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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      Do you have modified description rules? try to delete all pfblocker rules and then reaply config.

      also check what version of pfBlocker you are using. Current version is 1.0

      Everytime you apply rules, pfSense reset counters.

      Just for suggestion, spyware and Adverts works better with action deny outbound, so while browsing pfsense reject connections to these sites/links.

      Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

      Help a community developer! ;D

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        andrew0401
        last edited by

        Deleted all rules.

        Checked I am using version 1.0

        Changed spyware & ads to deny outbound

        Now have duplicate rule on WAN for TopSpammers but the new deny oubounds rules appear only once on the LAN tab

        So partially fixed!

        Thanks

        Andrew

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          darklogic
          last edited by

          Something I have noticed on my pulsemaps wordpress plugin. I have pfblocker enabled and I only allow US IP's. I been seeing on the pulsemaps data that I am getting alot of web activity from Japan in the areas of Nagano, Okaya, Suwa, Mt Kyogatake, and Ina. I also noticed some activity from Dubai which is in Saudi Arabia next toUnited Arab Emirates, and some activity from Australia from New South Wales near Narellan, Richmond, and Sydney.

          I have no IP's to go by. I can only see locations that have access my website. I am currently blocking eveything but the US.

          Any ideas?

          Thanks

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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            Change the way you apply rules.

            Unselect everything but USA and choose action alias only.

            After this, apply this alias on your wan rules.

            Example:

            Allow src pfBlockerAmerica dst wan_subnet port 80

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            Help a community developer! ;D

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              kilthro
              last edited by

              I wanted to let you know that i finally upgraded to the latest release of pfsense (been on a rc release of 2.0 forever since its been solid for me) which also forced me to go ahead and move away from countryblock and upgrade to this package. I want to say thanks and let you know that I was able to install this package, block everything except for United states, and all is going great so far. The inbound was blocked with no issue. The only thing is the outbound. It would never add the rules to the table to block those no matter what i selected in the package. I just created my own rules with the alias of the countries from pfblocker and all is working great. The counter on the widget works on both inbound and outbound :-).

              Thanks so much for putting this together!!!!!
              Donation incoming too. :-)

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                @kilthro:

                I was able to install this package, block everything except for United states

                take a look on post above yours.
                If your are blocking everything except United states, It`s better changing the way you apply rules.

                @kilthro:

                Thanks so much for putting this together!!!!!
                Donation incoming too. :-)

                Thank you  ;D

                Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                Help a community developer! ;D

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                  kilthro
                  last edited by

                  @marcelloc:

                  @kilthro:

                  I was able to install this package, block everything except for United states

                  take a look on post above yours.
                  If your are blocking everything except United states, It`s better changing the way you apply rules.

                  [
                  [/quote]

                  Thank you  ;D

                  Sorry let me rephrase. I am successfully blocking everything but the US as I planned. So it is working just fine. There is no issue. All networks appear to be blocked except for US and thats good!!!

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    Yes, I understood that.

                    The suggestion was just to use less resources from firewall.

                    Allow access to 40.000 network and block anything else is less work then block all countries CIDRs and allow what is not matched.

                    Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                    Help a community developer! ;D

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                      kilthro
                      last edited by

                      Oh i c. That makes sense. Right now seems to be ok but if I see performance issues, I will take that in mind and change it up.

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                        trafficking
                        last edited by

                        Firstly, thank you for the excellent package.  I greatly enjoy using 3rd party lists to do IP blocking and have pfblocker configured and running the way I like it.  That said, I do have a couple questions.

                        1. I prefer to block inbound and outbound connections on all interfaces and use pfblocker aliases with 2 floating rules to do this.  Is this the preferred method or is there another way I am missing?

                        2. Not directly a pfblocker question, but in what order are floating rules applied?  Do they come before or after the individual interface rules?

                        Thank you very much for all your hard work!

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          1. I prefer to block inbound and outbound connections on all interfaces and use pfblocker aliases with 2 floating rules to do this.  Is this the preferred method or is there another way I am missing?

                          Define action as alias only and create your rules. That's the best way.

                          Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                          Help a community developer! ;D

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                            justsomeguy6575
                            last edited by

                            This seems like a very good package. However I'm having trouble getting lists to work properly.

                            I can make a list with this url in gz format and it works fine and creates an alias:
                            http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_spyware&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz

                            For some reason no matter what I try I can't get this list to load in either txt or gz format. No alias is created and nothing is blocked.
                            https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=ipblocklist

                            Any ideas? Thanks

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              For some reason no matter what I try I can't get this list to load in either txt or gz format. No alias is created and nothing is blocked.
                              https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=ipblocklist

                              This list is in txt format and returns only ips, not CIDR or ip ranges.

                              so,

                              :)

                              version 1.0.1 is out with:

                              • fixed pfBlocker to check lists with single ips

                              • updated country ip files

                              • Return of Deny Both action(Inbound and Outbound)

                              • Improved some GUI info

                              Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                              Help a community developer! ;D

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                                justsomeguy6575
                                last edited by

                                Wow.. thanks marcello! New version seems to work great.

                                Nice work, thanks again

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                                  vg8open
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you for a great package!  I just have one minor request for this package.  Can you add more granular options for the list update frequency?  Something like the attached image?

                                  Thanks,

                                  -Brian

                                  schedule.PNG
                                  schedule.PNG_thumb

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                                    KongGulerod
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanx for a great package - I like how it integrates and uses pfSense 2.0 firewall aliases and WAN/LAN rules :-)

                                    A small observation and fix request (latest pfSense 2.0 release + latest pfBlocker):

                                    After placing the pfBlocker widget on the bottom part of my long pfSense 2.0 dashboard page with vertical scrollbar, I observed that the dashboard page/scrollbar automatically reverted back to the top of the page at a fixed interval (every 5-10 secs).

                                    This is a bit annoying if I am looking at data from a widget in the bottom part of the dashboard page - and every 5-10 seconds the page jumps to the top (internal pfBlocker refresh?) and I have to manually use the scrollbar/mouse/arrow-keys to navigate back down to the bottom of the page.

                                    If I temp. removed the pfBlocker widget from dashboard the mis-behaviour went away also.

                                    Hope you can reproduce this scenario and look forward to next release :-)

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                                    • marcellocM
                                      marcelloc
                                      last edited by

                                      I observed that the dashboard page/scrollbar automatically

                                      Thanks for the feedback.

                                      I`ve removed scroll call in widget.

                                      reinstall package in about 15 minutes.

                                      If you have many widgets, consider testing widescreen package. It may help you.

                                      Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                      Help a community developer! ;D

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                                      • AhnHELA
                                        AhnHEL
                                        last edited by

                                        Reinstalled and now I'm not getting any CIDRs or Packets in the widget.

                                        ![Screen Shot 2011-12-20 at 1.47.33 PM.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2011-12-20 at 1.47.33 PM.png)
                                        ![Screen Shot 2011-12-20 at 1.47.33 PM.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2011-12-20 at 1.47.33 PM.png_thumb)

                                        AhnHEL (Angel)

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                                        • marcellocM
                                          marcelloc
                                          last edited by

                                          fixed javascript again, try reinstall in 15 minutes.

                                          Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                          Help a community developer! ;D

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                                            LEPM
                                            last edited by

                                            pf 2.0 i386 + squid+squidguard+pfblocker 1.0 and 1.0.1 works very well (deny inbound)

                                            pfblocker 1.0.1+ deny both, crash pfsense!!
                                            reboot and crash,crash…
                                            changing to deny inbound,works well again

                                            Your new system is probably coming with some hyper trash like Windows 8

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