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Re: [stunnel-users] STunnel performance Issues
by Michal Trojnara 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

"Jones Scott - sjones" <Scott.Jones(a)acxiom.com> wrote: > But during load testing the system starts breaking down. It takes about > 1/5 the load to break down apache and stunnel, than directly against my > jboss node. Could you elaborate on "break down", please? Is there an error? A core dump? What is the error message? A core dump stack backtrace? First performance recommendation is to disable libwrap support: ./configure --disable-libwrap && make clean && make && make install Best regards, Mike

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STunnel performance Issues
by Jones Scott - sjones 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

I am having problems will apache and stunnel being able to handle load. I am using stunnel to encrypt my ajp traffic from apache to jboss. This helps me bridge our internal firewall. But during load testing the system starts breaking down. It takes about 1/5 the load to break down apache and stunnel, than directly against my jboss node. Any performance tuning recommendations would be great. I am using stunnel straight out of the box. I will place the configuration file below. Thanks. ; Sample stunnel configuration file by Michal Trojnara 2002-2006 ; Some options used here may not be adequate for your particular configuration ; Please make sure you understand them (especially the effect of chroot jail) ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode ;cert = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/mail.pem ;key = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/mail.pem ; Protocol version (all, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1) sslVersion = SSLv3 ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 chroot = /usr/local/stunnel/var/lib/stunnel/ setuid = nobody setgid = nogroup ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ;compression = rle ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; Authentication stuff ;verify = 2 ; Don't forget to c_rehash CApath ; CApath is located inside chroot jail CApath = certificates ; It's often easier to use CAfile CAfile = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/certs.pem ; Don't forget to c_rehash CRLpath ; CRLpath is located inside chroot jail ;CRLpath = /crls ; Alternatively you can use CRLfile ;CRLfile = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/crls.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting ;debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode client = yes ; Service-level configuration [ajp] accept = 8009 connect = xxxx2:8009 [sql] accept = 1433 connect = XXXX1:443 *************************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. ****************************************************************************

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SSL_accept: Peer suddenly disconnected
by James Brown 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

I'm trying to send an email through stunnel (which is running on the mail server), but I keep getting an error. $ sudo /usr/local/sbin/stunnel 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /Users/jlbrown/.rnd 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /Users/jlbrown/.rnd 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: PRNG seeded successfully 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: Certificate: /etc/postfix/ smtpd.cert 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: Certificate loaded 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: Key file: /etc/postfix/ smtpd.key 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: Private key loaded 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: SSL context initialized for service ssmtp 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG5[6092:2684407744]: stunnel 4.19 on i686-apple- darwin8.8.1 with OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG5[6092:2684407744]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv4 Auth:LIBWRAP 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG6[6092:2684407744]: file ulimit = 256 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG6[6092:2684407744]: FD_SETSIZE = 1024 (some systems allow to increase this value) 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG5[6092:2684407744]: 125 clients allowed 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6092:2684407744]: ssmtp bound to 0.0.0.0:465 2006.12.07 15:35:27 LOG7[6093:2684407744]: Created pid file /usr/ local/var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:2684407744]: ssmtp accepted FD=9 from 192.168.1.4:62929 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: ssmtp started 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: FD 11 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: Connection from 192.168.1.4:62929 permitted by libwrap 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:2684407744]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG5[6093:25188864]: ssmtp accepted connection from 192.168.1.4:62929 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG6[6093:2684407744]: Child process 6094 finished with code 0 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: SSL state (accept): before/ accept initialization 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client hello A 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server hello A 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate A 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server done A 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG3[6093:25188864]: SSL_accept: Peer suddenly disconnected 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG5[6093:25188864]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2006.12.07 15:35:52 LOG7[6093:25188864]: ssmtp finished (0 left) My stunnel.conf is: cert = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert key = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key sslVersion = all socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel.log [ssmtp] client = no accept = 465 connect = 25 Does this mean that the SMTP proxy listening on port 25 is not accepting the connection from stunnel? Thanks, James.

