Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
Jan Hoevers wrote on 11-2-2008 0:30: Scott Ullrich wrote on 10-2-2008 23:06: On 2/10/08, Jan Hoevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've tested this now on a fresh install, and you're right, it will work on existing installs. The missing od issue is of course still there, but unlike I wrote in my original mail, it does not cause the script to abort. Thanks for fixing this so quickly. Where did you reinstall from? Hopefully you used the recent snapshot image? http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/ Scott No, I reinstalled 1.2-RC4, which is why the missing od issue is still there. What I wanted to say is that, after Chris fixed the URL, only a cosmetic issue is left in RC4. My original mail was partly a false alarm; existing RC4 installations will work fine now, except that the failing interval sleep may cause peaks on your server. But now I've setup a test system anyway, I'll give the snapshot a try too, thanks for the hint. Ok, I've tried that snapshot now (the one dd. 8 Feb.), and as far as I can see the issues with the bogons update script are solved. A suggestion to prevent the distribution of outdated files: Do not include the bogons file in the distribution and have pfSense fetch it at boot time if it is missing. Well, that's just a random thought; it is now basically working as it should. best regards, Jan Hoevers
Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
Scott Ullrich wrote on 10-2-2008 23:06: On 2/10/08, Jan Hoevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've tested this now on a fresh install, and you're right, it will work on existing installs. The missing od issue is of course still there, but unlike I wrote in my original mail, it does not cause the script to abort. Thanks for fixing this so quickly. Where did you reinstall from? Hopefully you used the recent snapshot image? http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/ Scott No, I reinstalled 1.2-RC4, which is why the missing od issue is still there. What I wanted to say is that, after Chris fixed the URL, only a cosmetic issue is left in RC4. My original mail was partly a false alarm; existing RC4 installations will work fine now, except that the failing interval sleep may cause peaks on your server. But now I've setup a test system anyway, I'll give the snapshot a try too, thanks for the hint. regards, Jan Hoevers
Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
On 2/10/08, Jan Hoevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tested this now on a fresh install, and you're right, it will work > on existing installs. > The missing od issue is of course still there, but unlike I wrote in my > original mail, it does not cause the script to abort. > > Thanks for fixing this so quickly. Where did you reinstall from? Hopefully you used the recent snapshot image? http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/ Scott
Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
Chris Buechler wrote on 4-2-2008 0:32: Jan Hoevers wrote: 2. On previous versions the bogons file was fetched from cymru.com, but on RC4 the script tries to get it from a pfSense server. The file is however missing on that pfSense server. I worked around this by copying the old cymru url back from RC3. Thanks for catching that, there was a typo in the URL. I fixed it, and put the file in the typo location as well so the existing installs will work also. I've tested this now on a fresh install, and you're right, it will work on existing installs. The missing od issue is of course still there, but unlike I wrote in my original mail, it does not cause the script to abort. Thanks for fixing this so quickly. regards, Jan Hoevers.
Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
Jan Hoevers wrote: > I'm running the embedded version of pfSense on a Soekris 4801. > > 1. The script starts with sleeping a random interval. This caused it to > abort with a 'od: command not found' message. Apparently the od command > is missing on the embedded platform, and I worked around this by > commenting out the random interval sleep. hmm, yes, the non-embedded 1.2rc4 suffers this too... as a quick hack I just created a /bin/od script which does "echo 10".. Scott's fix to the URL allowed the rest to work.
Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
Jan Hoevers wrote: 2. On previous versions the bogons file was fetched from cymru.com, but on RC4 the script tries to get it from a pfSense server. The file is however missing on that pfSense server. I worked around this by copying the old cymru url back from RC3. Thanks for catching that, there was a typo in the URL. I fixed it, and put the file in the typo location as well so the existing installs will work also.
Re: [pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
On 2/3/08, Jan Hoevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running the embedded version of pfSense on a Soekris 4801. > Today (3 Feb 2008) I upgraded to 1.2-RC4 and it caught my eye that the > bogons file (/etc/bogons) dated back to October 2007. > > I consider bogons filtering important, so I decided not to wait for the > next automatic update, but instead I ran the update script > (/etc/rc.bogons_update.sh) manually. > That did not work and, although I'm not exactly a shell script expert, I > decided to have a look into it. I got the script running by working > around two problems: > > 1. The script starts with sleeping a random interval. This caused it to > abort with a 'od: command not found' message. Apparently the od command > is missing on the embedded platform, and I worked around this by > commenting out the random interval sleep. Thanks, just fixed this. > 2. On previous versions the bogons file was fetched from cymru.com, but > on RC4 the script tries to get it from a pfSense server. The file is > however missing on that pfSense server. I worked around this by copying > the old cymru url back from RC3. > > Although my bogons update script is working now, I believe I didn't > choose the best possible solution for both problems. > I hope someone of the development team finds time to look into this > before the next release. Hrm. Thanks for the heads up. We'll get this correct ASAP. Scott
[pfSense-discussion] bogons update issue
I'm running the embedded version of pfSense on a Soekris 4801. Today (3 Feb 2008) I upgraded to 1.2-RC4 and it caught my eye that the bogons file (/etc/bogons) dated back to October 2007. I consider bogons filtering important, so I decided not to wait for the next automatic update, but instead I ran the update script (/etc/rc.bogons_update.sh) manually. That did not work and, although I'm not exactly a shell script expert, I decided to have a look into it. I got the script running by working around two problems: 1. The script starts with sleeping a random interval. This caused it to abort with a 'od: command not found' message. Apparently the od command is missing on the embedded platform, and I worked around this by commenting out the random interval sleep. 2. On previous versions the bogons file was fetched from cymru.com, but on RC4 the script tries to get it from a pfSense server. The file is however missing on that pfSense server. I worked around this by copying the old cymru url back from RC3. Although my bogons update script is working now, I believe I didn't choose the best possible solution for both problems. I hope someone of the development team finds time to look into this before the next release. best regards, Jan Hoevers
