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      pfsensation
      last edited by

      @marcelloc:

      @pfsensation:

      Didn't you submit a fix for -HOST- Marcello?

      yes, submited,applied and using here. When ip address has no dns name, it show DNSERROR on HTML page.

      The only thing it shows me is a crashed E2Guardian :P

      Permissions are all correct now and I can see certs in the folder but I get this still:

      And the blocked site issue isn't fixed, it doesn't show the category of the blocked site when blocked via blacklist :

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        @pfsensation:

        I've tried the usual re applying black list, reinstall, uninstall then install. No joy yet.

        Here is the output of one of my testing vms with no hacks or code changes(using 0.4.2.5).

        [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root: pkg install -f e2guardian
        Updating Unofficial repository catalogue...
        Unofficial repository is up to date.
        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
        pfSense-core repository is up to date.
        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
        pfSense repository is up to date.
        All repositories are up to date.
        The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
        
        Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                e2guardian: 4.1.1_11 -> 4.1.1_12 [Unofficial]
        
        Number of packages to be upgraded: 1
        
        587 KiB to be downloaded.
        
        Proceed with this action? [y/N]: Y
        [1/1] Fetching e2guardian-4.1.1_12.txz: 100%  587 KiB 601.5kB/s    00:01
        Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
        [1/1] Upgrading e2guardian from 4.1.1_11 to 4.1.1_12...
        Extracting e2guardian-4.1.1_12: 100%
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardian.conf if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardianf1.conf if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/authplugins/ipgroups if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirusextensionlist if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirusmimetypelist if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirussitelist if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirusurllist if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/exceptioniplist if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/filtergroupslist if it is no longer needed.
        You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/bannedsitelistwithbypass if it is no longer needed.
        Message from e2guardian-4.1.1_12:
        ===>   Please Note:
        
        *******************************************************************************
               This port has created a log file named e2guardian.log that can get
               quite large.  Please read the newsyslog(8) man page for instructions
               on configuring log rotation and compression.
        
               This port has been converted using old dansguardian-devel port
               Let me know how it works (or not). (Patches always welcome.)
        *******************************************************************************
        [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root:
        
        

        Then, gone to GUI and saved config under blacklist tab and hit save

        Back to console and tried to start and restart e2g

        
        [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh start
        kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
        kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
        kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
        kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 20480 -> 20480
        e2guardian already running?  (pid=84327).
        
        [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh restart
        kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
        kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
        kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
        kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 20480 -> 20480
        Stopping e2guardian.
        Waiting for PIDS: 84327.
        Starting e2guardian.
        
        

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          pfsensation
          last edited by

          @marcelloc:

          @pfsensation:

          I've tried the usual re applying black list, reinstall, uninstall then install. No joy yet.

          Here is the output of one of my testing vms with no hacks or code changes(using 0.4.2.5).

          [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root: pkg install -f e2guardian
          Updating Unofficial repository catalogue...
          Unofficial repository is up to date.
          Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
          pfSense-core repository is up to date.
          Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
          pfSense repository is up to date.
          All repositories are up to date.
          The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
          
          Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                  e2guardian: 4.1.1_11 -> 4.1.1_12 [Unofficial]
          
          Number of packages to be upgraded: 1
          
          587 KiB to be downloaded.
          
          Proceed with this action? [y/N]: Y
          [1/1] Fetching e2guardian-4.1.1_12.txz: 100%  587 KiB 601.5kB/s    00:01
          Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
          [1/1] Upgrading e2guardian from 4.1.1_11 to 4.1.1_12...
          Extracting e2guardian-4.1.1_12: 100%
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardian.conf if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardianf1.conf if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/authplugins/ipgroups if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirusextensionlist if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirusmimetypelist if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirussitelist if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/contentscanners/exceptionvirusurllist if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/exceptioniplist if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/filtergroupslist if it is no longer needed.
          You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/bannedsitelistwithbypass if it is no longer needed.
          Message from e2guardian-4.1.1_12:
          ===>   Please Note:
          
          *******************************************************************************
                 This port has created a log file named e2guardian.log that can get
                 quite large.  Please read the newsyslog(8) man page for instructions
                 on configuring log rotation and compression.
          
                 This port has been converted using old dansguardian-devel port
                 Let me know how it works (or not). (Patches always welcome.)
          *******************************************************************************
          [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root:
          
          

          Then, gone to GUI and saved config under blacklist tab and hit save

          Back to console and tried to start and restart e2g

          
          [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh start
          kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
          kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
          kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
          kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 20480 -> 20480
          e2guardian already running?  (pid=84327).
          
          [2.3.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.yyyyyyy.br]/root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh restart
          kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
          kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
          kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
          kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 20480 -> 20480
          Stopping e2guardian.
          Waiting for PIDS: 84327.
          Starting e2guardian.
          
          

          HMMm….. Tried again it seems to work now, look:

          It's like 4.x has a mind of its own. However, it still doesn't show the categories of the sites that are blocked by the blacklist.

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            Mr. Jingles
            last edited by

            @Mr.:

            Thank you, pfsensation  :)

            Of course, by now I have no clue which directories  ;D

            Would you know?

            Thank you.

            I see you are online, pfsensation: would you know which directories?

            Thank you :D

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              @Mr.:

              would you know which directories?

              run on console/ssh:

              /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/e2guardian.php fetch_blacklist
              

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                Mr. Jingles
                last edited by

                @marcelloc:

                @Mr.:

                would you know which directories?

                run on console/ssh:

                /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/e2guardian.php fetch_blacklist
                

                Thank you Marcello.

                It downloads fine. I then do the same save/reapply/save/apply, and we get the same errors.

