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    • S
      swedish-master
      last edited by

      I have a problem when i use this my DNS stops to work out what am I doing wrong?

      2.3.2-RELEASE (amd64)
      X1 Intel Xeon E3-1230v2 3.3GHz
      X2 Kingston 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 ECC CL11 DIMM
      X1 Enterprise Value HDD 1TB

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      • A
        Alesk13Fr
        last edited by

        Hello,

        I'm encountering a problem since my update to PfSense 2.3.2.

        I've reinstalled my PfSense Box 8 times in 3 days, each time where I'm using PfSense without PfBlockerNG all is fine, and when I'm installing PfBlockerNG, after few hours (30 minutes to 6 hours) my Box begin to be unaccessible, SSH and Serial, on serial I got a lot of lines of "swap_pager_getswapspace(X): failed".

        **Material :
        I'm using Lanner Box FW-7568B (spec here in 2 words the specs are :
        Intel Atom Dual Core Pineview D-525
        8 x GbE Ports (6 x Intel 82574L and 2x Intel 82541P1)
        4 Gb DDR3 800 Mhz SODIMM (In fact it's 1 Gb on Motherboard and 4 Gb in SODIMM but the max used by system is 4 Gb)
        SSD 128 Go SATA
        Hitachi Travelstar 250 Go

        **OS :
        PfSense 2.3.2 AMD64 (built on Tue Jul 19 12:44:43 CDT 2016)
        Full Install from USB Key, with Custom options, embed Kernel

        **Interfaces setup :
        I'm using a LAGG 8 x 1 GbE with 802.3ad switch behind (2 x Netgear M5300).
        4 x WAN connection, all ADSL, 3 are fixed IP and one is dynamic.
        All interfaces are on VLAN, just LAN is on LAGG0

        **My Packages are :
        Avahi : 1.11_2
        Nut : 2.3.1
        Notes : 0.2.9-2
        Service_Watchdog : 1.8.3
        PfBlokerNG : Before reinstall it was 2.1.1 after 2.1.1_2

        **System tunables :
        I'm using system tunables since this lot of crash for this parameters : kern.ipc.nmbclusters

        I haven't modified my PfSense installation, I'm using my backuped config.xml who contains parameters for all my package listed upon, and for snort (I'm not using i since a lot of time)

        The first time where this happen (10 days ago, with 5 days of balckout because I wasn't near of the box) on 2.3.1, with the update of PfBlokerNG 2.1.1 to 2.1.1_2, I was on vacation, and my Box become unaccessible, when I was back, I've seen my Box unable to boot after the "ldconfig" message during the boot process.

        I've changed my first drive from SSD to HDD, to be sure it wasn't a failed drive problem (same if SMART was ok).

        Can someone tell me what was wrong ? I'm not sure it's only a software problem, maybe hardware too or only, because my Box was up for 90 days (approx) without any problem and suddendly my problem begin with just PfBlokerNG update …
        I don't understand why when PfBlockerNG was installed and did reload the configuration after installation process, my Box become slow specially for Rules and PfBlockerNG page from Web GUI, and for SSH and Serial too.

        My config.xml don't have any "pf_*" rules, I've suppressed it manually for all my WAN interfaces, because latest backup (just before my precedent crash contain PfBlockerNG Rules), so I've clean it all PfBlockerNG related on rules, aliases URL, etc ... All my latest PfBlocker settings still on config.xml.

        So if you can point me  where my problem is I would realy appreciate ...

        Thanks in advance.

        Best regards,
        Alex.**********

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
          last edited by

          What do you see in System Log, pfblockerlog, Diagnostic System Activity, etc ?

          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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          • A
            Alesk13Fr
            last edited by

            What do you need ?

            I know top -aSH, system.log, but what other ?

            The problem is, if the box was unnaccessible, I have no other way rebooting it, and after this, PfSense no longer boot, still blocked after system 32 ldconfig, just before loading fstab I assume, so if you know how to get back the information, i could give you a lot more … (I think too many process are writing, and finaly file system was corrupted, so I can't no longer mount the system, I've try by rescue mode from PfSense installation,w ithout success !)

