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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
            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."

              Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
              Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
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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.
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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.

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

                            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
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                              ex1580
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                              @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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