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STUNNEL --- How to chose the AES cipher with TLS v1.2
by Editor 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Hi to all: In reading the FAQ and looking at the sample configuration file, I do not see an example of how to correctly configure the application to use the more current AES-256 or the AES-128 cipher configurations. I do have the current OpenSSL on the host (a Sun SPARC box). The idea is to use this host as a SSL proxy for a number of services. I did see this reference: options = CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE But not how to then set the SSL cipher except as I found on Google. There was this on the MAN page but it seems to fail in my configuration: ciphers = cipherlist Select permitted SSL ciphers. A colon delimited list of the ciphers to allow in the SSL connection. For example DES-CBC3-SHA:IDEA-CBC-MD5 Thanks. Kevin Reference Ciphers supported by OpenSSL: http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html

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stunnel port question
by Stewart Anderson 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hi all, ty in advance for any help. I have a service that I can connect to a destination over stunnel, but I am not able to get the ack I expect. Internal sending service => stunnel => external listening service I think the problem may be that the firewall is blocking inbound traffic. I need to specify a specific port for the firewall team to open so that traffic can get back to my stunnel service, since every time stunnel starts it will be making a connection from a different port on the external facing side of the SSL encapsulation service/pipe/whatever you want to call it!! What would be the best way to configure stunnel for that scenario. I can see the INETD mode but that does not seem to be what I am looking for, I can also see the transparent option but not sure what that really does. Any advice appreciated. Regards Stewart Your Hospital needs YOU! We need you to register as a Public, Patient or Staff member and help shape the future of your healthcare. Call 0800 280 2581 to register by phone or you can email bradfordhospitals(a)capitaregistrars.com<mailto:[email protected]> and ask to be registered as a new member. For more information about our hospitals and Foundation Trust Membership please visit www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk<http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk> This message is confidential. It may also contain privileged information. The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are intended for the named addressee only. Unless you are the named addressee or authorised to receive the e-mail of the named addressee you may not disclose, use or copy the contents of the e-mail. If you are not the person for whom the message was intended, please notify the sender immediately at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and delete the material from your computer. You must not use the message for any other purpose, nor disclose its contents to any person other than the intended recipient. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust does not accept responsibility for this message and any views or opinions contained in this e-mail are solely those of the author unless expressly stated otherwise.

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Stunnel over a separate proxy?
by Alex Gottschalk 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

I've successfully deployed stunnel4 to wrap rsync for transferring data between remote sites and a central repository. The issue I'm running into, is that some of these sites mandate use of a proxy (HTTP or SOCKS5 usually) for outbound network connections. It seems like there is some proxy support in stunnel with the protocol{Host,Authentication,etc} configuration options, but I have had zero luck getting them to work. For example, I've tried making a simple SOCKS5 proxy using ssh, that I'm successfully able to send HTTP traffic over: ssh -g -D1080 proxy-host # create the proxy, open port 1080 on a public interface then in the client stunnel.conf: [rsync] protocol = connect protocolHost = proxy-host:1080 accept = 127.0.0.1:873 connect = rsync-destination:443 Keep in mind this is an already-working stunnel - the only difference is the addition of the protocol and protocolHost lines above. When I run stunnel in the foreground with that configuration change, I get the following error trying to run rsync: $ rsync -v dev.inst.kvpdata rsync://localhost/putdata/ rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer (104) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=2.6.9] And no log messages appear in stunnel's stderr whatsoever. What am I doing wrong? I get identical results using an HTTP proxy with squid, instead of the socks5 proxy. Thanks, please let me know if there's any more information I should include to help with figuring this out. Alex Gottschalk

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transfer() loop executes not transferring any data and truncated data when using unix sockets
by Stephen Balukoff 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hello! Recently we started seeing some erroneous behavior in one of our load balancer configurations in which we're using stunnel for SSL tunnel termination with web clients. Specifically, the setup looks like the following: Web client ---(SSL)---> stunnel ---(unix socket)--> haproxy ---(tcp/http)---> web server After extensive troubleshooting we were able to determine that when the following parameters are present: * Client forces non-keepalive connection * Client generates a POST request, the response to which (generated by the back-end web server) is greater than about 8k * stunnel and haproxy communicate via unix socket ...then most responses end up being truncated by an extraneous TCP RST packet from stunnel, and the following log lines are generated: Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: transfer() loop executes not transferring any data Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: please report the problem to Michal.Trojnara(a)mirt.net Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: stunnel 4.54 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu platform Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 1.0.0-fips 29 Mar 2010 Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:+ENGINE+OCSP+FIPS Auth:none Sockets:POLL+IPv6 Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: protocol=TLSv1, SSL_pending=0 Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: sock_open_rd=n, sock_open_wr=Y Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN=n, SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN=Y Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: sock_can_rd=Y, sock_can_wr=n Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: ssl_can_rd=n, ssl_can_wr=n Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: read_wants_read=Y, read_wants_write=n Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: write_wants_read=n, write_wants_write=n Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: shutdown_wants_read=n, shutdown_wants_write=n Jan 23 15:24:17 ds420a stunnel: LOG3[22586:139835614443264]: socket input buffer: 0 byte(s), ssl input buffer: 0 byte(s) The work arounds we have found are either: 1. Make stunnel and haproxy communicate over a TCP socket bound to the loopback interface (less ideal, as then we're limited to 65k connections) 2. Add the "reset=no" parameter to our stunnel.conf (which seems to fix the problem, but makes me wonder if we're not opening ourselves up to other problems-- like really getting stuck in an infinite loop that that watchdog is intended to avoid.) In any case based on what "reset=no" is supposed to do as well as where that first line of the error output above is being generated in the code, it's clear that the main client data transfer loop in client.c (starting line 519) is being called too often with no data to transfer, which triggers the infinite loop detection in the transfer() function (client.c, starting line 832). My best hypothesis at this point is that the transfer() code was written only with TCP sockets in mind, and that something about the unix socket in use here is triggering that loop too often. Maybe s_poll_wait on line 541 is being called with parameters which are right for a TCP socket but inappropriate for a unix socket? At this point though, we're at the limit of my socket programming ability, so I'm a little stuck. (Would like to have simply fixed this and submitted a patch... but cest la vie, eh.) We'd like to avoid using a TCP socket to communicate between stunnel and haproxy simply because it's a little less efficient, and because there's an artificial 65k limit on the number of back-end connections we can support per loopback IP if we do that. Alternatively, if someone could verify that "reset=no" is an acceptable / safe work around in this case, I'd appreciate that (though, of course, I'd prefer my logs not to get spammed on every connection. :P ) Is there any other data I can provide to help troubleshoot and fix this? Thanks, Stephen -- Stephen Balukoff Blue Box Group, LLC (800)613-4305 x807

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LZ4
by Death Master 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Do you plan adding LZ4(much faster than gzip) support to stunnel?

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Re: [stunnel-users] fix resource leaks and potential null
by Arthur Mesh 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

