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    All alerts showing as unk country code.. help

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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
        last edited by

        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

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              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

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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
                  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

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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.
                          8d41c7dd-4501-4ae1-a5b8-11406b2465b7-image.png

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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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                            • 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.

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                                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!

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