            I'll reinstall PfBlockerNG and wait for a crash and give you the results, juste let me know what's the best informations to keep before and after crash and Ill do !

            Thanks in advance.

            Best regards,
            Alex.

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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS
              last edited by

              The logs are located in /var/log/pfblockerng

              Check to see if you have a loopback address with```
              grep "^127" /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/*

              
When you restore the config, edit the config file first and change <enable_cb>on</enable_cb> to off, this way pfBlockerNG isn't enabled on reboot.

If you are using DNSBL, on restore a missing pfb_dnsbl.conf would prevent the Resolver from starting. You can :```
touch /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.conf

              before the reboot in order to have unbound start and get Resolver service running.

              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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              • A
                Alesk13Fr
                last edited by

                I don't know if this can help (I doubt) but on my SysLog Server, at the first day where my problem begin, I can see this :

                2016-07-26	00:09:15	info		local7	dhcpd	171,16777216,,1000022611,lo0,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,64,21510,0,none,17,udp,72,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.1,21251,53,52
2016-07-26	00:09:15	info		local7	dhcpd	178,16777216,,1000022712,lagg0_vlan91,match,pass,out,4,0x0,,64,7240,0,none,17,udp,69,81.210.11.173,212.27.40.241,22626,53,49
2016-07-26	00:09:15	info		local7	dhcpd	4747,16777216,,1429561533,lagg0_vlan30,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,100,5443,0,none,17,udp,58,192.168.191.245,192.168.191.250,8161,53,38
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(7): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(8): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(8): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(4): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(8): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(4): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(7): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(8): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(4): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(7): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(7): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(7): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(4): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(4): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(15): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(8): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(14): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(13): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(4): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(8): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(5): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(14): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:02	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed
2016-07-26	00:09:01	crit		local7	dhcpd	swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
2016-07-26	00:08:06	info		local7	dhcpd	4647,16777216,,1431955052,lagg0_vlan40,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,64,12387,0,DF,17,udp,63,192.168.194.1,192.168.199.250,37762,53,43
2016-07-26	00:08:06	info		local7	dhcpd	4747,16777216,,1429561533,lagg0_vlan30,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,100,5301,0,none,17,udp,58,192.168.191.245,192.168.191.250,8091,53,38
2016-07-26	00:08:06	info		local7	dhcpd	1656,16777216,,1770011086,lagg0_vlan91,match,block,in,4,0x0,,112,32706,0,none,17,udp,134,92.38.104.168,81.210.11.173,59402,38613,114
2016-07-26	00:08:05	info		local7	dhcpd	178,16777216,,1000022712,lagg0_vlan91,match,pass,out,4,0x0,,64,20656,0,none,17,udp,69,81.210.11.173,212.27.40.241,39154,53,49
2016-07-26	00:08:05	info		local7	dhcpd	4714,16777216,,1429561478,lagg0_vlan10,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,64,0,0,DF,17,udp,88,192.168.190.114,23.234.53.67,26042,10001,68
2016-07-26	00:08:05	info		local7	dhcpd	178,16777216,,1000022712,lagg0_vlan91,match,pass,out,4,0x0,,64,0,0,DF,17,udp,88,81.210.11.173,23.234.53.67,44638,10001,68
2016-07-26	00:08:05	info		local7	dhcpd	4714,16777216,,1429561478,lagg0_vlan10,match,pass,in,4,0x0,,64,0,0,DF,17,udp,88,192.168.190.114,23.234.53.61,26042,10001,68
2016-07-26	00:08:05	info		local7	dhcpd	178,16777216,,1000022712,lagg0_vlan91,match,pass,out,4,0x0,,64,0,0,DF,17,udp,88,81.210.11.173,23.234.53.61,44359,10001,68

                This error from DHCPD only occur when PfBlokerNG is installed, I don't understand why …

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                  oddworld19
                  last edited by

                  Out of swap space?

                  Too little ram?

