# IPFire Projects **URL:** https://community.ipfire.org/c/ipfire-projects/42.md [Latest](https://community.ipfire.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.ipfire.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the IPFire Projects category](https://community.ipfire.org/t/about-the-ipfire-projects-category/15583)
**Author:** [@ms](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ms)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 March 2026 13:39 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/about-the-ipfire-projects-category/15583 "2026-03-09T13:39:22Z")
The projects developed and maintained by the IPFire team — from location data to domain block lists and beyond --- ## [DBL and IP Custom Lists](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dbl-and-ip-custom-lists/16177)
**Author:** [@db5589](https://community.ipfire.org/u/db5589)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [1 October 2026 07:53 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dbl-and-ip-custom-lists/16177 "2026-10-01T07:53:26Z")
Hello, I was a long time user of ipfire. I switched to pfsense and want to go back to ipfire. Currently I am testing the current version of ipfire. In older ipfire versions I used the ASN and DNS Scripts from Mike Kuke… --- ## [LG TVs and the IPFire Smart TV list](https://community.ipfire.org/t/lg-tvs-and-the-ipfire-smart-tv-list/16131)
**Author:** [@ag](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ag)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2026 09:15 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/lg-tvs-and-the-ipfire-smart-tv-list/16131 "2026-09-08T09:15:28Z")
Hi all. LG TVs have been in the news for aggressive ads, telemetry, and even mapping other devices on your network! IPFire’s DNS Firewall has a Smart TV list for this. DNS blocking will not stop local scans or anythi… --- ## [IPFire DBL Feedback](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-dbl-feedback/15475)
**Author:** [@bloater99](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bloater99)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [7 September 2026 01:13 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-dbl-feedback/15475 "2026-09-07T01:13:46Z")
I just read the new blog post on this. First, thank you! Second, this could be a game-changer for IPFire. I’m very excited about this and I think many current users will be as well as new users who will want to try it… --- ## [Peaks in excessive consumption of: zone-sync](https://community.ipfire.org/t/peaks-in-excessive-consumption-of-zone-sync/16115)
**Author:** [@roberto](https://community.ipfire.org/u/roberto)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [28 August 2026 19:44 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/peaks-in-excessive-consumption-of-zone-sync/16115 "2026-08-28T19:44:11Z")
I have machines that randomly receive warnings about memory usage spikes exceeding 90%. I created a workgroup and was able to identify the process causing these spikes. They are IPFire cards with 2GB of RAM. The profile… --- ## [Transition from pi-hole to IPFire DBL](https://community.ipfire.org/t/transition-from-pi-hole-to-ipfire-dbl/16107)
**Author:** [@ernieg92](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ernieg92)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [27 August 2026 11:32 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/transition-from-pi-hole-to-ipfire-dbl/16107 "2026-08-27T11:32:18Z")
I currently have pi-hole running on a VM on my network. IPFire sources DNS Server (pi-hole) to all DHCP clients with itself as a backup. Since the essence of pi-hole is now built-in to IPFire (domain ad blocking), I’d li… --- ## [Mail.com block since today](https://community.ipfire.org/t/mail-com-block-since-today/16080)
**Author:** [@loup001](https://community.ipfire.org/u/loup001)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2026 18:37 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/mail-com-block-since-today/16080 "2026-08-18T18:37:36Z")
Hi all, today mail.com got unreacheable. Found out, dns firewall phising category is blocking this site. Strange, anyway i disabled it. Thank’s --- ## [Office 365 urls as phishing detected!](https://community.ipfire.org/t/office-365-urls-as-phishing-detected/16018)
**Author:** [@roberto](https://community.ipfire.org/u/roberto)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [29 July 2026 08:25 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/office-365-urls-as-phishing-detected/16018 "2026-07-29T08:25:51Z")
I’ve detected a very serious problem. The issue is with Office 365 email accounts and the incorrect categorization of the service’s URLs as phishing: 10:08:46 kresd\[9437\]: \[rules \] =\> local data applied, user: 172.16.1… --- ## [Is there a quick way to figure out what Advertisement Domain is causing a site to fail?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-figure-out-what-advertisement-domain-is-causing-a-site-to-fail/15951)
**Author:** [@bloater99](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bloater99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [20 July 2026 16:21 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-figure-out-what-advertisement-domain-is-causing-a-site-to-fail/15951 "2026-07-20T16:21:40Z")
I’ve been trying to implement the Advertising DBL in the DNS Firewall at my workplace, but I keep getting users telling me that sites are broken. When I try searching through System Logs-\>DNS Unbound, there are thousand… --- ## [Github.com blocked?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/github-com-blocked/15905)