dereferences in 4.54 Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1359889202.25775.stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org> On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 12:00:02PM +0100, stunnel-users-request(a)stunnel.org wrote: > > - char line_text[CONFLINELEN], *errstr; > > + char line_text[CONFLINELEN], *errstr = NULL; > Were you able to identify a case where it's used without > initialization? This is interesting. > It would be a good idea to fix it there instead of implementing a > workaround here. Hi, I will provide the output of coverity run for these defect: int parse_conf(char *name, CONF_TYPE type) { 1997 DISK_FILE *df; At (1): Declaring variable "errstr" without initializer. 1998 char line_text[CONFLINELEN], *errstr; 1999 char config_line[CONFLINELEN], *config_opt, *config_arg; 2000 int line_number, i; 2001 SERVICE_OPTIONS *section, *new_section; 2002 static char *filename=NULL; /* a copy of config file name for reloading */ 2003#ifndef USE_WIN32 2004 int fd; 2005 char *tmpstr; 2006#endif 2007 At (2): Condition "name", taking true branch 2008 if(name) /* not reload */ 2009 filename=str_dup(name); 2010 At (3): Condition "type == 2U", taking true branch 2011 s_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Reading configuration from %s %s", 2012 type==CONF_FD ? "descriptor" : "file", filename); 2013#ifndef USE_WIN32 At (4): Condition "type == 2U", taking true branch 2014 if(type==CONF_FD) { /* file descriptor */ 2015 fd=strtol(filename, &tmpstr, 10); At (5): Condition "tmpstr == filename", taking false branch At (6): Condition "*tmpstr", taking false branch 2016 if(tmpstr==filename || *tmpstr) { /* not a number */ 2017 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Invalid file descriptor number"); 2018 print_syntax(); 2019 return 1; 2020 } 2021 df=file_fdopen(fd); At (7): Falling through to end of if statement 2022 } else 2023#endif 2024 df=file_open(filename, 0); At (8): Condition "!df", taking false branch 2025 if(!df) { 2026 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Cannot read configuration"); 2027 if(type!=CONF_RELOAD) 2028 print_syntax(); 2029 return 1; 2030 } 2031 2032 memset(&new_global_options, 0, sizeof(GLOBAL_OPTIONS)); /* reset global options */ 2033 memset(&new_service_options, 0, sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); /* reset local options */ 2034 new_service_options.next=NULL; 2035 section=&new_service_options; 2036 parse_global_option(CMD_BEGIN, NULL, NULL); 2037 parse_service_option(CMD_BEGIN, section, NULL, NULL); At (9): Condition "type != 0U", taking true branch 2038 if(type!=CONF_RELOAD) { /* provide defaults for gui.c */ 2039 memcpy(&global_options, &new_global_options, sizeof(GLOBAL_OPTIONS)); 2040 memcpy(&service_options, &new_service_options, sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); 2041 } 2042 2043 line_number=0; At (10): Condition "file_getline(df, line_text, 16384) >= 0", taking true branch At (19): Condition "file_getline(df, line_text, 16384) >= 0", taking false branch 2044 while(file_getline(df, line_text, CONFLINELEN)>=0) { 2045 memcpy(config_line, line_text, CONFLINELEN); 2046 ++line_number; 2047 config_opt=config_line; At (11): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)*config_opt, 16384UL)", taking true branch At (12): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)*config_opt, 16384UL)", taking false branch 2048 while(isspace((unsigned char)*config_opt)) 2049 ++config_opt; /* remove initial whitespaces */ At (13): Condition "i >= 0", taking true branch At (14): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)config_opt[i], 16384UL)", taking true branch At (15): Condition "i >= 0", taking true branch At (16): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)config_opt[i], 16384UL)", taking false branch 2050 for(i=strlen(config_opt)-1; i>=0 && isspace((unsigned char)config_opt[i]); --i) 2051 config_opt[i]='\0'; /* remove trailing whitespaces */ At (17): Condition "config_opt[0] == 0", taking true branch 2052 if(config_opt[0]=='\0' || config_opt[0]=='#' || config_opt[0]==';') /* empty or comment */ At (18): Continuing loop 2053 continue; 2054 if(config_opt[0]=='[' && config_opt[strlen(config_opt)-1]==']') { /* new section */ 2055 if(!new_service_options.next) { 2056 errstr=parse_global_option(CMD_END, NULL, NULL); 2057 if(errstr) { 2058 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Line %d: \"%s\": %s", line_number, line_text, errstr); 2059 file_close(df); 2060 return 1; 2061 } 2062 } 2063 ++config_opt; 2064 config_opt[strlen(config_opt)-1]='\0'; 2065 new_section=str_alloc(sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); 2066 memcpy(new_section, &new_service_options, sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); 2067 new_section->servname=str_dup(config_opt); 2068 new_section->session=NULL; 2069 new_section->next=NULL; 2070 section->next=new_section; 2071 section=new_section; 2072 continue; 2073 } 2074 config_arg=strchr(config_line, '='); 2075 if(!config_arg) { 2076 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Line %d: \"%s\": No '=' found", line_number, line_text); 2077 file_close(df); 2078 return 1; 2079 } 2080 *config_arg++='\0'; /* split into option name and argument value */ 2081 for(i=strlen(config_opt)-1; i>=0 && isspace((unsigned char)config_opt[i]); --i) 2082 config_opt[i]='\0'; /* remove trailing whitespaces */ 2083 while(isspace((unsigned char)*config_arg)) 2084 ++config_arg; /* remove initial whitespaces */ 2085 errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_EXEC, section, config_opt, config_arg); 2086 if(!new_service_options.next && errstr==option_not_found) 2087 errstr=parse_global_option(CMD_EXEC, config_opt, config_arg); 2088 if(errstr) { 2089 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Line %d: \"%s\": %s", line_number, line_text, errstr); 2090 file_close(df); 2091 return 1; 2092 } 2093 } 2094 file_close(df); 2095 At (20): Condition "new_service_options.next", taking true branch 2096 if(new_service_options.next) { /* daemon mode: initialize sections */ At (21): Condition "section", taking false branch 2097 for(section=new_service_options.next; section; section=section->next) { 2098 s_log(LOG_INFO, "Initializing service [%s]", section->servname); 2099 errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_END, section, NULL, NULL); 2100 if(errstr) 2101 break; 2102 } At (22): Falling through to end of if statement 2103 } else { /* inetd mode: need to initialize global options */ 2104 errstr=parse_global_option(CMD_END, NULL, NULL); 2105 if(errstr) { 2106 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Global options: %s", errstr); 2107 return 1; 2108 } 2109 s_log(LOG_INFO, "Initializing inetd mode configuration"); 2110 section=&new_service_options; 2111 errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_END, section, NULL, NULL); 2112 } CID 32706: Uninitialized pointer read (UNINIT)At (23): Using uninitialized value "errstr". 2113 if(errstr) { CID 32693: Dereference after null check (FORWARD_NULL) [select defect] 2114 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Service [%s]: %s", section->servname, errstr); 2115 return 1; 2116 } > > - s_log(LOG_ERR, "Service [%s]: %s", section->servname, errstr); > > + s_log(LOG_ERR, "Service [%s]: %s", section ? section->servname : "", > > + errstr); > Again it would be useful to fix the root cause instead of implementing a > workaround. Coverity output: At (1): Condition "name", taking true branch 2008 if(name) /* not reload */ 2009 filename=str_dup(name); 2010 At (2): Condition "type == 2U", taking true branch 2011 s_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Reading configuration from %s %s", 2012 type==CONF_FD ? "descriptor" : "file", filename); 2013#ifndef USE_WIN32 At (3): Condition "type == 2U", taking true branch 2014 if(type==CONF_FD) { /* file descriptor */ 2015 fd=strtol(filename, &tmpstr, 10); At (4): Condition "tmpstr == filename", taking false branch At (5): Condition "*tmpstr", taking false branch 2016 if(tmpstr==filename || *tmpstr) { /* not a number */ 2017 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Invalid file descriptor number"); 2018 print_syntax(); 2019 return 1; 2020 } 2021 df=file_fdopen(fd); At (6): Falling through to end of if statement 2022 } else 2023#endif 2024 df=file_open(filename, 0); At (7): Condition "!df", taking false branch 2025 if(!df) { 2026 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Cannot read configuration"); 2027 if(type!=CONF_RELOAD) 2028 print_syntax(); 2029 return 1; 2030 } 2031 2032 memset(&new_global_options, 0, sizeof(GLOBAL_OPTIONS)); /* reset global options */ 2033 memset(&new_service_options, 0, sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); /* reset local options */ 2034 new_service_options.next=NULL; 2035 section=&new_service_options; 2036 parse_global_option(CMD_BEGIN, NULL, NULL); 2037 parse_service_option(CMD_BEGIN, section, NULL, NULL); At (8): Condition "type != 0U", taking true branch 2038 if(type!=CONF_RELOAD) { /* provide defaults for gui.c */ 2039 memcpy(&global_options, &new_global_options, sizeof(GLOBAL_OPTIONS)); 2040 memcpy(&service_options, &new_service_options, sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); 2041 } 2042 2043 line_number=0; At (9): Condition "file_getline(df, line_text, 16384) >= 0", taking true branch At (18): Condition "file_getline(df, line_text, 16384) >= 0", taking false branch 2044 while(file_getline(df, line_text, CONFLINELEN)>=0) { 2045 memcpy(config_line, line_text, CONFLINELEN); 2046 ++line_number; 2047 config_opt=config_line; At (10): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)*config_opt, 16384UL)", taking true branch At (11): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)*config_opt, 16384UL)", taking false branch 2048 while(isspace((unsigned char)*config_opt)) 2049 ++config_opt; /* remove initial whitespaces */ At (12): Condition "i >= 0", taking true branch At (13): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)config_opt[i], 16384UL)", taking true branch At (14): Condition "i >= 0", taking true branch At (15): Condition "__istype((unsigned char)config_opt[i], 16384UL)", taking false branch 2050 for(i=strlen(config_opt)-1; i>=0 && isspace((unsigned char)config_opt[i]); --i) 2051 config_opt[i]='\0'; /* remove trailing whitespaces */ At (16): Condition "config_opt[0] == 0", taking true branch 2052 if(config_opt[0]=='\0' || config_opt[0]=='#' || config_opt[0]==';') /* empty or comment */ At (17): Continuing loop 2053 continue; 2054 if(config_opt[0]=='[' && config_opt[strlen(config_opt)-1]==']') { /* new section */ 2055 if(!new_service_options.next) { 2056 errstr=parse_global_option(CMD_END, NULL, NULL); 2057 if(errstr) { 2058 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Line %d: \"%s\": %s", line_number, line_text, errstr); 2059 file_close(df); 2060 return 1; 2061 } 2062 } 2063 ++config_opt; 2064 config_opt[strlen(config_opt)-1]='\0'; 2065 new_section=str_alloc(sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); 2066 memcpy(new_section, &new_service_options, sizeof(SERVICE_OPTIONS)); 2067 new_section->servname=str_dup(config_opt); 2068 new_section->session=NULL; 2069 new_section->next=NULL; 2070 section->next=new_section; 2071 section=new_section; 2072 continue; 2073 } 2074 config_arg=strchr(config_line, '='); 2075 if(!config_arg) { 2076 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Line %d: \"%s\": No '=' found", line_number, line_text); 2077 file_close(df); 2078 return 1; 2079 } 2080 *config_arg++='\0'; /* split into option name and argument value */ 2081 for(i=strlen(config_opt)-1; i>=0 && isspace((unsigned char)config_opt[i]); --i) 2082 config_opt[i]='\0'; /* remove trailing whitespaces */ 2083 while(isspace((unsigned char)*config_arg)) 2084 ++config_arg; /* remove initial whitespaces */ 2085 errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_EXEC, section, config_opt, config_arg); 2086 if(!new_service_options.next && errstr==option_not_found) 2087 errstr=parse_global_option(CMD_EXEC, config_opt, config_arg); 2088 if(errstr) { 2089 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Line %d: \"%s\": %s", line_number, line_text, errstr); 2090 file_close(df); 2091 return 1; 2092 } 2093 } 2094 file_close(df); 2095 At (19): Condition "new_service_options.next", taking true branch 2096 if(new_service_options.next) { /* daemon mode: initialize sections */ At (20): Comparing "section" to null implies that "section" might be null. At (21): Condition "section", taking false branch 2097 for(section=new_service_options.next; section; section=section->next) { 2098 s_log(LOG_INFO, "Initializing service [%s]", section->servname); 2099 errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_END, section, NULL, NULL); 2100 if(errstr) 2101 break; 2102 } At (22): Falling through to end of if statement 2103 } else { /* inetd mode: need to initialize global options */ 2104 errstr=parse_global_option(CMD_END, NULL, NULL); 2105 if(errstr) { 2106 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Global options: %s", errstr); 2107 return 1; 2108 } 2109 s_log(LOG_INFO, "Initializing inetd mode configuration"); 2110 section=&new_service_options; 2111 errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_END, section, NULL, NULL); 2112 } CID 32706: Uninitialized pointer read (UNINIT) [select defect] At (23): Condition "errstr", taking true branch 2113 if(errstr) { CID 32693: Dereference after null check (FORWARD_NULL)At (24): Dereferencing null pointer "section". 2114 s_log(LOG_ERR, "Service [%s]: %s", section->servname, errstr); 2115 return 1; 2116 } > > - if(!strcasecmp(fl->name, string)) { > > + if(string && !strcasecmp(fl->name, string)) { > Could you give an example parameter where "string" may be NULL here? 2238/* facilities only make sense on Unix */ 2239#if !defined (USE_WIN32) && !defined (__vms) At (1): Condition "strchr(string, 46)", taking true branch 2240 if(strchr(string, '.')) { /* we have a facility specified */ 2241 new_global_options.facility=-1; 2242 string=strtok(arg_copy, "."); /* break it up */ 2243 At (2): Condition "fl->name", taking true branch 2244 for(fl=facilities; fl->name; ++fl) { At (3): Condition "!strcasecmp(fl->name, string)", taking true branch 2245 if(!strcasecmp(fl->name, string)) { 2246 new_global_options.facility=fl->value; At (4): Breaking from loop 2247 break; 2248 } 2249 } At (5): Condition "new_global_options.facility == -1", taking false branch 2250 if(new_global_options.facility==-1) 2251 return 1; /* FAILED */ 2252 string=strtok(NULL, "."); /* set to the remainder */ 2253 } 2254#endif /* USE_WIN32, __vms */ 2255 2256 /* time to check the syslog level */ At (6): Comparing "string" to null implies that "string" might be null. At (7): Condition "string", taking false branch 2257 if(string && strlen(string)==1 && *string>='0' && *string<='7') { 2258 new_global_options.debug_level=*string-'0'; 2259 return 0; /* OK */ 2260 } 2261 new_global_options.debug_level=8; /* illegal level */ At (8): Condition "fl->name", taking true branch 2262 for(fl=levels; fl->name; ++fl) { CID 11183: Dereference after null check (FORWARD_NULL)At (9): Passing null pointer "string" to function "strcasecmp(char const *, char const *)", which dereferences it. 2263 if(!strcasecmp(fl->name, string)) { 2264 new_global_options.debug_level=fl->value; 2265 break; 2266 } 2267 } 2268 if(new_global_options.debug_level==8) 2269 return 1; /* FAILED */ 2270 return 0; /* OK */ 2271} Let me know if more info is required. Thanks

