<![CDATA[pfBlockerNG not blocking URLs from feed list]]>Hello, New to pfSense, coming from a smoothwall/dansguardian setup.
Goal is webfiltering for adult content and other annoyances.

I had pfBlockerNG working but I broke it and need help.

Fresh install of pfSense, Installed pfBlockerNG. I've added the lists from piehole and Steve's black lists. Per lawson systems tutorial on youtube. ( https://youtu.be/QwFpMwXEK5w )

Initially sites were being blocked, but I was over zealous with adding lists. I removed and updated some lists and now nothing is being blocked. I also was trying to add openDNS ip's to the system's DNS.

In addition I need to add a few additional urls that are not on the above public lists.

Current problem: Now sites are not being blocked at all.

Where do I begin my troubleshooting or any better tutorials to verify my setup?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/140440/pfblockerng-not-blocking-urls-from-feed-listRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 22:42:10 GMTSat, 09 Feb 2019 16:23:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to pfBlockerNG not blocking URLs from feed list on Tue, 12 Feb 2019 02:14:29 GMT]]>Thank you so much for the link. This worked.

I've enabled the ad/malware lists from the tutorial and added Steve's Black Lists for adult content. I was also able to add the easy lists.

Unfortunately I quickly found that some common URL's are note on these lists. I am going to open a new thread trying to get OpenDNS working as another layer. Unfortunately I've found that if I follow a setup for open DNS it breaks the platform.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/823439https://forum.netgate.com/post/823439Tue, 12 Feb 2019 02:14:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to pfBlockerNG not blocking URLs from feed list on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:44:45 GMT]]>See this tutorial:
https://www.linuxincluded.com/block-ads-malvertising-on-pfsense-using-pfblockerng-dnsbl/

Also to wildcard block domains, you will need to enable the TLD feature so that all sub-domains are blocked.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/823245https://forum.netgate.com/post/823245Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:44:45 GMT