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      jrey @iain
      last edited by

      @iain said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

      "secret-agent-v1"

      nice -- I like using "bobisyouruncle"

      the code should likely go through @BBcan177 so it can get into the package

      that said you are providing the diff based on the original code, which a few of us have changed based on BBcan177's "try this" earlier -- no big deal at this point I can revert back to original make the change and then force a failure to test.

      Although it looks fine, I likely won't change this today, I've got other "real" work to do. tee off in 40 minutes (priorities)

      Thanks

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator @jrey
        last edited by

        I made some changes to my gist. Pls redownload and see how it goes. Should show a dashboard error on a fail now

        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
        Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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          Bob.Dig LAYER 8
          last edited by Bob.Dig

          With 3.2.0_6 I see now this.

          [ AS202425_v4 ]			 Downloading update [ 08/14/23 22:42:23 ] .
            Downloading ASN: 202425... completed
          parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
          . completed ..
            Empty file, Adding '127.1.7.7' to avoid download failure.
            ------------------------------
            Original Master     Final     
            ------------------------------
            0        0          0           [ Pass ] 
            -----------------------------------------------------------------
          

          Deleting files in /var/db/pfblockerng didn't helped.

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          • BBcan177B
            BBcan177 Moderator @Bob.Dig
            last edited by

            @Bob-Dig

            Netgate approved my changes a bit early, as I am still waiting on a reply to my support ticket with BGPview/Security Trails/Recorded Future.

            The API is probably still blocking the agent string as it contains "pfBlockerNG"

            So in the short term, after upgrading to the latest version, re-download the patch that I posted in this thread.

            Will keep everyone updated as I can

            "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
            Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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              jrey @BBcan177
              last edited by

              @BBcan177

              the version you placed on the test URL for
              the first ua assignment
              is the old "pfSense/pfBlockerNG .... "
              the second one further down is the new
              "pfSense/pfBNG.....

              I didn't see anything appear on the dashboard when it failed but the IP count sure dropped on the dashboard.
              Downloading ASN: (masked) ........... completed ..
              Empty file, Adding '127.1.7.7' to avoid download failure.

              I changed the first ua back to pfSense/pfBNG as it was in the previous round of testing and of course it downloaded fine.
              I'll leave it until morning and look at it more.

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              • fireodoF
                fireodo @BBcan177
                last edited by fireodo

                @BBcan177 said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

                So in the short term, after upgrading to the latest version, re-download the patch that I posted in this thread.

                That's what I have done after update to 3.2.0_6 and everything OK here ...
                (The decisive factor seems to be the user agent.)

                Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                pfsense 2.7.2 CE
                Packages: Apcupsd Cron Iftop Iperf LCDproc Nmap pfBlockerNG RRD_Summary Shellcmd Snort Speedtest System_Patches.

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                  jrey @BBcan177
                  last edited by jrey

                  @BBcan177

                  So this code works --- I removed the
                  the check for the "error" strings if the file is html (is not needed IMHO) as the only check needed is that you have successful json file ie:
                  "Query was successful"

                  you could optionally add an addition look here to see if the file also contains "prefix" as not having any "prefix" in the response would likely imply that they returned an AS the has no IP's associated (not sure that would/could happen) - so that for another day.

                  I've also changed the grep to only return a "count" -c of the "Query was successful" there should alway only be 1. If the json every came back with more, that would be bad. If the file has 0, it is not that json you expect. Also using count, the entire response string doesn't need to be loaded into the variable (which ultimately saves memory assignment/reassigment)

                  move the "break" inside the successful part of the if (so the intended retries work) and only break out on success

