Firewall Aliases updated via ftp

[ASGR71]

Hey Guys,

Before I get carried away installing vsftpd...

I'd like to create lists of firewall aliases that are periodically updated on a local server.
Is it possible to load files into Firewall-> Aliases through ftp using the URL option?

Thanks.

[johnpoz]

@asgr71 said in Firewall Aliases:

Aliases through ftp using the URL option?

you mean like ftp:\fqdn_or_ip\listofips.txt

vs http(s):\fqdn_or_ip\listofips.txt

edit: doesn't look like that would work, putting in a ftp:\url gives this error when trying to add the alias

A valid URL or alias must be provided. Could not fetch usable data from 'ftp:\192.168.9.10\list.txt'.

[ASGR71]

@johnpoz That looks about right... with possible user/password...

additional: so http[s]?

[johnpoz]

@asgr71 I don't think it will work.. why not just host the file locally on pfsense that you can load, or via http/https? See my edit, I fired up ftp that does anonymous and put up a list.txt with some IPs in that I can load with my ftp client.

[SteveITS]

@asgr71 You can create a URL Alias. Not sure about sending credentials in the URL but it doesn't hurt to try.