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fix resource leaks and potential null dereferences in 4.54
by Arthur Mesh 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Hi, I am trying to figure out where bug reports should be submitted. https://www.stunnel.org/lists.html references this mailing list, so here is my attempt at a bug report with a potential fix. If this is not an appropriate list, please redirect me. A coverity run has uncovered quite a few memory and other resource leaks, plus some potential NULL dereferences. Inline is an attempt to fix them. Imho, these are mostly self-explanatory, but if someone needs more details, I would be happy to provide those as well. Thanks diff -ru stunnel-4.54/src/options.c stunnel-4.54.p/src/options.c --- stunnel-4.54/src/options.c 2012-10-09 01:50:54.000000000 -0700 +++ stunnel-4.54.p/src/options.c 2013-01-29 16:26:00.000000000 -0800 @@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ int parse_conf(char *name, CONF_TYPE type) { DISK_FILE *df; - char line_text[CONFLINELEN], *errstr; + char line_text[CONFLINELEN], *errstr = NULL; char config_line[CONFLINELEN], *config_opt, *config_arg; int line_number, i; SERVICE_OPTIONS *section, *new_section; @@ -2104,7 +2104,8 @@ errstr=parse_service_option(CMD_END, section, NULL, NULL); } if(errstr) { - s_log(LOG_ERR, "Service [%s]: %s", section->servname, errstr); + s_log(LOG_ERR, "Service [%s]: %s", section ? section->servname : "", + errstr); return 1; } @@ -2253,7 +2254,7 @@ } new_global_options.debug_level=8; /* illegal level */ for(fl=levels; fl->name; ++fl) { - if(!strcasecmp(fl->name, string)) { + if(string && !strcasecmp(fl->name, string)) { new_global_options.debug_level=fl->value; break; } @@ -2428,6 +2429,7 @@ if(get_last_socket_error()!=S_ENOPROTOOPT) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Failed to get %s OS default", ptr->opt_str); sockerror("getsockopt"); + close(fd); return 1; /* FAILED */ } td=str_dup("write-only"); @@ -2442,6 +2444,7 @@ ptr->opt_str, ta, tl, tr, td); str_free(ta); str_free(tl); str_free(tr); str_free(td); } + close(fd); return 0; /* OK */ } Only in stunnel-4.54.p/src: options.c.orig diff -ru stunnel-4.54/src/protocol.c stunnel-4.54.p/src/protocol.c --- stunnel-4.54/src/protocol.c 2012-10-09 01:46:47.000000000 -0700 +++ stunnel-4.54.p/src/protocol.c 2013-01-29 16:26:00.000000000 -0800 @@ -244,30 +244,36 @@ /**************************************** smtp */ static void smtp_client(CLI *c) { - char *line; + char *line = NULL; do { /* copy multiline greeting */ + str_free(line); /* okay to str_free(NULL) */ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, line); } while(isprefix(line, "220-")); fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, "EHLO localhost"); do { /* skip multiline reply */ + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); } while(isprefix(line, "250-")); if(!isprefix(line, "250 ")) { /* error */ + str_free(line); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Remote server is not RFC 1425 compliant"); longjmp(c->err, 1); } fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, "STARTTLS"); do { /* skip multiline reply */ + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); } while(isprefix(line, "220-")); if(!isprefix(line, "220 ")) { /* error */ + str_free(line); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Remote server is not RFC 2487 compliant"); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); } static void smtp_server(CLI *c) { @@ -290,21 +296,27 @@ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "220")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unknown server welcome"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s + stunnel", line); + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->local_rfd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "EHLO ")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unknown client EHLO"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "250-%s Welcome", line); + str_free(line); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "250 STARTTLS"); line=fd_getline(c, c->local_rfd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "STARTTLS")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "STARTTLS expected"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "220 Go ahead"); } @@ -316,15 +328,19 @@ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "+OK ")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unknown server welcome"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, line); + str_free(line); fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, "STLS"); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "+OK ")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Server does not support TLS"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); } static void pop3_server(CLI *c) { @@ -332,17 +348,21 @@ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s + stunnel", line); + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->local_rfd.fd); if(isprefix(line, "CAPA")) { /* client wants RFC 2449 extensions */ fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "+OK Stunnel capability list follows"); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "STLS"); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "."); + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->local_rfd.fd); } if(!isprefix(line, "STLS")) { + str_free(line); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Client does not want TLS"); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "+OK Stunnel starts TLS negotiation"); } @@ -353,18 +373,22 @@ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "* OK")) { + str_free(line); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unknown server welcome"); longjmp(c->err, 1); } fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, line); + str_free(line); fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, "stunnel STARTTLS"); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "stunnel OK")) { + str_free(line); fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "* BYE stunnel: Server does not support TLS"); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Server does not support TLS"); longjmp(c->err, 2); /* don't reset */ } + str_free(line); } static void imap_server(CLI *c) { @@ -387,6 +411,7 @@ /* process server welcome and send it to client */ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "* OK")) { + str_free(line); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unknown server welcome"); longjmp(c->err, 1); } @@ -396,22 +421,29 @@ if(capa) *capa='K'; /* disable CAPABILITY within greeting */ fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s (stunnel)", line); + str_free(line); while(1) { /* process client commands */ line=fd_getline(c, c->local_rfd.fd); /* split line into id and tail */ id=str_dup(line); tail=strchr(id, ' '); - if(!tail) + if(!tail) { + str_free(line); + str_free(id); break; + } *tail++='\0'; if(isprefix(tail, "STARTTLS")) { fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s OK Begin TLS negotiation now", id); + str_free(line); + str_free(id); return; /* success */ } else if(isprefix(tail, "CAPABILITY")) { fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, line); /* send it to server */ + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); /* get the capabilites */ if(*line=='*') { /* @@ -421,6 +453,7 @@ * LOGIN would fail as "unexpected command", anyway */ fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s STARTTLS", line); + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); /* next line */ } fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, line); /* forward to the client */ @@ -429,24 +462,35 @@ fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "* BYE unexpected server response"); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unexpected server response: %s", line); + str_free(line); + str_free(id); break; } + str_free(line); + str_free(id); } else if(isprefix(tail, "LOGOUT")) { fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "* BYE server terminating"); fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s OK LOGOUT completed", id); + str_free(id); + str_free(line); break; } else { fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "* BYE stunnel: unexpected command"); fd_printf(c, c->local_wfd.fd, "%s BAD %s unexpected", id, tail); s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unexpected client command %s", tail); + str_free(line); + str_free(id); break; } } /* clean server shutdown */ fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, "stunnel LOGOUT"); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); - if(*line=='*') + if(*line=='*') { + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); + } + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 2); /* don't reset */ } @@ -458,15 +502,19 @@ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "200 ") && !isprefix(line, "201 ")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Unknown server welcome"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } fd_putline(c, c->local_wfd.fd, line); fd_putline(c, c->remote_fd.fd, "STARTTLS"); + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); if(!isprefix(line, "382 ")) { s_log(LOG_ERR, "Server does not support TLS"); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); } /**************************************** connect */ @@ -548,13 +596,17 @@ /* not "HTTP/1.0 200 Connection established" */ s_log(LOG_ERR, "CONNECT request rejected"); do { /* read all headers */ + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); } while(*line); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); s_log(LOG_INFO, "CONNECT request accepted"); do { line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); /* read all headers */ + str_free(line); } while(*line); } @@ -588,10 +640,13 @@ if(line[9]!='4' || line[10]!='0' || line[11]!='7') { /* code 407 */ s_log(LOG_ERR, "NTLM authorization request rejected"); do { /* read all headers */ + str_free(line); line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); } while(*line); + str_free(line); longjmp(c->err, 1); } + str_free(line); ntlm2_txt=NULL; do { /* read all headers */ line=fd_getline(c, c->remote_fd.fd); @@ -599,6 +654,7 @@ ntlm2_txt=str_dup(line+25); else if(isprefix(line, "Content-Length: ")) content_length=atol(line+16); + str_free(line); } while(*line); if(!ntlm2_txt) { /* no Proxy-Authenticate: NTLM header */ s_log(LOG_ERR, "Proxy-Authenticate: NTLM header not found"); Only in stunnel-4.54.p/src: protocol.c.orig diff -ru stunnel-4.54/src/stunnel.c stunnel-4.54.p/src/stunnel.c --- stunnel-4.54/src/stunnel.c 2012-08-18 14:11:53.000000000 -0700 +++ stunnel-4.54.p/src/stunnel.c 2013-01-29 16:26:00.000000000 -0800 @@ -119,12 +119,16 @@ fatal("Could not open /dev/null"); #endif /* standard Unix */ main_initialize(); - if(main_configure(argc>1 ? argv[1] : NULL, argc>2 ? argv[2] : NULL)) + if(main_configure(argc>1 ? argv[1] : NULL, argc>2 ? argv[2] : NULL)) { + close(fd); return 1; + } if(service_options.next) { /* there are service sections -> daemon mode */ #if !defined(__vms) && !defined(USE_OS2) - if(daemonize(fd)) + if(daemonize(fd)) { + close(fd); return 1; + } close(fd); /* create_pid() must be called after drop_privileges() * or it won't be possible to remove the file on exit */ Only in stunnel-4.54.p/src: stunnel.c.orig

