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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>John A. Wallace<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:35 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> stunnel-users@stunnel.org<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [stunnel-users] linux default installation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello. I am comparing a default installation of “stunnel.conf” in Linux with that in Windows, and I found some differences that I have a couple questions about. The Windows installation installed in client mode by default, but the one for Linux in server mode. I made a backup copy of the default files for both. For now I want to run stunnel in Linux in client mode, so I am making some changes to it. The installed default for these six parameters are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Client=no<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chroot=/var/lib/stunnel/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Setuid=stunnel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Setgid=nogroup<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Pid=/var/run/stunnel.pid<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cert=/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Is it correct to change these settings for testing in client mode so that they match the current Windows’ client mode configuration, like so:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Client=yes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>#Chroot=/var/lib/stunnel/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>#Setuid=stunnel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>#Setgid=nogroup<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>#Pid=/var/run/stunnel.pid<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>#Cert=/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>As a follow up to this initial question, which I suppose now was asked prematurely, I can say that I have tested this better and decided to keep all the default settings turned on, not commented out as I initially intended, in the default Linux installation configuration, except for these two, which I have now set as shown here:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Client=yes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>#Cert=/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>And everything seems to be working fine now. I set up the run level for stunnel to start automatically when I boot up. I commented out the “Cert=” option because I do not think I am using it at this point. All appears good so far as I can see, and the program is most certainly functioning as expected in client mode, making good connections and no timeouts. </span></font><font color="#1f497d" face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span></font><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></body></html>