                                              if [ -e "${asntemp}" ] && [ -s "${asntemp}" ]; then
                                                      printf "."
                                                      successful="$(grep -c 'Query was successful' ${asntemp})"
                                                      if [ ${successful} == 1 ]; then
                                                              found=true
                                                              echo ". completed"
                                                              echo "### AS${asn}: ${host} ###" >> "${pfborig}${alias}.orig"
                                                              cat "${asntemp}" | "${pathjq}" -r ".data.ipv${_bgp_type}_prefixes[].prefix" >> "${pfborig}${alias}.orig"
                                                              break
                                                      else
                                                              echo ". Failed to download ASN"
                                                              echo " [ AS${asn}: ${host} ] FAILED to download ASN [ ${now} ]" >> "${errorlog}"
                                                              touch "${pfborig}${alias}.fail"
                                                      fi
                                              else
                                                              sleep_val="$((i * 2))"
                                                              sleep "${sleep_val}"
                                              fi
                  

                  with the the ua="pfSense/pfBlockerNG cURL download agent-"
                  it now tries the 5 times intended and ends up on the dashboard as intended
                  ASN failed.png

                  the associated trash can does clear the error from the dashboard

                  the associate pfblockerng.log shows the appropriate reties (and in my case yes I logged the command called ;-) )
                  Downloading ASN: masked.
                  .. Failed to download ASN
                  .
                  .. Failed to download ASN
                  .
                  .. Failed to download ASN
                  .
                  .. Failed to download ASN
                  .
                  .. Failed to download ASN
                  . completed ..

                  Now at this point it still has an empty file so it
                  Empty file, Adding '127.1.7.7' to avoid download failure.
                  (this can be fixed so that if the empty file is a result of 5 failed download attempts it doesn't replace it, which may be "better" )

                  so next was to change the ua back to the new (temporary perhaps) norm.
                  ua="pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent-"

                  Downloading ASN: (masked).
                  .. completed
                  . completed ..

                  which it gets on the first try and the resulting files contain the IPs as expected. All good.

                  final comment -
                  the only issue with pfsense/pfBlockerNG is the cookie/javascript request which returns the HTML of the moment.
                  a "standard" build of curl should have the option to handle the cookie and it would work. The pfSense build of curl isn't dare we say standard (ie is missing these options)
                  on another box the ua="pfSense/pfBlockerNG .... works just fine, because the cookie is processed.

                  Cheers

                  Edit -- actually playing with curl on the netgate - the options for it to handle cookies are in fact available on the command line (not in the curl --help) I can create the cookie jar, but for some reason it is not responding to the cookie request like it does on another box. so it might in fact just be a "bug" in the build on Netgate. I'm not going to chase this, and the issue is there should be no cookie response from a json api in the first place. why BGPView is only making the request for "pfSense/pfBlockerNG in the agent string, hope they provide you some insight.

                  just out of curiosity I changed the ua to "cURL download pfSense/pfBlockerNG agent-" and it works.. so they really just don't want pfSense/pfBlockerNG at the start of the agent string. go figure

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                    jrey @jrey
                    last edited by

                    @BBcan177

                    Another tweak would be to only have it write and update the error if all the attempts fail
                    currently if try 1,2 3 fail and 4 works (simply because of download issues) there will still be 3 failed attempt in the error file.
                    which would show on the dashboard,
                    writing the error and touching the "failed" file only on the 5 and final failure would be appropriate

                    so

                    					echo ". Failed to download ASN"
                                                                if [ ${i} == 5 ]; then 
                    					  echo " [ AS${asn}: ${host} ] FAILED to download ASN [ ${now} ]" >> "${errorlog}"
                    					  touch "${pfborig}${alias}.fail"
                                                                fi
                    

                    resulting in one notice and only if all 5 attempts fail.

                    Screen Shot 2023-08-15 at 1.42.22 PM.png

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                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8
                      last edited by Bob.Dig

                      @manilx said in No ASN shown in reports any longer:

                      There is a patch mentioned "curl -o /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.sh "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/BBcan177/1c1fee14759bc574350a3bc85b63a57e/raw"

                      Should I apply this? Run from the pfsense CLI I suppose?

                      For me, it is still failing with that patch. I guess we have to wait.

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                        jrey @Bob.Dig
                        last edited by

                        @Bob-Dig

                        yes because line 761 in that file is still wrong and then the "if" statement in the raw "patch" just masks the fact.

                        I had emailed @BBcan177 a patch file that can be applied from system patches, but there has been no response or change thus far.

