October 2007 - stunnel-users

SSL Accelerator card and Stunnel
by domstra＠alice.it 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi all, We are using STunnel v.3.x and STunnel v.4.x on different systems (Application Servers and DB Servers, on HP and Sun mainframe hardware). We have noticed that the STunnel load is quite heavy for the CPUs of each Server. So, we are beginning to study and analyze a solution that allows we to use STunnel without generate overhead on the CPUs. A good solution could be using a SSL Accelerator card as "SSL engine", in order to offloading the calls to the card CPU. We have also read the following topic in your mailing-list regarding a solutions similar to ours: List: stunnel-users Subject: SSL Accelerator supporto for Stunnel Can you suggest us a list of "SSL Accelerator card" model (and vendor) to install and configure with STunnel? Anyway, do you suggest us to upgrade the STunnel version to the last stable on each Server? Thanks in advance for the support. Awaiting for your kind feedback and suggestions. Best Regards. Dom *********** Scopri la nuova Alice Mail! <http://registra.rossoalice.alice.it/registra/basic/entratabasic.do?entryPoi…> 1 GB di spazio con antivirus, antispam e fino a 2 GB di allegati. <http://registra.rossoalice.alice.it/registra/basic/entratabasic.do?entryPoi…> Registrati GRATIS <http://registra.rossoalice.alice.it/registra/basic/entratabasic.do?entryPoi…>

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stunnel and pan newsreader configuration
by Kernel Panic 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

I am attempting to use stunnel to connect securely to a snntp server using pan 0.132. The stunnel install was successful, but when attempting to connect to the server using pan, I either receive a "connection refused" or "connection reset by peer" in the pan error log. Here is the stunnel.log: 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG5[5843:3082667712]: stunnel 4.20 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG5[5843:3082667712]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv4 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG5[5843:3082667712]: 500 clients allowed 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP bound to 127.0.0.1:23 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Created pid file /home/kpanic/download/stunnel//var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1085 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5855 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1085 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1085 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1086 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1086 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1086 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5857 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1087 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1087 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1087 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5860 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1088 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1088 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1088 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5863 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1089 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1089 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1089 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5866 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) Here is the snnt.conf file: # Debug debug = 7 output = /home/kpanic/download/stunnel/stunnel.log # Use it for client mode client = yes foreground = yes [NNTP] protocol = nntp protocolusername = username protocolpassword = password transparent = yes accept = localhost:23 connect = secure.server.com:563 Here is the pan error log: Sat Oct 13 10:46:50 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:46:55 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:47:00 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:47:05 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:47:10 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Changing the server setup in pan to look at 127.0.0.1 Sat Oct 13 10:45:40 2007 - Pan 0.132 started Sat Oct 13 10:45:40 2007 - Loaded data backend in 0.0 seconds Sat Oct 13 10:45:47 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:45:50 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:45:55 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:46:00 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Pan configuration: Address: localhost Port: 23 Username: username Password: password uname -r 2.6.22.9-0.4-bigsmp suse 10.3 Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks - Tim --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

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configuration help
by Tom Allison 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

I posted an email a couple days ago and noticed that there isn't any traffic on this mailing list. Is this active/current?

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Stunnel Return Codes - How do I see them in a batch file?
by Robert Lambrecht 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

I have Stunnel working successfully in a batch file. I would like to write the error codes in case there is an issue. How do you do this? In Windows, I could do something like: "C:\Program Files\stunnel\stunnel.exe" -start -quiet stunnel.conf goto %errorlevel% :0 :: Normal Return - Complete Batch Process goto :EOF :1 :: Errors - Log them Would this work or how do I get the stunnel return codes? Bob

