April 2020 - stunnel-users

Requests to cloud server that requires host header
by Lorne Kates 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

(related to Akamai message from before-- but I have better troubleshooting information). I'm tying to route traffic through stunnel to a "cloud" based-endpoint. That endpoint has a static server name-- test.authorize.net. (This is the dev sandbox for auth.net) But if you do an nslookup on test.authorize.net, you'll get back a different servername and IP, because it's so wonderfully "cloud". Stunnel apparently tries to connect to the nslookup value. The server rejects the request because it can't route it back to test.authorize.net. I've tried adding "delay = yes" and "sni = test.authorize.net", but neither work. To see this in action, a simple setup with any accept, then connect to test.authorize.net:443 in client = yes mode. This is what a valid response looks like (13 -- give me the darn merchant ID in a POST): https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll This is what you'll get if you try to use stunnel (400 invalid url) : https://23.195.204.150/gateway/transact.dll So how can I get stunnel to send the proper Request Header (host: test.authorize.net) make sure it's using http/1.1, etc?

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Re: [stunnel-users] CPU 100%
by Eric Eberhard 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

Long ago I had a server with a bad network card. Every once in a while it would spew uncontrollable bytes onto the network. If you open a stunnel connection and it does that this could very well be the problem. If it cheap, try changing the network card. If not, you should be able to look in your firewall/router and it will tell you who is sending what bytes to whomever. See if that machine is indeed streaming the bytes in massive quantities. If not, I would suspect your stunnel is getting stuck in it's own loop. There are a million reasons this can happen (well a few less than a million) - such as maybe a bad library in the FreeBSD or a bad choice in the Makefile - such as doing threads or something in a way your O/S does not like (I use threads=fork or whatever it is, instead of actual threading). You might tinker with some of the options that make the stunnel build and try different ones. Especially if stunnel was compiled on a different version of the O/S - could be differences in bytes in things and who knows what. That is all I can suggest beyond setting the debug level to 7 (I think is highest) and then watching the log file. Eric From: stunnel-users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Murrey, Brian J. Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 10:57 AM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] CPU 100% We are running stunnel 5.49 on FreeBSD 11.2 and we're running into a problem once in a while. CPU pegs at 100% when we get an stunnel connection from one of our external devices. This affects 100% of all cores and we can't even log in to console. To mitigate this temporarily, we have a script running in the background to watch when stunnel begins to spike and restarts the daemon. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and so far I have been unable to distinguish what makes the connection do this to the CPU. Have any of you run in to this issue? Sincerely, Brian Murrey System Engineer II, IT Infrastructure _____ NOTICE: This message may contain privileged and confidential information and/or protected health information intended solely for the use of the named recipient and may be privileged or otherwise protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you should immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Do not disseminate, reproduce, or review this message or attachments if you are not the intended recipient. The sender or others may have legal rights restricting the dissemination of the information contained in this message and, as a result, remedies against you in the event of the improper dissemination of confidential information, trade secrets, personal information or privileged communications. This message is the work of the sender and does not necessarily reflect the position, views, or policies of TriMedx LLC or its affiliates. WARNING: The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed and may contain or transmit a virus or other illicit code. Neither TriMedx LLC or its affiliates accept liability for any damage attributable to viruses or illicit code transmitted through this message or an attachment.

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older browsers, stunnel and privoxy
by kovacs janos 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

