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

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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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