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                          jrey @Bob.Dig
                          last edited by jrey

                          @Bob-Dig

                          I believe that the "final" patch should come from dev source.

                          Edit: if you are applying this patch, make sure you set the Path Strip Count and Base Directory as shown in the screen capture.

                          However, if you install/reinstall 3.0.2_6 and then build a patch as shown below, you will get ASN files that update, dashboard notifications when it doesn't and extra logging to help you determine if/when things go wrong. I've been running this for days without further issue and turned it into a patch file on the 17th

                          System -> Patches
                          add a custom patch that looks like this(just what I called it)
                          Screen Shot 2023-08-20 at 7.43.55 AM.png

                          in the patch contents field paste this:
                          (you can then apply and/or revert if you don't like it)

                          --- /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.sh	2023-08-14 13:37:26.000000000 -0400
                          +++ /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.sh.jrey	2023-08-17 06:56:23.376553000 -0400
                          @@ -739,6 +739,7 @@
                           
                           	# Backup previous orig file
                           	if [ -e "${pfborig}${alias}.orig" ]; then
                          +		printf "\n mv ${pfborig}${alias}.orig ${pfborig}${alias}.bk\n"
                           		mv "${pfborig}${alias}.orig" "${pfborig}${alias}.bk"
                           	fi
                           
                          @@ -758,7 +759,7 @@
                           			asn="$(echo ${host} | tr -d 'AaSs')"
                           			printf "  Downloading ASN: ${asn}"
                           
                          -			ua="pfSense/pfBlockerNG cURL download agent-"
                          +			ua="pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent-"
                           			guid="$(/usr/sbin/gnid)"
                           			ua_final="${ua}${guid}"
                           
                          @@ -767,28 +768,30 @@
                           			for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
                           				printf "."
                           				"${pathcurl}" -A "${ua_final}" -sS1 "${bgp_url}" > "${asntemp}"
                          +                                printf "\n ${pathcurl} -A \"${ua_final}\" -sS1 ${bgp_url} > ${asntemp} \n"
                           
                           				if [ -e "${asntemp}" ] && [ -s "${asntemp}" ]; then
                           					printf "."
                          -					unavailable="$(grep 'Service Temporarily Unavailable\|Server Error' ${asntemp})"
                          -					if [ -z "${unavailable}" ]; then
                          +					successful="$(grep -c 'Query was successful' ${asntemp})"
                          +     					if [ ${successful} == 1 ]; then
                           						found=true
                          -						echo ". completed"
                          +						echo ". completed (Download Valid)"
                           						echo "### AS${asn}: ${host} ###" >> "${pfborig}${alias}.orig"
                           						cat "${asntemp}" | "${pathjq}" -r ".data.ipv${_bgp_type}_prefixes[].prefix" >> "${pfborig}${alias}.orig"
                           						break
                           					else
                          +						echo ". Failed to download ASN"
                          +                                                if [ ${i} == 5 ]; then 
                          +							echo " [ AS${asn}: ${host} ] FAILED to download ASN [ ${now} ]" >> "${errorlog}"
                          +							touch "${pfborig}${alias}.fail"
                          +                                                fi
                          +					fi
                          +				else
                           						sleep_val="$((i * 2))"
                           						sleep "${sleep_val}"
                          -					fi
                           				fi
                           			done
                           
                          -			if [ ! -z "${unavailable}" ]; then
                          -				echo ". Failed to download ASN"
                          -				touch "${pfborig}${alias}.fail"
                          -			fi
                          -
                           			if [ "${multiple}" -gt 0 ]; then
                           				sleep 1
                           			fi
                          @@ -798,23 +801,27 @@
                           	# Restore previous orig file
                           	if [ "${found}" == false ]; then
                           		if [ -e "${pfborig}${alias}.bk" ]; then
                          +			printf "restore bk file\n"
                           			mv "${pfborig}${alias}.bk" "${pfborig}${alias}.orig"
                           		else
                          +			printf "making an empty orig file\n"
                           			echo > "${pfborig}${alias}.orig"
                          +			echo " [ AS${asn}: ${host} ] Made Empty Original file ${pfborig}${alias}.orig [ ${now} ]" >> "${errorlog}"
                          +			touch "${pfborig}${alias}.fail"
                           		fi
                           	else
                           		if [ -e "${pfborig}${alias}.bk" ]; then
                          +			printf "removing bk file\n"
                           			rm -f "${pfborig}${alias}.bk"
                           		fi
                           	fi
                           }
                           
