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SFTP over stunnel
by sameer_rm90＠hotmail.com 13 Jun '21

13 Jun '21

Hi, Is SFTP works over stunnel? If yes, how can configure it ?

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connect with hostname obtains incorrect IP address
by stunnel＠dsbconsulting.com 11 Jun '21

11 Jun '21

Hello everyone. I'm trying to use stunnel to forward smtp traffic from an old webcam to an smtp server that requires TLS. Everything works fine if I put the IP address of the smtp server in the connect= line, but if I put the hostname there, stunnel tries to connect to a seemingly random IP address. This happens using stunnel on Windows 10 and also on my router with OpenWrt (linux) Here is the config file: [smtp] client = yes accept = 192.0.0.1:25 ;connect = 199.193.7.228:465 connect = smtp.privateemil.com:465 And here is the failing part of the stunnel log file: 2021.06.11 18:24:54 LOG5[0]: Service [smtp] accepted connection from 192.0.0.111:49334 2021.06.11 18:24:54 LOG6[0]: s_connect: connecting 47.91.170.222:465 2021.06.11 18:24:54 LOG7[0]: s_connect: s_poll_wait 47.91.170.222:465: waiting 10 seconds 2021.06.11 18:24:54 LOG7[0]: FD=6 events=0x2001 revents=0x0 2021.06.11 18:24:54 LOG7[0]: FD=10 events=0x2005 revents=0x0 2021.06.11 18:25:04 LOG3[0]: s_connect: s_poll_wait 47.91.170.222:465: TIMEOUTconnect exceeded Here is the result of ping for the smtp server: PING smtp.privateemail.com (199.193.7.228): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 199.193.7.228: seq=0 ttl=237 time=103.059 ms

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encrypted connection between application server and db server drops exactly after 300
by simona vittori 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Hello, the encrypted connection between application server and db server drops exactly after 300 seconds. why? without stunnel this does not happen. we cannot understand why Thank a lot Simona

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How to get high-precision timestamps in the stunnel logs
by jori.gielis＠telenetgroup.be 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hi, I want to use more accurate timestamps in the logs of stunnel. It would be nice to have milliseconds. Current format: 2021.05.27 19:00:59 LOG7[3]: Remote descriptor (FD=70) closed Needed format: 2021.05.27 19:00:59,718 LOG7[3]: Remote descriptor (FD=70) closed Is it possible to accomplish this in stunnel version 5.56? Thanks! Best regards

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stunnel.pem Failure
by waynesmith philosophical-vistas.net 27 May '21

27 May '21

I preface this message to alert the reader that I remain a novice both in use of STunnel and Linux. I am trying to generate an SSL/TLS certificate for use w/ my various e-mail clients. I downloaded and extracted STunnel 5.59 on my Linux Mint Debian box. After perusing the files I issued the following command sudo ./configure --enable-fips Without repeating all the verbiage, it seemed to run properly. I then issued the following command make cert It returned the usual information requests (though it didn't ask for an e-mail address) but returned the following: /usr/bin/install -c -b -m 600 stunnel.pem /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file ‘/usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem’: No such file or directory Makefile:549: recipe for target 'cert' failed make[1]: *** [cert] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/was/stunnel-5.59/tools' Makefile:883: recipe for target 'cert' failed make: *** [cert] Error 2 I negotiated through </usr/local/etc> and ascertained there was no </stunnel> folder. Unfortunately the permissions prevent me from creating this folder. I am thus stumped. Suggestions?

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fixes for Solaris
by Pavel Heimlich 25 May '21

