pfBlockerNG - unbound-control process spikes CPU to 100% every few seconds [SOLVED]
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@stephenw10 & @johnpoz i have finally resolved the issue after weeks of digging.
It turned out that i caused the issue by adding this DNSBL list in my DNSBL feeds. First i thought that the amount of entries in this list was the cause, but then i replaced it with with this one, which has over million entries in it and everything is still working fine.
On top of all that, the problematic list of domains is no longer supported and it was last updated 2 years ago. "Project" is abandoned and moved to another github page.
Lesson learned here. Make sure you know what are you adding in your feeds. Make sure to use only verified lists that get consistently updated.
Thank you guys for your help.
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So just the list containing a bunch of obsolete domains?
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@stephenw10 said in pfBlockerNG - unbound-control process spikes CPU to 100% every few seconds [SOLVED]:
So just the list containing a bunch of obsolete domains?
Not sure how many domains in that list are obsolete, and if that was the issue, however, what led me to actually remove the list is the fact that there are tons of legit domains in that list that pfBlocker was blocking. If you check the list, you will see asus.com and sony.com in there. And there is absolutely no reason to blacklist those sites. They are legit.
Then I thought this was actually a whitelist that i was using as blacklist, but then you find all those porn sites in there and tons of other entries that are present in legit block lists. Its a mess.
I just removed it and it all works.