                  Pfblockerng was starting to swap for me at 8 gigs, so I bought another 8 to be safe.

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

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                    Alesk13Fr
                    last edited by

                    I've found (thanks johnpoz) that my problem seem to be a memory problem :

                    2016-07-25 17:18:22 err local7 dhcpd /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php: PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/config.lib.inc, Line: 202, Message: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 13129085 bytes)

                    johnpoz gived me thread where this problem is discussed : here

                    Is this "patch" working ? :

                    Temporary Fix for

                    php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php update

                    Failing with memory exhaustion:

                    cp /etc/rc.php_ini_setup /etc/rc.php_ini_setup.BACKUP
                    cp /usr/local/etc/php.ini /usr/local/etc/php.ini.BACKUP
                    perl -pi -e 's/536870912/671088640/g' /etc/rc.php_ini_setup /usr/local/etc/php.ini

                    512 * 1024 * 1024 -> 536870912
                    640 * 1024 * 1024 -> 671088640 works for me. maybe your setup needs more

                    What will be the correct memory size for 64 Bits installation ? On i386 BBcan77 seem to recommend 300M.

                    Perhaps, I can't upgrade memory, my embeed can handle 4 Gb at maximum (I've update it with a 4 Gb memory).

                    Thanks for your help.

                    Best regards,
                    Alex.

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                    • RonpfSR
                      RonpfS
                      last edited by

                      Perforado's solution modify the pfsense installation and could be overwritten when fpsense update happens. The BBcan177 solution only fixes the pfBlockerNG system, so it shouldn't break anything else. By default is is 512MB on a amd64 box, so you might rise it to 640M or 768M.

                      How big is swap? Do you have /var in ram? Is-it filling up ?

                      More info on your swap space issue : https://www.google.com/search?q=swap_pager_getswapspace&hl=en-US

                      As for pfBlockerNG have a look at https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg645219#msg645219

                      Did you look at the pfblockerNG.log to see if things are running fine ?

                      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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                      • RonpfSR
                        RonpfS
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                        @Perforado:

                        All the php-scripts spawned by the gui are constrained by the memory-limit set by suhosin. Which is 512MB.

                        That's what my perl-one-liner was for. I even increased the limit to 4GB for testing today …

                        For those wandering about suhosin, it is defined in /usr/local/etc/php.ini

                        ; File generated from /etc/rc.php_ini_setup
output_buffering = "0"
expose_php = Off
implicit_flush = true
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
max_execution_time = 900
request_terminate_timeout = 900
max_input_time = 1800
max_input_vars = 5000
register_argc_argv = On
register_long_arrays = Off
variables_order = "GPCS"
file_uploads = On
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
upload_max_filesize = 200M
post_max_size = 200M
html_errors = Off
zlib.output_compression = Off
zlib.output_compression_level = 1
include_path = ".:/etc/inc:/usr/local/www:/usr/local/captiveportal:/usr/local/pkg:/usr/local/www/classes:/usr/local/www/classes/Form"
display_startup_errors=on
display_errors=on
log_errors=on
error_log=/tmp/PHP_errors.log
extension_dir=/usr/local/lib/php/20131226/
date.timezone="America/New_York"
session.hash_bits_per_character = 5
session.hash_function = 1

; Extensions

; opcache Settings
opcache.enabled="1"
opcache.enable_cli="0"
opcache.memory_consumption="50"

[suhosin]
suhosin.get.max_array_index_length = 256
suhosin.get.max_vars = 5000
suhosin.get.max_value_length = 500000
suhosin.post.max_array_index_length = 256
suhosin.post.max_vars = 5000
suhosin.post.max_value_length = 500000
suhosin.request.max_array_index_length = 256
suhosin.request.max_vars = 5000
suhosin.request.max_value_length = 500000
suhosin.memory_limit = 536870912

                        Setting 'memory_limit' in the inc file is maxed by the suhosin.memory_limit.

