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    Anybody Using Pfblocker IP Reputation?

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      dma_pf
      last edited by dma_pf

      I'm wondering if anybody here is using the IP Reputation in pfblocker? I'm curious about people's experience with it and what pro's and con's there are to using it. As well as how one would best set it up.

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        NollipfSense @dma_pf
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        @dma_pf I am however; I could not tell as I just enabled it earlier today. Why not try it yourself also...the instruction on the interface (pfBlockerNG) is straight forward...I just enabled pMax.

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          jdeloach @dma_pf
          last edited by jdeloach

          @dma_pf

          I found this on the internet and it has section on configuring IP Reputation and an example of what the different value options for pMax, Max, and dMax and what effect each value has on the number of IP addresses in a given list.

          https://nguvu.org/pfsense/pfSense-pfblockerng-configuration-guide/. It may be a little out of date since it says it was last updated in 2020 but is probably still a good reference.

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            dma_pf @NollipfSense
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            @nollipfsense @jdeloach

            Thanks for the feedback! I'm thinking about playing/exploring with it. There really isn't much about it on these forums

            And I'm hoping for some folk's real world experience with IP Reputation before I start fiddling with it and start blocking my wife and kid from everything they have going on.

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              jdeloach @dma_pf
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              @dma_pf
              The document that I referenced in a prior post here was written by @BBcan177 , the maintainer of pfBlockerNG. The example he gave there was his attempt at explaining what IP Reputation does using one of the block lists that is included in pfBlocker.

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