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    • BBcan177B
      BBcan177 Moderator
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      @occamsrazor

      Make sure that your LAN devices DNS settings are only set to pfSense, and not any other DNS server or else that will bypass DNSBL.

      "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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        occamsrazor @BBcan177
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        @bbcan177 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

        @occamsrazor

        Make sure that your LAN devices DNS settings are only set to pfSense, and not any other DNS server or else that will bypass DNSBL.

        They all use pfsense as DNS server (Resolver with forwarding) and I have rule to block DNS going elsewhere:

        DHCP Server DNS settings:

        0_1535865286907_DHCP server.jpg

        Redirect any other DNS requests to pfSense

        0_1535865320375_Port Forward.jpg

        NAT settings

        0_1535865368285_NAT settings.jpg

        LAN Rules

        0_1535865402314_Rules.jpg

        The things is DNSBL IS working.... as bad domains are resolving to 10.10.10.1 in terms of DNS - it's just I am not getting the redirect webpage at 10.10.10.1

        pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
        Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
        Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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        • BBcan177B
          BBcan177 Moderator @occamsrazor
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          @occamsrazor said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

          The things is DNSBL IS working.... as bad domains are resolving to 10.10.10.1 in terms of DNS - it's just I am not getting the redirect webpage at 10.10.10.1

          That blocked page only shows when the root domain is blocked. It won't show when it blocks an AD or a sub-domain.

          "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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          • occamsrazorO
            occamsrazor @BBcan177
            last edited by occamsrazor

            @bbcan177 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

            That blocked page only shows when the root domain is blocked. It won't show when it blocks an AD or a sub-domain.

            If we take the example RonPfs gave above, if I do a ping I get this, which would indicate DNSBL is working:

            BenMBPwifi:~ ben$ ping agkn.com
            PING agkn.com (10.10.10.1): 56 data bytes
            64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=44.806 ms
            64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.503 ms

            But when I go to http://agkn.com I just get a timeout. It's not a big deal as DNSBL is working, just strange I never, ever see that page. I should add I have TLD enabled, though I didn't before and also never saw that block page.

            pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
            Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
            Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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              BBcan177 Moderator @occamsrazor
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              @occamsrazor said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

              But when I go to http://agkn.com I just get a timeout. It's not a big deal as DNSBL is working, just strange I never, ever see that page. I should add I have TLD enabled, though I didn't before and also never saw that block page.

              Is that domain in a blacklist?

              grep "agkn.com" /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/*

              As a test, try to browse to "101com.com"

              "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

              Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
              Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
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              • occamsrazorO
                occamsrazor @BBcan177
                last edited by occamsrazor

                @bbcan177 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                Is that domain in a blacklist?

                Yes it is...

                Shell Output - grep "agkn.com" /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/*
                /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/EasyPrivacy.txt:local-data: "agkn.com 60 IN A 10.10.10.1"
                

                As a test, try to browse to "101com.com"

                Shell Output - grep "101com.com" /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/*
                /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/MVPS.txt:local-data: "wtrs.101com.com 60 IN A 10.10.10.1"
                

                Seems 101com.com isn't in my blocklists but wtrs.101com.com is.
                When I ping 101com.com I get a real IP, when I ping wtrs.101com.com I get 10.10.10.1
                When I browse to wtrs.101com.com I get a timeout, when I browse to 101com.com I get through to some server.

                pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
                Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
                Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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                  BBcan177 Moderator @occamsrazor
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                  @occamsrazor said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                  @ronpfs said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                  Do you get something from http://10.10.10.1/

                  No, just a "Waiting for......" in the bottom of the browser screen and page never loads.

                  Do you have VLANs? If so, please ensure that in the DNSBL tab, that you have selected the "DNSBL Permit" option, and select all of the VLANs in the dropdown selection box.

                  Otherwise, try to disable the other two port forwards and see if one of those is causing a conflict?

                  There shouldn't be any timeouts.

                  "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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                    crusher4
                    last edited by crusher4

                    @BBcan177 in PFBlocker-devel is it possible to disable the DNSBL NAT rule and disable the lighthttpd? Before you used a NAT rule (and used floating rules/etc) I just had a simple reject rule if someone attempted to access the DNSBL lighthttpd via http/https, but using the current stable version, I cannot seem to find a way to reject (seems NAT is always evaluated first?)

                    Thanks!

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                      BBcan177 Moderator @crusher4
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                      @crusher4 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                      @BBcan177 in PFBlocker-devel is it possible to disable the DNSBL NAT rule and disable the lighthttpd? Before you used a NAT rule (and used floating rules/etc) I just had a simple reject rule if someone attempted to access the DNSBL lighthttpd via http/https, but using the current stable version, I cannot seem to find a way to reject (seems NAT is always evaluated first?)