25 May '21

Hi, please find attached two patches that make stunnel 5.59 work better with Oracle Solaris. The first one fixes a few issues with the tests* - it removes unnecessary warning/error messages and adjusts the calls to netcat and ifconfig to what works on Solaris. The second one adds the location of 64 bit shared libraries for linking OpenSSL, similar to what has been added for Fedora. best regards P. * test result: test 010_require_cert ok test 011_verify_peer ok test 012_verify_chain ok test 013_CRL_file ok test 014_PSK_secrets ok test 015_p12_cert ok test 020_IPv6 ok test 021_FIPS skipped test 022_bind ok test 028_redirect_chain ok test 029_no_redirect_chain ok test 030_simple_execute ok test 031_redirect ok test 032_no_redirect ok test 033_redirect_exec ok test 034_no_redirect_exec ok test 035_SNI ok test 036_no_SNI ok test 037_failover_prio1 ok test 038_failover_prio2 ok test 039_failover_rr ok test 040_reload ok test 041_exec_connect ok test 042_inetd ok test 043_session_delay ok test 044_session_nodelay ok test 045_include ok test 046_resume_PSK ok test 047_resume_redirect ok test 048_resume_noredirect ok test 049_redirect_nocert ok test 050_ticket_secrets ok test 051_resume_cache_old skipped test 052_resume_cache ok test 053_resume_ticket ok test 054_resume_TLSv1_3 ok test 055_socket_close ok test 110_failure_require_cert ok test 111_failure_verify_peer ok test 112_failure_verify_chain ok test 113_failure_CRL_file ok test 114_failure_PSK_secrets ok test 115_failure_wrong_config ok test 121_failure_FIPS_ciphers skipped test 122_failure_FIPS_curves skipped summary: success 41, skip 4, fail 0 -- Pavel Heimlich | SW Developer Security Compliance & Globalization Oracle Czech s. r. o., U Trezorky 921/2, 158 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic

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Stunnel stopped working..
by Alastair ＠ Expert Geeks 23 May '21

23 May '21

Hi all, I've been happily using stunnel for the same purpose and the same config for over year but it's suddenly stopped working. I was using it to wrap http shoutcast (port 8000) to https (port 8444). I'm using a letsencrypt cert. config: client = no [shoutcast] accept = 8444 connect = 127.0.0.1:8000 cert = /etc/letsencrypt/live/*server name*/fullchain.pem key = /etc/letsencrypt/live/*server name*/privkey.pem This keeps getting repeated in the log: 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[main]: Found 1 ready file descriptor(s) 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[main]: FD=4 events=0x2001 revents=0x0 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[main]: FD=9 events=0x2001 revents=0x1 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[main]: Service [shoutcast] accepted (FD=3) from *server ip*:40506 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[4]: Service [shoutcast] started 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[4]: Setting local socket options (FD=3) 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[4]: Option TCP_NODELAY set on local socket 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG5[4]: Service [shoutcast] accepted connection from *server ip*:40506 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG6[4]: Peer certificate not required 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[4]: TLS state (accept): before SSL initialization 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG3[4]: SSL_accept: ../ssl/record/ssl3_record.c:322: error:1408F09C:SSL routines:ssl3_get_record:http request 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG5[4]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to TLS, 0 byte(s) sent to socket 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[4]: Local descriptor (FD=3) closed 2021.05.22 22:18:27 LOG7[4]: Service [shoutcast] finished (0 left) (server ip & server name removed) Suggestions and recommendations gratefully received! Thanks.

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Re: stunnel in Citrix Environment
by Eberhard 21 May '21

21 May '21

It is pretty much impossible for users to hijack each other. The connections are persistent and if a user drops it is gone. It won’t hijack or share. Having said that, if your app works like a Web browser (not persistent) then of course they will interleave and of course you need to use the same technique as browsers – cookies, hidden fields, whatever. E VICS, LLC Eric S Eberhard 2933 W Middle Verde Rd Camp Verde, AZ 86322 928-567-3727 (land line) 928-301-7537 (cell phone) <http://www.vicsmba.com/> http://www.vicsmba.com <https://www.facebook.com/groups/286143052248115> https://www.facebook.com/groups/286143052248115 From: Bruce Liptak <bliptakjr(a)gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 10:35 AM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] stunnel in Citrix Environment Hello stunnel-users, Currently we have an application using stunnel being presented by a Citrix presentation server. The first user authenticates over stunnel with a PKI cert and every user thereafter creates a prompt for the first user again and again for each user that also tries to get into the app. Is there a way for stunnel to be separated based on something that pertains to the user trying to get access? We are using a PKI solution based on certificates. It's like every new user is hijacking the first users' stunnel session. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you, Bruce Liptak <mailto:[email protected]> bliptakjr(a)gmail.com CCNA R&S | VCA-DCV | Linux+ | Security+ | Network+

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stunnel in Citrix Environment
by Bruce Liptak 21 May '21

21 May '21

Hello stunnel-users, Currently we have an application using stunnel being presented by a Citrix presentation server. The first user authenticates over stunnel with a PKI cert and every user thereafter creates a prompt for the first user again and again for each user that also tries to get into the app. Is there a way for stunnel to be separated based on something that pertains to the user trying to get access? We are using a PKI solution based on certificates. It's like every new user is hijacking the first users' stunnel session. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you, Bruce Liptak bliptakjr(a)gmail.com CCNA R&S | VCA-DCV | Linux+ | Security+ | Network+

