November 2007 - stunnel-users

Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel on the same machine
by subrata＠indiatimes.com 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

The configuration files are : pid = /var/stunnel.pid ;chroot = /var/lib/stunnel setuid = nobody setgid = nobody foreground =yes ; Use it for client mode client = yes ; Service-level configuration [pop3s] accept = 995 connect = 110 [imaps] accept = 993 connect = 143 [ssmtp] accept = 465 connect = 25 [mysqls] accept = 3307 connect = 192.168.1.6:3307 On 192.168.1.6 ---------------------- pid = /var/stunnel.pid setuid =nobody setgid = nobody foreground = yes client = no ; Service-level configuration [pop3s] accept = 995 connect = 110 [imaps] accept = 993 connect = 143 [ssmtp] accept = 465 connect = 25 [mysqls] accept =3307 connect =3306 connecting like /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p -P 3307 Enter password: On entring password the following lines appear : ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 104 Subrata ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Hatch <bri(a)stunnel.org> To: subrata(a)indiatimes.com Sent: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:02:17 +0530 (IST) Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel on the same machine Near 2007-10-05 22:17 +0530, subrata(a)indiatimes.com insisted: > After starting stunnel and connecting the mysql client/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p the flow gets stuck at the Enter password prompt any suggestions how to proceed from there. What do your stunnel configuration files look like? Other problem: mysql client may decide to use a local domain socket when connecting to localhost, thwarting your attempts to go via Stunnel. You might want to 'strace mysql ...' and look for the connect() lines. -- Brian Hatch Time flies like an Systems and arrow. Fruit flies Security Engineer like a banana. http://www.ifokr.org/bri/ Every message PGP signed -- 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] rewrite Destination: when rewriting Host:
by Brian Hatch 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Sometime near 2007-11-11 00:15 -0500, Marcio Marchini shouted: > Researching online one can see that WebDAV's spec requires that they > check both src and dest URLs for protocol & port. But with some proxies or > SSL fronts like stunnel, only one of the URLs is rewritten, so one goes as > http and the other as https. Here's one person explaining it, much better > than me: http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-03/0549.shtml Stunnel doesn't currently have the ability to scan and re-write the plaintext. For HTTP redirects it could possibly be implemented (re-write only the response before ^$, and redirects aren't chunked and don't have content lengths to work with, etc) but you'd still need enough HTTP logic to handle keepalives and such. It's not trivial and not likely. Another option would be to have something already HTTP aware doing the rewriting in between stunnel and subversion. A re-writing proxy. Another option would be to use mod_rewrite in apache to rewrite the urls. But the best way would be to just use SSL inside apache and drop stunnel entirely. -- Brian Hatch The best way to accelerate Systems and a Windows machine is at Security Engineer 9.8 meters per second http://www.ifokr.org/bri/ squared. Every message PGP signed

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Bugs
by Jan.Haering＠rz-kiru.de 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Hallo, I have found 2 Bugs. 1. In Version 4.21: No Taskbar Icon is displayed when the service starts. Although the taskbar ist set in config file (taskbar = yes). 2. In probably all Versions (I have testet 4.18, 4.20 and 4.21) If i started the service over Start -> Programm Files -> stunnel -> Service Start (stunnel -start) no log files are written. If i start the service over services.msc from Windows or "sc start stunnel" log files are written. The icon log displayed the following message in version 4.18 and 4.20 2007.11.09 09:41:03 LOG3[2396:2400]: stunnel.log: Broken pipe (32) 2007.11.09 09:41:03 LOG3[2396:2400]: Unable to open output file: stunnel.log Best Regards Jan

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newbie config not running
by fuzzy_4711 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

Hello list. I am new to stunnel and do have some problems to get it running. The server is a WinXPSP2 behind a router. The router has port forwarding enabled for port 9999 to the stunnel server (4.21). On the same box a vnc server is running on port 5900 which I like to tunnel. Firewall is opened. The netstat -a -n shows the server listening on the desired port (9999). My server config looks like that: cert = stunnel.pem ;key = stunnel.pem ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; Authentication stuff ;verify = 2 ; Don't forget to c_rehash CApath ;CApath = certs ; It's often easier to use CAfile ;CAfile = certs.pem ; Don't forget to c_rehash CRLpath ;CRLpath = crls ; Alternatively you can use CRLfile ;CRLfile = crls.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting ;debug = 7 ;output = stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode ;client = yes [pop3s] accept = 995 connect = 110 [imaps] accept = 993 connect = 143 [ssmtp] accept = 465 connect = 25 [VNC Server] accept = 9999 connect = 5900 The client side is a linux box with config setting: client = yes [VNC Server] accept = 5900 connect = 9999 I turned on debugging and stunnel.log seems to be okay - no error messages. But I am not able to get an connection. What am I doing wrong? Stefan

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(no subject)
by Harmon, Paul 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Ok Guys, I hate to be a nuisance. But I encountered an error coming out o the Stunnel configuration in LINUX. First what does it mean when Stunnel is in INETD mode? Does this imply certain configuration restrictions and why? Thanks, Paul Harmon

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Help using Stunnel-4.XX
by Harmon, Paul 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi Folks, Well I know a little more now than before. The version of Stunnel I'm using is Stunnel 4.05 running under Fedora 7.0. I am trying to setup a test scenario at the moment where I am running a stream socket between a client and a server, both mine since this is a test scenario. I need thisese programs to connect over a secure socket and the exchange of data is a custom application. I've read through Barry O'donovan's article and that seems to give me the information on how to configure and use Stunnel on the server side. It is not clear to me yet, what I need to do to the client side. Is there anyone out there who has done this type of thing and could give me some help? Thanks in advance, Paul Harmon