sorry to bother, im trying to make older browsers be able to display TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 sites. i heard stunnel cant be configured to always forward to the current site address dynamically, thats why i would use privoxy. the browser is configured to send to: 127.0.0.1 443 stunnel config has this at the end: [Tunnel_in] client = yes accept = 127.0.0.1:443 connect = 127.0.0.1:8118 verifyChain = yes CAfile = ca-certs.pem checkHost = localhost 127.0.0.1:8118 is the privoxy address. this is what stunnel writes: LOG5[main]: Configuration successful LOG5[0]: Service [Tunnel_in] accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:3261 LOG5[0]: s_connect: connected 127.0.0.1:8118 LOG5[0]: Service [Tunnel_in] connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:3262 and the browser infinitely loads, and never loads anything or leaves the page. if i remove the last 3 lines, its the same just with this line added: LOG4[main]: Service [Tunnel_in] needs authentication to prevent MITM attacks but it doesnt give an error or anything. with a configuration like: [Tunnel_out] client = no accept = 127.0.0.1:443 connect = 127.0.0.1:8118 cert = stunnel.pem this is what it gives: LOG5[3]: Service [Tunnel_out] accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:3294 LOG3[3]: SSL_accept: 1407609B: error:1407609B:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:https proxy request LOG5[3]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to TLS, 0 byte(s) sent to socket and browser gives a server not found error immediately. im not even sure if i should use client or server configuration in a case like this, but none of them works anyway. all i would need is for my browser to get the pages decrypted, or at least in less than TLS1.1. like how on newipnow.com i can access sites with any encryption, since they are sent to the browser without encryption. the browser just gives an "unencrypted tunnel" warning, which is how i found stunnel, and which is exactly what i need, just locally.

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TPM based mutual tls authentication
by Nyiri, Gabor (Nokia - HU/Budapest) 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

Hi, Can you help me how to configure stunnel client to use TPM for mutual TLS authentication? I want to connect with mTLS to a remote server then make this connection available for localhost without mTLS. Thanks for your help in advance! Here is my configuration so far without TPM: debug = debug output = /tmp/stunnel.log foreground = yes [mtls_client] client = yes accept = 127.0.0.1:12019 sni = server-with-mtls.example.com checkHost = server-with-mtls.example.com connect = 1.2.3.4:443 verifyChain = yes CApath = /etc/ssl/certs/ cert = client.crt key = client.key Thanks & br, Gábor Nyíri,

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Stunnel 4 failing to connect to gmail
by Asif Iqbal 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

I am faling to connect to gmail. Not sure what that bind error means. iqbala@ghar:~$ sudo stunnel4 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /home/iqbala/.rnd 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /home/iqbala/.rnd 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: PRNG seeded successfully 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Certificate: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Certificate loaded 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Key file: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Private key loaded 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: SSL context initialized for service ssmtp 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG5[3839:3083650736]: stunnel 4.22 on i486-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG5[3839:3083650736]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG6[3839:3083650736]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG6[3839:3083650736]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG5[3839:3083650736]: 500 clients allowed 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: FD 11 in non-blocking mode 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: FD 12 in non-blocking mode 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG3[3839:3083650736]: Error binding ssmtp to 74.125.93.111:587 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG3[3839:3083650736]: bind: Cannot assign requested address (99) Here is how my conf file looks like iqbala@ghar:~$ cat /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf | egrep -v "^;|^$" cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem foreground = yes sslVersion = SSLv3 chroot = /var/lib/stunnel4/ setuid = stunnel4 setgid = stunnel4 pid = /stunnel4.pid socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel4/stunnel.log client = yes [ssmtp] accept = smtp.gmail.com:587 connect = 25 Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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Stunnel & Gmail security
by BOXI31 TEST 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

Hi all, To make "Stunnel 5.31" work with Gmail, I have to go in security settings of Gmail and "allow less secure apps to access my account". Is it mandatory ? Is it possible to set Stunnel to access Gmail without lowering it security level ? How ? I checked in log file TLS v1.2 is used by Stunnel but Gmail still consider it as a "less secure app." ! Regards, Steve

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REDIR not Working in Chrome, Edge (new), Opera
by Joe Sterk 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

