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      AspiringNSATroglodyte
      last edited by

      On a fresh install of 2.3.1-RELEASE-p1:

      install pfblockerng package from within pfsense

      Enable Floating rules.

      Enable DNS Blocklist

      Select "unbound"

      Run Cron

      No Floating rule in firewall rules.

      Please help me find the reason.

      It used to work just fine before.

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      • RonpfSR
        RonpfS
        last edited by

        Did you enabled pfBlockerNG ? Is dnsbl service up and running ?
        Did you run a Force Upload ? a Force Reload?
        Did you look at the pfBlockerNG.log?

        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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          AspiringNSATroglodyte
          last edited by

          Did you enabled pfBlockerNG ? Is dnsbl service up and running ? YES; General > Enable pfBlockerNG > Check
          Did you run a Force Upload ? a Force Reload? Firewall > pfBlockerNG > Update: Update, Cron, Reload – no Force option available. Ran CRON
          Did you look at the pfBlockerNG.log? Yes, I don't see any errors.

          I'm stumped; Never had a problem with pfb

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          • RonpfSR
            RonpfS
            last edited by

            Well I am still on 2.2.6 and I see in pfBlockerNG: Update

            Force Update will download any new Alias/Lists.
            Force Cron will download any Alias/Lists that are within the Frequency Setting (due for Update).
            Force Reload will reload all Lists using the existing Downloaded files. This is useful when Lists are out of 'sync' or Reputation changes were made.

            But if there are no IP in you DSNBL table, then there will be no need for floating rules.

            Configure settings for Firewall Rules when any DNSBL Feed contain IP Addresses

            @BBcan177:

            Actually as soon as you enable "DNSBL IP" it will add "1.1.1.1" to make sure its not empty… So the Floating rule should show if that option was enabled..

            Do you have any IPV4 alias defined ?

            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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              AspiringNSATroglodyte
              last edited by

              @RonpfS:

              Well I am still on 2.2.6 and I see in pfBlockerNG: Update

              Force Update will download any new Alias/Lists.
              Force Cron will download any Alias/Lists that are within the Frequency Setting (due for Update).
              Force Reload will reload all Lists using the existing Downloaded files. This is useful when Lists are out of 'sync' or Reputation changes were made.

              But if there are no IP in you DSNBL table, then there will be no need for floating rules.

              Configure settings for Firewall Rules when any DNSBL Feed contain IP Addresses

              @BBcan177:

              Actually as soon as you enable "DNSBL IP" it will add "1.1.1.1" to make sure its not empty… So the Floating rule should show if that option was enabled..

              Do you have any IPV4 alias defined ?

              I have no IP aliases defined

              I can ping 10.10.10.1 but there is no rule displayed in the gui.

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              • BBcan177B
                BBcan177 Moderator
                last edited by

                @chain:

                Is there a way to add this to pfBlockerNG or Aliases, this list of domains

                Hi Chain, that list can be parsed without issues… If that was from a URL, just add the URL to a DNSBL alias ... You could also paste that into a custom list and the package will parse it...

                "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

                  @AspiringNSATroglodyte:

                  I can ping 10.10.10.1 but there is no rule displayed in the gui.

                  All DNSBL alerts are visible in the pfBlockerNG Alerts tab (DNSBL section)…  You should be able to ping the DNSBL VIP and browse to it also (1x1 pix)...  Not sure exactly what the issue you are having?

                  "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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                    AspiringNSATroglodyte
                    last edited by

                    The issue is that I have selected the option that creates a floating rule to the VIP DNSBL IP but there is no floating rule visible in the GUI. In the past this rule was always created.

                    This is on a vanilla pfsense install.

                    According to the service status widget, the DNSBL service is running.

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                    • BBcan177B
                      BBcan177 Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Did you select the Interface(s) for the Permit 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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                        AspiringNSATroglodyte
                        last edited by

                        @BBcan177:

                        Did you select the Interface(s) for the Permit Rule?

                        Can you expound on this? Where exactly is this option?

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                        • BBcan177B
                          BBcan177 Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @AspiringNSATroglodyte:

                          @BBcan177:

                          Did you select the Interface(s) for the Permit Rule?

                          Can you expound on this? Where exactly is this option?

                          DNSBL Tab: DNSBL Firewall Rule: Interface menu options

                          "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:

                            Is there a way to add this to pfBlockerNG or Aliases, this list of domains

                            Hi Chain, that list can be parsed without issues… If that was from a URL, just add the URL to a DNSBL alias ... You could also paste that into a custom list and the package will parse it...

                            i did that, but I notices that it don't show up in the list of site to block, that the link below for the site

                            http://pastebin.com/050GLwG8

                            Its a good site for block windows 7-10 spying on people

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                            • BBcan177B
                              BBcan177 Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @chain:

                              @BBcan177:

                              @chain:

                              Is there a way to add this to pfBlockerNG or Aliases, this list of domains

                              Hi Chain, that list can be parsed without issues… If that was from a URL, just add the URL to a DNSBL alias ... You could also paste that into a custom list and the package will parse it...

                              i did that, but I notices that it don't show up in the list of site to block, that the link below for the site

                              http://pastebin.com/050GLwG8

                              Its a good site for block windows 7-10 spying on people

                              Click the "Raw" button, and you should be able to pull that list with DNSBL, as it removes the HTML formatting…

                              http://pastebin.com/raw/050GLwG8

                              "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

                                @AspiringNSATroglodyte:

                                I've attached some pictures to hopefully shed some light on the issue. As I've said, I have configured pfblockerng and DNSBL succesfully many times in the past without issue.

                                Can you run this command and send me the output:

                                grep -B10 -A12 "pfB_DNSBL_Allow_access_to_VIP" /conf/config.xml
                                

                                "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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                                  AspiringNSATroglodyte
                                  last edited by

                                  @BBcan177:

                                  @AspiringNSATroglodyte:

                                  I've attached some pictures to hopefully shed some light on the issue. As I've said, I have configured pfblockerng and DNSBL succesfully many times in the past without issue.

                                  Can you run this command and send me the output:

                                  grep -B10 -A12 "pfB_DNSBL_Allow_access_to_VIP" /conf/config.xml
                                  

                                  PM sent

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                                  • BBcan177B
                                    BBcan177 Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Sent you a reply.

                                    "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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                                    • A
                                      alex3712
                                      last edited by

                                      Hello BBcan177 thanks for a great package, update for 2.2.6 will or only for 2.3.x?

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                                      • BBcan177B
                                        BBcan177 Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @alex3712:

                                        Hello BBcan177 thanks for a great package, update for 2.2.6 will or only for 2.3.x?

                                        You can upgrade from 2.2.x to 2.3.x and pfBlockerNG will upgrade without 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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                                        • J
                                          Jamerson
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you for this BBcan177.
                                          I am using it for over a year now everything working really fine.
                                          I want to filter the adult website using this package is this even possible or have to install a proxy ?

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                                          • BBcan177B
                                            BBcan177 Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @Jamerson:

                                            Thank you for this BBcan177.
                                            I am using it for over a year now everything working really fine.
                                            I want to filter the adult website using this package is this even possible or have to install a proxy ?

                                            Just have to add the domains that you want to block into a DNSBL Alias…

                                            "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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