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X509 certificate info extract and use
by Pierre-Yves Bonnetain 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Hello, We're looking for a way to add some kind of cross-control between an application and the TLS tunnelling tool that protects the data. I'll give an example, that may be easier to understand. My BigDatabase has it's login/password authentication process. Since my customers want to access the database through bad Internet, we set up a SSL/TLS frontend. Each customer has his own X509 certificate, with all proper bells and jingles in it. The frontend checks the certificate (CA sig, validity, revocation, etc.) and then, as it should, passes the unencrypted flow to the application. There is no way (or, rather, we have not found any way) to cross-check that the certificate AND the requested, application-level login, are linked together. This means that my evil neighbour, which bribed my gullible cat to get my login and password, could connect to my account (app-level auth) using his X509 cert (TLS tunnel auth). We would like to perform this cross-check between X509 certificate AND application-level auth. >From our point of view, this means that we need to "extract and send" some parts of the certificate (DN, validity dates, etc.) to some secondary tool/proxy. This one will check if the data is coherent wrt application credentials. M. Henrik Riomar sent a patch (http://www.stunnel.org/pipermail/stunnel-users/2012-October/003909.html) on the list last october that is one step closer to what we are looking for. We could build from it. Maybe some of you have already solved this kind of problem, or know of a tool that answer to this kind of needs ? Tia, -- Pierre-Yves Bonnetain-Nesterenko B&A Consultants - Sécurité informatique - www.ba-consultants.fr Tel. : +33 (0) 563 277 241 - Fax : +33 (0) 567 737 829

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inetd mode endpoint count check
by Michael Weiser 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Hello, a client setup such as this: client = yes foreground = yes connect = example.com:80 exec = cat execargs = cat causes stunnel-4.54 to fail with error: Service [stunnel]: Inetd mode must define one endpoint The attached patch fixes the problem for me. Dunno if the endpoint check is too lax for other cases then, though. -- Thanks, Micha

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transparent proxy ssl for a socket server
by Alex Needham 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hi I have to figure out how to get some ssl encapsulation for an application we have that only servs on obscure ports, the app needs to retain the source ip adress of the client requests. So i looked at stunnel, its working great in transparent mode where the stunnel server is the default gateway of the socket server, but I would like to get the stunnel server onto the same machine as the socket server and keep the client src ip. Testing with a apache as a backend as its easy to test. running centos 6.3 (2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64), updated an hour ago, built stunnel 4.54 from src.rpm. The players stunnel-boxen external=192.168.0.1, internal=192.168.1.1 web/socket-boxen internal=192.168.1.11, dg=192.168.1.1 The configs Config A - works ok debug = 7 foreground = yes #not chrooted runnnig as root no setuid,setguid [socket-1234] cert=blarg.crt key=blarg.key accept = 192.168.0.1:1234 connect = 192.168.1.11:80 transparent = source Config B - Not so good connect = 192.168.1.1:80 <- inside interface of stunnel box iptables -t mangle -N DIVERT iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m socket -j DIVERT iptables -t mangle -A DIVERT -j MARK --set-mark 1 iptables -t mangle -A DIVERT -j ACCEPT ip rule add fwmark 1 lookup 100 ip route add local 0.0.0.0/0 dev lo table 100 /etc/sysctl.conf no route filtering and forwarding is on am i trying something impossible? or am i missing something? Any help greatly appreciated, if I get this going I'll happily do a nice neater write up for others. Cheers Alex

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child process reaping
by Michael Weiser 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hello, recent versions (4.47+ I think) of stunnel introduce the following code in stunnel.c: --- stunnel-4.46/src/stunnel.c 2011-11-03 10:06:59.000000000 +0100 +++ stunnel-4.54/src/stunnel.c 2012-08-18 23:11:53.000000000 +0200 [...] } else { /* inetd mode */ [...] + signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN); /* ignore dead children */ + signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* ignore broken pipe */ + client_main(alloc_client_session(&service_options, 0, 1)); } In Linux, child processes seem to inherit their parent's SIGCHLD handler setting. This means that all of stunnel's child processes will be unable to wait for their children. This causes the following uucp-over-stunnel setup I have: CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem cert = /etc/ssl/certs/suucpcert.pem key = /etc/ssl/private/suucpkey.unenc verify = 2 service = suucp exec = /usr/sbin/uucico execargs = uucico -l to fail horribly with messages such as this: uucico weiser - (2013-01-29 01:25:15.33 3676) Call complete (6 seconds 21620 bytes 35103 bps) uuxqt weiser root (2013-01-29 01:25:17.36 3677) Executing X.weiserSEQ1 (rbsmtp) uuxqt weiser root (2013-01-29 01:25:17.96 3677) ERROR: waitpid: No child processes uuxqt weiser root (2013-01-29 01:25:17.96 3677) Execution failed (X.weiserSEQ1) Restoring SIGCHLD to SIG_DFL just before execvp()'ing the child as in the attached patch seems to fix it. I also attach a small test case for reproducing. It can be run like this: nc -l -p 12345 -e "stunnel sigchldtest.conf" 127.0.0.1 & openssl s_client -quiet -verify 0 -connect 127.0.0.1:12345 and should produce the following output: child: 2654 child 2654 died When automatic child reaping it active it will fail like this: child: 2538 waitpid: No child processes BTW: On Mac OS X, the SIGCHLD handler setting does not seem to be inherited by children. -- Thanks, Micha

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MATCH CERT AGAINST LDAP
by Alejandro Fernandez 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Hi there! I would like to know if it's possible with stunnel, as is, to match a client certificate against a certstore in a directory service, instead of a file, so to be able to revoke from a service such as Fedora 389 some access. Please, understand that the idea is not to access the LDAP itself, but to access some service within a network and grant such access based on a directory service query. Thanks everyone, Alejandro

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel setup for SSL connection with POP3 server
by Ludolf Holzheid 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

On Thu, 2013-01-24 21:09:13 +0530, shanmuganathan sedukumar wrote: > > Hi Ludolf, > Thanks for your input. I will try the same :) Hello Shanmuganathan, always reply to the list, so others are able to follow (and to comment). > One more clarification, we have multiple mail accounts configured in the same POP3 server. In our application, for each email account the username/password credentials would vary. So, in stunnel config file do we need to specify the credentials with parameters? If so, how do we need to specify the credentials for all the accounts? As far as I understood, stunnel has nothing to do with the POP3 authentication. It merely provides with an (encrypted) transport layer for the (plain text) POP3 session. I.e., you have to specify the credentials in your application. HTH, Ludolf -- Bihl+Wiedemann GmbH Floßwörthstr. 41 68199 Mannheim, Germany Tel: +49 621 33996-0 Fax: +49 621 3392239 e-mail: lholzheid(a)bihl-wiedemann.de website: www.bihl-wiedemann.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Mannheim Geschäftsführer: Jochen Bihl, Bernhard Wiedemann Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 5796

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stunnel for Solaris 10
by shanmuganathan sedukumar 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi All, I'm new and about to start with stunnel. We are facing certain issues with our application server (operating on Solaris 10), as it is unable to establish SSL connection with an email exchange server (P0P3). So, we have planned to use stunnel for establishing SSL connection. May I get some guidelines on installation and configuration part, if anything available? Regards,Shanmuganathan

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Hello, I am trying to connect to FIX server, and getting stunnel error.
by 724live 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Hello, I am working on a project with FIX protocol, but have SSL connection error. *This is the stunnel.log info:* 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG5[5388:6900]: connect_blocking: connected XX.XX.XX.XX:2525 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG5[5388:6900]: Service [demo] connected remote server from 10.0.0.59:9532 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: Remote socket (FD=620) initialized 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: SNI: host name: XX.XX.XX.XX 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server hello A 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server certificate A 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server done A 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG3[5388:6900]: error queue: 14098077: error:14098077:SSL routines:SSL3_SEND_CLIENT_KEY_ EXCHANGE:bad rsa encrypt 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG3[5388:6900]: SSL_connect: 4068078: error:04068078:rsa routines:RSA_EAY_PUBLIC_ENCRYPT:key size too small 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG5[5388:6900]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: Remote socket (FD=620) closed 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: Local socket (FD=540) closed 2013.01.21 20:38:09 LOG7[5388:6900]: Service [demo] finished (0 left) I will appreciate if you can guide me with help. It will help to make your Archive Searchable. Thank you, Isaac

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unknown protocol
by Brandon Glenn 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

I am currently trying to setup stunnel to help me send emails from a program that sends alerts but does not use SSL, to a cloud email service that I use that requires SSL. I have the configuration setup trying to find out where the error is, and I am down to this last error. SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol Here is my config file. ; Sample stunnel configuration file for Win32 by Michal Trojnara 2002-2012 ; Some options used here may be inadequate for your particular configuration ; This sample file does *not* represent stunnel.conf defaults ; Please consult the manual for detailed description of available options ; ************************************************************************** ; * Global options * ; ************************************************************************** ; Debugging stuff (may useful for troubleshooting) ;debug = 7 ;output = stunnel.log ; Disable FIPS mode to allow non-approved protocols and algorithms fips = no ; ************************************************************************** ; * Service defaults may also be specified in individual service sections * ; ************************************************************************** ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode cert = stunnel.pem ;key = stunnel.pem ; Authentication stuff needs to be configured to prevent MITM attacks ; It is not enabled by default! ;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 CRLfile can be used ;CRLfile = crls.pem sslVersion = all ; Disable support for insecure SSLv2 protocol options = NO_SSLv2 ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; These options provide additional security at some performance degradation ;options = SINGLE_ECDH_USE ;options = SINGLE_DH_USE ; ************************************************************************** ; * Service definitions (at least one service has to be defined) * ; ************************************************************************** ; The default certificate cert = stunnel.pem ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Set client mode client = yes ; GMail ssmtp settings [ssmtp] accept = 25 connect = 174.129.0.38:465 ; GMail pop3s settings [pop3s] accept = 110 connect = 174.129.0.38:995 ; GMail imaps settings [imaps] accept = 143 connect = 174.129.0.38:993 ; Example SSL front-end to a web server ;[https] ;accept = 443 ;connect = 80 ; "TIMEOUTclose = 0" is a workaround for a design flaw in Microsoft SSL ; Microsoft implementations do not use SSL close-notify alert and thus ; they are vulnerable to truncation attacks ;TIMEOUTclose = 0 ; vim:ft=dosini

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Error 111 (net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED): Unknown error.
by Mr Nerdy 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

Hi. I installed Stunnel to secure the traffic to my HFS web-server at home. Everything works fine except that if I am trying to connect through a firewall (e.g. from work) Chrome shows an error message: Error 111 (net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED): Unknown error.