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Unable to connect after upgrade of server
by Christopher Schultz 13 May '21

13 May '21

All, I upgraded one of my servers from Debian stretch to Debian buster yesterday and I've been unable to establish stunnel connections to it since then. When I connect, I get this log message on the server end: LOG5[0]: Service [svn-name] accepted connection from [client ip]:45382 LOG5[0]: Certificate accepted at depth=0: [cert dn] LOG3[0]: SSL_accept: 1414D17A: error:1414D17A:SSL routines:tls12_check_peer_sigalg:wrong curve LOG5[0]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to TLS, 0 byte(s) sent to socket We are using EC certs and it's complaining about a curve. So, probably curve-related :) Our private key on the client side is using the secp256k1 curve. The client is using OpenSSL 1.0.2. The server is running OpenSSL 1.1.1. Both client and server support secp256k1. I tried specifying: curves = secp256k1 On the server side, but stunnel won't start, telling me that the configuration option isn't valid. I tried it in the global scope, and also in the service-scope and got the same error. Am I missing something? Minting new certificates (e.g. using prime256v1/secp256r1) is definitely an option, as my client openssl says it supports the NIST P-256 curve. $ openssl ecparam -list_curves secp256k1 : SECG curve over a 256 bit prime field secp384r1 : NIST/SECG curve over a 384 bit prime field secp521r1 : NIST/SECG curve over a 521 bit prime field prime256v1: X9.62/SECG curve over a 256 bit prime field That last one is NIST P-256. Is my best bet to mint a new certificate? Or is it possible to configure the server to allow this secp256k1 curve? -chris

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Stunnel static compile with open ssl error while running make command
by snainwar＠rediffmail.com 30 Apr '21

30 Apr '21

I am running RHEL release v 7.9 and have successfully compiled OpenSSL version 1.1.1k using the following configuration: ##> ./config --prefix=/usr/src/openssl-1.1.1 --openssldir=/etc/openssl The following paths are shown when I run command whereis openssl # whereis openssl openssl: /usr/lib64/openssl /usr/local/bin/openssl /usr/include/openssl /opt/openssl/bin/openssl /usr/src/openssl-1.1.1k/openssl.pc ]# I have download and prepared Stunnel version 5.59 from https://www.stunnel.org/ I am using the following configuration: ##> ./configure --with-ssl=/opt/openssl --enable-static When I compile Stunnel I get the following error message when we run Make install make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/doc/stunnel' /bin/install -c -m 644 README.md TODO.md COPYING.md AUTHORS.md NEWS.md PORTS.md BUGS.md COPYRIGHT.md CREDITS.md INSTALL.W32.md INSTALL.WCE.md INSTALL.FIPS.md '/usr/local/share/doc/stunnel' make install-data-hook make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/stunnel-5.59' ********************************************************* * Type 'make cert' to also install a sample certificate * ********************************************************* make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/stunnel-5.59' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/stunnel-5.59' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/stunnel-5.59' [root@tvdcltmp001 stunnel-5.59]# Looks like Stunnel cannot link (probably because it can’t find the library) Does anyone know what the error might be? What changes do I need to make to configure for compilation.

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5.59 on win64
by Joe Phillips 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

I'm running win64 version 5.59. Installed service and it is started and running (set to automatic). But when I try to open the stunnel allUsers I get the error : stunnel server is down sue to an error, you need to exit and correct the problem. Click ok to see the error log. Shouldn't I be able to open the log window if the service is running? Also when the service is running there is no stunnel icon in the system tray. Please advise. Thanks [cid:[email protected]]

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Load Balancing
by Ramin Malekgahsemi 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Hi Dear friend If have one stunnel client and have three Stunnel server My question IS How by RR user three server For client ? Forward and handle connection on three server (Client and access Port is once) thanks

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Stunnel static compile error while running Make command
by snainwar＠rediffmail.com 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

