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      battles
      last edited by

      I watched a youtube about pfBlocker and decided to install it to block my most hated break in countries (I run a VPS and know who to hate).  I was going to block these countries with the block lists, but I then read that this was not necessary, because pfSense automatically blocks everything that tries to come in that wasn't invited.  Is this correct and what use is pfBlocker otherwise?

      pfSense 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (i386)
      FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
      pfBlockerNG 2.1.2_1
      Snort Security 3.2.9.5_3
      Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        pfBlocker will block people from accessing resources that you have made public for everyone else.  For most home users who aren't forwarding any servers, you probably don't need this.  For businesses that have a web server and other public servers, this can block nonsense from dodgy countries that would never do real business with you in the first place.

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          battles
          last edited by

          Thanks.  I am going to uninstall.

          pfSense 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (i386)
          FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
          pfBlockerNG 2.1.2_1
          Snort Security 3.2.9.5_3
          Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz

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          • BBcan177B
            BBcan177 Moderator
            last edited by

            IMHO Its just as important to protect the outbound… YMMV

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