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Wildcard usage
by Knight Tiger 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hi, I am new to STUNNEL and I find it very useful for what I am doing right now. I would like to know if STUNNEL does support the functionality I require. I shall describe the situation below. I run a SIP messaging server (SIP is a VoIP protocol used to establish voice calls over the Internet). STUNNEL is running on the same machine as the SIP server. The SIP server listens on a specific port say 8000 so I have in the config file [sip-new] accept = 10000 connect = localhost:8000 and it works beautifully as the client sends the message through a SSL connection to port 10000 on the machine. So far so good. Now I need the server to send a message to the client. SIP server -----> STUNNEL ------> client . Here STUNNEL acts as a SSL client and the client acts as the SSL server. (Both the client and STUNNEL support this functionality), so in the config file I have [sip-client] accept = 11000 connect = ?:8000 How can I code in the client IP address (I know the port number where the client's SSL server is listening on) when I dont know the client IP address before hand ? (The client is typically assigned IP address by a DHCP server) and I will have more than one client which would be acting as a server. The SIP server will know the client's IP address when the client sends a request. (SIP server can determine the IP address from the SIP message and not from the IP header) . So now the message from the SIP server will have the client's IP address but STUNNEL does not have a config for that IP address (since it is dynamic and I need to support many clients) and hence STUNNEL will not create a SSL tunnel to the client. Can I have wildcard for the IP address ? something like [sip-client] accept = 11000 connect = *:8000 and have STUNNEL get the destination IP from the message ? I thank you all in advance, Warm Regards Knight

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Stunnel on the same machine
by subrata＠indiatimes.com 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Hi I want to configure to encrypt mysql both client and server on the same machine. Ie the /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p on the same machine where my mysql daemon is located. How to achieve this. regards Subrata -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox!

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 14
by sreejith 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, What you have understood is correct. We are the provider of the Web Service; and my requirement is something as explained below, The end users are using a Web site and the data entered in the web site will be converted to an XML file and send to the Web Service which we have provided. The end users are using STUNNEL to encrypt the XML files before sending to us. Hence, I need to decrypt the message and process it. Hence, I think I need to use STUNNEL for doing the same. Also, upon request from the end users I need to send some data, again it is XML files; and I need to encrypt this using STUNNEL and send it to the end user. I am new to STUNNEL and went through the examples provided in www.stunnel.org and didn't get a very good idea on how to get this done. I hope, I am able to make it clear this time. Best regards, Sreejith On 9/28/07, stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net <stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net> wrote: > > Send stunnel-users mailing list submissions to > stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > stunnel-users-owner(a)mirt.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of stunnel-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Stunnel Dies at 3500 connections... (bear(a)bears.org) > 2. Re: Using Stunnel (Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:18:36 -0400 (EDT) > From: bear(a)bears.org > Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel Dies at 3500 connections... > To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709271117350.31308(a)ferocity.bears.org> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Michal Trojnara wrote: > > > Try to disable libwrap first: > > ./configure --disable-libwrap > > make clean > > make > > make install > > It is a bottleneck for this kind of tests. > > PERFECT! Thank you very much! That seems to have sorted out my troubles. > The load average stayed well within what I expected. I've got a hardware > firewall protecting the machine, so libwrap wasn't helping me anyhow. > > Peace, > Gary > > ********* ***** ** Gary Coulbourne > *************************.* Bear Activist > ****** *********** ** *******o > ******* ********* **** ****`- Systems Administrator > ******* ********* ***** http://www.bears.org > ****** ********** **** bear(a)bears.org > ## ***** ***** ## **** KB3INA > ### ***** ### **** Animal Conservation/Preservation > #,,, ***,,, ##,,, **,,, > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:23:58 -0500 > From: Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo(a)nul-unu.com> > Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Using Stunnel > To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > Message-ID: <20070927172358.GB4459(a)caribdis.nul-unu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:46:53PM +0530, sreejith wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > I have a requirement where in I have a web service that uses STUNNEL for > > encrypting and decrypting XML messages. Please help me out with how to > > proceed ? What needs to be done ? How the configuration file should be ? > > Your question is a little confusing. I assume you are trying to encrypt > the > http traffic that the web service travels over. Otherwise, if you want > to have unencrypted http carrying encripted xml, stunnel is not for you. > > In any case, are you the provider or the consumer for the web service? > > -- > Rodrigo Gallardo > GPG-Fingerprint: 7C81 E60C 442E 8FBC D975 2F49 0199 8318 ADC9 BC28 >

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel Testing
by Robert Lambrecht 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I changed BLAT to a port on the local host and set up Stunnel as suggested on a port other than 25. Everything works well. I will have to play with WireShark to see if SSL works. Thanks for the information. Bob

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