PfBlockerNG
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Just to be clear: This post is not a personal attack at anybody.
Most of the problems as far as I can see where with user configuration errors. This isn't a fruity company's product. You DO actually need to configure it in order to run.
Choosing every single list on the planet without first understanding the basics is wrong.
Blocking by countries is wrong. Most web hosting "companies" (trust me, I know my competition better than they know themselves) are renting space in a "cheap-from-a-provider's POV" country (eg. US). Yes I do agree that the NSA is being run by criminals, and yes I do agree that most (all?) of them should be locked in cells with the door welded shut. Weigh in what you lose with what you get. Not arguing the "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of" meme. I'm saying that by cutting off entire countries, you risk cutting off significant portion of the "good" part of the Internet as well. For a single user, who cares. For a provider, you will, trust me.
Spend 5 minutes (time it) going through the package's options before complaining that something doesn't work. There are cases where it is a genuine bug (eg PS tab not getting synced) and other times it's a specific issue to you (eg sync not working because of special characters in the password).Take care, and wait for the configuration guides before letting the beast out of the cage ;)
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So I've downloaded pfblockerNG but cant find a tab to block the United States or North America
Eeeeh?!
So I've downloaded pfblockerNG but cant find a tab to block the United States or North America which is only in response to the US announcing yesterday they will keep all non-US traffic for 5 years. I value my privacy so I'd rather not have anything to do with US sites after this announcement which will probably make surfing interesting to say the least.
So considering the number of CIDR's for the the US, would it be best to add them to Aliases and block via a firewall rule or use pfblockerng.
Do have to say it looks comprehensive which is good and certainly an improvement over earlier attempts to block IP's en mass.
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NA country list is blocking my HE ipv6 tunnel. Tried suppression and changing order. Also tried de-selecting North America from the NA list. I have kept all countries to deny inbound.
Only way it works is by disabling NA country list entirely. Suggestions??
Anyone?
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So I've downloaded pfblockerNG but cant find a tab to block the United States or North America which is only in response to the US announcing yesterday they will keep all non-US traffic for 5 years. I value my privacy so I'd rather not have anything to do with US sites after this announcement which will probably make surfing interesting to say the least.
So considering the number of CIDR's for the the US, would it be best to add them to Aliases and block via a firewall rule or use pfblockerng.
Do have to say it looks comprehensive which is good and certainly an improvement over earlier attempts to block IP's en mass.
hmmm, so does this mean you wont be accessing the forum anymore?
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If its hosted in the US, then yes that will be the case, is it as I've not looked yet, I thought this was Canadian a business?
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This is a great package, congrats. Any tutorial available or planed to explain the multiple options?
Thank You
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If its hosted in the US, then yes that will be the case, is it as I've not looked yet, I thought this was Canadian a business?
Its based out of the US, Austin TX I believe. But with team members thru the world.
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NA country list is blocking my HE ipv6 tunnel. Tried suppression and changing order. Also tried de-selecting North America from the NA list. I have kept all countries to deny inbound.
Only way it works is by disabling NA country list entirely. Suggestions??
Anyone?
Whitelist the tunnel's IP with a rule above the pfBlockerNG's rule maybe? (pfsense interface config, or tunnelbroker should show it)
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@jflsakfja:
NA country list is blocking my HE ipv6 tunnel. Tried suppression and changing order. Also tried de-selecting North America from the NA list. I have kept all countries to deny inbound.
Only way it works is by disabling NA country list entirely. Suggestions??
Anyone?
Whitelist the tunnel's IP with a rule above the pfBlockerNG's rule maybe? (pfsense interface config, or tunnelbroker should show it)
This is what I do and it works prefect. I use floating rules, so its one of my first floater before the pfBlockerNG rules.. And I have Quick checked
P.S This is why there is an option (Rule Order) to change the way pfBlockerNG places the rules. To give you the flexible that is needed based on your setup. Since I have pfBlockerNG create floating rules, I needed to use the second Rule Order. If I wasn't using floating rules. The first option would work but I would still place my whitlisted IPs as a floating rule.
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OK a bit confused. Could you please provide some quick screen shots. Last time I added a rule it was pushed all the way down on the floating rules. Also the suppression list alias is not being loaded in the rules as well.
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Not in front of a pfsense box now, but you can find various options on where to put the automatically created rules in the pfblockerng package. One of them should allow you to have your defined rules first, and the automatically created ones (pfblockerng's) last. If you chose that option, and the rule is still created in the end, tick the rule and move it to the top manually.
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Great program works well for us. However would like to suggest 2 items:
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in the alert tab add a filter so we can easily find an offending rule affecting an IP (something like the filter in Snort).
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If somebody could provide the suggested block list to use. We have added several from IblockList but I presume there are some that are better than others. Some direction and expertise on which to use would be very helpful
Again a great program and congratulation to the team that put it together.
cjb
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I have set it to the second option as well..
pfSense Pass | PfB Pass | PfB Block/Reject
Now exactly which IP do I need to add to the top of the floating rules for HE Tunnel to work. I have tried the typical 66.220.2.74 and the gif remote address as well. Also where is the whitelist option?
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What would be the point of that?
Everything is passed through to the servers no matter what country it origins from.
:D
pfB pass/reject -> all others comes second.
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I have set it to the second option as well..
pfSense Pass | PfB Pass | PfB Block/Reject
Now exactly which IP do I need to add to the top of the floating rules for HE Tunnel to work. I have tried the typical 66.220.2.74 and the gif remote address as well. Also where is the whitelist option?
The gif address (remote) should make it work. Are you sure the floating rule you created is a quick pass rule?
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This is exactly what I have done… let me know what I may have missed..
PfBlocker enabled
All countries - Deny InboundIPv4 tab - Alias named Whitelist. Added IPv4 Custom Address - 66.220.2.74 and the gif remote address - List action is set to Permit both (open communications between pfSense and the 2 HE IP addresses)
Checked the Rules and its on the top by default through PfBlocker configuration.
Reloaded and even rebooted pfSense. Yet the tunnel is blocked. The moment I deselect the entire NA country list the tunnel is back on.
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This is exactly what I have done… let me know what I may have missed..
PfBlocker enabled
All countries - Deny InboundIPv4 tab - Alias named Whitelist. Added IPv4 Custom Address - 66.220.2.74 and the gif remote address - List action is set to Permit both (open communications between pfSense and the 2 HE IP addresses)
Checked the Rules and its on the top by default through PfBlocker configuration.
Reloaded and even rebooted pfSense. Yet the tunnel is blocked. The moment I deselect the entire NA country list the tunnel is back on.
Looks like its configured ok. Dunno why it's not working. I'll let someone else with access to a pf box to help along.
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Made progress…
If I de-select the US IPv6 list in the NA country list then the tunnel seems to be fine. Also I am back to the default PfB block/Reject rule load. So looks like the culprit is an IPv6 address on the US list..but now the question is which one is it that's blocking the HE tunnel?
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If your using pfBlockerNG to create floating rules and not using it to create your pass list for whitelisted IPs, then pfSense Pass | PfB Pass | PfB Block/Reject would be the way to go. This way your whitelisted alias is before the pfBlockerNG rules.
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This is working for me with floating rules enabled.
Default Order: | pfB_Block/Reject | All other Rules | (original format)
but now the US IPv6 list is de-selected.
