pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port

johnpoz

@garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

A failing LAN device looks like this:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::915<snip>
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.202
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

That doesn't show any DNS - so that box wouldn't be able to look up anything, be it blocked or not.

Output ipconfig /all from the box!

garyn

I checked the DNS and here are two outputs:

C:>ipconfig /all | findstr /R "DNS\ Servers"
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

C:>nslookup
Default Server: router.localdomain
Address: 192.168.2.1

johnpoz

@garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

C:>ipconfig /all | findstr /R "DNS\ Servers"

That is not going to show you more than the 1st one!! if you have more than 1..

as you see I on purpose set 2

$ ipconfig /all                                                                     
                                                                                    
Windows IP Configuration                                                            
                                                                                    
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : i5-win                                       
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : local.lan                                    
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid                                       
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No                                           
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No                                           
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : local.lan                                    
                                                                                    
Ethernet adapter Local:                                                             
                                                                                    
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :                                              
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller           
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-3B-2F-67-62                            
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No                                           
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes                                          
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.100(Preferred)                     
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0                                
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.253                                
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.253                                
                                       192.168.3.10                                 
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Now I do your command..

And it only lists the 1st one

$ ipconfig /all | findstr /R "DNS\ Servers
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.253

Also wanted to see if you had any other connections, etc. etc. post the full output!

garyn

C:>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : <snip, looks correct>
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain <<<=== is this an issue???

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-79<snip>
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::<snip>%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.202(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 13, 2019 7:10:12 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:10:12 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 25<snip>29
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-<snip>-4D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

That's the whole output with some parts of the physical addresses snipped (I wasn't sure if that was/wasn't needed).

johnpoz

@garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain

so if you look for name.. You will query name.localdomain if you query say www.cnn.com you could also ask for www.cnn.com.localdomain

You really have to be specific on what pfblocker is not blocking - if pfblocker blocks something it will return an address 10.10.10 - which isn't going anywhere, etc. Other than the vip running on pfsense.

But your box doesn't have more than 1 dns server listed. So its always going to ask pfsense for dns, unbound (pfblocker)

garyn

@johnpoz - about two days ago I made the following change and, I think, things are running a little more consistently:

Services -> DNS Resolver -> General Settings:
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I limited Network interfaces to just LAN, WIFI, VPNONLY (the three in-house rails/ports), and localhost and set Outgoing Network Interface to just WAN. Previously, these were both set to ALL (the default).

Does this change seem like it would have an effect on the issue? This should be limiting where DNS Resolver is supplying IP translations to, ... correct?

johnpoz

Yeah that will limit who can query it - but that would also be done by firewall rules. For example - you don't have 53 open on your wan do you?

You are running pfblocker - so maybe you do, depending... It has a nasty habit of creating an any rule.. I have brought it up multiple times..

But queries to it wouldn't stop it from working..

Again your going to have to be specific in what exactly your problem is, or why you think its not working all the time.. A simple dig or nslookp for the fqdn will tell you if blocked or not blocked.

Grimson

Also remember things like: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/133679/heads-up-be-aware-of-trusted-recursive-resolver-trr-in-firefox

johnpoz

Valid point!!! You never knows these days your application might be doing dot or doh to circumvent your local dns.. Bastards!!!

BBcan177

@johnpoz said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

You are running pfblocker - so maybe you do, depending... It has a nasty habit of creating an any rule.. I have brought it up multiple times..

Stop trolling:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/641

johnpoz

Not trolling - have no idea version user is using. And I was gone for the whole month of June.. And just back last week or so.. So have not really kept up with "everything" while gone.

Glad to see such a fix finally.. Thanks!