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    • RonpfSR
      RonpfS @SachaH
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      @SachaH said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

      Reports tab I saw that the If and Source columns show 'Unknown' within the DNSBL Python alert entry's.

      https://forum.netgate.com/topic/158597/interface-and-source-is-unknown-running-devel-3-0-1/5

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        SachaH @RonpfS
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        @RonpfS Thanks 👍 😊

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
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          also https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/comments/k1137y/reports_dnsbl_python_unknown/

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            RonpfS @RonpfS
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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS
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              and https://www.patreon.com/posts/nov-update-43770381

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                HuskerDu
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                Thanks BBcan177 for your great work,

                For info, get yellow icon for DNSBL widget due to following error.

                2020-11-27 21:33:25,736|ERROR| [pfBlockerNG]: Failed get_q_name_qinfo: in method '_get_qname', argument 1 of type 'struct query_info *'
                
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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator @HuskerDu
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                  @HuskerDu
                  Do you have any of these options enabled in the DNS Resolver?

                  DHCP Registration:

                  • Static DHCP
                  • OpenVPN Clients

                  If so, disable those options, clear the py_error log and Force Reload - DNSBL and see if the error returns.

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

                  Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                  Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
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                    HuskerDu @BBcan177
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                    @BBcan177
                    The options were removed after I've read the doc, but first launch after the install must have triggered the error.

                    Thanks, clearing the log file solved the yellow icon "issue".

                    Regards,

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                      A Former User
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                      @BBcan177

                      with v3.0.0 load on my Firewall is significant reduced when running large Set of DNSBL Lists (~3 Million Domains).
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                      I don't see the unbound-control process spinning up every couple of seconds anymore.

                      Well Done👍

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                        fmroeira86
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                        @BBcan177

                        Thank you for your effort!

                        Everytime I do a RELOAD the skew on the backup CARP gets its value set to 0.

                        This causes the backup machine holding as CARP master when the Master machine comes online again.

                        I'm running 3.0.0_2

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                        • BBcan177B
                          BBcan177 Moderator @fmroeira86
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                          @fmroeira86 said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

                          Thank you for your effort!
                          Everytime I do a RELOAD the skew on the backup CARP gets its value set to 0.
                          This causes the backup machine holding as CARP master when the Master machine comes online again.
                          I'm running 3.0.0_2

                          Did you update the package on all Nodes?
                          Did you set the SKEW on all nodes correctly?

                          The package should not be syncing the SKEW to the other nodes.

                          See the relevant code here:
                          https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/blob/devel/net/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel/files/usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc#L9349-L9352

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

                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                          • provelsP
                            provels @BBcan177
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                            @bbcan177
                            I got an alert today that an update from 3.0.0_2 => 3.0.0_3 was available. I had already updated to 3.0.0_3.
                            But my package manager now shows 3.0.0_2 as current and wants me to revert.
                            Any problem here? Thanks for reading.
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                            Peder

                            MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                            BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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                            • BBcan177B
                              BBcan177 Moderator @provels
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                              @provels
                              No Idea. That is outside of the pkg as its part of the pfSense package manager.

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

                              Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                              Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                              Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                                asmodeus @BBcan177
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                                @bbcan177 After upgrading to 3.0.0_3 whitelisting domains from the list of blocked domains (e.g. /pfblockerng/pfblockerng_alerts.php?filterdnsbl=DNSBL_Malicious2) no longer worked - getting 504 Gateway Time-out errors after selecting the domain to whitelist and providing the options (wildcard or not etc.)

                                The entire UI is unresponsive after that and I can get it back up again via ssh with /etc/rc.php-fpm_restart. I have rolled back to 3.0.0_2 but I still have this issue.

                                Any ideas on what the issue might be?

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                                • provelsP
                                  provels @BBcan177
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                                  @bbcan177
                                  Must have been a personal problem. Rebooted the FW, GUI still offered upgrade to _2 when _3 was already installed. Did pkg upgrade from shell, offered _2 to _3. Went ahead and installed, seems fine now. Go figure.

