Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    All alerts showing as unk country code.. help

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved pfBlockerNG
    26 Posts 6 Posters 3.3k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • 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

      S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • S
        sesipod
        last edited by

        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.

        alt text

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • 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

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • S
            sesipod
            last edited by

            Nope no space :'/

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • S
              sesipod
              last edited by

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

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
              • S
                sesipod @NogBadTheBad
                last edited by

                @NogBadTheBad how did you get the asn ?

                Mine only shows CC
                alt text

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • 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

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • S
                    sesipod
                    last edited by

                    Iptab

                    ASN Reporting

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                    • S
                      sesipod
                      last edited by

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

                      BBcan177B 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • 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."

                        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                        Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • S
                          serbus
                          last edited by serbus

                          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

                          BBcan177B 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • 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."

                            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                            Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • S
                              serbus
                              last edited by

                              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

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • S
                                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

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • S
                                  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

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • S
                                    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

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • E
                                      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.
                                      8d41c7dd-4501-4ae1-a5b8-11406b2465b7-image.png

                                      BBcan177B 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • 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 ??

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator @ex1580
                                          last edited by

                                          @ex1580
                                          Yes there was a change to the file mime-types in pfSense 2.4.5 and the change to fix Shallalist and UT1 is also needed to download one of the MaxMind databases.

                                          Install the latest version of the package and re-download MaxMind from the shell with this command:

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

                                          New events should show the GeoIP column in the alerts tab.

                                          "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/

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • E
                                            ex1580
                                            last edited by

                                            @BBcan177 Excellent! Working as expected now. Maybe someday there can be a button or comment explaining how to re-download from MaxMind because I didnt even know the command did that when I was looking at it. Thanks! Keep up the good work!

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.