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Installing stunnel without need a compiler
by Boxall, John 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Mike et al, I want to be able to automate the installation of stunnel in the same manner that I've already automated our openssh installation, however, I've run into a problem (lack of knowledge) with the "make install" step. This is for Solaris (2.5.1 to 10) and AIX (5.1 to 5.3). I'm not quite ready to create the packages in either Solaris (pkg) or AIX (rpm) formats. At a high level, here is what I would like to achieve: - On a build server (per OS version) - transfer all of the necessary stuff (gcc, openssl, stunnel source, etc.) - install the necessary stuff (gcc, openssl, etc.) - un'tar the stunnel package - run configure (with the appropriate options and paths) - run "make" - tar the stunnel directory & transfer it to a holding system - Put together the necessary pieces on the holding system to install stunnel on all targets. - On a target system (per OS version) - transfer all of the necessary stuff (libgcc, openssl, tar'ed stunnel directory, etc.) - install the necessary stuff (libgcc, openssl, zlib, etc.) - un-tar the stunnel file - run "make install" Using the same flow with our openssh packages, I do not have to install a compiler (gcc) and its support packages. What, if anything, can I do with the stunnel installation to not have to install a compiler? Regards, John Boxall

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Re: [stunnel-users] Win: sometines don't connect
by Miroslav Geisselreiter 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hi My comments inline .... >>>>>> Miroslav Geisselreiter <mg(a)intar.cz> 12/01/06 8:04 PM >>> <SNIP> someotherpc config is here: service = stunnel cert = stunnel.pem CAfile = cacerts.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 verify = 3 taskbar = yes [VNC] accept = 5600 connect = localhost:5900 I doubt how the "connect" option can be configured like this? should n't it be "connect = <yourfirstPC>:5900" and the accpet option should be "somotherpc:5600" <SNIP> Hope this helps! Regards Prem I think it is correct. On the first PC stunnel listens on localhost:5900 and passes securelly to second PC to port 5600. VNC on first PC connect to localhost port 5900. On the second PC stunnel accepts connection from any PC on port 5600 and passes to localhost (still second PC) to port 5900. VNC on second PC listens on port 5900. Miroslav Geisselreiter -- Odchozi zprava neobsahuje viry. Zkontrolovano AVG. Verze: 7.5.432 / Virova baze: 268.15.6/566 - datum vydani: 3.12.2006 16:36

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performance configuration for rehl3 & JBoss
by Jones Scott - sjones 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

I am having problems will apache and stunnel being able to handle load. I am using stunnel to encrypt my ajp traffic from apache to jboss. This helps me bridge our internal firewall. But during load testing the system starts breaking down. It takes about 1/5 the load to break down apache and stunnel, than directly against my jboss node. Any performance tuning recommendations would be great. I am using stunnel straight out of the box. I will place the configuration file below. Thanks. ; Sample stunnel configuration file by Michal Trojnara 2002-2006 ; Some options used here may not be adequate for your particular configuration ; Please make sure you understand them (especially the effect of chroot jail) ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode ;cert = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/mail.pem ;key = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/mail.pem ; Protocol version (all, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1) sslVersion = SSLv3 ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 chroot = /usr/local/stunnel/var/lib/stunnel/ setuid = nobody setgid = nogroup ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ;compression = rle ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; Authentication stuff ;verify = 2 ; Don't forget to c_rehash CApath ; CApath is located inside chroot jail CApath = certificates ; It's often easier to use CAfile CAfile = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/certs.pem ; Don't forget to c_rehash CRLpath ; CRLpath is located inside chroot jail ;CRLpath = /crls ; Alternatively you can use CRLfile ;CRLfile = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/crls.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting ;debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode client = yes ; Service-level configuration [ajp] accept = 8009 connect = xxxx2:8009 [sql] accept = 1433 connect = XXXX1:443 ************************************************************************* The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank you. *************************************************************************

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Win: sometines don't connect
by Miroslav Geisselreiter 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

