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    • S
      spud last edited by

      Ok I've been here

      https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup

      And done this

      "Generate new license key"

      Then go to

      pfBlockerNG-devel - IP Tab

      to

      Copy/paste the new "License Key" into pfBlockerNG

      I can't find anywhere to paste this license key.

      So am I missing something here or what?

      Thanks

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      • NogBadTheBad
        NogBadTheBad Galactic Empire last edited by

        Need to wait till the new pfBlockerNG update is out.

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        • S
          spud last edited by

          Right don't remember reading that anywhere, thanks...

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            jacotec last edited by

            Awesome support as usual :-)
            I just hope that Netgate does not take too long to review the package ...

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            • Gertjan
              Gertjan @jacotec last edited by

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

              I just hope that Netgate does not take too long to review the package ...

              It's a package.
              I guess @BBcan177 pushes out an update as soon as he finished writing and testing.

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              • J
                jacotec @Gertjan last edited by

                @Gertjan He already pushed it ;-)
                Netgate just needs to approve it ...

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                • NogBadTheBad
                  NogBadTheBad Galactic Empire last edited by

                  Now available.

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                  • havastamas
                    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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                    • NogBadTheBad
                      NogBadTheBad Galactic Empire @havastamas last edited by

                      @havastamas

                      Screenshot 2020-01-02 at 18.18.42.png

                      Maybe wait a short while.

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                        mcury last edited by

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

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                        • havastamas
                          havastamas @NogBadTheBad last edited by

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

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                          • dragoangel
                            dragoangel last edited by dragoangel

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

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                            • NogBadTheBad
                              NogBadTheBad Galactic Empire @havastamas last edited by

                              @havastamas

                              Maybe.

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                                SteveITS 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?

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                                • dragoangel
                                  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 :)

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                                    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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                                    • BBcan177
                                      BBcan177 Moderator @dougs last edited by

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

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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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                                        • BBcan177
                                          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"

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                                          • Sergei_Shablovsky
                                            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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                                              Making_sense_of_pfSense last edited by

                                              Thank you so much!

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                                              • chudak
                                                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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                                                • provels
                                                  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.

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                                                  • chudak
                                                    chudak @provels last edited by

                                                    @provels
                                                    Will do, thx

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                                                      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
                                                        
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                                                        • chudak
                                                          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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                                                            SteveITS last edited by

                                                            @BBcan177 , on pfBlockerNG, v2.1.4_20, it looks like if I open the plugin page (Firewall/pfBlockerNG) the MaxMind License Key field is blank. maxmind_key is populated in the saved config file, which I saved after entering it...I'm thinking maybe it's not populating correctly on the page?

                                                            (saw your comment about upgrading/moving to -devel in all cases, just haven't gotten to that yet)

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                                                              jan.kerstan @jdeloach last edited by

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

                                                              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.

                                                              confirmed: running 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 -> pfBlockerNG 2.1.4_20 (updated, paste the MaxMind "License Key") worked!

                                                              Thank you very much!

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                                                              • stephenw10
                                                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by stephenw10

                                                                I'll just add that I updated the package, filled in the key and ran an update. All went smoothly. 👍

                                                                Steve

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                                                                  bjurkovski @dougs last edited by

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

                                                                  @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

                                                                  Having the same issue

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                                                                  • fireodo
                                                                    fireodo @bjurkovski last edited by

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

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

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

                                                                    Looks like an error with DNSBLIP?

                                                                    ~Doug

                                                                    Having the same issue

                                                                    Maybe an Force Update can help?
                                                                    Something else - I switched from pfblockerng to pfblockerng-devel an there is a increase of RAM usage from about 13% - is it also in your case?

                                                                    Thanks,
                                                                    fireodo

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                                                                      SteveITS @SteveITS last edited by SteveITS

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

                                                                      @BBcan177 , on pfBlockerNG, v2.1.4_20, it looks like if I open the plugin page (Firewall/pfBlockerNG) the MaxMind License Key field is blank. maxmind_key is populated in the saved config file, which I saved after entering it

                                                                      I checked several times yesterday and the field had the key in it each time I logged in. On a hunch waited until overnight again, and this morning the field is blank in the GUI. Seems so unlikely but is there some way it could disappear overnight? If I export the config file this morning it's missing, compared to my last export 3 days ago:

                                                                      <enable_log/>
                                                                      <skipfeed>0</skipfeed>
                                                                      <log_maxlines>20000</log_maxlines>
                                                                      <maxmind_key>****</maxmind_key>
                                                                      <maxmind_locale>en</maxmind_locale>
                                                                      <database_cc/>
                                                                      <inbound_interface>wan</inbound_interface>

                                                                      vs

                                                                      <enable_log/>
                                                                      <maxmind_locale>en</maxmind_locale>
                                                                      <database_cc/>
                                                                      <skipfeed>0</skipfeed>
                                                                      <log_maxlines>20000</log_maxlines>
                                                                      <inbound_interface>wan</inbound_interface>

                                                                      FWIW this is on an SG-4860 and it hasn't restarted in months.

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                                                                        MarcO42 last edited by

                                                                        Hi,
                                                                        just a quiston: If Idon't want to use GeoIP and set "Disable MaxMind CSV database Updates" checkbox I'm already get an notification every hour that "MaxMind need a license". Is there a way to block this spam without disabling the notification or uninistalling pfBlockerNG?
                                                                        Cheers
                                                                        Marco

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                                                                        • BBcan177
                                                                          BBcan177 Moderator @MarcO42 last edited by

                                                                          @MarcO42
                                                                          You need to disable the "Action" settings in the GeoIP tab and any IPv4/6 aliases that use the "GeoIP" state for the notifications to stop.

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                                                                            christopa1999 last edited by

                                                                            Instead of sign up Maxmind, can we use IP2Location database as replacement?

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                                                                              Sergei_Shablovsky @christopa1999 last edited by

                                                                              @christopa1999 said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                                                                              Instead of sign up Maxmind, can we use IP2Location database as replacement?

                                                                              Why avoid registration?
                                                                              Just using MaxMind at this moment and after IP2locations integration ready, - just choose. ;)

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                                                                                jt last edited by

                                                                                i followed the procedure and saved the registration key in our pfsense box, however, after ~1h I started to receive the email notifications again. when I checked back the box, the license key was missing. tried to put it again & save, same result. tried to generate a new key, no change.

                                                                                does anyone know what might be wrong, please?

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                                                                                  provels @jt last edited by

                                                                                  @jt Did you do a Reload/Force?

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                                                                                    BBcan177 Moderator @jt last edited by

                                                                                    @jt
                                                                                    When you hit "save" did you get an error message... you probably didn't use the correct License key. Its only alpha-numeric with no spaces etc...

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