What is pfBlockerNG?

What is pfBlockerNG?

pfBlockerNG is a package that can be installed in pfSense to provide the firewall administrator with the ability to extend the firewall’s capabilities beyond the traditional stateful L2/L3/L4 firewall.

What is SquidGuard in pfSense?

squidGuard is a URL redirector used to integrate blacklists with the Squid proxy software. Limit the web access for some users to a list of accepted/well known web servers and/or URLs only. Block access to some listed or blacklisted web servers and/or URLs for some users.

What is PF blocker?

PfBlocker is a package for pfSense version 2. x that allows you to add IP block list and country block functions to a pfSense firewall or router. PfBlocker was created to replace the functions of the IP Blocklist and Country Block packages.

Is pfBlockerNG free?

pfBlockerNG is an excellent Free and Open Source package developed for pfSense® software that provides advertisement blocking and malicious content blocking, as well as geo-blocking capabilities. pfBlockerNG also allows you to block internet traffic from specific IP addresses.

How do I use pfBlockerNG?

Instructions

1. Log in to pfSense GUI.
2. Choose System > Package Manager.
3. Choose Available packages then scroll down to pfBlockerNG and clock Save.
4. Once the package is installed, choose Firewall > pfBlockerNG.
5. On the General tab, enable the following options:
6. Choose DNSBL from the pfBlockerNG menu.

What Squid and SquidGuard packages are for?

access control
Squid / SquidGuard / LightSquid The SquidGuard package is a plug-in for Squid and is used for access control based on a URL or a domain. It can be configured to block or allow the traffic, based on client or destination. If blocked, SquidGuard can be configured to redirect to an error page.

What is SquidGuard used for?

SquidGuard is a URL redirector software, which can be used for content control of websites users can access. It is written as a plug-in for Squid and uses blacklists to define sites for which access is redirected. SquidGuard must be installed on a Unix or Linux computer such as a server computer.

How do I block pfSense ads?

To block ads pfsense uses a special package called pfBlockerNG, this package can also be chosen to block malware, adult sites, and many more. This package has two parts DNSBL (DNS blocking) and GeoIP blocking but to block ads, we only need to configure the dnsbl portion.

Should I use pfBlockerNG?

pfBlockerNG is an absolutely amazing package and in my opinion, a pfSense install is not complete without it. pfBlockerNG can add other security enhancements that I’ve discussed on this site such as blocking known bad IP addresses with blocklists (link below).

What is pfSense snort?

Snort is an intrusion detection and prevention system. It can be configured to simply log detected network events to both log and block them. The package is available to install in the pfSense® webGUI from System > Package Manager. Snort operates using detection signatures called rules.

What is the difference between pfblockerng and SquidGuard?

PfBlockerNG will sync IP lists and allow you to create firewall rules based on them. For example, you could select certain countries and have any outbound traffic to them automatically blocked. This addon works with the pfSense firewall directly. SquidGuard is an addon to the Squid proxy.

Does SquidGuard work with the pfSense firewall?

This addon works with the pfSense firewall directly. SquidGuard is an addon to the Squid proxy. Squid is most often used as a web browsing proxy service. SquidGuard will allow you to block or redirect traffic matching certain patterns or categories.

What is the difference between squidsquidguard and squidproxy?

SquidGuard allows the control of HTTP (and some other protocols Squid can handle) traffic hitting a Squid proxy They’re different tools for different purposes. None of us can say that one’s better than the other without knowing the use case. But SquidProxy also can controll traffic with a IP blacklist, so they both do the same thing in the end?

What is pfblockerng and how does it work?

What is pfBlockerNG? pfBlockerNG is a pfSense package created by BBCan177 based upon the previous work of Marcello Coutinho and Tom Schaefer. The intent was to extend pfSense’s core firewall functionality with the ability to further control and manage inbound and outbound access through the firewall with the use of IP and DNS control lists.