We are trying to static compile stunnel 5.59 with open ssl 1.1.1 on RHEl 6 and RHEL7 we are getting below error running command Make on the server /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:239: undefined reference to `BN_GENCB_new' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:244: undefined reference to `BN_GENCB_set' stunnel-cron.o: In function `cron_dh_param': /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:219: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:222: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:225: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_read_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:229: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-cron.o: In function `cron_init': /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:78: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:81: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-stunnel.o: In function `main_cleanup': /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:249: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:263: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-stunnel.o: In function `process_connections': /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:889: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:898: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-stunnel.o: In function `stunnel_info': /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:1034: undefined reference to `OpenSSL_version' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:1036: undefined reference to `OpenSSL_version' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:1041: undefined reference to `OpenSSL_version_num' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [stunnel] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/stunnel-5.59/src' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/stunnel-5.59/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 [root@tvdcltmp001 stunnel-5.59]#

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Stunnel static compile error while running Make command
by snainwar＠rediffmail.com 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

We are trying to static compile stunnel 5.59 with open ssl 1.1.1 on RHEl 6 and RHEL7 we are getting below error running command Make on the server /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:239: undefined reference to `BN_GENCB_new' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:244: undefined reference to `BN_GENCB_set' stunnel-cron.o: In function `cron_dh_param': /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:219: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:222: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:225: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_read_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:229: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-cron.o: In function `cron_init': /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:78: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/cron.c:81: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-stunnel.o: In function `main_cleanup': /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:249: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:263: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-stunnel.o: In function `process_connections': /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:889: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:898: undefined reference to `CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock' stunnel-stunnel.o: In function `stunnel_info': /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:1034: undefined reference to `OpenSSL_version' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:1036: undefined reference to `OpenSSL_version' /stunnel-5.59/src/stunnel.c:1041: undefined reference to `OpenSSL_version_num' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [stunnel] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/stunnel-5.59/src' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/stunnel-5.59/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 [root@tvdcltmp001 stunnel-5.59]#

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Unable to reload Stunnel in Linux
by gorf＠hyperfunk.club 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Hi, Normally, I would call "kill -HUP" with Stunnel's process ID to make it reload the configuration in Linux. I was very surprised when I tried that and the process stopped. Why would HUP cause it to exit, rather than reload the config? It doesn't do that on every machine. Thanks.

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Questions about two host connection using stunnel
by yfmao＠seas.upenn.edu 24 Apr '21

24 Apr '21

I am using stunnel4 to build a secure connection between two ubuntu hosts. One of the hosts (sender) will send "hello world" to another host (receiver). When I am using tcpdump in receiver to capture the packets sending from sender, I find out that one of the packets contains "hello world" in plaintext. From my understanding, stunnel will encrypt the content of "hello world" if everything is correct, so I shouldn't be able to see "hello world" in plaintext among any incoming packets. Any ideas about what is going wrong here? Here I will put my stunnel.config for your reference: cert = /home/ubuntu/client_server/stunnel.pem key = /home/ubuntu/client_server/stunnel.key debug = 7 output = /home/ubuntu/client_server/stunnel.log socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 options = ALL [services] accept = 6667 connect = some_ip_address:6666 TIMEOUTclose = 0

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Paid work
by David Rose (dsr) 24 Apr '21

24 Apr '21

I need an Stunnel config that will allow my Windows app that only can send SMTP without any authentication or encryption to be able to send email via Gmail or Office 365. Is this something that someone would be able to write for me and if so, what would you charge ? Thanks David --

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Does stunnel support OCSP stapling?
by koalabearguo＠gmail.com 24 Apr '21

24 Apr '21

Will it plan to support in the future? Thanks.

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Re: Fwd: Re: Local socket keeps listening
by Eberhard 16 Apr '21

