[stunnel-users] stunnel HUP bug

Stefan Behte s.behte at babiel.com
Wed Feb 9 15:28:53 CET 2011


Hi,

>It's a good idea, but quite tough to implement.  It would require passing
>socket descriptors, configuration file, certificates, private keys, CRLs,
>and possibly other stuff between processes with different permissions.

That's true.

>Alternatively I could just drop support for setuid and chroot, as my
>budget is much smaller than the budget of Apache Foundation:
>http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2010/board_minutes_2010_04_21.txt

I don't blame you, I am well are that you are not backed by a large team of programmers and money. It was just meant as an idea how to enhance stunnel, not as a complaint. I'm sorry, if you got me wrong. A workaround exists and I am satisfied with that. :)

Thanks!

Stefan Behte



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