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    • S
      senser
      last edited by

      @RonpfS:

      No clue, no bridge here.
      Did you look at all posts in this thread and the pfBlockerNG thread to see if people had the same issues?

      No, not yet.

      @RonpfS:

      Can you ping the VIP ?
      Can you access http://172.16.15.14
      Are all clients DNS using pfsense with DNSBL ?
      Anything in the Systems Log or Firewall Logs, pfblockerNG log files ?

      Can't ping or access it. I think it's because bridges usually don't do NAT and I don't think that there is a way to create the functionality DNSBL needs (services on port 80/443). but without using NAT. Please tell me I am wrong. :)

      We use the mighty pf, we cannot be fooled.

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        senser
        last edited by

        I found a way to use DNSBL on my transparent bridge! :D
        I configure DNSBL to listen on LAN at 10.10.10.1 as usual. But then (because I never get a reply from 10.10.10.1) I just reject all connections to "This Firewall" on ports 8081 and 8443.
        I won't get any stats or 1x1 gifs but web sites load fast and without ads. :)

        We use the mighty pf, we cannot be fooled.

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        • P
          ProxyMoron
          last edited by

          Hey all,
          I'm trying to set up PFBlockerNG with GeoIP to block everything apart from my country by only PERMITTING my country, rather than selecting everything apart from my country and blocking inbound.

          So under GeoIP i have selected <mycountry>under Top 20 and then Permit Inbound

          This creates a permit rule under floating rules but i think im confusing myself as to what is happening here.

          I have a web server running on the WAN, for which i have a WAN rule that permits any source to port 80 and 443.  If there is a floating rule that allows UK IP's is that not allowing all UK IP's / Ports into my network? At what point does the float rule come into it?

          What i want is for the firewall to check if the source is from the UK, if not block, then if its destined for port 80 or 443, if not block.

          So under General - Rule Order should i select:-

          pfB_Pass/Match | pfSense Pass/Match | pfB_Block/Reject | pfSense Block/Reject

          or (leaning to this one)

          pfSense Pass/Match | pfB_Pass/Match | pfB_Block/Reject | pfSense Block/Reject

          Thinking it will match on 80 or 443 then match on UK.

          Or something else, am i going about this the correct way? I kind of expected a blocking rule somewhere for ! <mycountry>Sorry - getting my head in a right pickle here.  ;D</mycountry></mycountry>

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          • RonpfSR
            RonpfS
            last edited by

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

            Then you can install or re-install the pfBlockerNG 2.1.1_2.
            The install should update the MaxMind (this take 5+ minutes) and proceed to completion.

            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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            • N
              nikkon
              last edited by

              hi all,

              i have performed this change, still the pfBlockerNG is not seen anymore in gui.
              anyone had this before?

              pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

              Happy PfSense user :)

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS
                last edited by

                Where does it fails when you install it ? There must be some hints in the installation logs, system log or 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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                • N
                  nikkon
                  last edited by

                  php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc

                  and as it's shown in the logs :

                  Download Process Starting [ 08/15/16 21:18:57 ]
                  /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.gz            200 OK
                  /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIPv6.dat.gz          200 OK
                  /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip                200 OK
                  /var/db/pfblockerng/top-1m.csv.zip            200 OK
                  Download Process Ended [ 08/15/16 21:19:31 ]

                  Country code update Start
                  Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
                  Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
                  Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data
                  Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
                  IPv4 Africa
                  IPv6 Africa
                  IPv4 Antarctica
                  IPv6 Antarctica
                  IPv4 Asia
                  IPv6 Asia
                  IPv4 Europe
                  IPv6 Europe
                  IPv4 North America
                  IPv6 North America
                  IPv4 Oceania
                  IPv6 Oceania
                  IPv4 South America
                  IPv6 South America
                  IPv4 Proxy and Satellite
                  IPv6 Proxy and Satellite
                  IPv4 TOP 20
                  IPv6 TOP 20
                  Saving pfBlockerNG Reputation TAB
                  Country Code Update Ended - [ 08/15/16 21:24:37 ]

                  –-----

                  tail -f pfblockerng.log

                  DNSBL - Adding Unbound custom 'include' option

                  Saving new DNSBL web server configuration to port [ 8081 and 8443 ]
                  Saving pfSense config…
                  VIP address configured. Widget Packet statistics reset.
                  Restarting Service DNSBL...