Hi, I use stunnel 4.16 on Windows 2000 and XP with this simple config: cert = stunnel.pem CAfile = cacerts.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 client = yes verify = 3 [VNC2] accept = localhost:5900 connect = someotherpc:5600 When I start stunnel (as Win service), sometimes it forwards to someotherpc:5600 (it is correct) but sometimes it doesn't. Here is the debug 7 info: 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: PRNG seeded successfully 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: Certificate: stunnel.pem 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: Certificate loaded 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: Key file: stunnel.pem 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: Private key loaded 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: Loaded verify certificates from cacerts.pem 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:4060]: SSL context initialized for service VNC2 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG5[3676:4060]: stunnel 4.16 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG5[3676:4060]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG5[3676:3108]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:3108]: FD 180 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:3108]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2006.12.01 14:52:32 LOG7[3676:3108]: VNC2 bound to 127.0.0.1:5900 When it doesn't work correcly, it stops here, otherwise continues: 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:3108]: VNC2 accepted FD=188 from 127.0.0.1:1364 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:3108]: Creating a new thread 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:3108]: New thread created 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: VNC2 started 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: FD 188 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG5[3676:4008]: VNC2 connected from 127.0.0.1:1364 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: FD 212 in non-blocking mode 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: VNC2 connecting 192.168.1.172:5600 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: connect_wait: connected 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: Remote FD=212 initialized 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: TCP_NODELAY option set on remote socket 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server hello A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG6[3676:4008]: *** starting OCSP verification *** 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG5[3676:4008]: VERIFY OK: depth=0, some info .... 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server certificate A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server certificate request A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server done A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client certificate A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client key exchange A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write certificate verify A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write finished A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 flush data 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read finished A 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 1 items in the session cache 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 1 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 1 client connects that finished 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 server connects that finished 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 session cache hits 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 session cache misses 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG7[3676:4008]: 0 session cache timeouts 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG6[3676:4008]: SSL connected: new session negotiated 2006.12.01 14:52:34 LOG6[3676:4008]: Negotiated ciphers: AES256-SHA SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=AES(256) Mac=SHA1 someotherpc config is here: service = stunnel cert = stunnel.pem CAfile = cacerts.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 verify = 3 taskbar = yes [VNC] accept = 5600 connect = localhost:5900 It runs as win service too. Please help. -- Miroslav Geisselreiter -- Odchozi zprava neobsahuje viry. Zkontrolovano AVG. Verze: 7.5.432 / Virova baze: 268.15.3/562 - datum vydani: 1.12.2006 13:12

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HTTPS proxy authentication
by Brett.Carroll＠bpd.treas.gov 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

I am trying to get stunnel to work through a HTTPS proxy but the current version doesn't seem to include the patch for this. Does the latest version (4.20) include https proxying support?

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Problem in Stunnel with too many connections
by ~ Kunal Sharma ~ 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

Hi Friends, I've just joined this group. I would take this as an oppurtunity to discuss a problem I've been facing in using Stunnel. I've been using Stunnel for quite some time now. It has worked very well all this while. Recently, I had to shift our webserver onto the Internet and Stunnel accepts the https connections on the server's behalf. The problem is there are about 4.5 million clients out there in the field and there's a client coming up to the server atleast every second, if not less. Stunnel accepts the connections and after a while (like an hour) it just dies ! I see that at a point there are about 950 active connections and thats the maximum I could see before it dies. Could someone help me diagnose the problem (or better to fix it) - Is there any performance related issue thats a known problem and I don't know of ? - What I can look at to see what could be the possible cause ? - I haven't had a chance to look at the logs yet. Probably they might tell me something. - Any other pointers / inputs / suggestions would be heartily welcome. I've not been to my office so I won't be able to attach the necessary information like the version of stunnel, the logs, configuration options etc. But promise to send them as soon as I'm back on Monday after Thanksgiving. Thanks and Regards, Kunal

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stunnel 4.20 released
by Michal Trojnara 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Dear Users, I have just released a new version of stunnel. Here is the ChangeLog entry: Version 4.20, 2006.11.30, urgency: MEDIUM: * Release notes - The new transfer() function has been well tested. I recommend upgrading any previous version with this one. * Bugfixes - Fixed support for encrypted passphases (broken in 4.19). - Reduced amount of debug logs. - A minor man page update. Home page/download: http://stunnel.mirt.net/ sha1sum for stunnel-4.20.tar.gz fie: a9a449b28a4f34ab22f6b4bfaa81c1904a5883c4 Best regards, Mike

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Adding header to SMTP msgs
by Eric B. 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Hi, I am looking at stunnel as a way to add SSL/TLS to an SMTP server, but my issue is that the SMTP server must be able to determine the address of the incoming connection to perform RBL checks, reverse MX record checks, PTR checks, etc. From what I can understand, however, the SMTP server will only see the client side of the pipe (localhost) as the originating address, instead of the originating machine IP. Is there any way to get the SMTP server to see that original IP address? Or baring that, is there anyway that stunnel can insert a header into the mail indicating the original IP address? Thanks! Eric

