# How to change blocking time and unblock in suricata Opnsense **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** opnsense\ **Created:** [February 28, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/how-to-change-blocking-time-and-unblock-in-suricata-opnsense/5418 "2025-02-28T20:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freewheelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@Freewheelin](https://forum.suricata.io/u/Freewheelin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/how-to-change-blocking-time-and-unblock-in-suricata-opnsense/5418/1 "2025-02-28T20:49:26Z")
I am fairly new to using suricata 7.0.8\_2 plugin on Opnsense and was wondering when a rule blocks an Ip address how long is it blocked for and can I change the length of time a rule blocks an ip address. Also how would I unblock an ip that was blocked that is a false positive. ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Herz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/andreas_herz/32/52_2.png) [@Andreas\_Herz](https://forum.suricata.io/u/Andreas_Herz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/how-to-change-blocking-time-and-unblock-in-suricata-opnsense/5418/2 "2025-02-28T20:51:38Z")
This is an OPNsense specific implementation, please ask at the OPNSense forum [https://forum.opnsense.org/](https://forum.opnsense.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Freewheelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@Freewheelin](https://forum.suricata.io/u/Freewheelin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/how-to-change-blocking-time-and-unblock-in-suricata-opnsense/5418/3 "2025-02-28T21:36:11Z")
Thanks. I kind of figured that but thought I would ask here because nobody on the opnsense forum answere this question and thought maybe some opnsense users were here that might be able to answer this for me.