Insufficient Firewall Alerts found."

                          Why does it only find 29 of the 475 blocked packets?

                          I've disabled remote logging for the moment to hopefully eliminate a variable. I've also
                          -disenable/re-enable pfbng
                          -force update
                          -force cron
                          -force reload
                          -clear logs (from firewall settings tab)

                          pics below

                          Supermicro SYS-5018A-FTN4 (Atom c2758)
                          pfSense 2.3.2

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                          • BBcan177B
                            BBcan177 Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @oddworld19:

                            I am having trouble viewing the pfblockerNG alerts.
                            Why does it only find 29 of the 475 blocked packets?

                            Hi oddworld19,

                            The Alerts Tab takes its info from the pfSense Firewall Log. So if the Firewall log doesn't contain those Alerts, it won't show in the pfBNG Alerts Tab.

                            You should disable the "Log Firewall Default Block" option. They are filling your log with unneeded data. You could keep the last two "Bogons" and "Private" as those shouldn't fill your logs as much.

                            Then clear your firewall logs. Followed by Disable and Re-Enable of pfBlockerNG to clear the widget packet Counts and see how it goes from there.

                            There is a also known issue that I reported to the Devs, but haven't had a response. But that is only specific if you define Ports in the firewall rules. From your post, it doesn't look like you have this issue.

                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=99929

                            update:

                            The Widget has a customization setting to define the "Max packets for Alerts Tab pivot"… Make sure this is set to meet with your requirements.

                            "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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                              Ip Man
                              last edited by

                              The "IPv4 Custom list" seem to be inactive in pfBlockerNG. It worked fine before. I have several IPs I want to block manually in that list but it is not working. Force update and force reload has no effect. The custom list does not appear on the dashboard either. Anyone familiar with this?

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @Ip:

                                The "IPv4 Custom list" seem to be inactive in pfBlockerNG. It worked fine before. I have several IPs I want to block manually in that list but it is not working. Force update and force reload has no effect. The custom list does not appear on the dashboard either. Anyone familiar with this?

                                Can you post a screenshot of the Alias? Did you select the "List Action" and define the "Alias" name?

                                "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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                                  Ip Man
                                  last edited by

                                  @BBcan177:

                                  @Ip:

                                  The "IPv4 Custom list" seem to be inactive in pfBlockerNG. It worked fine before. I have several IPs I want to block manually in that list but it is not working. Force update and force reload has no effect. The custom list does not appear on the dashboard either. Anyone familiar with this?

                                  Can you post a screenshot of the Alias? Did you select the "List Action" and define the "Alias" name?

                                  Well, the alias name is kind of personal  ;). Contains one space but no "pfBlocker" or "pfB_". List action is "Deny Both".

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                                  • BBcan177B
                                    BBcan177 Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @Ip:

                                    @BBcan177:

                                    @Ip:

                                    The "IPv4 Custom list" seem to be inactive in pfBlockerNG. It worked fine before. I have several IPs I want to block manually in that list but it is not working. Force update and force reload has no effect. The custom list does not appear on the dashboard either. Anyone familiar with this?

                                    Can you post a screenshot of the Alias? Did you select the "List Action" and define the "Alias" name?

                                    Well, the alias name is kind of personal  ;). Contains one space but no "pfBlocker" or "pfB_". List action is "Deny Both".

                                    Its probably not going to create the alias if its just a "single space" as the Alias name… Give it a proper name and it should be fine. It can't contain and special or International characters.

                                    "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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                                      Ip Man
                                      last edited by

                                      @BBcan177:

                                      @Ip:

                                      @BBcan177:

                                      @Ip:

                                      The "IPv4 Custom list" seem to be inactive in pfBlockerNG. It worked fine before. I have several IPs I want to block manually in that list but it is not working. Force update and force reload has no effect. The custom list does not appear on the dashboard either. Anyone familiar with this?

                                      Can you post a screenshot of the Alias? Did you select the "List Action" and define the "Alias" name?

                                      Well, the alias name is kind of personal  ;). Contains one space but no "pfBlocker" or "pfB_". List action is "Deny Both".

                                      Its probably not going to create the alias if its just a "single space" as the Alias name… Give it a proper name and it should be fine. It can't contain and special or International characters.

                                      I renamed it abc123 and now it appears as pfB_abc123 on my dashboard. Thanks!

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                                        pfcode
                                        last edited by

                                        Is spam404, one of the DNSBL feeds, gone?

                                        Release: pfSense 2.4.3(amd64)
                                        M/B: Supermicro A1SRi-2558F
                                        HDD: Intel X25-M 160G
                                        RAM: 2x8Gb Kingston ECC ValueRAM
                                        AP: Netgear R7000 (XWRT), Unifi AC Pro

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                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @pfcode:

                                          Is spam404, one of the DNSBL feeds, gone?

                                          Would have been best to post this in pfBNG v2.0 thread:

                                          Looks like they moved the Spam404 feed to Github:
                                          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/main-blacklist.txt

                                          "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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                                            pfcode
                                            last edited by

                                            @BBcan177:

                                            @pfcode:

                                            Is spam404, one of the DNSBL feeds, gone?

                                            Would have been best to post this in pfBNG v2.0 thread:

                                            Oops, sorry.

                                            Release: pfSense 2.4.3(amd64)
                                            M/B: Supermicro A1SRi-2558F
                                            HDD: Intel X25-M 160G
                                            RAM: 2x8Gb Kingston ECC ValueRAM
                                            AP: Netgear R7000 (XWRT), Unifi AC Pro

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