Q-Feeds compatibility with other security plugins?

[tangofan]

I'm running OPNsense 26.1.2_5 and right now I'm using the CrowdSec and the ZenArmor plugins (the latter with a home subscription). Is Q-Feeds compatible with those, that means can I run Q-Feeds at the same time as the other two?

Also I'm trying to understand, what Q-Feeds does. My current understanding is that it works somewhat similar to CrowdSec in that it provides blocklists for IP-addresses that are deemed threats. Is that correct? If so, should I prefer Q-Feeds over CrowdSec (or vice versa) or does it make sense to run both?

[Q-Feeds]

Hi Tangofan,

Yes the plugin is completely compatible with the other plugins, there's no interference at all.

You assumption is right, it also includes a domain list to use in conjunction with Unbound or DNScrypt-proxy. For the IP side of things you need to create firewall rules indeed with the created alias as a source or destination. For the rule order we would advise to test it out, it doesn't really matter which one blocks first in terms of safety. In terms of benchmarking the solutions you could switch them around and compare the hits with each other ;-)