Re: Blocklistd Issue

> On Jul 31, 2026, at 13:59, Mathias M. <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 03:12:56PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
>> I edited the /etc/blocklistd file and changed the times and counts =
for some entries.  I restarted blocklistd and it is properly using the =
new values.  However, there are a number of "old" entries showing the =
old value but with a negative time remaining.  An example:
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>> blocklistd   xxx.yyy.54.97/32:80 OK 5/5 -5d-1h-25m-13s
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>> These addresses are not in the pf anchor table.  They never seem to =
go away.  I have restarted blocklistd several times but no change.  Any =
suggestions on how to make them go away?  Thanks,
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>> -- Doug
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> I'd just 'rm /var/db/blocklistd.db' and then 'service blocklistd =
restart'.
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> Or to be on the save side maybe:
> mv /var/db/blocklistd.db /var/db/blocklistd.db.backup


Tried that.  It gave me a blocklist.db size of zero with nothing =
blocked.  Went back to the original file.  Still have a bunch of old =
entries.

-- Doug=