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    All alerts showing as unk country code.. help

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      sesipod
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      Alerts

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        sesipod
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        .... I just realized my issue I think

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        • NogBadTheBadN
          NogBadTheBad @sesipod
          last edited by

          @sesipod said in All alerts showing as unk country code.. help:

          .... I just realized my issue I think

          Thats what I see in the alerts:-

          Screenshot 2020-02-02 at 10.45.37.png

          Andy

          1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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            sesipod
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            So I actually was not running dev version .. so I updated to that now and yet still the same issue. Also made a new key just to be sure.

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            • NogBadTheBadN
              NogBadTheBad
              last edited by

              Space at the start or end of your MaxMind License Key?

              Andy

              1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                sesipod
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                Nope no space :'/

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                  sesipod
                  last edited by

                  So it's all fixed after a reboot of pfsense. Guess something was clogged up ¯_( ͠° ͟ʖ °͠ )_/¯

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                    sesipod @NogBadTheBad
                    last edited by

                    @NogBadTheBad how did you get the asn ?

                    Mine only shows CC
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                    • NogBadTheBadN
                      NogBadTheBad
                      last edited by NogBadTheBad

                      Not a clue sorry, it maybe that I have a few rules set to block by ASN.

                      AFAIK its been there all the time.

                      Screenshot 2020-02-02 at 11.16.51.png

                      Andy

                      1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                        sesipod
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                        Iptab

                        ASN Reporting

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                          sesipod
                          last edited by

                          A reboot seems to force geoip cc updates and asn updates 🍕

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                          • BBcan177B
                            BBcan177 Moderator @sesipod
                            last edited by

                            @sesipod
                            This is fixed in the next version. The pfb_filer service needs to be restarted on first download of MaxMind.

                            https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/762/files

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

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                              serbus
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                              Hello!

                              sg-3100 running 2.4.5.r.20200305.1800
                              pfblockerng-devel 2.2.5_29

                              I have been having this problem and just found this thread.
                              Maxmind key is good.
                              Manually ran the pfblockerng.php dc command with success.
                              extras.log shows successful download and parsing.
                              Restarted the router.
                              Tried clearing all downloaded lists (disable/enable pfBlockerNG & Keep Settings check boxes).
                              pfBlockerNG Reports -> Alerts and IP Stats still show "Unk" for GeoIP in all reports.

                              Is there anything else I can check or try?

                              Thanks!

                              John

                              Lex parsimoniae

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator @serbus
                                last edited by

                                @serbus

                                Restart the "pfb_filter" service and it should start reporting on new events as long as Maxmind DB was previously downloaded successfully.

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

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                                  serbus
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                                  Hello!

                                  How do I restart the service?

                                  Not sure if this test is valid, but I ran this:

                                  /usr/local/bin/mmdblookup -v -f /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb -i 1.1.1.1 country iso_code

                                  and got this:

                                  Can't open /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb - The MaxMind DB file contains invalid metadata

                                  John

                                  Lex parsimoniae

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                                    serbus
                                    last edited by serbus

                                    Hello!

                                    I tried deleting the GeoLite2-Country.mmdb file and then recreating it by running :

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

                                    It was recreated, but still gives the same error when running mmdblookup.

                                    The size of the mmdb file in pfb is :

                                    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2048734 Mar 7 22:24 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

                                    When I download the GeoLite2-Country.mmdb file directly from maxmind, the file looks like this :

                                    GeoLite2-Country.png

                                    John

                                    Lex parsimoniae

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                                      serbus
                                      last edited by serbus

                                      Hello!

                                      Sorry to keep bugging you...

                                      It looks like pfb is just renaming the download from maxmind to ,mmdb without actually extracting the files.

                                      The GeoLite2-Country.mmdb file is 2048734 bytes, which is the same length as the GeoLite2-Country_20200303.tar.gz download from maxmind.

                                      cp GeoLite2-Country.mmdb GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz
                                      and then
                                      gzip -l ./GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz
                                      shows that the mmdb file was really a tar.gz file

                                      I think....

                                      John

                                      Lex parsimoniae

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                                        serbus
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello!

                                        Just more guessing...I am not sure I am looking at the correct code...

                                        The download from maxmind is 'application/gzip'

                                        The code doesnt look like it will decompress this type, and will only rename the downloaded file.

                                        Maybe

                                        if ($file_type == 'application/x-gzip' || $file_type == 'application/gzip' )

                                        ?

                                        John

                                        Lex parsimoniae

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                                          ex1580
                                          last edited by ex1580

                                          @BBcan177 I am still seeing this as of today on pfSense 2.4.5-RELEASE and pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30. Restarting the pfb_filter service didnt seem to fix it.
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                                          • GertjanG
                                            Gertjan
                                            last edited by

                                            If "191.232.138.2" isn't present in any of your GeoIP files, then the "unknown" is understandable.

                                            While waiting for a reply from BBcan177, have a look at the files and check if this is true ?

                                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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