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      tjabas last edited by

      i have the latest version of pfsense installed, and i have an openvpn client installed(hide my ass), i dont have any other addons installed.

      i have noticed that my firewall blocks ip:s all the time, theres a new ip every second in the firewall log, and the ip:s are from all of the World.
      and allmost all of them are trying to connect to my openvpn interface. and there all on different ports.

      Does anyone know why this is happening?
      Or is this a common thing?

      do i need any other addons to get a better saftey in my router?

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        timthetortoise last edited by

        They're being blocked, what's the problem?
        If you don't want them showing up in your logs, go to Status -> System Logs -> Settings, and uncheck "Log packets blocked by the default rule."

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          tjabas last edited by

          there´s no problem, im just asking if this is a common thing or if im under some kind of hacker attack?

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            timthetortoise last edited by

            It's a common thing. Tons of port scans come in from all sorts of places. If you have default drop logging turned on, your logs will fill up fast.

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              tjabas last edited by

              ok, so i dont have to worry then, is it possible that the log would be so big so it could cause a pretty full harddrive?

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                ptt Rebel Alliance last edited by

                pfSense uses a Circular Log format to maintain a constant log size. There are multiple benefits to this method, mainly that the log files cannot grow and fill up your filesystems.

                https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can%27t_I_view_view_log_files_with_cat/grep/etc%3F_(clog)

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator last edited by

                  "allmost all of them are trying to connect to my openvpn interface. and there all on different ports."

                  What? do you have installed "i have an openvpn client installed(hide my ass)"

                  There is no hide my ass openvpn client for pfsense??  How about you post up a screenshot of some of these blocks your seeing.. But yes in general there is quite a bit of noise on the internet.

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