                          -
                           # Function to convert IP to ASN
                           iptoasn() {
                           	host="${alias}"
                           
                          -	ua="pfSense/pfBlockerNG cURL download agent-"
                          +	ua="pfSense/pfBNG cURL download agent-"
                           	guid="$(/usr/sbin/gnid)"
                           	ua_final="${ua}${guid}"
                           
                          

                          Screen Shot 2023-08-20 at 7.50.39 AM.png

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                            manilx @jrey
                            last edited by

                            @jrey said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

                            System -> Patches
                            add a custom patch that looks like this(just what I called it)
                            Screen Shot 2023-08-20 at 7.43.55 AM.png

                            Hi I just reinstalled 3.2.0_6 and created a patch as you described. Run Force Reload Task - All and got the follwoing errors in the log:

                            [ Manually_blocked_Domains_custom_v4 ] Reload
                              Downloading ASN: 202425... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 207812... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 50360... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 204428... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 202425... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 207812... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 44446... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 207812... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 398324... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 207812... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 202425... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 23528... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                              Downloading ASN: 29470... completed
                            parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 10
                             . completed ..
                            

                            Netgate 8200max

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                              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @manilx
                              last edited by Bob.Dig

                              For me it is also not working but I haven't reinstalled pfBlocker.

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                                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @jrey
                                last edited by Bob.Dig

                                @jrey said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

                                However, if you install/reinstall 3.0.2_6 and then build a patch as shown below, you will get ASN files that update, dashboard notifications when it doesn't and extra logging to help you determine if/when things go wrong. I've been running this for days without further issue and turned it into a patch file on the 17th

                                Have to correct myself, it is working great. Looks like you really have I had to reinstall pfBlocker. Thanks man!

                                Capture.PNG

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                                  jrey @manilx
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                                    manilx @jrey
                                    last edited by

                                    @jrey I had the "Path Strip Count" wrong (2).
                                    Reinstalled pfblocker, applied the patch and all working.

                                    Thx!

                                    Netgate 8200max

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                                      jrey @Bob.Dig
                                      last edited by

                                      @Bob-Dig said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

                                      really have to reinstall pfBlocker.

                                      you have to start from a clean 3.0.2_6 base, you can just reinstall that, (for clarity not a complete reinstall of pfblockerNG) and do not install the raw file first

                                      just go from fresh 3.0.2_6 directly to the patch.

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                                        jrey @manilx
                                        last edited by

                                        @manilx

                                        so you had to change it from 2 to 0 as shown in the screen shot I provided :-)

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                                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @jrey
                                          last edited by Bob.Dig

                                          @jrey said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

                                          you have to start from a clean 3.0.2_6 base, you can just reinstall that, (for clarity not a complete reinstall of pfblockerNG) and do not install the raw file first

                                          just go from fresh 3.0.2_6 directly to the patch.

                                          Now second instance is patched, thank you. Problem on first attempt was the original patch that couldn't fix it.

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                                            fireodo @jrey
                                            last edited by fireodo

                                            @jrey said in pfBlockerNG ASN downloads only contain a header:

                                            @Bob-Dig
                                            I had emailed @BBcan177 a patch file that can be applied from system patches, but there has been no response or change thus far.

                                            Just a reflection - maybe the curl user agent should be created randomly ...?

                                            Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                                            SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                                            pfsense 2.7.2 CE
                                            Packages: Apcupsd Cron Iftop Iperf LCDproc Nmap pfBlockerNG RRD_Summary Shellcmd Snort Speedtest System_Patches.

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