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

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    • GertjanG Online
      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.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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          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.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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              Gertjan @Bob.Dig
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              @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.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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                  Gertjan @Bob.Dig
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                  @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.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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                      Gertjan @Bob.Dig
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                      @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.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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