**Author:** [@lowres](https://community.ipfire.org/u/lowres)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [22 June 2026 11:52 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/github-com-blocked/15905 "2026-06-22T11:52:42Z")
Hello, Not really sure how it should work I was feed-up of a corrupted Pihole so enabled the DBL in IPFire. This morning I was happily using github.com but then suddenly it stopped working and now appears to be blocke… --- ## [DNS Firewall - Whitelisting requests](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dns-firewall-whitelisting-requests/15882)
**Author:** [@firewire](https://community.ipfire.org/u/firewire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 June 2026 05:27 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dns-firewall-whitelisting-requests/15882 "2026-06-12T05:27:51Z")
Good morning, is there a way to put somewhere whitelisting requests for the lists, respectively gather them consolidated? Eg, I discovered the news page www.heute.at stopped showing images since yesterday and manually w… --- ## [Bind9 rpz transfer not work](https://community.ipfire.org/t/bind9-rpz-transfer-not-work/15667)
**Author:** [@densin](https://community.ipfire.org/u/densin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [9 June 2026 15:15 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/bind9-rpz-transfer-not-work/15667 "2026-06-09T15:15:01Z")
config bind9 zone slave of ipfire rpz , but zone not download (no cache file saved). other slave zones trasfer is ok so should be no problem with permission.. //example zone “ads.rpz.ipfire.org” in { file “ads.rpz.ip… --- ## [URGENT: DNS service GOOGLE LISTED in RPL](https://community.ipfire.org/t/urgent-dns-service-google-listed-in-rpl/15848)
**Author:** [@jjdoran](https://community.ipfire.org/u/jjdoran)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [5 June 2026 13:51 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/urgent-dns-service-google-listed-in-rpl/15848 "2026-06-05T13:51:42Z")
Hi, I’ve just had a firewall list google.com in phishing lists:- 17:15:02 unbound: \[25802:2\] info: rpz: applied \[phishing.rpz.ipfire.org\] \*.google.com. rpz-nxdomain 192.168.3.145@37684 www.google.com. HTTPS IN 1… --- ## [IPFire domains inaccessible from Indian ISP](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-domains-inaccessible-from-indian-isp/15837)
**Author:** [@avinesh](https://community.ipfire.org/u/avinesh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [1 June 2026 17:31 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-domains-inaccessible-from-indian-isp/15837 "2026-06-01T17:31:47Z")
Since past many days I am unable to access ipfire.org and all the related domains (including this community forum) from various Indian ISPs that I tried. I can ping ipfire.org’s IP — the DNS resolution of the ipfire dom… --- ## [XK Location not found in Location DB and not displayed in UI, but exists in settings file](https://community.ipfire.org/t/xk-location-not-found-in-location-db-and-not-displayed-in-ui-but-exists-in-settings-file/15811)
**Author:** [@hjkl](https://community.ipfire.org/u/hjkl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [26 May 2026 19:03 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/xk-location-not-found-in-location-db-and-not-displayed-in-ui-but-exists-in-settings-file/15811 "2026-05-26T19:03:05Z")
I am unsure if this is the right place to post this, so please move the post to UI if needed. I see that in CU 200 /var/ipfire/firewall/locationblock contains XK and that also activated (=on) when using Check all in UI … --- ## [DNS IPFire incomplete list](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dns-ipfire-incomplete-list/15721)
**Author:** [@pscar13](https://community.ipfire.org/u/pscar13)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [3 May 2026 15:48 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dns-ipfire-incomplete-list/15721 "2026-05-03T15:48:58Z")
I’m having a problem with the DBL IPFire porn blocklist. This morning I searched for the domain boys-here.com. It’s listed in The Blocklist Project - Porn (https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/porn.txt), but it’s n… --- ## [DNS-over-HTTPS Category](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dns-over-https-category/15715)
**Author:** [@bloater99](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bloater99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [30 April 2026 15:44 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dns-over-https-category/15715 "2026-04-30T15:44:42Z")
If IPFire is already set up via firewall rule to force all DNS queries through its resolvers, is there any further benefit to enabling the DNS-over-HTTPS category? --- ## [DBL blocking exacttarget.com?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dbl-blocking-exacttarget-com/15605)
**Author:** [@kulm](https://community.ipfire.org/u/kulm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [17 March 2026 17:52 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dbl-blocking-exacttarget-com/15605 "2026-03-17T17:52:09Z")
Hi all, I’m not confident enough to use the report form for the DBL, so I start here. It looks like my postfix would receive a mail and looks up info on exacttarget.com which is listed in the malware section of the DBL: … --- ## [URL Filter Missing Categories](https://community.ipfire.org/t/url-filter-missing-categories/15593)
**Author:** [@cbrown](https://community.ipfire.org/u/cbrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [14 March 2026 23:12 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/url-filter-missing-categories/15593 "2026-03-14T23:12:43Z")
I have setup DBL with URL Filter and it seems to be working. However, I am not seeing all the DBL Categories. I have it set for automatic update, and I have manually selected update now. As you can see in the image, I … --- ## [Lack of classification](https://community.ipfire.org/t/lack-of-classification/15598)