16 Apr '21

I’ll toss in an unpopular opinion here. I have used stunnel since day one. I had over the years problems with it not answering or the parent process dying altogether and other issues. I finally decided to run it from inetd rather than as a service. It is logical that this is a little slower but with modern machines I don’t notice it. inetd always is running. Always. If it is not you pretty much cannot use the machine. It has been a service program forever and is dead reliable. What you get is total reliability for an unnoticeable loss of speed. I suppose a heavily loaded machine running at capacity might not like this – my answer is throw hardware at it. I need reliable more than anything else. I’d at least try it! E VICS, LLC Eric S Eberhard 2933 W Middle Verde Rd Camp Verde, AZ 86322 928-567-3727 (land line) 928-301-7537 (cell phone) <http://www.vicsmba.com/> http://www.vicsmba.com <https://www.facebook.com/groups/286143052248115> https://www.facebook.com/groups/286143052248115 From: Jorge Redondo Flames <jorge.redondo(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:49 AM To: Peter Pentchev <roam(a)ringlet.net> Cc: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] Re: Fwd: Re: Local socket keeps listening Got it. Thank you very much! On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 20:41, Peter Pentchev <roam(a)ringlet.net <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 08:24:51PM +0200, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 20:19, Jochen Bern <Jochen.Bern(a)binect.de <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 14.04.21 19:58, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > > > Stunnel could listen on its local port *only* when the peer server is > > > listening on its corresponding server socket. So if there is no serve on > > > the other side, there should not be local listening socket. Does not that > > > make sense? > > > > No. > > > > In the general situation (server *not* being on the same machine as > > stunnel), stunnel CANNOT know whether the server's listening short of > > trying to connect to it - which it will only do on behalf of an incoming > > client request, which would never happen if stunnel weren't listening. > > > > Even if server and stunnel run on the same machine/OS, finding out about > > the server's state would require a bunch of special-purpose code. > > > > Assuming that they *are* on a common Linux (or at least unixoid) system, > > however, it would be rather trivial to write a root cron job that checks > > the output of "ss"/"netstat" for the server's LISTEN and simply > > terminates stunnel if it isn't found. > > > > Or even better, have the server *restarted* automatically whenever it > > croaks ... > > Understood. Although it still seems to me that the code doing more or less > what the cron job would do might worth. So, three points here. 1. There are some services (some servers) that do not react very nicely to somebody connecting to them and disconnecting immediately. Some of them do some work at the moment of the connection (e.g. resolve the client's IP address, check it against firewall rules, or even do some actual, service-specific, work, e.g. allocate buffers, prepare some kind of data...). Some of them are configured in such ways as to avoid portscanners or denial of service attacks or spam or flood or... many other things. In general, unless you *know* that it is safe to connect and immediately disconnect from the remote service, it is very unwise to try to do that. In your particular case, you know that, but in general, it is not a good idea. 2. Even if stunnel would try to connect to the remote service, what happens if the connection fails? OK, you say stunnel should close its local listening socket, but what then - will it never open it again? And if here's the part when you say "it can try to connect to the remote server again and start listening again" - okay, how much time passes between these connection attempts? Even something like a second may be bad if a real client chooses exactly this second to try to connect to stunnel and... stunnel is not listening... even though the remote server has started listening immediately after stunnel's last unsuccessful attempt. So... whatever interval you pick, closing the local listening socket *will* result in real, live clients failing to connect. 3. A more general point: if you really want to check whether a service is operational, only checking whether it will accept a connection is not enough. I've seen *many* failure modes over the years: from an overloaded machine where the OS kernel will accept the connection, but none of the actual server processes will react, through an overloaded service process that accepts the connection but spends too much time processing other requests to pay any attention to it, to a firewall host gone crazy that will pass connection packets, but will then refuse to pass the actual payload (yes, I've seen that happen for at least three different reasons). So an actual service check would be to connect and then send some kind of simple request to the server that you know will not take it too much time and resources to process, but will give you some measure of confidence that the server is actually serving requests and data. But in short, it is impossible for stunnel to know whether a remote server is listening for a connection without trying to connect, it may not be "polite" for it to try to connect too often, and trying to connect not-too-often *will* result in real clients being unable to connect in the intermediate intervals. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam(a)ringlet.net <mailto:[email protected]> roam(a)debian.org <mailto:[email protected]> pp(a)storpool.com <mailto:[email protected]> PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13

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Fwd: Re: Local socket keeps listening
by Jorge Redondo Flames 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jorge Redondo Flames <jorge.redondo(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 19:45 Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Re: Local socket keeps listening To: Ludolf Holzheid <lholzheid(a)bihl-wiedemann.de> Stunnel could listen on its local port *only* when the peer server is listening on its corresponding server socket. So if there is no serve on the other side, there should not be local listening socket. Does not that make sense? On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 19:38, Ludolf Holzheid <lholzheid(a)bihl-wiedemann.de> wrote: > On Wed, 2021-04-14 19:13:03 +0200, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > > [..] > > > > Is there a way to configure Stunnel to *close* the local socket (not > > listening anymore) whenever the peer process (i.e. the server) has closed > > its socket? > > Stunnel listens for connection request from the client(s) and connects > to the server on behalf of the client(s). How will a client ever be > able to connect through Stunnel again if Stunnel closes the listening > socket? > > Ludolf > > -- > > Ludolf Holzheid > > Bihl+Wiedemann GmbH > Floßwörthstraße 41 > 68199 Mannheim, Germany > > Tel: +49 621 33996-0 > Fax: +49 621 3392239 > > mailto:[email protected] > https://www.bihl-wiedemann.de > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Mannheim > Geschäftsführer: Jochen Bihl, Bernhard Wiedemann > Amtsgericht Mannheim, HRB 5796 > > Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.bihl-wiedemann.de/de/meta/datenschutz > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list -- stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > To unsubscribe send an email to stunnel-users-leave(a)stunnel.org >

