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    • havastamasH
      havastamas @NogBadTheBad
      last edited by

      @NogBadTheBad im using pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_27 version, but i cant see the update in the package manager.

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      • NogBadTheBadN
        NogBadTheBad @havastamas
        last edited by

        @havastamas

        Screenshot 2020-01-02 at 18.18.42.png

        Maybe wait a short while.

        Andy

        1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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        • M
          mcury
          last edited by

          I just updated, already put my license key and it's working.

          dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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          • havastamasH
            havastamas @NogBadTheBad
            last edited by

            @NogBadTheBad Maybe because im using 2.4.x development version? (2.4.5?)

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            • dragoangelD
              dragoangel
              last edited by dragoangel

              Their cloudflare antiddos such pain. Doesn't know why but it has half hour to register. Auch

              Latest stable pfSense on 2x XG-7100 and 1x Intel Xeon Server, running mutiWAN, he.net IPv6, pfBlockerNG-devel, HAProxy-devel, Syslog-ng, Zabbix-agent, OpenVPN, IPsec site-to-site, DNS-over-TLS...
              Unifi AP-AC-LR with EAP RADIUS, US-24

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              • NogBadTheBadN
                NogBadTheBad @havastamas
                last edited by

                @havastamas

                Maybe.

                Andy

                1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                • S
                  SteveITS Galactic Empire
                  last edited by

                  They mention "up to 25 keys"...do you happen to know if we need a separate key for each router, if we have more than one?

                  Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                  When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                  Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                  • dragoangelD
                    dragoangel @SteveITS
                    last edited by dragoangel

                    @teamits it's more about control over your account API usage. So it up to you to decide how much control you need. 1 key per software or 1 key per hardware instance or one key for all. If you directly know where you use it fine. When time is come to rotate the keys you want not to miss where you was used them :)

                    Latest stable pfSense on 2x XG-7100 and 1x Intel Xeon Server, running mutiWAN, he.net IPv6, pfBlockerNG-devel, HAProxy-devel, Syslog-ng, Zabbix-agent, OpenVPN, IPsec site-to-site, DNS-over-TLS...
                    Unifi AP-AC-LR with EAP RADIUS, US-24

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                    • D
                      dougs
                      last edited by

                      So I went ahead and installed pfBlockerNG 2.1.4_19 on my pfsense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 machine and signed up for an account with MaxMind and obtained a license key. I started downloading from MaxMind and am running into an issue with extracting data from the tarred database.

                       UPDATE PROCESS START [ 01/02/20 15:29:54 ]
                      
                      ===[  DNSBL Process  ]================================================
                      
                        DNSBL: Flush DNSBL_IP
                      Clearing all DNSBL Feeds...  completed
                      Validating database... completed
                      Reloading Unbound.... completed
                      DNSBL update [ 0 | PASSED  ]... completed [ 01/02/20 15:29:55 ]
                      ------------------------------------------
                      
                      ===[  Continent Process  ]============================================
                      
                      MaxMind Database downloading and processing ( approx 4MB ) ... Please wait ...
                      
                      Download Process Starting [ 01/02/20 15:29:55 ]
                       /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz		200 OK
                      . /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip		200 OK
                      .tar: Failed to set default locale
                      tar: Failed to set default locale
                      
                      Download Process Ended [ 01/02/20 15:29:56 ]
                      
                      Country code update Start
                       [ MAXMIND UPDATE FAIL, Language File Missing, using previous Country code database ]
                       Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
                       IPv4 Africa			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Africa_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 Africa			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Africa_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 Antarctica		
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Antarctica_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 Antarctica		
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Antarctica_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 Asia			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Asia_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 Asia			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Asia_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 Europe			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Europe_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 Europe			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Europe_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 North America		
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/North_America_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 North America		
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/North_America_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 Oceania			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Oceania_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 Oceania			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Oceania_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 South America		
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/South_America_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 South America		
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/South_America_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 Proxy and Satellite	
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Proxy_and_Satellite_v4.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 Proxy and Satellite	
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Proxy_and_Satellite_v6.txt: No such file or directory
                       IPv4 TOP 20			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Top_20_v4.info: No such file or directory
                       IPv6 TOP 20			
                      grep: /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc/Top_20_v6.info: No such file or directory
                       pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
                      Country Code Update Ended
                      
