[stunnel-users] Connecting stunnels

Thu Mar 31 08:16:24 CEST 2016

Hi Ludolf,

Thanks for you reply.

Sorry, my first explanation was a bit fuzzy.

I modofied your picture a bit to explain what I want :

   stunnel client          stunnel server          stunnel client
 +---------------+       +------------------+    +---------------+
 |               |       |                  |    |               |
 | telnet client |       |    5.6.7.8:993 <======== 4.5.6.7:y    |
 | 127.0.0.1:x   |       |      stunnel     |    |    stunnel    |
 |  :            |       |    127.0.0.1:q   |    |  127.0.0.1:p  |
 |  :            |       |         :        |    |       :       |
 |  V            |       |         :        |    |       :       |
 | 127.0.0.1:23  |       |    127.0.0.1:z   |    |       V       |
 | stunnel       |       |        stunnel   |    | 127.0.0.1:23  |
 | 1.2.3.4:y ===============> 5.6.7.8:992   |    |  telnetserver |
 |               |       |                  |    |               | 
 +---------------+       +------------------+    +---------------+ 

In the stunnel server I'd like to connect the 2 tunnels
in order that telnet client can connect to telnet server.

Does stunnel have some solution for it? Or Do you know some standard stable and easy solution for it in Linux?

Thanks & Kind regards,
Gabor

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From: stunnel-users [stunnel-users-bounces at stunnel.org] on behalf of Ludolf Holzheid [lholzheid at bihl-wiedemann.de]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:49 PM
To: stunnel-users at stunnel.org
Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Connecting stunnels

On Wed, 2016-03-30 12:45:25 +0000, Juhasz Gabor wrote:
> Hi Ludolf,
>
> Thanks for you reply.
>
> Yes, I mean how you wrote.
>
> Could you write the name of this feature or doc to understand how it works.

Hi Gabor,

I don't have a link to post, but you don't need any special feature of
stunnel.

The idea is to have two instances of stunnel, one of them on the
client's host and the other on the server's host.

The client connects to the local stunnel instance (which is to be run
in client mode, 'client = yes').  This stunnel instance establishes an
encrypted connection to the instance on the server's host, which in
turn sets up a clear-text connection to the server (which is to be run
in server mode, 'client = no').

For instance, to encrypt a telnet connection:

  client's host            server's host
 +---------------+       +----------------+
 |               |       |                |
 | telnet client |       |  telnet server |
 | 127.0.0.1:x   |       |    127.0.0.23  |
 |  :            |       |     ^          |
 |  :            |       |     :          |
 |  V            |       |     :          |
 | 127.0.0.1:23  |       |    127.0.0.1:z |
 | stunnel       |       |        stunnel |
 | 1.2.3.4:y ===============> 5.6.7.8:992 |
 |               |       |                |
 +---------------+       +----------------+

The vertical connections (with colons) are clear-text, the horizontal
connection (with equal signs) is encrypted.

Ludolf

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