                It perhaps indeed is what pfsensation said, a permission/directories problem. Which directories?

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  Post the results of

                  ls -l /usr/local/etc/dansguandian/lists/blacklists
                  

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                    Mr. Jingles
                    last edited by

                    @marcelloc:

                    Post the results of

                    ls -l /usr/local/etc/dansguandian/lists/blacklists
                    

                    Thank you Marcello.

                    I changed it into dansguaRdian, but it comes back with:

                    
                    ls: /usr/local/etc/dansguardian/lists/blacklist: No such file or directory
                    

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      Sorry for the typo

                      It's```

                      ls -l /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists

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                        pfsensation
                        last edited by

                        @Mr.:

                        @marcelloc:

                        @Mr.:

                        would you know which directories?

                        run on console/ssh:

                        /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/e2guardian.php fetch_blacklist
                        

                        Thank you Marcello.

                        It downloads fine. I then do the same save/reapply/save/apply, and we get the same errors.

                        It perhaps indeed is what pfsensation said, a permission/directories problem. Which directories?

                        My E2Guardian is now fully working fine, without crashes. However -HOST- shows DNS error and setting "log client hostnames" under general tab causes the daemon to crash. So make sure you check chose things first

                        These are the steps I took to properly fix the crashes, probably all of them together made it work:

                        • First uninstalled and reinstalled E2Guardian
                        • Downloaded the blacklist and applied it under the blacklists tab
                        • Opened up FileZilla (FTP Client) navigated over to : /usr/local/etc/e2guardian Then set permissions to 644, recursively into all directories within it too. You can do this via SSH also, but I prefer using an actual FTP client, that way I can see all the files and directories in a GUI.

                        After that, I gave the entire pfSense box a restart, and it seems to be working. I've had it running for a day with MITM.

                        Try the following out, and see if it works for you.

                        @Marcelloc, can you write an update on GitHub regarding the blacklist category issue? I'm not fully aware of what you tried to fix it, but it doesn't seem to be fixed until now, even for you (can see from screenshots) : https://github.com/e2guardian/e2guardian/issues/244

                        Thanks

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                          Mr. Jingles
                          last edited by

                          Thank you Marcello, and thank you pfsensation  :)

                          I've attached the output of Marcello's ls command. I will next try what pfsensation suggested.

                          Thank you.

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                            Mr. Jingles
                            last edited by

                            :-[ :-[ :-[

                            I did:

                            [code]
                            chmod -R 644 /usr/local/etc/e2guardian
                            /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/e2guardian.php fetch_blacklist
                            Then I did reapply blacklist, save, daemon tab - save: still nothing, service still doesn't start:

                            | Jul  1 03:30:56 | php-fpm | 87924 |

                            /pkg_edit.php: The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh start' returned exit code '1', the output was 'kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384 kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072 kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856 kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 20480 -> 20480 Starting e2guardian. Error reading file /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/adult/urls: No such file or directory Error opening file: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/adult/urls Error reading: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/bannedurllist.g_Default Error opening bannedurllist Error opening filter group config: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardianf1.conf Error in reading filter group files Error reading filter group conf file(s). Error parsing the e2guardian.conf file or other e2guardian configuration files /usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh: WARNING: failed to start e2guardian' [/q][/t][/t]

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              Access your acls under url tab and check what is enabled.  It's looking for a file that doesn't exists on shallalist.

                              Select categories that shows under include select combo box. They are from current applied blacklist.

                              There is no need to change file permission.

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                                Mr. Jingles
                                last edited by

                                Thank you for your reply, Marcello  :)

                                I'm trying to understand what you mean with " It's looking for a file that doesn't exists on shallalist".

                                In the top Include box I can select, for example, adv urls, spyware urls, tracker urls. However, in the next Config box, none of these exist. What does this mean? what do I need to do here then?

                                Per your: "Select categories that shows under include select combo box. They are from current applied blacklist"

                                Could you give a concrete example?

                                Thank you very much for your help  :P

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  Take a look or send a screenshot on the same field I've pushed on my last post.

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                                    techbee
                                    last edited by

                                    hi marcelloc,

                                    could you possible update your setup and configuration procedure so that it is up to date and tidy up.

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                                    • marcellocM
                                      marcelloc
                                      last edited by

                                      @techbee:

                                      hi marcelloc,

                                      could you possible update your setup and configuration procedure so that it is up to date and tidy up.

                                      On a clean install, just save setup on GUI and use.
                                      With previous install, check error messages.

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                                        pfsensation
                                        last edited by

                                        Just an update,

                                        My E2 Guardian has now been rock solid after the last update. However - HOST- shows dns error, not sure why because in my pfSense DHCP leases it shows the host name.

                                        Also Marcello, I replied to the transparent proxy issue you reported on GitHub. Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                                        Thank you for bearing with me, and pushing out the necessary updates.

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                                          jetberrocal
                                          last edited by

                                          @pfsensation:

                                          Just an update,

                                          My E2 Guardian has now been rock solid after the last update. However - HOST- shows dns error, not sure why because in my pfSense DHCP leases it shows the host name.

                                          Also Marcello, I replied to the transparent proxy issue you reported on GitHub. Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                                          Thank you for bearing with me, and pushing out the necessary updates.

                                          Did you tried this:
                                          https://www.howtogeek.com/295048/how-to-configure-a-proxy-server-on-android/

                                          You hardcode the proxy values or enter the url of the PAC file.

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            @pfsensation:

                                            Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                                            I'm using this way for transparent proxy with no MITM

                                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=128116.msg730725#msg730725

                                            For MITM clients I'm using WPAD.

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