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    Pfblocker NAT rules.

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    pfblockerng dnsbl firewall rules nat
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      tbr281
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      Hi, I’m new to pfsense/pfblocker and don’t really understand how all these rules work. There is this one issue I keep running into.. I set up pfblocker/dnsbl with a few simple feeds. The basic ads, hosts, porn etc... what’s is happening is that when I go to test one of the pages that is listed in a feed, the firewall rule completely blocks traffic to that specific site and doesn’t even hit dnsbl. So, no dns sinkhole or logging occurs. So I tried changing the NAT rules from TCP to UDP As a test and dnsbl works perfectly. Now what I see in the rule description is to not edit the rule. I left it with UDP to test it further and noticed that after 15-20 min the rule switched back to TCP on its own and went back to blocking all those domains at the firewall level instead of passing through dnsbl.
      Can someone please help me fix this issue? I’ve been trying to figure this out for a few days.

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        kolpinkb
        last edited by kolpinkb

        I'm having the same issue with pfBlocker and NAT rules. I have no issues adding white-list rules for my devices that are on a directly routed subnet. But trying to figure out how to handle an allow rule for an existing NAT rule is causing issues.

        Have you found any solution yourself as of yet?

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