**Author:** [@tratru](https://community.ipfire.org/u/tratru)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [13 March 2026 12:00 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/lack-of-classification/15598 "2026-03-13T12:00:35Z")
Hello everyone, Over the past few days I have been running several tests on the URL filtering system, specifically using the DBL lists and those developed by the University of Toulouse. My goal was to perform some prac… --- ## [URL exceptions for IPfire DBL in Suricata?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/url-exceptions-for-ipfire-dbl-in-suricata/15562)
**Author:** [@dnl](https://community.ipfire.org/u/dnl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [11 March 2026 13:56 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/url-exceptions-for-ipfire-dbl-in-suricata/15562 "2026-03-11T13:56:23Z")
Hello, Congratulations on the DBL feature and upcoming DNS Firewall! Great stuff! I’ve been using DNS filtering for blocking tracking, advertising and porn for many years. I really like the idea of using Suricata to ca… --- ## [Need help getting DBL working in URL Filter](https://community.ipfire.org/t/need-help-getting-dbl-working-in-url-filter/15573)
**Author:** [@bloater99](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bloater99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [10 March 2026 10:49 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/need-help-getting-dbl-working-in-url-filter/15573 "2026-03-10T10:49:10Z")
To start with, I’ve never messed around much with the proxy server and URL Filter other than many years ago when transparent proxy used to work because much of the web wasn’t encrypted. First things first: I’m not tryi… --- ## [Regarding IPFire DBL](https://community.ipfire.org/t/regarding-ipfire-dbl/15540)
**Author:** [@pscar13](https://community.ipfire.org/u/pscar13)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2026 14:53 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/regarding-ipfire-dbl/15540 "2026-03-03T14:53:54Z")
I enabled the rules in Suricata But the lists sometimes cover entire domains, which occasionally causes problems Examples: In ads → proxad.net, it blocks Debian 13 updates from debian.proxad.net In Games → nvidia.com,… --- ## [DBL "Malware" contains more than "Malware"](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dbl-malware-contains-more-than-malware/15536)
**Author:** [@napsterbater](https://community.ipfire.org/u/napsterbater)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [2 March 2026 15:39 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dbl-malware-contains-more-than-malware/15536 "2026-03-02T15:39:43Z")
The Malware list does not match the definition you give “Blocks domains known to distribute malicious software”, its blocks far more then that. If you are going to have categories, then the domains in each category shou… --- ## [IPFire DBL for Browser Extensions how to add subscription](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-dbl-for-browser-extensions-how-to-add-subscription/15474)
**Author:** [@tphz](https://community.ipfire.org/u/tphz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 February 2026 13:19 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-dbl-for-browser-extensions-how-to-add-subscription/15474 "2026-02-13T13:19:21Z")
Just for information how to add a Browser Extension subscription - e.g. uBlock Origin Adding via Right-click You can subscribe to 3rd-party filter lists by right-clicking on a link for them and selecting “Subscribe … --- ## [How do I convert location.db to sqlite3 format?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/how-do-i-convert-location-db-to-sqlite3-format/9718)
**Author:** [@xeni\_geinos](https://community.ipfire.org/u/xeni_geinos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 May 2023 19:49 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/how-do-i-convert-location-db-to-sqlite3-format/9718 "2023-05-08T19:49:09Z")
I am a Windows 10 Super User, a self-learned programmer. I live in China, but I don’t identify as a Chinese. Long story short, I am a liberal and I use VPNs to browse international internet. And I need the database to… --- ## [Updating location database fails if /var/lib/location/database.db is missing](https://community.ipfire.org/t/updating-location-database-fails-if-var-lib-location-database-db-is-missing/5828)
**Author:** [@cbrown](https://community.ipfire.org/u/cbrown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [19 July 2021 21:57 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/updating-location-database-fails-if-var-lib-location-database-db-is-missing/5828 "2021-07-19T21:57:06Z")
It seems there is an issue getting location database updates. \[root@ipfire location\]# /usr/bin/location --debug update HTTP GET Request to location.ipfire.org URL: https://location.ipfire.org/databases/1/location.db.… --- ## [Wiki page ipfire location how-to-use](https://community.ipfire.org/t/wiki-page-ipfire-location-how-to-use/3618)
**Author:** [@anon42188109](https://community.ipfire.org/u/anon42188109)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [29 October 2020 13:55 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/wiki-page-ipfire-location-how-to-use/3618 "2020-10-29T13:55:38Z")
The wiki page www.ipfire.org - How To Use? … the location is /var/lib/location/database.db @jon --- ## [Can you tel geoip blocking, to drop the country instead of rejecting the country?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/can-you-tel-geoip-blocking-to-drop-the-country-instead-of-rejecting-the-country/2729)
**Author:** [@neopegasus](https://community.ipfire.org/u/neopegasus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [18 July 2020 10:58 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/can-you-tel-geoip-blocking-to-drop-the-country-instead-of-rejecting-the-country/2729 "2020-07-18T10:58:30Z")
Hey every one, I was looking around to do some geoblocking, and I notice that as default geoip blocking will reject the connection instead of dropping is it a way to do it trough the geoip blocking tap (dropping the con…