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    • C
      Cino
      last edited by

      After a reboot, I did receive an error alert but the list still loaded:

      There were error(s) loading the rules:
      /tmp/rules.debug:21: cannot load "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerTopSpammers.txt": No such file or directory
      /tmp/rules.debug:23: cannot load "/var/db/aliastablespfBlockerBadGuys.txt": No such file or directory
      pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded - The line in question reads [21]: table <pfblockertopspammers>persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerTopSpammers.txt"</pfblockertopspammers> 
      
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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        This happens when pfBlocker is running While filter reloads. Boot is one of these cases.

        This is not a big deal as pfBlocker call filter reload when finish.

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        • C
          Cino
          last edited by

          I figured it would be normal but wanted to share just in-case

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          • E
            eri--
            last edited by

            I would recommend you to detect that you are at boot phase and do not don anything.

            I generally do not like that packages call filter_configure() but rather would like packages to go and use pfctl themselves and exploit the anchors, though it needs more familiarity with pfctl.

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              hubsd
              last edited by

              @marcelloc:

              @hubsd:

              just updated to new version and there is a problem with widget

              enabling it will cause other widgets (not all) not to be displayed (ex : interface statistics)

              I will take a look.

              EDIT

              Fixed. Reinstall package in about 15 minutes to get fixed widget file.

              thx, I confirm that it works now !

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                @ermal:

                I would recommend you to detect that you are at boot phase and do not don anything.

                OK, I will find a way.

                @ermal:

                I generally do not like that packages call filter_configure() but rather would like packages to go and use pfctl themselves and exploit the anchors, though it needs more familiarity with pfctl.

                The first generation of this package (countryblock) was editing /tmp/rules.debug. cmd asked tommyboy to change the way package apply rules.
                The fist idea to improve stability was using pfsense 2.0 native options to edit rules. So current version of pfblocker create aliases, rules and then apply with filter_configure(). This was the best way I found to apply rules when users saves pfBlocker's conf.

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                  kevross33
                  last edited by

                  Great package. I have installed the latest version and I am wondering what happened to the deny inbound/outbound option? There are cases where you may block traffic to and from these countries (like countries which both do a lot of attacks, spam etc and host a lot of malware you do not want your users contacting. Is it possible to put that back in please? Thank you

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                  • RonpfSR
                    RonpfS
                    last edited by

                    Re-Installed 0.1.4 working fine
                    one detail … Package Info link still points to Country Block http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,25732.0.html

                    2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                    Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                    Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                      firbc
                      last edited by

                      I try to update very large blocklist and I get error:

                      Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 10106374 bytes) in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 248

                      Same list work with IP-blocklist.

                      And after I put some smaller bloclist I get another error:

                      php: : There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:21: cannot define table pfBlockerblocklist: Cannot allocate memory pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded - The line in question reads [21]: table <pfblockerblocklist>persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerblocklist.txt"</pfblockerblocklist>

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        @kevross33:

                        Great package. I have installed the latest version and I am wondering what happened to the deny inbound/outbound option? There are cases where you may block traffic to and from these countries (like countries which both do a lot of attacks, spam etc and host a lot of malware you do not want your users contacting.

                        In special cases, you can choose alias only option and create your own rule using alias pfBlocker created.

                        You can also add this list into two aliases and block inbound one and block outbound other.

                        @kevross33:

                        Is it possible to put that back in please?

                        Not sure but I'll take a note.

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          @firbc:

                          I try to update very large blocklist and I get error:

                          Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 10106374 bytes) in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 248

                          Same list work with IP-blocklist.

                          The way pfBlocker downloads list is different then ipblocklist.
                          To increase php memory limit, edit php.ini:

                          php.ini location path is:
                          /usr/local/lib/php.ini or
                          /usr/local/etc/php.ini

                          Edit the memory_limit cvar to 256
                          ie. memory_limit = 256

                          save file and reboot

                          @firbc:

                          And after I put some smaller bloclist I get another error:
                          php: : There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:21: cannot define table pfBlockerblocklist: Cannot allocate memory pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded - The line in question reads [21]: table <pfblockerblocklist>persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerblocklist.txt"</pfblockerblocklist>

                          check this:

                          • Increase even more Firewall Maximum Table Entries

                          • clear ipblocklist table in diagnostics-> table

                          • check if the value of table-entries in /tmp/rules.debug is the same in Firewall Maximum Table Entries

                          • check also if table-entries is declared twice in /tmp/rules.debug

                          BUT
                          The most important thing is: read list description you are including and see if it is realy a bad guys or nasty list.

                          One example of not bad list is leve1 ip-blocklist file.
                          See its description:
                          Author's description:
                          Companies or organizations who are clearly involved with trying to stop filesharing.
                          Companies which anti-p2p activity has been seen from.
                          Companies that produce or have a strong financial interest in copyrighted material.
                          Government ranges or companies that have a strong financial interest in doing work for governments.
                          Legal industry ranges.
                          IPs or ranges of ISPs from which anti-p2p activity has been observed.

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            @RonpfS:

                            Re-Installed 0.1.4 working fine
                            one detail … Package Info link still points to Country Block http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,25732.0.html

                            Thanks, I'll fix it.

                            Ok, package info fixed.

                            Thank's for your feedback

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                            • RonpfSR
                              RonpfS
                              last edited by

                              @marcelloc:

                              In special cases, you can choose alias only option and create your own rule using alias pfBlocker created.

                              You can also add this list into two aliases and block inbound one and block outbound other.

                              Great if we use the same table inbound and outbound, we can just use one list ;o) and create a FW rule with that list aliasname ;o)

                              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                Quinn1981
                                last edited by

                                Nice going guys. :) Having trouble having lists work. I get this when the filter reloads.

                                There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:17: cannot define table pfBlockerantitorrentin: Cannot allocate memory/tmp/rules.debug:19: cannot define table pfBlockerantitorrentout: Cannot allocate memory pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded - The line in question reads [17]: table persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfBlockerantitorrentin.txt" …

                                Going to try the fixes I see in the thread and report back. Thanks again!

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  After doing tests, don't forget to save pfBlocker config again.

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                                    Quinn1981
                                    last edited by

                                    Reinstalled after the max tables resize and it works a treat. Thanks! :)

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                                    • RonpfSR
                                      RonpfS
                                      last edited by

                                      I am getting this from time to time: 404 - Not Found

                                      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        Can you paste the url that gets 404 error?

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                                        • RonpfSR
                                          RonpfS
                                          last edited by

                                          https://12.34.56.78/pkg_edit.php?xml=pfblocker.xml

                                          this happened at the same time as snort was misbehaving … I removed snort now

                                          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            the url is fine.

                                            while using some packages, the menu url is prefixed with /packages/something/.
                                            when you choose other url in menu, this prefix persists, and then a 404 error occur.

                                            This is not a problem related to pfBlocker.

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