                                  Peder

                                  MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                                  BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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                                    BBcan177 Moderator @asmodeus
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                                    @asmodeus said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

                                    @bbcan177 After upgrading to 3.0.0_3 whitelisting domains from the list of blocked domains (e.g. /pfblockerng/pfblockerng_alerts.php?filterdnsbl=DNSBL_Malicious2) no longer worked - getting 504 Gateway Time-out errors after selecting the domain to whitelist and providing the options (wildcard or not etc.)
                                    The entire UI is unresponsive after that and I can get it back up again via ssh with /etc/rc.php-fpm_restart. I have rolled back to 3.0.0_2 but I still have this issue.
                                    Any ideas on what the issue might be?

                                    There are two different things here.

                                    1. Whitelisting
                                    2. Filtering the Alerts tab.

                                    The URL that you posted is for Filtering events, not whitelisting? Write out the steps you took so I can try to reproduce.
                                    It could just be a browser timeout issue if you are trying to view a lot of events? In Alert Settings, what did you set the DNSBL Events number to?

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

                                    Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                    Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                    Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                                      fmroeira86 @BBcan177
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                                      @bbcan177 said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

                                      @fmroeira86 said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

                                      Thank you for your effort!
                                      Everytime I do a RELOAD the skew on the backup CARP gets its value set to 0.
                                      This causes the backup machine holding as CARP master when the Master machine comes online again.
                                      I'm running 3.0.0_2

                                      Did you update the package on all Nodes?
                                      Did you set the SKEW on all nodes correctly?

                                      The package should not be syncing the SKEW to the other nodes.

                                      See the relevant code here:
                                      https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/blob/devel/net/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel/files/usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc#L9349-L9352

                                      Yes.

                                      I'm running the latest version and My main node ovewrites the skew to the secondary one.

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                                      • BBcan177B
                                        BBcan177 Moderator @fmroeira86
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                                        @fmroeira86

                                        Ok I see the issue.

                                        As reference:
                                        https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/blob/devel/net/pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel/files/usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc#L9350-L9351

                                        Can you edit the file: /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc, Lines 9350 and 9351

                                        From:

                                        // Remove CARP Advskew setting, if found
                                        if (isset($xml['pfblockerngdnsblsettings']['pfb_dnsvip_skew'])) {
                                            unset($xml['pfblockerngdnsblsettings']['pfb_dnsvip_skew']);
                                        }
                                        

                                        To:

                                        // Remove CARP Advskew setting, if found
                                        if (isset($xml['pfblockerngdnsblsettings' ]['config'][0]['pfb_dnsvip_skew'])) {
                                           unset($xml['pfblockerngdnsblsettings']['config'][0]['pfb_dnsvip_skew']);
                                        }
                                        

                                        I missed adding ['config'][0] to each of those two lines... Sorry about that...

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

                                        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                        Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                                          asmodeus @BBcan177
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                                          @bbcan177 said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

                                          The URL that you posted is for Filtering events, not whitelisting? Write out the steps you took so I can try to reproduce.

                                          Sure:

                                          1. Coming from the pfBlockerNG dashboard on my Status/Dashboard page, I use the alerts link to review blocked domains in a list. The link points to /pfblockerng/pfblockerng_alerts.php?filterdnsbl=DNSBL_Malicious2
                                          2. Using this list (which takes a while to load) I want to whitelist a domain, so I click on the 'plus' sign to start the process.
                                          3. I specify wildcard no, add description no.
                                          4. Page loads for a while and ultimately I am getting the nginx timeout. (Even when this worked it takes 110 seconds or more to complete)
                                          5. The page I attempted to whitelist is NOT whitelisted.
                                          6. The entire pfsense UI is unresponsive at this point and I resolve by restarting php-fpm via ssh

                                          The Log Settings are set to default (20000 lines), and the Alert Settings are set to default:1000 Stat Table entries and 100 Filter Limit. Are these the Alert Settings you were asking about?

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                                          • BBcan177B
                                            BBcan177 Moderator @asmodeus
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                                            @asmodeus said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.0.0 - No longer bound by Unbound!:

                                            and the Alert Settings are set to default:1000 Stat Table entries and 100 Filter Limit. Are these the Alert Settings you were asking about?

                                            From the Reports/Alerts tab, click the "+" on the right side of the page to open the "Alert Settings", the default for "Filter Limit Entries" is 100.

                                            If you set it too high, you need to wait for the whole page to finish loading before trying to Whitelist.

                                            There is also a new option in the Reports tab to "Pause" the auto page refresh. Its at the left side of each table heading.

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

                                            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                            Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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