                  **Saving configuration [ 08/15/16 19:16:28 ] …
                  Restarting Service DNSBL...

                  and stays like this for 20 minutes.

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                  pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                  Happy PfSense user :)

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                  • RonpfSR
                    RonpfS
                    last edited by

                    Looks like the MaxMind database creation went ok.
                    Can you try to reinstall pfBlockerNG?

                    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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                      nikkon
                      last edited by

                      Just did this:

                      install log looks like :

                      Upgrading pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG…
                      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                      pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
                      Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                      pfSense repository is up-to-date.
                      All repositories are up-to-date.
                      Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                      The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

                      Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                      pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2 [pfSense]

                      Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
                      [1/1] Reinstalling pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2…
                      [1/1] Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2: …....... done
                      Removing pfBlockerNG components...
                      Menu items... done.
                      Services... done.
                      Loading package instructions...
                      Removing pfBlockerNG...cat: /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/.txt: No such file or directory
                      All customizations/data will be retained... done.
                      Saving updated package information...
                      overwrite!
                      Loading package configuration... done.
                      Configuring package components...
                      Loading package instructions...
                      Custom commands...
                      Executing custom_php_install_command()...
                      MaxMind GeoIP databases previously downloaded.
                      Adding pfBlockerNG Widget to the Dashboard... done.
                      Remove any existing and create link for DNSBL lighttpd executable... done.
                      Creating DNSBL web server start-up script... done.
                      Creating DNSBL web server config ... done.
                      Starting DNSBL Service... done.
                      Upgrading Adv. Inbound firewall rule settings ... no changes required ... done.
                      Custom commands completed ... done.
                      Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...1 table created.
                      1/1 addresses added.
                      cat: /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/
                      .txt: No such file or directory
                      pkg: POST-INSTALL script failed

                      Cleaning up cache... done.
                      Success


                      just after the refresh i got a crash report:

                      Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

                      amd64
                      10.3-RELEASE-p5
                      FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p5 #0 7307492(RELENG_2_3_2): Tue Jul 19 13:29:35 CDT 2016    root@ce23-amd64-builder:/builder/pfsense-232/tmp/obj/builder/pfsense-232/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense

                      Crash report details:

                      PHP Errors:
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 104857600 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24 bytes) in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc on line 3867
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP Stack trace:
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  1. {main}() /etc/rc.start_packages:0
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  2. sync_package() /etc/rc.start_packages:90
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  3. eval() /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:631
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  4. sync_package_pfblockerng() /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(631) : eval()'d code:3
                      [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  5. file() /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc:3867

                      pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                      Happy PfSense user :)

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                      • RonpfSR
                        RonpfS
                        last edited by

                        Allowed memory size of 104857600 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24 bytes)

                        This tells me you only have 100M for memory limit.
                        What are the fixes you applied up to now to the system?

                        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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                          nikkon
                          last edited by

                          /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc

                          pfb_global();

                          // DNSBL Lighttpd HTTPS Daemon (Scans Lighttpd dnsbl_error.log for requested https domain names)
                          if (isset($argv[1]) && $argv[1] == 'dnsbl') {
                                  set_time_limit(0);
                                  pfb_livetail($pfb['dnserrlog'], 'dnsbl');
                                  exit;
                          }

                          and i guess is default.

                          and also usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php - not modified.

                          pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                          Happy PfSense user :)

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                          • RonpfSR
                            RonpfS
                            last edited by

                            And no modifications to  /etc/inc/config.inc or /usr/local/etc/php.ini, /etc/rc.php_ini_setup ?

                            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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                              nikkon
                              last edited by

                              well based on my comments i did one to the first file:
                              // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                              if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                      ini_set("memory_limit", "512M");
                              } else {
                                      ini_set("memory_limit", "256M");  # increased from 128M
                              }

                              –--

                              pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                              Happy PfSense user :)

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                              • RonpfSR
                                RonpfS
                                last edited by

                                This change only affect i386 systems, you are on a amd64.
                                Did you raise the System / Advanced / Firewall & NAT Firewall Maximum Table Entries ?