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Stunnel v4.54 SSL_connect: Peer suddenly disconnected
by Arun Kumar 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Team, I am configuring stunnel for the first time. My Requirement: "NetApp DataFabricManager" application on SLES10 SP4 platform <------ (LDAP over Stunnel) -----> Windows 2003 Active Directory, for Active Directory user authentication. Stunnel.conf: ----------------------------------------------------------- setuid = root setgid = root client = yes debug = 7 output = /root/stunnel.log cert = /opt/crt_key.pem key = /opt/crt_key.pem pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid verify = 3 CAfile = /opt/crt_key.pem options = NO_SSLv2 [ldap] accept = 389 connect = winad1-197-187:636 [ldap-ha] accept = 8389 connect = winad2-197-189:636 ----------------------------------------------------------- ocm5-197-196:~ # dfm ldap list Address Port Last Use Last Failure ------------------------------------------ ------ -------------------------- -------------------------- 127.0.0.1 389 2013-01-02 14:01:52.000000 127.0.0.1 8389 2013-01-02 13:49:35.000000 ocm5-197-196:~ # ocm5-197-196:~ # dfm ldap find user1 Warning: Failed to bind to ldap server '127.0.0.1' as user 'CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=<zz>,DC=<xx>,DC=<yy>,DC=com': Can't contact LDAP server Error: Failed to search for user1. ocm5-197-196:~ # NOTE: If i add active directory server IP in the above list, instead of 127.0.0.1, ldap authentication works fine. ocm5-197-196:~ # cat /etc/services ... ..... ........ #### This is a Manual Entry made by root user for AD authentication services & Stunnel Integration ######## ldap-ha 8389/tcp # 2nd LDAP host for DC redundancy [Redirected to 2nd DC by Stunnel, see /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf] ldap-ha 8389/udp # 2nd LDAP host for DC redundancy [Redirected to 2nd DC by Stunnel, see /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf] ocm5-197-196:~ # stunnel /root/stunnel-4.54/tools/stunnel.conf stunnel.log: 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Clients allowed=500 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG5[7102:47010476379680]: stunnel 4.54 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu platform 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG5[7102:47010476379680]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG5[7102:47010476379680]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:+ENGINE Auth:none Sockets:POLL+IPv6 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG5[7102:47010476379680]: Reading configuration from file /root/stunnel-4.54/tools/stunnel.conf 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Compression not enabled 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /root/.rnd 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /root/.rnd 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: PRNG seeded successfully 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG6[7102:47010476379680]: Initializing service [ldap] 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Certificate: /opt/crt_key.pem 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Certificate loaded 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Key file: /opt/crt_key.pem 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Private key loaded 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Loaded verify certificates from /opt/crt_key.pem 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Loaded /opt/crt_key.pem revocation lookup file 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: SSL options set: 0x01000004 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG6[7102:47010476379680]: Initializing service [ldap-ha] 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Certificate: /opt/crt_key.pem 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Certificate loaded 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Key file: /opt/crt_key.pem 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Private key loaded 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Loaded verify certificates from /opt/crt_key.pem 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Loaded /opt/crt_key.pem revocation lookup file 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: SSL options set: 0x01000004 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG5[7102:47010476379680]: Configuration successful 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Service [ldap] (FD=7) bound to 0.0.0.0:389 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7102:47010476379680]: Service [ldap-ha] (FD=8) bound to 0.0.0.0:8389 2013.01.02 14:00:42 LOG7[7103:47010476379680]: Created pid file /var/run/stunnel.pid 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:47010476379680]: Service [ldap] accepted (FD=3) from 127.0.0.1:60332 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: Service [ldap] started 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG5[7103:1073809728]: Service [ldap] accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:60332 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG6[7103:1073809728]: connect_blocking: connecting 192.168.10.7:636 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: connect_blocking: s_poll_wait 192.168.10.7:636: waiting 10 seconds 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG5[7103:1073809728]: connect_blocking: connected 192.168.10.7:636 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG5[7103:1073809728]: Service [ldap] connected remote server from 192.168.10.1:40664 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: Remote socket (FD=10) initialized 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG3[7103:1073809728]: SSL_connect: Peer suddenly disconnected <------------------ 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG5[7103:1073809728]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: Remote socket (FD=10) closed 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: Local socket (FD=3) closed 2013.01.02 14:01:52 LOG7[7103:1073809728]: Service [ldap] finished (0 left) I initially started with stunnel-4.14 available with SLES10 GA OS media. Noticed peer disconnected issue. I went through the stunnel mailing list archive for related issues, but didn't get much help. Finally upgraded stunnel to v4.54 & to no progress. google hits mentioned that its configuration issue / client is not accepting sockets.. but finally no clue how to proceed. Kindly assist "SSL_connect: Peer suddenly disconnected" & SSL handshake work. Warm Regards, Arun UNIX admin

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Looking to confirm that stunnel is encrypting traffic via wireshark
by David Trebacz 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

I'm using stunnel to encrypt newsgroup traffic. Essentially use stunnel to encrypt port 119 traffic (from the Pan Newsreader) then securely communicate over 563 with astraweb secure servers. The whole set-up is described in detail in this blog post: http://blog.trebacz.com/2012/03/installing-stunnel-to-enable-ssl.html The system has been "working" for several months, but someone on the blog asked how to confirm it. I checked my logs and each time I'm finished using Pan/Stunnel to download anything I get several entries in my syslog like: stunnel: LOG5[2111:140426048358144]: Connection closed: 3259 byte(s) sent to SSL, 16756212 byte(s) sent to socket I started to wonder does this mean some of the traffic was encrypted, but most wasn't? I fired up wireshark filtered the results to show port 563 traffic ( filter set to tcp.port == 563) as was suggested in another post ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5400958&postcount=9). Wireshark does show the traffic is correctly flow through port 563 with astrawebs newsservers when requesting data, but how do I know the traffic is encrypted? I inspected likely packets to contain encrypted data and I don't see anything in plain text (but they're zlib compressed also).

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How to set DSCP in stunnel?
by Death Master 30 Dec '12

30 Dec '12

How to set DSCP in stunnel? For some reasons I can't set DSCP via iptables(server side is on ovz VPS). Is there such feature? If no - please add it(it will be very usefull for me ;) )

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Embedded linux run time problem (starting version 4.53), and work around
by Bao, Robert 28 Dec '12

28 Dec '12

To those running stunnel on Embedded Linux ARMv4 platform, You may have noticed that stunnel (starting from version 4.53 to the latest) will crash immediately even if you run as "stunnel -version". The work around is to remove "-pie" and "-fPIE" from CFLAG in Makefile. Michal, You may fix this problem permanently in config file when you roll out the official 5.00 version. Thanks, and happy holidays. Robert Bao Software House Tyco International

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core dump when running stunnel on Arm based board
by ning ji 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

Hi everyone, i'm new to this. got a task to update stunnel from 4.52 to 5.00b1. 1. ./configure --host arm-none-linux-gnueabi --target arm-none-linux-gnueabi --prefix= i compared the makefile with the one in our 4.52 code base, same. 2. build with make -C stunnel CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm 3. scp to ARM board, run without arugments, core dump. (the line number might be different as i was putting printfs. but as long as it enters parse_commandline, it crashes) [New LWP 867]Cannot access memory at address 0x70797263(gdb) bt#0 parse_commandline (name=0xbefdce29 "/opt/ultra/config/stunnel.conf", parameter=0xbefdce48 "-version") at options.c:1940#1 0x0003ba04 in main_configure (arg1=0xbefdce29 "/opt/ultra/config/stunnel.conf", arg2=0xbefdce48 "-version") at stunnel.c:199#2 0x0003bd44 in main_unix (argv=<optimized out>, argc=<optimized out>)at stunnel.c:135#3 main (argc=3, argv=0xbefdcd24) at stunnel.c:110my question is, it crashed when just entering parse_commandline( ),the 2 arguments look fine to me.How could this happen ?Many thanks !

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public domain [PATCH] to stunnel 500b3 for Windows CE / Windows Mobile, "no log window bug" on WCE, UNICODE wce/w32, and compilation issues fixed
by Pierre DELAAGE 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Dear All, Please find enclosed a patch in "diff -cr orig patched" format, applying to stunnel v500b3 as found here https://www.stunnel.org/downloads.html This patch mainly addresses compilation and unicode issues for Windows CE targets + ONE issue preventing stunnel to display error logs in error Window on WCE. This code has been made common to WCE AND W32, by selecting proper win32 api calls common to both platforms. For example : InsertMenuItem does not exist on WCE, but InsertMenu can do the same job. ShellExecute does not exist on WCE, but...ShellExecuteEx does exist on both platforms and can do the job. I use MS EVC 4sp4 compiler with WCE 420 SDK, on a vista sp2 host platform. Once debugged the code works fine on WM6 HTC smartphones. Should work on WM5. It needs a windows CE openssl lib (I recompiled MY patched version of openssl 1.0.2snap20121213 successfully: I have sent a patch to those openssl gentlemen, hoping that they will integrate it one fine day..., something not so obvious ...). You will find my openssl "patch to port", by following carefully this thread at openssl diffusion list : http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=135574071824906&w=2 two messages are more important than the others : one containing the patch on the code. Another one containing 2 useful scripts. The present stunnel patch addresses the following issues : ************* I] COMPILATION FAILURES It is important to state that to detect more type mismatching (that can be error prone at runtime), I delibarately use /WX option on both WCE and W32 compilers: this flag takes each warning as an error. This is very useful for UNICODE clean coding as, without this option, the compiler will just warn when seeing a short* (unicode string) used as a char* (ansi string), which leads to big pb at run time. 1/ orig/src/client.c just a warning on missing "return". 2/ evc.mak new SSLDIR to openssl V102snap20121213 Missing flag x86 needed to get inline function InterlockedExchange from winbase.h. Added dependency to evc.mak itself, as in vc.mak Added commctrl.lib for CommandBar routines (although, strangely, the program was running without that !) 3/ gui.c : UNICODE port for W32/WCE. WM_WINDOWSPOSCHHANGED replaces WM_SHOWINDOW, as the latter is unsupported in WCE. some mismatch between prototype and function definition for service_install. Visible now is a BOOL, as it is more consistant with its value and usage. Some "return TRUE" have been replaced by "return 0" as stated in msdn doc. Trick to delete menuitems : itemcount does not exist in WCE, but the delete loop is using the return value of deletemenu. message_boxT created for Tchar vars such as section->help ShellExecute replaced by shellExecuteEx, common to WCE and W32 4/ prototypes.h : declared message_boxT 5/ resolver.c : UNICODE issue on LoadLibrary 6/ stunnel.c type cast for time_t 7/ vc.mak : inc32 for openssl includes /WX warning as error flag to see every potential casting problem around UNICODE ************* II] OPERATIONAL ERRORS (at run-time) 1/ error log windows is displayed empty : cause = WM_SHOWWINDOW does not exist on WCE, although the constant is declared ! solution : use WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED instead... 2/ Unsolved, unfortunaltely : on WCE only, on start, there is an error message, but no real error behind : "CommandBar_InsertMenuBar : error 120 : this function is only valid in win32 mode" I am still searching... ************* III] MINOR IMPROVMENT 1/replaced some win3.1 ugly fonts See resources.rc : some nice FONT on About and Password dlgbox...to replace ugly windows3.1 style bold font... Note : I use stunnel to establish a simple "vpn" between smartphones and a corporate linux server mainly for HTTPS/POPS/SMTPS support. Stunnel is very relevant in that matter, over solutions based on SSH (although we use also ssh), from a communication cost point of view : ssh establishes permanent socket between client and server, so that the communication is charged by the mobile network provider : and these charges are very expensive. On the contrary stunnel only establishes ssl sockets on demand so that financial charges are limited to strict necessary. Please note that stunnel brings "client based certificate authentication" to POP/SMTP mobile mail user agents which only BASICALLY supports SSL with server authentication, but NO client authentication, such as M$ Outlook for Mobile (unless you pay for an exchange server and exchange client licence). Here again stunnel is very relevant. Note 2 : TODO list and Wish list : 1/ there is a remaining runtime bug on WCE : On start there is a warning that is NOT causing any failure in the software. Very difficult to analyse... 2/ find a notepad for WCE... 3/ in log.c...I really it would be good to replace hard coded values for socket errors by symbolic constant. 4/ fips openssl for WCE and then stunnel for WCE... I hope you will find this patch useful. Michal, thank you for your excellent work, Yours sincerely, Pierre Delaage

