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    • V
      varazir
      last edited by

      @RonpfS:

      Ahh ok, so I just thought I missed something well, and you was right when I turned on my backup it had the same settings as I hade after the reinstallation.

      Everything is purring like kitten again. :)

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        cmpufxr
        last edited by

        I did notice that when I did a new install with the latest pfsense software and loaded pfblockerng that the floating rules for the VIP 10.10.10.1 were not created even though I had all the interfaces checked along with the floating rules box. I could not get any blocking until I manually created the floating rule for the vip.

        I did try to check and recheck the settings and also restarted pfblockerng and restart the system multiple times until I discovered that the floating rule was missing.

        Everything works as it should now, even blocking the youtube ads and porn.

        I have been using pfsense and pfblockerng and before that the pfblocker. I love the package!!!

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
          last edited by

          @cmpufxr:

          I did notice that when I did a new install with the latest pfsense software and loaded pfblockerng that the floating rules for the VIP 10.10.10.1 were not created even though I had all the interfaces checked along with the floating rules box. I could not get any blocking until I manually created the floating rule for the vip.

          I did try to check and recheck the settings and also restarted pfblockerng and restart the system multiple times until I discovered that the floating rule was missing.

          Everything works as it should now, even blocking the youtube ads and porn.

          I have been using pfsense and pfblockerng and before that the pfblocker. I love the package!!!

          A fix for this issue is being tested.

          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
            last edited by

            @duanes:

            Also, changed the config.inc file so that AMD64 = 4096M

            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

            Did you reboot after making the modifications ? Maybe the ini settings are not loaded without the reboot.

            134217728 show that the max memory configured somewhere is still 128M.
            Maybe you are pushing the limit too far and it resets to 128M
            Most users are running fine with 512M, 640M or maybe 768M, using 4096M per PHP process on a 4GB system doesn't make sense.

            Double check the modifications you made and try again.

            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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              surface
              last edited by

              @RonpfS:

              @surface:

              Hi all,

              I'm also having this issue. However, I don't know where you guys are finding the file to edit. I see that the location of the file is /etc/inc/config.inc but how do I get to it to edit? I'm only familiar with pfsense through the web interface.

              Thanks in advance for your help!

              Maybe you should read this https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg647719#msg647719 again

              I read it, but only for the amd64, not the i386. But started over and noticed it. Thanks again for your help and patience!

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS
                last edited by

                @surface:

                I read it, but only for the amd64, not the i386. But started over and noticed it. Thanks again for your help and patience!

                I made modifications to the post in the last days to better explain the fixes.

                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
                  last edited by

                  @matt.will:

                  Hey Ron,

                  Going to start following this thread. Hopefully BBCan will chime in soon; do we know if there is an optimal fix in-work to deal with the MaxMind changes? The workaround procedure worked for, but find it odd to see these tables growing at an alarming rate.

                  M

                  The tables are built from MaxMind GeoIPLite2 database, pfblockerNG just take the db and create the files for it's usage. MaxMind support has been contacted about the size being 3x larger than before.

                  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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                  • QinnQ
                    Qinn
                    last edited by

                    In the Status/System Logs / Settings there is the option "Show log entries in reverse order" is this possible for the log browser in pfBlockerNG?

                    Cheers Qinn

                    Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                    Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                    Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                    • RonpfSR
                      RonpfS
                      last edited by

                      @Qinn:

                      In the Status/System Logs / Settings there is the option "Show log entries in reverse order" is this possible for the log browser in pfBlockerNG?

                      Cheers Qinn

                      System logs are one liner, pfblockerng.log is formated to be read top to bottom.

                      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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                      • QinnQ
                        Qinn
                        last edited by

                        @BBcan177:

                        Here are more DNSBL Feeds that can be used in pfBlockerNG.
                        (Copy and paste URLS as plain text)

                        1. Create a new alias for these.
                          These are not necessarily ADvert domains. So I named mine "Malicious"

                        hpHosts
                        http://hosts-file.net/download/hosts.zip

                        SWC
                        http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts

                        spam404
                        https://spam404bl.com/blacklist.txt
                        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/main-blacklist.txt

                        malc0de
                        https://malc0de.com/bl/BOOT

                        MDS (use 'Flex' state)
                        https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains

                        MVPS
                        http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

                        MDL
                        http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt

                        GJTech
                        http://adblock.gjtech.net/?format=unix-hosts

                        dShield_SD  (They also have a conservative list available)
                        https://www.dshield.org/feeds/suspiciousdomains_High.txt

                        Zeus
                        https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist

                        1. These two feeds post full URLs, so there can be some more false positives.
                          Create a new Alias, and use Alexa as a recommendation.