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must restart stunnel to add a new cert before it recognized it...
by Rami Michael 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Hello everyone, My stunnel setup is working fine, got mysql being hit from a couple of boxes but my question is this... I have stunnel setup so i copy the cert created from the remote client over to the local server so remote connections are authenticated. Now that works fine and dandy, the issue is, if i am adding a new remote client, i add the cert from the client to my certs.pem locally but i need to restart the stunnel process before stunnel will "read in" the new cert. I know this does not sound like a big deal, but if i have 20 machines connected through stunnel to this local box and i need to restart stunnel whenever i need to add a new box or take off an old one, i don't think its good. I use stunnel for mysql so i got these guys doing inserts and a broken connection would really mess things up for me... i think maybe there is a flag i can set? or maybe send the process some type of command to reload the certs? Any help would be appreciated... all relevant info included below. All requested info for posts to the group are found below Here is my stunnel.conf verify = 3 CAfile = /etc/stunnel/certs.pem cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem setuid = nobody setgid = nobody pid = /tmp/stunnel.pid debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel.log client = no [mysqls] accept = 3309 connect = 3306 Some output from the stunnel.log at high debug level 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG5[32244:3086689984]: stunnel 4.05 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu PTHREAD+LIBWRAP with OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /dev/urandom 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG6[32244:3086689984]: PRNG seeded successfully 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Certificate: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Key file: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Loaded verify certificates from /etc/stunnel/certs.pem 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG5[32244:3086689984]: FD_SETSIZE=1024, file ulimit=1024 -> 500 clients allowed 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: mysqls bound to 0.0.0.0:3309 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32245:3086689984]: Created pid file /tmp/stunnel.pid stunnel -V 2006.11.13 23:03:14 LOG3[32248:3086505664]: -V: No such file or directory (2) Syntax: stunnel [filename] | -fd [n] | -help | -version | -sockets filename - use specified config file instead of /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf -fd n - read the config file from specified file descriptor -help - get config file help -version - display version and defaults -sockets - display default socket options uname -a Linux ramison 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL #1 Fri Oct 6 05:59:54 CDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3) openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003

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s_poll_wait timeout errors
by James Brown 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

I'm trying to set up an SSL connection from stunnel to Postfix, but can not get it to work. stunnel log says: 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: ssmtp started 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: FD 11 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: Connection from 192.168.1.12:51469 permitted by libwrap 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG5[5240:25188864]: ssmtp connected from 192.168.1.12:51469 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: ssmtp connecting 127.0.0.1:25 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: connect_wait: connected 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: Remote FD=10 initialized 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: TCP_NODELAY option set on remote socket 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG5[5240:25188864]: Negotiations for smtp (client side) started 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:2684415368]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG6[5240:2684415368]: Child process 5251 finished with code 0 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 220 mail3.bordo.com.au ESMTP Postfix 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: -> 220 mail3.bordo.com.au ESMTP Postfix 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: -> EHLO localhost 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-mail3.bordo.com.au 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-SIZE 10240000 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-ETRN 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-XFORWARD NAME ADDR PROTO HELO SOURCE 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250-8BITMIME 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 250 DSN 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: -> STARTTLS 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: <- 220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG5[5240:25188864]: Protocol negotiations succeded 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: SSL state (connect): before/ connect initialization 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: SSL state (connect): SSLv2/ v3 write client hello A 2006.11.16 11:40:31 LOG6[5240:25188864]: init_ssl: s_poll_wait timeout 2006.11.16 11:40:31 LOG5[5240:25188864]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2006.11.16 11:40:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: ssmtp finished (0 left) 2006.11.16 11:35:31 LOG7[5240:25188864]: ssmtp started Postfix's log shows: Nov 16 11:35:31 Fax-Machine postfix/smtpd[5252]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Nov 16 11:35:31 Fax-Machine postfix/smtpd[5252]: setting up TLS connection from localhost[127.0.0.1] Nov 16 11:40:31 Fax-Machine postfix/smtpd[5252]: SSL_accept error from localhost[127.0.0.1]: -1 Nov 16 11:40:31 Fax-Machine postfix/smtpd[5252]: lost connection after STARTTLS from localhost[127.0.0.1] Nov 16 11:40:31 Fax-Machine postfix/smtpd[5252]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] stunnel.conf is: ; 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 = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert key = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key debug=7 output=/dev/stdout ; 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 protocol = smtp sslVersion = all ;[pop3s] ;accept = 995 ;connect = 110 ;[imaps] ;accept = 993 ;connect = 143 [ssmtp] client = yes accept = 465 connect = 25 ;[https] ;accept = 443 ;connect = 80 ;TIMEOUTclose = 0 ; vim:ft=dosini Does anyone have any idea where I am going wrong? Thanks, James.