                      To fix that Cert error for HTTPS sites, create a new DNSBL Group and add the domains that are causing issue to the customlist at the bottom of the page. Then disable logging and set the Order to "Primary" which will cause this Group to load first.

                      Follow that with a Force Reload DNSBL... That will null block those domains to 0.0.0.0 and avoid the cert errors.

                      "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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                      • occamsrazorO
                        occamsrazor @BBcan177
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                        @bbcan177 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                        @occamsrazor said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                        @ronpfs said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                        Do you get something from http://10.10.10.1/

                        No, just a "Waiting for......" in the bottom of the browser screen and page never loads.

                        Do you have VLANs? If so, please ensure that in the DNSBL tab, that you have selected the "DNSBL Permit" option, and select all of the VLANs in the dropdown selection box.

                        Otherwise, try to disable the other two port forwards and see if one of those is causing a conflict?

                        There shouldn't be any timeouts.

                        Thanks for the help. I don't run any VLANs but in any case tried with that Permit box checked. Also tried disabling the Port Forwards, still the same. At this stage I think I'm going to give up as it's not a huge deal and the blocking functionality is working properly, but still strange...

                        pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
                        Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
                        Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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                          concord
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                          Kind of glad I found this post since I thought I've been going crazy the past 2 weeks. I've install pfSense multiple times, rebooted multiple times, tried pfBlockerng and pfBlockerng-devel, multiple times. Watched about 10 youtube videos where they all go, click here, here and here, then bam! bada bing badda boom! Everything works.

                          Well I still get timeouts for blocked pages which really slows down browsing for people. Or am I just not properly understanding pfBlocker? Maybe that's it.

                          Running:
                          pfSense 2.4.3-RELEASE-p1 (amd64) (And I've tried this on a VM as well)
                          pfBlockerng-devel 2.2.5_11 (Tried with pfBlockerng 2.1.4_9 for a few days, then thought maybe the devel package is getting more love)

                          I have the default LAN 192.168.1.1/24
                          So I'm using the 10.10.10.1 VIP for DNSBL

                          DNS resolver is running, no forwarding.

                          If I nslookup 101com.com

                          101com.com
                          Server: pfSense.concord.home
                          Address: 192.168.1.1
                          Name: 101com.com
                          Address: 10.10.10.1

                          That works!

                          If I browse to:
                          http://10.10.10.1:8081 - works, get the "Page blocked by DNSBL"
                          https://10.10.10.1:8443 - works, get the "Page blocked by DNSBL"
                          http://192.168.1.1:8081 - works, get the "Page blocked by DNSBL"
                          https://192.168.1.1:8443 - works, get the "Page blocked by DNSBL"

                          but

                          http://10.10.10.1 - times out with "This site can’t be reached"
                          https://10.10.10.1 - times out with "This site can’t be reached"
                          http://101com.com - "This site can’t be reached. 101com.com took too long to respond."

                          On the firewall settings the VIP is there
                          10.10.10.1/32 LAN IP Alias pfB DNSBL - DO NOT EDIT

                          The 2 NAT port forward auto created rules are there (80 -> 8081, 443 -> 8443)
                          I have no VLANs, only a WAN and LAN network and "default" pfSense install, no other port forward or blocking rule. Nothing! default

                          So lighttpd_p is running on 8081 and 8443, but the problem is plain 10.10.10.1 (80 and 443) is not resolving but timing out. Which slows down browsing.
                          I feel so dumb!! What am I doing wrong? Or am I expecting pfBlocker to work differently then it actually does and it's all in my head?

                          Sorry I tagged on to this thread, but this is the closest to the symptoms I am getting.

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                            BBcan177 Moderator @concord
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                            @concord

                            Is your pfSense GUI in HTTP or HTTPS? Are you using a proxy or something else on these ports?

                            "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
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                              concord
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                              @BBcan177 (Sorry forgot to tag reply, noob here)

                              So under:

                              System / Advanced / Admin access
                              Only HTTPS radio button is selected, nothing else. As in nothing else selected. Everything default install. The "TCP Port" option is empty, which reads the following for details: "Enter a custom port number for the webConfigurator above to override the default (80 for HTTP, 443 for HTTPS). Changes will take effect immediately after save."

                              0_1536624964906_webconfigurator.PNG

                              and then for System / Advanced / Miscellaneous / Proxy, it's all default blank

                              0_1536625102532_proxy.PNG

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                                MarvinFS @BBcan177
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                                @bbcan177 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                                To fix that Cert error for HTTPS sites, create a new DNSBL Group and add the domains that are causing issue to the customlist at the bottom of the page. Then disable logging and set the Order to "Primary" which will cause this Group to load first.
                                Follow that with a Force Reload DNSBL... That will null block those domains to 0.0.0.0 and avoid the cert errors.

