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    PfBlockerNG v2.0 w/DNSBL

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      MarcoP
      last edited by

      @anttechs edit filerlist to filterlists ;)

      About the failed downloads, if i remember right some list does include other list' IP, so if you have WAN as Outbound interface in pfBlockerNG these IPs are going to be blocked. The same should apply for the SSL error.

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        anttechs
        last edited by

        Many thanks ;)
        I'm still learning everyday lol
        mines on LAN Outbound Firewall Rules reject.
        but Wan is set to default

        I think I get it

        I disabled TLD because I had .com and most of the others in there, I may be going over the top lol

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        https://ant-techs.is/ip-blocklists

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          MarcoP @anttechs
          last edited by

          @anttechs said in PfBlockerNG v2.0 w/DNSBL:

          Many thanks ;)

          You're welcome

          I disabled TLD because I had .com and most of the others in there

          Yeap, that would be it!

          Cheers

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            beachbum2021
            last edited by

            can a dev confirm whether or not snort/suricata are available in the 2.5 dev? they are installable but not listed in services or showing in top

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              ck42
              last edited by ck42

              Was using the non-devel package and began seeing the crashes.

              Uninstalled and installed the Devel package (2.2.5_37). Still seeing this. (2.4.5-p1)

              Crash report details:

              PHP Errors:
              [13-Nov-2020 12:33:48 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc:113
              Stack trace:
              #0 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(770) : eval()'d code(1): include_once()
              #1 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(770): eval()
              #2 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(858): eval_once('include_once('/...')
              #3 /etc/rc.packages(74): install_package_xml('pfBlockerNG-dev...')
              #4 {main}
                thrown in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc on line 113
              
              

              /etc/rc.packages: New alert found: PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc, Line: 113, Message: Uncaught Error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc:113 Stack trace: #0 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(770) : eval()'d code(1): include_once() #1 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(770): eval() #2 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(858): eval_once('include_once('/...') #3 /etc/rc.packages(74): install_package_xml('pfBlockerNG-dev...') #4 {main} thrown

              Anything I need to worry about?

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS
                last edited by

                if you look at /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc

                it's about the cron jobs removal.

                // Remove discontinued pfBlockerNG CRON job
                $pfb_cron = &$config['cron']['item'];
                if (isset($pfb_cron)) {
                	foreach ($pfb_cron as $key => $item) {
                		if (strpos($item['command'], 'pfblockerng.php dc >>') !== FALSE) {
                			unset($pfb_cron[$key]);
                		}
                	}
                }
                

                Have a look at /etc/crontab, you can also install the Cron package.

                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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                  ck42 @RonpfS
                  last edited by ck42

                  @RonpfS
                  These are the current pfBlockerNG cron entries

                  # pfSense specific crontab entries
                  # Created: November 13, 2020, 2:10 pm
                  #
                  
                  0       0       4-10    *       *       root    /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dcc >> /var/log/pfblockerng/extras.log 2>&1
                  0       *       *       *       *       root    /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php cron >> /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log 2>&1
                  

                  What I don't know though is...are these two entries part of the new -Devel installation or are these the old discontinued ones - that it's supposed to remove?
                  Based on the comment line, you can see that the comments were added today, but can't say for certain if the cron entries are pre-existing or not.

                  Based on you having the -Devel version also installed and guessing that you are not seeing this error, what does your pfBlocker crontab entry look like? Match mine?

                  I don't speak PHP, so not quite sure how to evaluate that 'if' statement.

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                  • RonpfSR
                    RonpfS @ck42
                    last edited by

                    @ck42
                    I have one more

                    0	11	4-10	*	*	root	/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dcc >> /var/log/pfblockerng/extras.log 2>&1
                    0	22	*	*	*	root	/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php bl shallalist,ut1 >> /var/log/pfblockerng/extras.log 2>&1
                    15	2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23	*	*	*	root	/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php cron >> /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log 2>&1
                    
                    

                    Maybe disabling pfblockerNG will delete the pfb entries. When you install, was pfblockerNG disabled ?
                    Maybe try to install the package with pfblockerNG disabled again.

                    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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                      ck42 @RonpfS
                      last edited by ck42

                      @RonpfS
                      Disabling pfBlocker did remove the cron entries. Re-enabling did not create that third one that you have though.
                      Next, I disabled it and then re-installed it (did not uninstall and then install again manually, just used the re-install option in the package manager). Then enabled it. Still only have the two cron entries. But.....I don't seem to be seeing the crash message any longer. Interesting.
                      I'll keep an eye on it and see if this is permanent.
                      Still curious though about your third cron entry. Wondering if this is maybe due to an additional configuration somewhere in your pfBlocker configuration that you enabled that I don't have. If so, then it's not a concern.

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                      • RonpfSR
                        RonpfS @ck42
                        last edited by

                        @ck42 The entry is related to Firewall / pfBlockerNG/ DNSBL / DNSBL Category Blacklist.

                        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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