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stunnel : remote connection refused
by Arunkumar Arumugam 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Hi I am using stunnel 3.26 on i386 redhat -linux-gnu with PTHREAD+LIBWRAP with openssl 0.9.6b engine I am getting the following error when try to use stunnel to a remote ipadress on specific port Lets say the remote ip address be a.b.c.d and port P1 and local ipaddess e.f.g.h and port P2 e.f.g.h:P2 ------> a.b.c.d:P1 my logs say that a.b.c.d:p1 started a.b.c.d:p1 connected from 127.0.0.1:xxxxx a.b.c.d:p1 connecting a.b.c.d:p1 remote connect: connection refused (111) failed to initialize remote desccriptor abcd:p1 finished (0 left) I do not understand why after connecting from local host to a.b.c.d , a.b.c.d tries to reconnect to itself. I have the same setup in another server, it works fine. This one was working fine, until i rebooted the machine. Regards Arun A -- ARUN ARUMUGAM Galbraith's Law of Human Nature: Faced with the choice between changing ones' mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.

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Testing stunnel 4.19
by Michal Trojnara 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear Users, Please test stunnel 4.19 in you environments and post any problem to the list, so I can fix it in stunnel 4.20 (to be released soon). I expect stunnel 4.20 to be the recommended stable release for quite a long time. 8-) Best regards, Mike

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Re: [stunnel-users] No way to keep the key encrypted?
by Michal Trojnara 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

On Wednesday 15 November 2006 16:30, joe(a)strout.net wrote: > That's good news! ...But, how do I use it (in daemon mode)? I tried > launching stunnel with an encrypted key, and it simply failed saying > that the pass phrase was wrong. But it never asked me for a pass > phrase. How do I make it do so? I confirm it's broken in stunnel 4.19. I'll fix it in 4.20. 4.18 works fine. Best regards, Mike

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Re: [stunnel-users] No way to keep the key encrypted?
by Hans Werner Strube 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Michal Trojnara wrote: > Obviously private key encryption should not be used in inetd mode. It > works fine in daemon mode and on Win32 platform. Yes, but only when stunnel is started manually. When started automatically on system boot, there is usually nobody present to enter the password of the encrypted private key (except when the key is stored somewhere and its input provided by some script or program - again a security hole). This is not a special problem of stunnel but of all SSL-using servers.

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Re: [stunnel-users] No way to keep the key encrypted?
by Michal Trojnara 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Joe Strout wrote: > The private key cannot be encrypted [cut] > This seems very dangerous to me; This paragraph of the manual was obsolete so I've removed it. Obviously private key encryption should not be used in inetd mode. It works fine in daemon mode and on Win32 platform. Best regards, Mike

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"wrong version number" error
by joe＠strout.net 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

With a cleartext key (see previous thread), I'm able to get stunnel to actually run. However, it's failing when I try to connect to my server with https, generating the following output: 2006.11.15 09:10:11 LOG5[18343:25188864]: https accepted connection from 67.174.105.26:39907 2006.11.15 09:10:11 LOG7[18343:25188864]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2006.11.15 09:10:11 LOG3[18343:25188864]: SSL_accept: 1408F10B: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number 2006.11.15 09:10:11 LOG5[18343:25188864]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2006.11.15 09:10:11 LOG7[18343:25188864]: https finished (0 left) The important part here I suppose is "SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number". Can anyone elaborate on what this means, and what I can do about it? Thank you, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- joe(a)strout.net Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/

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No way to keep the key encrypted?
by joe＠strout.net 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

