Getting hundreds of 'block drop in log all label "Default deny rule"'

geoff.sim

I am running pfSense within VMware, connected to a router in modem-mode, using ppoe.
There are two switches between pfSense and the modem.

My firewall is reporting hundreds of,

@1 scrub on em1 all fragment reassemble
@1 block drop in log all label "Default deny rule"

These are happening every few seconds.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I guess one of the questions is, where is this "Default deny rule", and can I turn off the firewall temporarily?

geoff.sim

ok, so it's normal for a stateful firewall ::)

It just makes it difficult IMHO to see proper firewall issues in amongst all this "harmless" noise.
Maybe better filtering options could help here.

jimp

2.1 has a lot better filtering in the firewall log.

You can also add your own block rules without log set to match traffic that you don't want to see in the logs.