                        PhishTank
                        https://data.phishtank.com/data/online-valid.csv.bz2

                        OpenPhish
                        https://www.openphish.com/feed.txt

                        MPatrol (You need to register - Free or Paid subscription. Use Danguardian feed)
                        https://lists.malwarepatrol.net

                        1. This is a feed that I manage (as time permits)
                          MS_2
                          https://gist.githubusercontent.com/BBcan177/4a8bf37c131be4803cb2/raw

                        2. Use this in its own Alias:

                        BBC_DGA  (This is a large feed of DGA for the likes of Cryptolocker et al…)
                        http://osint.bambenekconsulting.com/feeds/dga-feed.gz

                        BBC_C2
                        http://osint.bambenekconsulting.com/feeds/c2-dommasterlist.txt

                        1. Use this feed in its own alias as it is updated more frequently.
                          So you can update it more often than once per day.

                        hpHosts_partial
                        http://hosts-file.net/hphosts-partial.asp

                        If users find other feeds, please post back so that others may benefit also.
                        Its also important to donate to the feeds provider (IP and/or Domain) as they all need support.

                        I got a

                        [ DNSBL FAIL ] [ Skipping : GJTech ]

                        [1471592032] unbound-checkconf[36350:0] error: error parsing local-data at 30 '}).filter(' 60 IN A 10.10.10.1': Syntax error, could not parse the RR's TTL
                        [1471592032] unbound-checkconf[36350:0] error: Bad local-data RR }).filter(' 60 IN A 10.10.10.1
                        [1471592032] unbound-checkconf[36350:0] fatal error: failed local-zone, local-data configuration
                        [ dShield_SD ]      exists. [ 08/19/16 09:33:52 ]

                        …..are the use of the sources mentioned above still to be advised? My Count went from 78k to a 476k and looking at the packets those extra 400k doesn't seem to be highly effective.

                        Thanks for any advise,

                        Cheers Qinn

                        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                        • RonpfSR
                          RonpfS
                          last edited by

                          The http://adblock.gjtech.net/?format=unix-hosts doesn't seem to be available anymore.
                          Just turn the list state to OFF.

                          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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                          • QinnQ
                            Qinn
                            last edited by

                            @RonpfS:

                            The http://adblock.gjtech.net/?format=unix-hosts doesn't seem to be available anymore.
                            Just turn the list state to OFF.

                            Thanks RonpfS for the reply.

                            Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                              jrdnlc
                              last edited by

                              I set this up last night and so far good other than certification error pop ups i keep getting on certain sites. Anyone know if there is a fix for this?

                              Also, do you guys use IPv4 lists and DNSBL or just one?

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                              • RonpfSR
                                RonpfS
                                last edited by

                                Try Chrome or Firefox.

                                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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                                  jrdnlc
                                  last edited by

                                  @RonpfS:

                                  Try Chrome or Firefox.

                                  Not a fan or either. Any other option?

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                                  • QinnQ
                                    Qinn
                                    last edited by

                                    @jrdnlc:

                                    @RonpfS:

                                    Try Chrome or Firefox.

                                    Not a fan or either. Any other option?

                                    Nope, take a look at Reply #161 https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg575727#msg575727

                                    Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                    Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                    Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                      filthyskillet
                                      last edited by

                                      The way I resolved it is to permanently add cert… click show cert and choose trust check box this will add trust but when it resolves it is handeled dnsbl and returns 1x1pixel.

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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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                                          PF64
                                          last edited by

                                          2.1.1_4 is out , hopefully the answer to all

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                                            srit
                                            last edited by

                                            Good morning. I'm having the cannot allocate memory issue after upgrading from 2.1.1_2 to 2.1.1_3, then to 2.1.1_4. Uninstalling and reinstalling with and without keep settings checked off and i am still getting the cannot allocate memory error in pfsense. I've also been doing a force update after each try just in case.

                                            Looking at the pfblockerng.log i cannot see any errors or failures. see below for exact error from pfsense.

                                            There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:46: cannot define table pfB_SAmerica_v6: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [46]: table <pfB_SAmerica_v6> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_SAmerica_v6.txt" @ 2016-08-26 09:28:18

                                            if it helps i have 16GB in the FW.

                                            Thanks.

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