I see from the manual: "Two things are important when generating certificate-key pairs for stunnel. The private key cannot be encrypted, because the server has no way to obtain the password from the user. To produce an unencrypted key add the -nodes option when running the req command from the OpenSSL kit." This seems very dangerous to me; anybody who gets ahold of that key file will then be able to impersonate my server, right? Symbian SSL Proxy will simply ask me for my pass phrase when I launch it. Is there any way to get stunnel to do something equivalent -- maybe by decrypting it on the fly and piping it to stunnel on launch, so that there is never a decrypted file on disk? Or maybe I can decrypt the key to a file, launch stunnel, and then immediately delete that file? How have others dealt with this? Thanks, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- joe(a)strout.net Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/

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[RE][stunnel-users] ciphers=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA
by algol sigfrid 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

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Stunnel 4.19 released
by Michal Trojnara 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear Users, A new version of stunnel has just been released. Version 4.19, 2006.11.11, urgency: LOW/EXPERIMENTAL: * Release notes - There are a lot of new features in this version. I recommend to test it well before upgrading your mission-critical systems. * New features - New service-level option to specify OCSP server flag: OCSPflag = <flag> - "protocolCredentials" option changed to "protocolUsername" and "protocolPassword" - NTLM support to be enabled with the new service-level option: protocolAuthentication = NTLM - imap protocol negotiation support added. - Passphrase cache was added so the user does not need to reenter the same passphrase for each defined service any more. - New service-level option to retry connect+exec section: retry = yes|no - Local IP and port is logged for each established connection. - Win32 DLLs for OpenSSL 0.9.8d. * Bugfixes - Serious problem with SSL_WANT_* retries fixed. The new code requires extensive testing! Homepage: http://stunnel.mirt.net/ Download: ftp://stunnel.mirt.net/stunnel/ sha1sum for stunnel-4.19.tar.gz: d58da8117278d71598279c77935585de81b74394 Best regards, Mike

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Error when I try adding compression to stunnel.conf
by Rami Michael 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

So it seems i found the answer to my own question... compression was added in stunnel 4.06. I am using 4.05 :)

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Does stunnel supports IPv6
by Ravi Gowda 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hi All, Can we use ipv6 addresses in stunnel? The problem that I am facing is I want to have secure ldap sessions using two IPv6 systems but none of them speak SSL... How to go about it??? Thanks in Advance Ravi Gowda

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Error when I try adding compression to stunnel.conf
by Rami Michael 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hey everyone, I was going through the stunnel FAQ when I noticed you could add compression. I was very excited and wanted to give it a try but when I tried to add compression = zlib to my stunnel.cong I got this error when starting stunnel... Starting stunnel: file /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf line 10: Specified option name is not valid here Line 10 is the exact place where i stuck this name value pair. I don't know where else i could put it, i tried putting it everywhere! All requested info for posts to the group are found below Here is my stunnel.conf verify = 3 CAfile = /etc/stunnel/certs.pem cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem setuid = nobody setgid = nobody pid = /tmp/stunnel.pid debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel.log client = no compression = zlib [mysqls] accept = 3309 connect = 3306 I am using centOS and installed stunnel and openssl via the available rpms, using yum. zlib is installed as well, but i don't think this is a zlib issue, it seems like it just doesn't like "compression". Was compression added in a version later than 4.05? Am i missing something incredinbly simple? Some output from the stunnel.log at high debug level 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG5[32244:3086689984]: stunnel 4.05 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu PTHREAD+LIBWRAP with OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /dev/urandom 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG6[32244:3086689984]: PRNG seeded successfully 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Certificate: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Key file: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: Loaded verify certificates from /etc/stunnel/certs.pem 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG5[32244:3086689984]: FD_SETSIZE=1024, file ulimit=1024 -> 500 clients allowed 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: mysqls bound to 0.0.0.0:3309 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32244:3086689984]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2006.11.13 23:03:10 LOG7[32245:3086689984]: Created pid file /tmp/stunnel.pid stunnel -V 2006.11.13 23:03:14 LOG3[32248:3086505664]: -V: No such file or directory (2) Syntax: stunnel [filename] | -fd [n] | -help | -version | -sockets filename - use specified config file instead of /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf -fd n - read the config file from specified file descriptor -help - get config file help -version - display version and defaults -sockets - display default socket options uname -a Linux ramison 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL #1 Fri Oct 6 05:59:54 CDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3) openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003

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