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WCE 3.0 run-time error, how to work around it?
by Bao, Robert 12 Dec '12

12 Dec '12

Mike, The stunnel version used in our current product is 4.34. It worked well under Windows CE 3.0 and 5.0. However I got run-time error for 5.00 beta version under WCE 3.0 (even though I disabled IPv6, took out winsock2.h/ws2tcpip.h, included winsock.h, defined "struct addrinfo", etc ). The error is: Error detected on SSL (read) file descriptor: Bad protocol option (WSAENOPROTOOPT) (10042) What else I need to do to resolve or work around it? Thank you. Robert Bao Software House Tyco International

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Win CE build errors: main_execute() removed from stunnel.c file? "hwnd" link error.
by Bao, Robert 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Came across another Win CE build issue in the current stunnel 4.54 version. Got link error for main_execute() referenced in nogui.c file. I noticed that the implementation of "main_execute()" was in stunnel.c file in old versions, but is not there anymore. Also got "hwnd" linking issue. Looks like "hwnd" is initialized/created in gui.c file, and used in log.c/client.c/option.c files. It is not initialized/created in nogui.c file. I am using the NOGUIOBJS/tstunnel.exe option in building the stunnel, and got this linking error. Any suggestions on how to fix these or work around them? Thanks. Robert Bao Software House Tyco International 978-577-4202 Explore our new Tyco Online Learning Center Web-based Training Bundles at: www.swhouse.com/support/tyco_online_learning_center.aspx This e-mail may contain or have attached to it information or technology the export or re-export of which is restricted by U.S. laws and regulations. By viewing this e-mail and any attachments, the recipient agrees to the following: (i) the recipients use of the contents of this e-mail and any attachments shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, U.S. international trade laws and regulations, and (ii) the recipient may not transfer or otherwise export or re-export any information or technology contained in this e-mail or any attachment except in full compliance with the export controls administered by the U.S. and other countries and any applicable import and use restrictions.

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protocols options clarification
by John A. Wallace 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

The Service Level Options of the manual includes the following points: protocol = proto application protocol to negotiate SSL (e.g. starttls or stls) protocol option should not be used with SSL encryption on a separate port. Currently supported protocols: CIFS Connect Etc.. However, in the listed protocols supported neither "starttls" or "stls" appears, even though they appear to be options as far as I can see from the above explanation. Am I missing something here, or should they be among those in the list, and can one use this setting: Protocol=starttls Also, I don't really understand what this statement is telling me: "protocol option should not be used with SSL encryption on a separate port." John A. Wallace

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Re: [stunnel-users] protocols options clarification
by jw72253＠verizon.net 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

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how to use My Own Signed Wildcard cert
by robbi3j 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Can anyone help ... have looked through the forums but cannot get this to work I want to configure Stunnel to use my already signed wildcard cert how to I go about importing it ? .. i have the cert file with the private key attached which is password protected can anyone help as its driving me nuts ! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/how-to-use-My-Own-Signed-Wildcard-cert-tp34756779p347… Sent from the Stunnel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Console-only version for Windows
by Clodo 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There is a binary version of stunnel for Windows WITHOUT the gui, console/terminal only? I have some different problems with the GUI edition: - - Fail to read filename with spaces? - - If is already in execution and i run stunnel.exe with some other parameters, they are ignored and simply give the focus to the current instance, so issue with launching multiple instances. Why there isn't any console-only version, exacly like the standard linux distribution? The Cygwin version works great, but isn't portable, doesn't work without Cygwin environment. There are some big trouble about that, or simply doesn't exists the .mak project file? I'm also available to pay with a donation a build like that. I'm waiting for feedback. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEVAwUBUKPN8i/ixHrG0m4LAQLxdwf/RF1faK3tksXnl6qm8Bi6HIFaG72tmFMJ LwQuY0gJh7rYDJs3NUQwh4XczMqi+5a8/SRZFojSewI2WfeZgLuXC58iq5nkAULm quaEN5ynjen80RJ7MtGg9weoHcpV1kug5HKJUwYZLU0lp8CvEGNhl8sgGT/bCUS7 gzdfi1d3YohBbEn8XZZgmmUmp1oShY4dh47Sd4vVlzaL3WkxqNIasCJJCwWk7lUz dPuy8XCi6y+Aes1T2SF87GAwvdkr0FbPiN0GcCXGczZxNjOiGNGOwqaHnxDknibr kHoGU/vv1PKWU5AYGiryD/YiUt0nHC/7I7IKU3tFu3smmFR8BTOwKA== =lLyE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Patch to fix: Wildcard SSL certificates + SNI broken on Firefox
by Stephen Balukoff 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Hello! I noticed that when dealing with wildcard certs in stunnel where an SNI configuration is being used, unless a specific servername context that exactly matches the browser's requested servername is in the stunnel.conf, stunnel responds to the client (web browser in this case) with a SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL. Most browsers fall back to a non-SNI request, at which point, stunnel responds with whatever the master service's certificate is (which, if it's a wildcard cert, just works). However, at least one popularly-used web browser (Firefox) does not do this, and instead returns an error message to the user which they cannot (and should not need to) override to view the site contents. Since it's impractical to list all the possible servernames that can match at wildcard cert, and it's also impractical to expect the Firefox developers to change the behavior of their browser (when they shouldn't have to), and even more impractical to expect all the current users of Firefox to upgrade in a timely manner... I went ahead and wrote a patch for stunnel which instructs it to look for a matching wildcard certificate, if an exactly-matching servername isn't found. I've attached this patch to this message. Beyond fixing the stunnel+wildcard cert+SNI+firefox problem above, the secondary benefits of this patch are: * stunnel now responds immediately with a matching cert in the case of a wildcard cert, thus eliminating that first exchange which results in the SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL error above. For stupid browsers and configurations with keepalive turned off + lots of requests per page and high latency, this should help to significantly improve performance. * stunnel will still choose an exactly matching cert if it's available and configured. (ie. if the browser requests 'subdomain.example.com', and there's a certificate configured in stunnel for 'subdomain.example.com' and another for '*.example.com', stunnel will respond with the ' subdomain.example.com' cert.) * one can now use multiple wildcard certs on a single IP:Port combination thanks to SNI. (Without this patch, you can effectively only use one wildcard cert per IP:Port combination with stunnel.) One note: It's been years since I've written any C code, so can't really vouch for the quality of my patch. I'm hoping at least the maintainers of this project see the utility of the patch I'm providing and write something similar in non-stupid C. Thanks, Stephen -- Stephen Balukoff Blue Box Group, LLC (800)613-4305 x807

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Question : prevent close-nofity alerts from stunnel-server
by bhakta79 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Hello, I was trying MITM on a windows application (which talks to a M$ server). Stunnel was running on my windows xp machine. windows-client-app -> stunnel server ---> stunnel client --> M$ Server What I found is that stunnel server sends close notify alert to the windows client app which causes the client to suspend all further communication (busted windows-client of course!). I tried setting the TimeoutClose option to high values but I always saw the server sending close notify alert (is the timeout close only a client-side parameter?) Is there a way to configure server to not send close notify? stullen logs: 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG7[3908:5904]: SSL socket closed on SSL_read 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG7[3908:5904]: Sent socket write shutdown 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG7[3908:4232]: Socket closed on read 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG5[3908:5904]: Connection closed: 901 byte(s) sent to SSL, 38020 byte(s) sent to socket 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG7[3908:4232]: Sending close_notify alert 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG7[3908:4232]: SSL alert (write): warning: close notify 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG6[3908:4232]: SSL_shutdown successfully sent close_notify alert 2012.11.28 18:32:12 LOG7[3908:5904]: Remote socket (FD=356) closed <mailto:[email protected]> I finally ended up making this one line code-change to stop server from sending close alert that helped my MITM progress. src/client.c: if(!(SSL_get_shutdown(c->ssl)&SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN) && !sock_open_rd && !c->sock_ptr) { s_log(LOG_DEBUG, "BHAKTA - HACK -> Skip Sending close_notify alert"); *! if(0 && SSL_version(c->ssl)!=SSL2_VERSION) { /* SSLv3, TLSv1 */* s_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Sending close_notify alert"); shutdown_wants_write=1; } else { /* no alerts in SSLv2, including the close_notify alert */ s_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Closing SSLv2 socket"); if(c->ssl_rfd->is_socket) shutdown(c->ssl_rfd->fd, SHUT_RD); /* notify the kernel */ if(c->ssl_wfd->is_socket) shutdown(c->ssl_wfd->fd, SHUT_WR); /* send TCP FIN */ /* notify the OpenSSL library */ SSL_set_shutdown(c->ssl, SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN|SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN); } } Is there a way to prevent server from sending close notify alert by means of stunel.conf parameters? stunnel.conf: debug = 7 output = stunnel.log cert = fakecert.pem key = fakecert.key options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 [https] sslVersion = TLSv1 accept = 0.0.0.0:443 connect = 127.0.0.1:446 [https-client] client = yes sslVersion = TLSv1 accept = 127.0.0.1:446 connect = 172.24.244.11:443 TIMEOUTclose = 300