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Re: Local socket keeps listening
by Ludolf Holzheid 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

On Wed, 2021-04-14 19:45:06 +0200, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > Stunnel could listen on its local port *only* when the peer server is > listening on its corresponding server socket. So if there is no serve on > the other side, there should not be local listening socket. Does not that > make sense? Stunnel connects to the server only when a client connects to Stunnel. If Stunnel is not listening for clients, it does not try to connect to the server. If it does not try to connect to the server, it does not know if the server is listening. Ludolf > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 19:38, Ludolf Holzheid <lholzheid(a)bihl-wiedemann.de> > wrote: > > > On Wed, 2021-04-14 19:13:03 +0200, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > > > [..] > > > > > > Is there a way to configure Stunnel to *close* the local socket (not > > > listening anymore) whenever the peer process (i.e. the server) has closed > > > its socket? > > > > Stunnel listens for connection request from the client(s) and connects > > to the server on behalf of the client(s). How will a client ever be > > able to connect through Stunnel again if Stunnel closes the listening > > socket? > > > > Ludolf -- Ludolf Holzheid Bihl+Wiedemann GmbH Floßwörthstraße 41 68199 Mannheim, Germany Tel: +49 621 33996-0 Fax: +49 621 3392239 mailto:[email protected] https://www.bihl-wiedemann.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Mannheim Geschäftsführer: Jochen Bihl, Bernhard Wiedemann Amtsgericht Mannheim, HRB 5796 Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.bihl-wiedemann.de/de/meta/datenschutz

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Local socket keeps listening
by Jorge Redondo Flames 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Hey there, thanks for being there. I have a Client/Server services originally communicating over TCP. The client periodically monitors the socket connection by reading from the socket and, in the case the connection has been lost, the client retries the connection a given amount of times, after which it realizes that the server is definitely down. Now I have implemented secure communication using Stunnel and everything works fine except for the fact that, whenever the server process crashes (which is eventually expected), the client is no longer able to successfully monitor the connection as expected since, no matter what happens to the server process, the local Stunnel daemon keeps listening on its local socket. So, when the client retries connection, it successfully connects to the local socket. Although it soon receives connection reset, this successful connection attempt happening even when the server process is actually down completely breaks the client logic. I could change this logic but I really would like to avoid that path. So here is my question: Is there a way to configure Stunnel to *close* the local socket (not listening anymore) whenever the peer process (i.e. the server) has closed its socket? Thank you very much in advance.

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Connection stops after 20 minutes
by erik.delanghe＠outlook.com 07 Apr '21

07 Apr '21

We use Stunnel between a windows server server and a windows client. Everything is working fine exept, after 20 minutes the connection is broken. (Cannot reach the server)

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stunnel 5.59 released
by Michał Trojnara 05 Apr '21

05 Apr '21

Dear Users, I have released version 5.59 of stunnel. ### Version 5.59, 2021.04.05, urgency: HIGH * Security bugfixes - OpenSSL DLLs updated to version 1.1.1k. * New features - Client-side "protocol = ldap" support (thx to Bart Dopheide and Seth Grover). * Bugfixes - The test suite fixed not to require external connectivity. - Fixed paths in generated manuals (thx to Tatsuki Makino). - Fixed configuration reload when compression is used. - Fixed compilation with early releases of OpenSSL 1.1.1. Home page: https://www.stunnel.org/ Download: https://www.stunnel.org/downloads.html SHA-256 hashes: 137776df6be8f1701f1cd590b7779932e123479fb91e5192171c16798815ce9f stunnel-5.59.tar.gz c45fa3f70ecf0628d1f5985f2c11fedfc989bbc64db857def82ca7ee602fd8e0 stunnel-5.59-win64-installer.exe b56d91493631ff2b18e3e596fbb491892847f5671335c3f5e2307e174742ae44 stunnel-5.59-android.zip Best regards, Mike

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