                      
                      
                      ===[  Aliastables / Rules  ]==========================================
                      
                      No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
                      No Changes to Aliases, Skipping pfctl Update
                      
                       UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ 01/02/20 15:29:56 ]
                      
                      [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@host.example.org]/usr/local/share/GeoIP: ls -la
                      total 24332
                      drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel       512 Jan  2 14:49 .
                      drwxr-xr-x  44 root  wheel      1024 Jan  2 14:42 ..
                      -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  16645188 Dec 31 08:32 GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip.orig
                      -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   1981295 Jan  2 15:29 GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip.raw
                      -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   4034560 Dec 31 08:32 GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz.orig
                      -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   2044326 Jan  2 15:29 GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz.raw
                      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel       512 Jan  2 14:42 cc
                      [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@host.example.org]/usr/local/share/GeoIP: cd cc
                      [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@host.example.org]/usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc: ls -la
                      total 8
                      drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan  2 14:42 .
                      drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan  2 14:49 ..
                      [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@host.example.org]/usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc: 
                      

                      It appears the files have been downloaded but not untarred. The error appears to have to do with setting up the default locale for the tar command. The language on pfsense is set to English and so is MaxMind localization language. What do I need to do to fix this?

                      ~Doug

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator @dougs
                        last edited by

                        @dougs
                        Can you try uninstalling pfBlockerNG and trying pfBlockerNG-devel?

                        "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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                          dougs @BBcan177
                          last edited by

                          @BBcan177
                          Uninstalled pfBlockerNG and installed pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28. Ran update as follows:

                           UPDATE PROCESS START [ 01/02/20 16:36:16 ]
                          
                          ===[  DNSBL Process  ]================================================
                          
                          Saving DNSBL database... completed
                          
                          Clearing all DNSBL Feeds completed
                          Reloading Unbound Resolver..... completed
                          DNSBL update [ 0 | PASSED  ]... completed
                          ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          
                          ===[  GeoIP Process  ]============================================
                          
                          MaxMind Database downloading and processing ( approx 4MB ) ... Please wait ...
                          
                          Download Process Starting [ 01/02/20 16:36:16 ]
                           /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz		200 OK
                           /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip		200 OK
                          Download Process Ended [ 01/02/20 16:36:17 ]
                          
                          Country code update Start
                           Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
                           Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 01/02/20 16:36:23 ]
                           Creating pfBlockerNG Continent PHP files
                           IPv4 Africa			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:24 ]
                           IPv6 Africa			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:25 ]
                           IPv4 Antarctica		
                           IPv6 Antarctica		
                           IPv4 Asia			
                           IPv6 Asia			
                           IPv4 Europe			
                           IPv6 Europe			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:27 ]
                           IPv4 North America		
                           IPv6 North America		 [ 01/02/20 16:36:28 ]
                           IPv4 Oceania			
                           IPv6 Oceania			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:29 ]
                           IPv4 South America		
                           IPv6 South America		
                           IPv4 Proxy and Satellite	
                           IPv6 Proxy and Satellite	
                           IPv4 Top Spammers		
                           IPv6 Top Spammers		
                           pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
                          Country Code Update Ended
                          
                          
                          
                          ===[  IPv4 Process  ]=================================================
                          
                          [ DNSBLIP_v4 ]			 Downloading update [ 01/02/20 16:36:29 ] .
                          [ DNSBLIP_v4 ] file_get_contents(/var/db/pfblockerng/DNSBLIP_v4.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
                          
                          
                           [ pfB_DNSBLIP_v4 - DNSBLIP_v4 ] Download FAIL
                             Local File Failure
                          
                          
                          The Following List has been REMOVED [ DNSBLIP_v4 ]
                          
                          
                          ===[  Aliastables / Rules  ]==========================================
                          
                          No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
                          No Changes to Aliases, Skipping pfctl Update
                          
                           UPDATE PROCESS ENDED
                          
                          

                          Looks like an error with DNSBLIP?

                          ~Doug

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                          • BBcan177B
                            BBcan177 Moderator
                            last edited by

                            OK I found the issue with pfBlockerNG and the "tar" error.

                            I posted a fix here (v. 2.1.4_20)
                            https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/742/files

                            Would still recommend that everyone move to pfBlockerNG-devel. Will be ending pfBlockerNG version soon.