We are running stunnel on a windows 2019 server. When running Chrome/Opera/Edge(new), on our redirect we get the following: Hmmm... can't reach this page It looks like the webpage at https://xx.xxxxxxxx.com/xap/tqv000?NAME=&domain=xxxxxxxx might be having issues, or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_RESPONSE_HEADERS_TRUNCATED The code that is being called is: !************************************************************************ B$='REDIR https://' + STRIP(HOST$) + '/mainlobby.aspx' We even tried to redirect to www.google.com<http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AM7kBiVHeOrDhOeWlVMENmuUHTN9kHtm1C15sn…> and got the same error. Our log files shows the following: [04/23/20 14:25:39 409 ]Q.BUTTON1 = Ok [04/23/20 14:25:39 409 ]REDIR http://www.google.com [04/23/20 14:25:39 409 ]Result=+OK REDIR [04/23/20 14:25:42 ]GET /xap/tqv001 HTTP/1.1 Accept: text/html, application/xhtml+xml, image/jxr, */* The stunnel.conf file has the following connection information: sslVersion = all options = NO_SSLv2 options = NO_SSLv3 options = NO_TLSv1 ;header always set x-xss-protection "1; mode=block" ;ciphers = ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA ciphers = ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 ;options = CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE TIMEOUTclose = 0 [https] accept = 443 connect = 8080 I don't see any error messages but the redirect is not working. It still works in IE and Firefox (for now). Joe Sterk CIO (Chief Information Officer) [Description: Description: cid:[email protected]] Insurance Services Corp. ? (972) 896-0384 (Mobile) * (707) 303-8105 (Work) * joes(a)QuieTrack.com<mailto:[email protected]>

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Stunnel Cleanup on Uninstall
by Thomas Eifert 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

I've recently removed Stunnel 5.56 from several machines running Windows 10 x64. In every case, the uninstaller leaves behind the stunnel directory, bin subdirectory, and the file libssp-0.dll. Easy enough to remove manually, but I seem to recall in previous versions that the uninstaller managed to get everything. Regards, Thomas -- Attention: This message and all attachments are private and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message immediately.

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port ? and password
by Coviello, Paul 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

It's been awhile since I've played with this and now there is a need to bring it back online. Can I designate any port numbers? I have an application that requires 'a' on the client and 'b' on the server Also is there a way to change the password in the startup of stunnell on VMS? Thanks Paul

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stunnel ignoring config file for port binding
by Tim Turner 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Config and logs below but redacted, this is running on 2016 server, if it matters I am starting it over an RDP session I find that the port is ignored in the config file and it always binds to ports in the 23*** range ; Sample stunnel configuration file by Michal Trojnara 2002-2006 ; Some options used here may not be adequate for your particular configuration ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode ; The default certificate is provided only for testing and should not ; be used in a production environment ;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 ; Service-level configuration [Service Config] accept=127.0.0.1:40001 connect = redacted:443 log file 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Dispatching a signal from the signal pipe 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Processing SIGNAL_RELOAD_CONFIG 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Running on Windows 6.2 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG5[main]: Reading configuration from file stunnel.conf 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG5[main]: UTF-8 byte order mark detected 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Compression disabled 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: No PRNG seeding was required 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG6[main]: Initializing service [Service Config] 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Ciphers: HIGH:!aNULL:!SSLv2:!DH:!kDHEPSK 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: TLSv1.3 ciphersuites: TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: TLS options: 0x02100004 (+0x00000000, -0x00000000) 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: No certificate or private key specified 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG4[main]: Service [Digital-Prod-MTF-FIX-MD] needs authentication to prevent MITM attacks 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG5[main]: Configuration successful 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Deallocating section defaults 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG5[main]: Logging to C:\Users\turnert\AppData\Local\/stunnel.log 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Binding service [New Broker FIX Demo-Trading] 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Listening file descriptor created (FD=1296) 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Setting accept socket options (FD=1296) 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Option SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE set on accept socket 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG6[main]: Service [New Broker FIX Demo-Trading] (FD=1296) bound to 127.0.0.1:23471 2020.04.18 10:08:18 LOG7[main]: Binding service [Service Config] This message and its attachments are confidential, may not be disclosed or used by any person other than the addressee and are intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete any copies of this message. LMAX Group is the holding company of LMAX Exchange, LMAX Global and LMAX Digital. Our registered address is Yellow Building, 1A Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN.

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