Google Chrome Times Out when trying to establish a secure connection when using pfBlockerNG

adwdlh · Nov 23, 2018, 6:43 PM

I am new to PFSence and tried to configure pfBlockerNG. pfBlockerNG is working fine in Edge and Firefox. When I try using Google Chrome the page times out when I go to any sites that use HTTPS.

https://www.google.com/ ERR_Time_Out

https://www.starbucks.com/ ERR_Time_Out

http://www.dslreports.com/ site loads fast

http://www.nyu.edu/ site loads but takes a long time.

https://www.usbank.com/index.html ERR_Time_Out

https://www.wellsfargo.com/ This site can’t be reached

http://10.10.10.1/ Working

I am using lists from Pi Hole and Steven Black Lists. I also configured Certificate Authority on the pfsence Firewall and have them installed on my PC. The PC now trusts the IP of the firewall.

My Versions:
pfSense 2.4.4
pfBlockerNG 2.1.4_13
Google Chrome Version 70.0.3538.110 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Did I miss a configuration setting? Any suggestions or links to other forums that could solve this issue would be helpful.

Thanks

BBcan177 · Nov 24, 2018, 6:16 AM

Do you have VLANs? If so, make sure that the devices on the vlan can ping and browse to the DNSBL VIP address. There is a "Permit Firewall Rule Option" in the DNSBL Tab which can be used to create a Floating Permit firewall rule to allow your vlan segments to hit the DNSBL VIP address, otherwise the VLANs could timeout when trying to connect to the DNSBL Webserver.