                            The DNSBL Error might be fixed with a "Force Reload - All"

                            "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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                            • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                              Sergei_Shablovsky
                              last edited by

                              Let's to note that another one great DB exist ip2location company.
                              Like in MaxMind for end user there are free DB to download.

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                              • M
                                Making_sense_of_pfSense
                                last edited by

                                Thank you so much!

                                Running pfSense Community Edition 2.7.2 on a Qotom Mini PC.

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                                • chudakC
                                  chudak @mcury
                                  last edited by

                                  @mcury said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                  I just updated, already put my license key and it's working.

                                  How do you know it worked?

                                  I am on pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28, added MaxMind License Key, ran update and reload, but when look at
                                  ls -lah /usr/local/share/GeoIP/
                                  my files dated Dec 3 2019

                                  Did it work ?

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                                  • provelsP
                                    provels @chudak
                                    last edited by provels

                                    @chudak Probably "working" in that it no longer throws the error. MaxMind updates their data first Tuesday of every month, but pfBNG doesn't until the following Thursday in case there's a delay. Check again on the 9th. If I'm incorrect please let me know.

                                    Peder

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                                    • chudakC
                                      chudak @provels
                                      last edited by

                                      @provels
                                      Will do, thx

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                                      • J
                                        jdeloach @chudak
                                        last edited by

                                        @chudak said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                        @mcury said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                        I just updated, already put my license key and it's working.

                                        How do you know it worked?

                                        I am on pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28, added MaxMind License Key, ran update and reload, but when look at
                                        ls -lah /usr/local/share/GeoIP/
                                        my files dated Dec 3 2019

                                        Did it work ?

                                        You can run the following from the command prompt to see if it updates:
                                        "php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc", copy and paste without the quotes.

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                                          mcury @chudak
                                          last edited by

                                          @chudak I'm using 2.4.4p3 with pfBlocker-NG-devel 2.2.5_28

                                          Check if the files downloaded from maxmind are located at:

                                          ls -lah /usr/local/share/GeoIP/

                                          Check the logs during the maxmind download, as you can see, it downloaded a 4MB database file.

                                          **Saving configuration [ 01/05/20 12:32:23 ]**
                                          
                                          MaxMind Database downloading and processing ( approx 4MB ) ... Please wait ...
                                          
                                          Download Process Starting [ 01/05/20 12:32:24 ]
                                           /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz		200 OK
                                           /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip		200 OK
                                          Download Process Ended [ 01/05/20 12:32:28 ]
                                          
                                          Country code update Start
                                           Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data [ 01/05/20 12:32:31 ]
                                           Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 01/05/20 12:33:08 ]
                                           Creating pfBlockerNG Continent PHP files
                                           IPv4 Africa			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:18 ]
                                           IPv6 Africa			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:19 ]
                                           IPv4 Antarctica		
                                           IPv6 Antarctica		
                                           IPv4 Asia			
                                           IPv6 Asia			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:22 ]
                                           IPv4 Europe			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:23 ]
                                           IPv6 Europe			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:33 ]
                                           IPv4 North America		 [ 01/05/20 12:33:35 ]
                                           IPv6 North America		 [ 01/05/20 12:33:42 ]
                                           IPv4 Oceania			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:44 ]
                                           IPv6 Oceania			
                                           IPv4 South America		
                                           IPv6 South America		 [ 01/05/20 12:33:45 ]
                                           IPv4 Proxy and Satellite	 [ 01/05/20 12:33:46 ]
                                           IPv6 Proxy and Satellite	
                                           IPv4 Top Spammers		
                                           IPv6 Top Spammers		
                                           pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
                                          Country Code Update Ended
                                          

                                          dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                          • chudakC
                                            chudak @jdeloach
                                            last edited by

                                            @jdeloach said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                            @chudak said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                            @mcury said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                            I just updated, already put my license key and it's working.

                                            How do you know it worked?

                                            I am on pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28, added MaxMind License Key, ran update and reload, but when look at
                                            ls -lah /usr/local/share/GeoIP/
                                            my files dated Dec 3 2019

                                            Did it work ?

                                            You can run the following from the command prompt to see if it updates:
                                            "php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc", copy and paste without the quotes.

                                            yup that worked, thx !

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