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Re: [stunnel-users] WinCE link errors
by Bao, Robert 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Brian, You are right. After changing the order, all wcecompatex.lib related link errors are gone! Thanks a lot. Also thank Pierre for dropping me another suggestion. Mike, When you get chance to update next time, you may consider changing this line (in evc.mak): From: LIBS=/NODEFAULTLIB coredll.lib corelibc.lib winsock.lib wcecompatex.lib libeay32.lib ssleay32.lib To: LIBS=/NODEFAULTLIB winsock.lib wcecompatex.lib libeay32.lib ssleay32.lib coredll.lib corelibc.lib Thank you all. Robert From: Brian Wilkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:15 PM To: Bao, Robert Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] WinCE link errors Maybe try changing the link order...? On Nov 28, 2012 5:10 PM, "Bao, Robert" <rbao(a)tycoint.com> wrote: Dear Mike and WinCE stunnel users out there, I am currently in the process of compiling/linking the latest stunnel (4.54) for our ARM and WinCE 5.0 based device. I noticed that this version requires coredll.lib and corelibc.lib in the final link process (defined in the LIBS variable), which the old ones (e.g., version 4.33) didn't. Anyway, I got a lot of linking errors (see below), and just wondering any of you have seen the same errors and how you get around with these errors. If you have any other suggestions please feel free to let me know too. Note: I could resolve the errors at the bottom, but I have trouble get rid of the errors relating to wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj). Thank you for your time. wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fopen already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fclose already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fread already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fwrite already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: _getstdfilex already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: _fileno already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fflush already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: feof already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: ferror already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: clearerr already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fseek already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: ftell already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: _setmode already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fgets already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fprintf already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fopen already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fclose already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fread already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fwrite already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: _getstdfilex already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: _fileno already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fflush already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: feof already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: ferror already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: clearerr already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fseek already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: ftell already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: _setmode already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fgets already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fprintf already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored Creating library ..\bin\ARMV4I\tstunnel.lib and object ..\bin\ARMV4I\tstunnel.exp options.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError network.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError stunnel.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError referenced in function daemon_loop ctx.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError client.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError referenced in function init_remote log.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError client.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol hwnd referenced in function win_new_chain log.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol hwnd referenced in function s_strerror options.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol hwnd log.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WSASetLastError referenced in function s_log nogui.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol main_execute referenced in function main ..\bin\ARMV4I\tstunnel.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460' Robert Bao Software House Tyco International 978-577-4202 Explore our new Tyco Online Learning Center Web-based Training Bundles at: www.swhouse.com/support/tyco_online_learning_center.aspx This e-mail may contain or have attached to it information or technology the export or re-export of which is restricted by U.S. laws and regulations. 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WinCE link errors
by Bao, Robert 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Dear Mike and WinCE stunnel users out there, I am currently in the process of compiling/linking the latest stunnel (4.54) for our ARM and WinCE 5.0 based device. I noticed that this version requires coredll.lib and corelibc.lib in the final link process (defined in the LIBS variable), which the old ones (e.g., version 4.33) didn't. Anyway, I got a lot of linking errors (see below), and just wondering any of you have seen the same errors and how you get around with these errors. If you have any other suggestions please feel free to let me know too. Note: I could resolve the errors at the bottom, but I have trouble get rid of the errors relating to wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj). Thank you for your time. wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fopen already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fclose already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fread already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fwrite already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: _getstdfilex already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: _fileno already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fflush already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: feof already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: ferror already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: clearerr already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fseek already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: ftell already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: _setmode already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fgets already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : error LNK2005: fprintf already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fopen already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fclose already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fread already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fwrite already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: _getstdfilex already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: _fileno already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fflush already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: feof already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: ferror already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: clearerr already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fseek already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: ftell already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: _setmode already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fgets already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored wcecompatex.lib(redir.obj) : warning LNK4006: fprintf already defined in coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll); second definition ignored Creating library ..\bin\ARMV4I\tstunnel.lib and object ..\bin\ARMV4I\tstunnel.exp options.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError network.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError stunnel.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError referenced in function daemon_loop ctx.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError client.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError referenced in function init_remote log.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol WSAGetLastError client.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol hwnd referenced in function win_new_chain log.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol hwnd referenced in function s_strerror options.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol hwnd log.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WSASetLastError referenced in function s_log nogui.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol main_execute referenced in function main ..\bin\ARMV4I\tstunnel.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460' Robert Bao Software House Tyco International 978-577-4202 Explore our new Tyco Online Learning Center Web-based Training Bundles at: www.swhouse.com/support/tyco_online_learning_center.aspx This e-mail may contain or have attached to it information or technology the export or re-export of which is restricted by U.S. laws and regulations. By viewing this e-mail and any attachments, the recipient agrees to the following: (i) the recipients use of the contents of this e-mail and any attachments shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, U.S. international trade laws and regulations, and (ii) the recipient may not transfer or otherwise export or re-export any information or technology contained in this e-mail or any attachment except in full compliance with the export controls administered by the U.S. and other countries and any applicable import and use restrictions.

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equivalent to SSLHonorcipherorder in stunnel?
by Mehdi Bennani 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Hi, I was wondering if there were a flag available in stunnel, that would be the equivalent of the Apache directive 'SSLHonorcipherorder' ? I would like to basically be able to 'force' server preferences, rather then client ones, during cipher negotiation SSL handshake. Thank you, Elextra-

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Max Cookie Size
by Scott McKeown 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to pass a 'really' large cookie through STunnel. I've just built the latest version again (output below). However, we have a client that is looking to pass 16Kb (yes I know please don't tell me this is a bad idea a I know this!) via a cookie. Since we are looking to include STunnel in our offerings I was wondering if we could increase or change the maximum allowed size. I have a script that will generate a test cookie of any size that I require to test with but I can only get an 8K cookie to work. Any help would be great. ~Yours, Scott [root@localhost ~]# stunnel -version stunnel 4.54 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu platform Compiled/running with OpenSSL 1.0.0-fips 29 Mar 2010 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:+ENGINE+OCSP+FIPS Auth:none Sockets:POLL+IPv6 Global options: debug = daemon.notice pid = /usr/local/var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options: ciphers = FIPS (with "fips = yes") ciphers = ALL:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!EXP:!LOW:-MEDIUM:RC4:+HIGH (with "fips = no") sessionCacheSize = 1000 sessionCacheTimeout = 300 seconds sslVersion = TLSv1 (with "fips = yes") sslVersion = TLSv1 for client, all for server (with "fips = no") stack = 65536 bytes TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none [root@localhost ~]# -- With Kind Regards. Scott McKeown Loadbalancer.org http://www.loadbalancer.org

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Problem using stunnel on Windows 7
by Hal Hovland 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

I've spent days googling this and read everything relevant in the archives. I'm developing a Windows 7 program that connects to a financial trading exchange that expects all communication to be SSL'd. Everything I read said that stunnel is the answer because of ease of installation and use. After a day of abortive attempts to link to the exchange, I decided to create a much simpler test environment involving two Windows 7 computers next to each other here. One, let's call it Riven-II (192.168.1.9), is set up with a simple Listener program that listens on port 8000. From stunnel's viewpoint this will be a server. The second machine, Lightning (192.168.1.158), has a simple Sender program that sends a text message via port 7999 to Riven-II (192.168.1.9:8000) - this will be the Client. In the absence of stunnel, all messages sent from Lightning/Sender appears on the window of Listener. So far so good. I've downloaded and installed the very latest version (4.54) of stunnel on both machines. On installation I entered the same responses to the certificate generating process. On the Server machine, hard wired to a Broadband Router, I configured stunnel.conf as (removing comments for simplicity) debug = 7 output = stunnel.log socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 cert = stunnel.pem key = stunnel.pem options = NO_SSLv2 taskbar=yes [Listener] connect=8000 accept=8001 On the Client machine, connected to the router via wi-fi, we have in stunnel.conf debug = 7 output = stunnel.log cert = stunnel.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 fips=no options = NO_SSLv2 delay=yes taskbar=yes client=yes [sender] accept = 0.0.0.0:7999 (I've tried just 7999 and 192.168.1.158:7999, here. Makes no difference) connect = 192.168.1.9:8001 I've tried many variations with the same result, but the above is where they have ended up. My understanding of this is that stunnel both ends will be intercepting port 8000 on the Server and port 7999 on the Client and presenting/receiving SSL encoded messages across the wire on port 8001. Starting stunnel in the Server (not as a Windows service, although I did try that as well) the following log appears: 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG5[3484:6184]: stunnel 4.54 on x86-pc-msvc-1500 platform 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG5[3484:6184]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 1.0.1c-fips 10 May 2012 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG5[3484:6184]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:+ENGINE+OCSP+FIPS Auth:none Sockets:SELECT+IPv6 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG5[3484:6184]: Reading configuration from file stunnel.conf 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG5[3484:6184]: FIPS mode is enabled 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Compression not enabled 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Snagged 64 random bytes from C:/.rnd 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to C:/.rnd 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: PRNG seeded successfully 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG6[3484:6184]: Initializing service [Listener] 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Certificate: stunnel.pem 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Certificate loaded 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Key file: stunnel.pem 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Private key loaded 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Could not load DH parameters from stunnel.pem 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Using hardcoded DH parameters 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: DH initialized with 2048-bit key 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: ECDH initialized with curve prime256v1 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: SSL options set: 0x01000004 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG5[3484:6184]: Configuration successful 2012.11.16 22:34:08 LOG7[3484:6184]: Service [Listener] (FD=272) bound to 0.0.0.0:8001 On the Client, the log shows: 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG5[4184:4948]: stunnel 4.54 on x86-pc-msvc-1500 platform 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG5[4184:4948]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 1.0.1c-fips 10 May 2012 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG5[4184:4948]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:+ENGINE+OCSP+FIPS Auth:none Sockets:SELECT+IPv6 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG5[4184:4948]: Reading configuration from file stunnel.conf 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG5[4184:4948]: FIPS mode is disabled 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Compression not enabled 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Snagged 64 random bytes from C:/.rnd 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to C:/.rnd 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: PRNG seeded successfully 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG6[4184:4948]: Initializing service [sender] 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Certificate: stunnel.pem 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Certificate loaded 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Key file: stunnel.pem 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Private key loaded 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: SSL options set: 0x01000004 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG5[4184:4948]: Configuration successful 2012.11.16 22:25:53 LOG7[4184:4948]: Service [sender] (FD=224) bound to 0.0.0.0:7999 Running the Listener on the Server and Sender on the Client adds nothing to the log, and port sniffers on both machines show traffic between 7999 and 8000 (exactly the same as when stunnel is not running). No sign of the use of port 8001. I'd appreciate any input on this. I'm sure I must be doing something stupid, but I've watched hours of YouTube videos, read many hundreds of web pages, and been through the documentation quite a few times, to no avail. I have a Java based version, running in a JVM in the same Windows machines, that talks perfectly to the exchange using some inbuilt SSL capabilities of an included library, so that should probably eliminate any hardware/router issues? Regards, Hal

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log rotation
by Michael Curran 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Are there any built in stunnel.conf parameters for log rotation? Im looking for windows based -- not logrotate on unix -- thats simple Do I need to use windows third party logrotate tools to make this happen instead?