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Problem with stunnel 4.20 on Fedora 7
by Andrew M Dunn 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

[Oh wise list folks... I haven't seen any responses to this. Does anybody have any experience either with using stunnel on Fedora 7, or with the particular error? I cannot find any other hints or reasons as to why the resolution is failing... Andy] ----original message------ I can't get stunnel to run on a freshly-installed Fedora 7 system. It fails with "Error resolving '0.0.0.0': servname is not supported for ai_socktype" but the usual other causes of that error (ie. ports not defined in /etc/services, bad settings in /etc/nsswitch.conf) are not the culprit this time. COMMAND LINE: /usr/sbin/stunnel /home/amdunn/security/stunnel.conf COMMAND OUTPUT: 2007.08.29 11:44:12 LOG3[13614:3086243520]: Error resolving '0.0.0.0': servname is not supported for ai_socktype (EAI_SERVICE) file /home/amdunn/security/stunnel.conf line 10: Failed to resolve accepting address STUNNEL.CONF FILE: ; ; stunnel file for testing 443 access to local http server ; cert=/home/amdunn/security/xxxxxxx key=/home/amdunn/security/yyyyyyy foreground=yes ; ; [sweb] accept=443 ; https port connect=80 ; standard httpd listening port TIMEOUTclose=0 ; must set this or IE waits 60sec on page end client=no STUNNEL -VERSION OUTPUT: stunnel 4.20 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP Global options debug = 5 pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem ciphers = ALL:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH key = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem session = 300 seconds sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none

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zlib compression not working
by webmaster＠escoltesiguies.cat 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

I have configured both windows client and linux server (samba) with zlib compression: compression = zlib But I have transferred a txt file of 100Mb in 40 minutes and the same file compressed with gzip (22Mb) in 14 minutes. So I thing compression is not working. Client log tells: Compression enabled using zlib method and server log: Compression enabled using zlib method How can I verify comression is working? maybe compression is working but it is poor?

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About stunnel 4.21 daemon mode
by wei hu 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear I had successfully installed stunnel 4.21 on my server, but after I edited the file stunnel.conf and startup the stunnel, I can't find the stunnel via the "ps -ef" command.Then I have found such error message in the log file: 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG5[28550:3085354688]: stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu wi th OpenSSL 0.9.7f 22 Mar 2005 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG5[28550:3085354688]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets :POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG6[28550:3085354688]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed w ith 'ulimit -n') 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG6[28550:3085354688]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit fo r file descriptors 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG5[28550:3085354688]: 500 clients allowed 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: FD 11 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept so cket 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: sproxy bound to 0.0.0.0:83 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG3[28556:3085354688]: Failed to get GID for group nobody Do somebody knows how to get GID for group nobody? My nobody group is sured to work correctly with Squid. The config file about group: ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 chroot = /usr/local/var/lib/stunnel/ setuid = nobody setgid = nobody ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid The command "stunnel -version" response: [root@vps stunnel]# /usr/local/bin/stunnel -version stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.7f 22 Mar 2005 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP Global options debug = 5 pid = /usr/local/var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem ciphers = ALL:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem session = 300 seconds sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none The command "/usr/local/bin/stunnel" response: [root@vps stunnel]# /usr/local/bin/stunnel 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /root/.rnd 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /root/.rnd 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Certificate: /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Certificate loaded 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Key file: /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Private key loaded 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: SSL context initialized for service sproxy Best Regards, HuWei

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Re: [stunnel-users] More questions on RDP and port forwarding
by richard.woodman＠cox.net 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Carter, Thanks. With the exception of the client's loopback address in the hosts file, I have a very similar configuration. I have created an inbound rule (Custom service with an inbound rule declaration but no outbound rule) that looks just like my inbound RDP rules - I even reviewed the configuration file and the stunnel rule had the same commands as the RDP rule. However, RDP works through the firewall but stunnel does not. My Windows firewall has an exception for stunnel with a scope of "Internet" and the stunnel server works from within the corporate network. Meaning, I think, that the Windows firewall is not denying the connection (at least from within the same subnet). I am not a Windows AD guy, but is there a way to prevent network connections without using the Windows firewall? I mean, can a GPO be created that prevents connections from IP addresses not on the same subnet but that does not use the OS's firewall? If so, this could be the issue because from what I can see, neither the Watchguard nor the Windows firewalls are blocking the connection; yet I still cannot connect. Richard Carter Browne wrote: I use stunnel to protect RDP for a couple of sites using a mix of Watchguard Edge and V series firewalls. For computer ABC that I want to connect to, I create an entry in the hosts file: 127.0.0.n ABCs (where n is greater than 1) On the client side I have an entry: [ABC-RDP] accept = ADCs:12345 connect = ABC:54321 client = yes On the server sid I have an entry: [RDP-IN] accept = 54321 connect = 3389 client = no Port 54321 is enabled in both the Watchguard and the Windows firewalls. Using the 127.n.n.n ports are not processed by the firewalls. You can use 127.0.0.1 for everything, but I needed to connect to more that one host and wanted a standard setup. I have had a number of users confused by this setup whereby the program references a local port to connect to a remote computer. For stunnel, it is the connect string that determines the destination, so any local port works fine for the accept string. Carter

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