                                The thing is that basically you will need to add all https sites in there (well, almost) as most of them are using HSTS for that matter nowadays. (facebook, google and almost all majors)
                                No mentioning logging, alerts, etc...
                                That's actually the exact reason, why i'm trying to get away from this bulky and messy squid+samba+squidguard construction. But here with lighthttpd you're using static private cert which is not trusted by local cert authorities. Why can't you consider to issue at least trusted with local CA cert? I'd imagine that'll help with majority if issues.... Also i've heard rumors from of this forum, that if we will be using the squid's way with auto generating valid subCA certs for users from local CA it "would be both complicated and slow." But squid had been working with that for years, I haven't noticed any issues with it's performance... (yes there is caching also, but still)
                                Could you please comment? (I'm on latest dev 2.2.5_17 now)

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                                  bldnightowl @BBcan177
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                                  @bbcan177 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                                  To fix that Cert error for HTTPS sites, create a new DNSBL Group and add the domains that are causing issue to the customlist at the bottom of the page. Then disable logging and set the Order to "Primary" which will cause this Group to load first.

                                  Could you please list the exact steps for this suggestion? I'm not sure what you mean by DNSBL "Group" and don't see that term anywhere under Firewall -> pfblockerNG or anywhere else.

                                  Also, I'm seeing in other threads that this was incorporated already into pfblockerNG... If so, where is that option, because I'm definitely seeing these HTTPS certificate errors. (I'd much prefer that you allow pfblockerNG to use a certificate I provide, presumbaly using pfSense's certificate manager, so that I can pre-install the signing CA in my clients. I don't want to give up the blocked web page that's delivered -- I'm on MacOS, where Safari will let me work around the issue by installing the HTTPS server certificate in my Keychaain, but Chrome and Firefox still won't work with that for HSTS sites (like googleadservices.com)).

                                  pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p2 / pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_21

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                                    BBcan177 Moderator @bldnightowl
                                    last edited by BBcan177

                                    @bldnightowl

                                    This is where you create a new "DNSBL Group" (I am renaming DNSBL Feed -> DNSBL Group in the next release):
                                    Click on the DNSBL Tab
                                    Click "DNSBL Feeds"
                                    Click "Add"

                                    Set the Name and Header field
                                    Set the Action to Unbound
                                    Set the Logging to Disabled
                                    Set Group Order to Primary
                                    Add the domains that are causing those Cert issues, to the bottom Custom List.

                                    Save, "Force Reload - DNSBL"

                                    "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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                                      bldnightowl @BBcan177
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                                      @bbcan177 Thanks for that.

                                      What effect is the "null block" supposed to have? When I access a problem site -- I still see a certificate warning. DNS lookups in the domain in question still return 10.10.10.1 rather than 0.0.0.0. (Update: the problem is that I needed to put in a full hostname, e.g., www.googleadservices.com, rather than just the domain name as it asked for, e.g., googleadservices.com.)

                                      Any plans to have DNSBL use a server certificate from the pfSense's certificate manager so that this workaround is unnecessary? Adding an exception like this for very problematic domain is not tractable (or desirable, since as you've pointed it out it defeats logging and tracking for such ads).

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                                        davidm40
                                        last edited by davidm40

                                        Hello there security folks,
                                        Same problem here with a brand new install on my test lab:
                                        PfBlocker 2.1.4_16
                                        PfSense 2.4.4_2

                                        DNSBL works and turns ads into 1.1 pixel but I cannot display the "blocked page warning" when the root domain is blocked.
                                        For example : darkpage.win is on one of my DNSBL lists. I confirm it's darkpage.win and not something.darkpage.win.
                                        When I browse this address, all I get is a 1.1 pixel, not the "blocked page warning" I should get.

                                        Below is my nslooup result for that page :
                                        nslooup darkpage.win
                                        Server : 192.168.1.252
                                        Address : 192.168.1.252#53

                                        Name : darkpage.win
                                        Address : 10.10.10.1

                                        Did someone find a solution ?
                                        Thanks a lot

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                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator
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                                          @davidm40 said in DNSBL modify default bloked webpage:

                                          PfBlocker 2.1.4_16

                                          You will need to upgrade to pfBlockerNG-devel which has the blocked web page functionality.

                                          "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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                                            davidm40
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                                            Oh, I see.
                                            Thanks for the quick reply @BBcan177 👍
                                            Glad I didn't start getting my hands dirty too early.

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