                                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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                                  nikkon
                                  last edited by

                                  no
                                  will do now. what's a starting value?

                                  i had 5000000 now i have 50000000

                                  pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                  Happy PfSense user :)

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                                  • RonpfSR
                                    RonpfS
                                    last edited by

                                    I think 2000000 is the default, 50000000 should be more than enuf.
                                    Do you see the pfblockerNG menu ?
                                    BTW how much free memory do you have ?

                                    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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                                    • N
                                      nikkon
                                      last edited by

                                      still not there.
                                      i have deleted, restarted, reinstalled pfbloker.
                                      27% of 8130 MiB free ram

                                      pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                      Happy PfSense user :)

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                                        varazir
                                        last edited by

                                        I changed the mem settings and the table settings and now I'm getting

                                        >>> Upgrading pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG... 
                                        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                        pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
                                        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                        pfSense repository is up-to-date.
                                        All repositories are up-to-date.
                                        Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                                        The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                                        
                                        Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                                        	pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2 [pfSense]
                                        
                                        Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
                                        [1/1] Reinstalling pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2...
                                        [1/1] Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2: .......... done
                                        Removing pfBlockerNG components...
                                        Menu items... done.
                                        Services... done.
                                        Loading package instructions...
                                        Removing pfBlockerNG... All customizations/data will be retained... done.
                                        Saving updated package information...
                                        overwrite!
                                        Loading package configuration... done.
                                        Configuring package components...
                                        Loading package instructions...
                                        Custom commands...
                                        Executing custom_php_install_command()...
                                        MaxMind GeoIP databases previously downloaded.
                                        Adding pfBlockerNG Widget to the Dashboard... done.
                                        Remove any existing and create link for DNSBL lighttpd executable... done.
                                        Creating DNSBL web server start-up script... done.
                                        Creating DNSBL web server config ... done.
                                        Starting DNSBL Service... done.
                                        Upgrading Adv. Inbound firewall rule settings ... no changes required ... done.
                                        Custom commands completed ... done.
                                        Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...1 table created.
                                        1/1 addresses added.
                                        PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc, Line: 3867, Message: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 72 bytes)pkg: POST-INSTALL script failed
                                        >>> Cleaning up cache... done.
                                        Success
                                        
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                                        • N
                                          nikkon
                                          last edited by

                                          same line on which i have the crash reported

                                          pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                          Happy PfSense user :)

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                                          • RonpfSR
                                            RonpfS
                                            last edited by

                                            Again which memory settings did you change ?

                                            In this thread there was a fix for pfblockerng.inc that will NEVER work on installation as the file is overwritten during the installation of the package.

                                            It is good practice to disable pfBlockerNG AND DNSBL before removing or re-installing pfBlockerNG or before upgrading pfsense.

                                            So to reinstall of a i386, in Diagnostics / Edit File open /etc/inc/config.inc,
                                            go to line 77 and change from

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

                                            // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                                            if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                              ini_set("memory_limit", "512M");
                                            } else {
                                              ini_set("memory_limit", "256M"); # i386 Default 128M
                                            }

                                            
                                            If the installation fails to complete on a **amd64** system, then you need to change /etc/inc/config.inc (line 75) from 512M to 640M or 768M.
                                            

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

                                            // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                                            if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                              ini_set("memory_limit", "768M"); # amd64 Default 512M
                                            } else {
                                              ini_set("memory_limit", "128M");
                                            }

                                            **AND** modify the /usr/local/etc/php.ini (last line) and /etc/rc.php_ini_setup files (line 303) from
                                            

                                            suhosin.memory_limit = 536870912

                                            to
                                            

                                            suhosin.memory_limit = 671088640 # 640M Default 536870912

                                            or
                                            

                                            suhosin.memory_limit = 805306368 # 768M Default 536870912

                                            
                                            If you use many GeoIP IPV6 tables (like those who block the world, again this is not the _optimal_ way to configure a firewall), then you will have to raise the **Firewall Maximum Table Entries** until the FW rules loads.
                                            
                                            Check the installation logs,  Dashboard for crash report, /var/log, /var/log/pfblockerng, 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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