                        The memory_limit is defined in /etc/inc/config.inc

                        // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
	ini_set("memory_limit", "512M");
} else {
	ini_set("memory_limit", "128M");
}

                        So for those using many IPV6 GeoIP table on amd64, they probably have to change /usr/local/etc/php.ini /etc/rc.php_ini_setup and the pfblockerng.inc as well as the Firewall Maximum Table Entries

                        The php memory issues are not specific to pfBlockerNG, backup crashes when backup size is too big, the Diagnostics/Tables will crash when viewing huge table, etc.

                        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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                        • H
                          humm3r
                          last edited by

                          Hi There,

                          Let me start by saying this is an awesome package and I love all your hard work on it!

                          I have a bit of an issue from time to time with the DNSBL. It seems some sites, in this case youtube.com, are getting falsely blocked with unbound/DNSBL. It comes up with "No Match" yet the block rule is still firing away. Any thuoghts as to why?

                          I've tried reinstalling the package, doing updates/reloads, to no avail. It does seem to work temporarily if I disable DNSBL, and works for a while until the states reset or DNS refreshes I guess when I re-enable DNSBL.

                          Picture attached. Note that youtube.com is already in the suppress list as well to whitelist it!

                          Cheers
                          Humm3r

                          ![false positive dnsbl.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/false positive dnsbl.PNG)
                          ![false positive dnsbl.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/false positive dnsbl.PNG_thumb)

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                          • RonpfSR
                            RonpfS
                            last edited by

                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=116490.0

                            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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                              humm3r
                              last edited by

                              @RonpfS:

                              https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=116490.0

                              This has been on and off for a week. I've tried updating as per the thread you linked to all week, but hasn't helped.

                              I'll keep trying to update and see what happens. let me know if there's anything else you can suggest, I do appreciate the link! :)

                              ![updated not working.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/updated not working.PNG)
                              ![updated not working.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/updated not working.PNG_thumb)

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                              • RonpfSR
                                RonpfS
                                last edited by

                                Did you put youtube-ui.l.google.com in the whitelist ?

                                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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                                  humm3r
                                  last edited by

                                  @RonpfS:

                                  Did you put youtube-ui.l.google.com in the whitelist ?

                                  That helped, but IE still gets an error about the certificates. I'm guessing this has to do with the ads being blocked. Just wanted to post back my findings, thanks for the help :)

                                  It works fine in Chrome which is my main browser.

                                  ![youtube ads.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/youtube ads.PNG)
                                  ![youtube ads.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/youtube ads.PNG_thumb)
                                  ![pfblockerng alerts.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/pfblockerng alerts.PNG)
                                  ![pfblockerng alerts.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/pfblockerng alerts.PNG_thumb)

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                                  • RonpfSR
                                    RonpfS
                                    last edited by

                                    To install or re-install pfBlockerNG 2.1.1_2

                                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg647719#msg647719

                                    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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                                    • N8LBVN
                                      N8LBV
                                      last edited by

                                      Crazy Question:
                                      Have up to date PFsense,  2.3.2-RELEASE (i386)
                                      built on Tue Jul 19 13:09:39 CDT 2016

                                      Installed pfBlockerNG package from web interface.
                                      INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY as it said when it completed.

                                      Could not find (it) anywhere in the web interface.

                                      REBOOTED

                                      Shows Installed: pfBlockerNG 2.1.1_2

                                      Still cannot find it or anywhere in the web interface.
                                      I understand it should show up under <firewall>in the web interface but is not there.

                                      Rebooting does not fix it.

                                      I have no clue what to try next.</firewall>

                                      I feel more like I do now.

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                                      • RonpfSR
                                        RonpfS
                                        last edited by

                                        Check the installation logs, /var/log/pfblockerng/*, Dashboard for crash report etc.
                                        and look here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg647719#msg647719

                                        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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                                        • N8LBVN
                                          N8LBV
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks will do.

                                          I feel more like I do now.

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                                          • BBcan177B
                                            BBcan177 Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Here is a link to PR # 175 for pfBlockerNG v2.1.1_3

                                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=115357.msg649167#msg649167

                                            "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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