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    Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!

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    • RicoR
      Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
      last edited by Rico

      https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10414
      Have you tried only using one CPU core?

      -Rico

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      • Bob.DigB
        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Rico
        last edited by Bob.Dig

        @Rico I used it with four cores before on 2.4.4 and 2.5 and always with the latest pfBlockerNG with no problem.

        Thank god, suricata exist. I thought I had no use case for it anymore... till now.

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        • GertjanG
          Gertjan @Bob.Dig
          last edited by Gertjan

          @Bob-Dig said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

          2.4.4 and 2.5

          2.4.4 is based on FreeBSD 11.2
          2.5.0 is based on FreeBSD 12.0
          2.4.5 is based on FreeBSD 11.3 - and that version, using a VM and multiple core, had a lot of recent feedback.

          I'm using 2.4.5 on a VM - Hyper-V Windows Pro @home, and guess what : no issues what so ever.
          Because the processor I use seemed good enough to handle 'some router tasks' I assigned it one core a year ago.
          Guess that was the right decision all the way ...
          2.4.5 : no issues what so ever.

          @Bob-Dig said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

          Thank god, suricata exist.

          In what kind of network neighbourhood are you administrating pfSense ? I'm still looking for a reason to use such a service....

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

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
            last edited by Bob.Dig

            @Gertjan It is my Homerouter and I am hosting some stuff at home: email, teamspeak, xmpp.

            With pfblocker I used almost all the feeds to be blocked on WAN.
            Then I used the GEO-IP to alias permit some open ports.

            No problem on 2.4.4 and 2.5.0.

            Sure I could try one core only, but hardly to belief this will not trigger the problem.

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan @Bob.Dig
              last edited by Gertjan

              @Bob-Dig said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

              I am hosting some stuff at home: email, teamspeak, xmpp.

              Ahh. Got it.
              All that is impossible for me. First of all, the IP @home is an ISP IP for me, thus totally unusable for mail receiving and sending. I'm using TS also. I thrown all these kind of services on a dedicated server (a classic Debian server - no GUI), using a hosting company.
              And guess what : except for a fail2ban 'with nervous rules' : I'm not use any added protection on that server. Runs fine since 2003.

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

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              • Bob.DigB
                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
                last edited by Bob.Dig

                @Gertjan said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

                2.4.5 is based on FreeBSD 12.3

                Mine says
                2.4.5-RELEASE (amd64)
                FreeBSD 11.3- STABLE but probably just a mistype.
                You know what, I will try one core and report back.

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                • GertjanG
                  Gertjan @Bob.Dig
                  last edited by

                  @Bob-Dig said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

                  2.4.5-RELEASE (amd64)
                  FreeBSD **11.3-**STABL

                  You're right - I edited.

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

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                  • Bob.DigB
                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
                    last edited by Bob.Dig

                    @Gertjan said in [Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5

                    First of all, the IP @home is an ISP IP for me, thus totally unusable for mail receiving.

                    Sending is the problem with such an IP I think.

                    And guess what : except for a fail2ban 'with nervous rules' : I'm not use any added protection on that server. Runs fine since 2003.

                    Sure but where is the fun. 😉

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan @Bob.Dig
                      last edited by

                      @Bob-Dig said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

                      Sending is the problem

                      Right again - I already edited that also.
                      (coffee isn't working this morning ....)

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

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                      • Bob.DigB
                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Rico
                        last edited by Bob.Dig

                        @Rico said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10414
                        Have you tried only using one CPU core?

                        -Rico

                        So today I tried with one core only and the installation and updating the feeds and stuff worked good. Last time I did it, the reputation tab didn't worked at all (broken link), but back then I ignored that. This time I also raised the Memory to 8 Gigs. Bootup is still slow with high cpu loads for some limited time. I then gave that vm the four cores and first it looked good but then the problems occurred again. On next boot I had to stop the vm because of the high cpu-load. I then reduced the cores to one, but the image already was broken and pfsense wasn't able to boot anymore...
                        Also with one core it might be running but I saw some high cpu usage...
                        I somehow wonder how this became final, maybe to many testers where already on 2.5...

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                        • GertjanG
                          Gertjan @Bob.Dig
                          last edited by

                          @Bob-Dig said in Warning: pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_30 almost crushed my new 2.4.5 install!:

                          I somehow wonder how this became final, maybe

                          All 2.4.4-p3-RC candidates used FreeBSD 11.2.
                          2.4.5 uses FreeBSD 11.3 .....

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

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                          • Bob.DigB
                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
                            last edited by Bob.Dig

                            @Gertjan Thanks.

                            Maybe one core isn't that bad. We'll see.

                            Looking good so far.

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