Blocklistd Issue

[Doug Hardie]

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:

blocklistd xxx.yyy.54.97/32:80 OK 5/5 -5d-1h-25m-13s

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,

-- Doug

[Mathias M.]

I'd just 'rm /var/db/blocklistd.db' and then 'service blocklistd restart'.

Or to be on the save side maybe:
mv /var/db/blocklistd.db /var/db/blocklistd.db.backup



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[Doug Hardie]

> On Jul 31, 2026, at 13:59, Mathias M. <m...@darktemple.ch> wrote:
>
> 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:
>>
>> blocklistd xxx.yyy.54.97/32:80 OK 5/5 -5d-1h-25m-13s
>>
>> 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,
>>
>> -- Doug
>>
>
> I'd just 'rm /var/db/blocklistd.db' and then 'service blocklistd restart'.
>
> 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