Re: [pfSense] FQDN alias update failure

2014-12-22 Thread Renato Botelho
On Dec 19, 2014, at 18:07, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: pf tables can be populated from FQDNs through pfsense aliases. However the FQDNs are not re-evaluated and pf tables are not updated after applying changes to the aliases or filter rules, creating confusion when

Re: [pfSense] FQDN alias update failure

2014-12-22 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Tue 23 Dec 2014 00:30:39 NZDT +1300, Renato Botelho wrote: Every time alias is changed, a HUP signal is sent do filterdns [1], and it triggers it to read config again and update aliases. Thanks for the tip. However a kill -HUP `cat /var/run/filterdns.pid` doesn't seem to cause an

[pfSense] FQDN alias update failure

2014-12-19 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
pf tables can be populated from FQDNs through pfsense aliases. However the FQDNs are not re-evaluated and pf tables are not updated after applying changes to the aliases or filter rules, creating confusion when setting up rules. The update only happens eventually when the filterdns background