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High memory usage problem.
by Jeremy Frady 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Thanks for taking the time to read this. We're operating on a low spec system that can not be modified at this point. stunnel was introduced at the last minute, without consideration to resource requirements and now consumes enough ram to cause the kernel to issue OOM exceptions. So in short, we are trying to trade increased CPU usage for less memory usage and have tried setting “sessions” to 3600 to reduce memory pressure, but unfortunately it doesn't last. Our current solution is to cron a restart of stunnel on a regular basis, but would prefer to limit number of threads or number of cache entries or something else altogether similarly gentler. Thanks again for your consideration and assistance in this! If there's any specific information I can give, please let me know. Regards, Jeremy

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How do I re-encrypt ssl traffic with stunel?
by Arsen Zahray 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

I'm trying to set up wireshark debugging of ssl traffic by following this article: http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Decrypt_SSL_(trusted_man-in-the-middle_t echnique) It lists following stunnel commands to do the job: Listen on local IP and de-SSL traffic to localhost:8080 sudo stunnel -p ps.pem -d 443 -r 8080 Listen on 8080, re-SSL to remote server on 443 sudo stunnel -c -d 8080 -r ps.palmws.com:443 The article seems outdated, and stunnel does not react on these commands anymore. Can anyone provide me with a proper configuration file to do the same?

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FIPS enablement
by Michael Curran 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Hello I think there is a bit of confusion within my company on what stunnel can do in regards to FIPS 140-2 out of the box. I know there are configuration options that can enable or disable FIPS 140-2 mode, but as the man page indicates fips = yes | no Enable or disable FIPS 140-2 mode. This option allows to disable entering FIPS mode if stunnel was compiled with FIPS 140-2 support. default: yesWhich to me says I have to compile stunnel on my own using openssl with fips libraries to build a Stunnel binary that can support FIPS 140-2 compliance -- if I download just the windows or unix binaries and install them -- then I am not going to be 140-2 compliant where I set the config file to yes or no , since the FIPS modules wont be compiled into the binary. I'm just looking for confirmation before I take this back to the rest of my group. Thanks!! Michael Curran

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Re: [stunnel-users] Fw: Using stunnel to add https to a webserver that doesn't have ssl setup
by mkanet＠yahoo.com 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Thanks for the reply. Lots of friendly people on here. I should have probably posted my solution when I figured it out. I was already using a server-based method to handle redirection. However, what I didn't consider is adding a one line exception that distinguishes incoming requests from stunnel on 127.0.0.1 in order to prevent an endless loop. I did this by modifying my IIS URL Rewrite module rule to look like below. URL Rewrite module 2.0 is highly optimized; and is ideal for this kind of thing; works perfect under any circumstance; so long as webpages contain relative elements. Works like a charm. <rewrite> <rules> <rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(.*)" /> <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll"> <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" /> <add input="{REMOTE_ADDR}" pattern="127.0.0.1" negate="true" /> </conditions> <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Found" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite> ----- Forwarded Message ----- On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:05:54 -0700 (PDT) <mkanet(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks. I typically let my webserver handle SSL whenever I can since > it's much easier that way; especially since I know how to handle > http->https urlrewrites that way already; and, plenty of examples on > the web for IIS. The reasons for adding stunnel into the mix in this > scenerio completely outweight not having it at all. I couldn't find > any examples anywhere showing how to handle a simple http to https URL redirect if stunnel is involved; not even in javascript. > Hopefully someone here has the expertise to offer a solution at least in html. The easiest way is to use a server side language as PHP and ASP or CGI/perl (if ISS is capable, that I don't know). If you relay on client (javascript, meta refresh) you can't control the behavior of the client (javascript disabled by user or meta redirects). ISS is capable of PHP and, if you are using it, because you didn't tell, is easy (easy, but I haven't done as I don't know much of PHP (I just played a couple of times with it following tutorials)). With ASP, I don't know, but should be possible too. Here you have an example with PHP: http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/how_to_guides/three_methods_redirect_http_h… or this one: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5106313/redirecting-from-http-to-https-w… (second message). As I said, you have to do it transparent to the user without relying on them.

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Fw: Using stunnel to add https to a webserver that doesn't have ssl setup
by Michael Avanessian 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Thanks. I typically let my webserver handle SSL whenever I can since it's much easier that way; especially since I know how to handle http->https urlrewrites that way already; and, plenty of examples on the web for IIS. The reasons for adding stunnel into the mix in this scenerio completely outweight not having it at all. I couldn't find any examples anywhere showing how to handle a simple http to https URL redirect if stunnel is involved; not even in javascript. Hopefully someone here has the expertise to offer a solution at least in html. On 30.10.2012 20:39, MKANET wrote > Thanks for the quick reply! So... what http code do I use to break > out the infinite loop so it loads only once? I'm afraid I can't answer that one, as you're using IIS and I'm Unices centered. FWIW, in situations where the port-80 service does *nothing but* hand out redirects to port 443, I typically let the full-blown webserver handle the HTTPS (whether natively or behind an SSL wrapper) and use a boilerplate PERL script (alas, not readily usable on Windows) for the redirecting. I've seen too many kinds of webserver doing redirections to autodetermined URLs that happen to miss some vital part of the originally requested URL, including some that *cause* the browser to drop from HTTPS back to HTTP in the first place. :-S Regards, ----- Forwarded Message ---- Thanks for the quick reply! So... what http code do I use to break out the infinite loop so it loads only once? I think the other 2 circumstances may have something similar happening to them (which are forwarded using the web server instead). If I use the webserver to rewrite the URL, the web browser tries to do something (I can't tell what), then returns the error below: The page isn't redirecting properly Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. > Normally, I could do this a few different ways (provided my webserver > had ssl added to it natively in a normal way) 1. webserver URL Rewrite > plugin 2. webserver redirect plugin > 3: > > For whatever reason, I'm having all sorts of weird issues when > trying the three methods above if I use stunnel for ssl instead of > using the webserver's builtin ssl. Please note that traffic coming out of the stunnel looks - and actually *is* - just as port-80-ish to the actual webserver as native HTTP requests do, so unless you take special measures to break the loop, the webserver will try to (re-)redirect *that, too*. Regards, J. Bern --

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enabling https capability
by John A. Wallace 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I will give it a try because it seems likely that someone here can point me in the right direction if need be. I am not a programmer. I have an application that can make http connections but not https. The connections are made from a Windows command line interface, not a browser. I would like to enable it to make https connections too without having to reinvent the wheel. If there is some way to connect it to an intermediary proxy program that does have built-in support for the https protocol, that would be swell. Is such a thing possible or is there another solution I don't see? Thanks. John

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Fwd: Trying to minimize memory usage for a scenario where we have several long-lived HTTPS connections.
by Jeremy Frady 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hello all, Thanks for taking the time to read this. We're operating on a low spec system that can not be modified at this point. stunnel was introduced at the last minute, without consideration to resource requirements and now consumes enough ram to cause the kernel to issue OOM exceptions. So in short, we are trying to trade increased CPU usage for less memory usage and have tried setting “sessions” to 3600 to reduce memory pressure, but unfortunately it doesn't last. Our current solution is to cron a restart of stunnel on a regular basis, but would prefer to limit number of threads or number of cache entries or something else altogether similarly gentler. Thanks again for your consideration and assistance in this! Regards, Jeremy

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6 processes + out of memory issues on CentOS 6 stunnel (4.29)
by Todd Rinaldo 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

I'm experimenting with using the stunnel that comes with CentOS 6 (4.29). I have a config file that is successfully being used on stunnel version 4.15 on the same host without any issues. My issues: 1. starting stunnel creates 6 processes. I assume this has something to do with libwrap, but I'm not finding much discussion about it by doing a search. I'm also assuming that the binaries are forking after load, so it's not a significant memory expense to do this due to COW. Is this correct? 2. I'm getting 't of memory' (no "ou" in the error) messages from syslog when I do more than one request via chrome to port 2087. The process indicated from the message points to the stunnel process that has ownership of the open ports. A single request to this port doesn't seem to spawn the issue. Can anyone suggest what might be causing this? Upgrading to a newer version of stunnel is possible, but I would prefer to keep the version Red Hat provides so they can be on the hook for CVE issues. My config file follows: ----- cert = /var/cpanel/ssl/cpanel/cpanel.pem chroot = /usr/local/cpanel/var/run/stunnel/ # PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid setuid = cpanel setgid = cpanel # Service-level configuration [cpanelhttps] accept = 2083 connect = 2082 TIMEOUTclose = 0 [whmhttps] accept = 2087 connect = 2086 TIMEOUTclose = 0 [webmailhttps] accept = 2096 connect = 2095 TIMEOUTclose = 0

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Re: [stunnel-users] Using stunnel to add https to a webserver that doesn't have ssl setup
by Michael Avanessian 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Thanks for the quick reply! So... what http code do I use to break out the infinite loop so it loads only once? I think the other 2 circumstances may have something similar happening to them (which are forwarded using the web server instead). If I use the webserver to rewrite the URL, the web browser tries to do something (I can't tell what), then returns the error below: The page isn't redirecting properly Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. > Normally, I could do this a few different ways (provided my webserver > had ssl added to it natively in a normal way) 1. webserver URL Rewrite > plugin 2. webserver redirect plugin > 3: > > For whatever reason, I'm having all sorts of weird issues when > trying the three methods above if I use stunnel for ssl instead of > using the webserver's builtin ssl. Please note that traffic coming out of the stunnel looks - and actually *is* - just as port-80-ish to the actual webserver as native HTTP requests do, so unless you take special measures to break the loop, the webserver will try to (re-)redirect *that, too*. Regards, J. Bern --

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Using stunnel to add https to a webserver that doesn't have ssl setup
by Michael Avanessian 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi there. I appreciate that you guys are all helping each other out. I am brand new to stunnel. Currently, I'm using stunnel to add https to a webserver that doesn't have ssl setup; which works great. I prefer to do that instead of using the webserver's builtin ssl feature. CONFIGURATION: Stunnel.conf includes (which adds ssl to incoming http traffic on port 443) [https] accept = 443 connect = 80 Also, incoming http:80 traffic can also come in; which would bypass stunnel, and go directly to the webserver as http. OBJECTIVE: I am trying to make it so when someone visits: http://mywebsite.com (it forwards automatically to https://mywebsite.com). Normally, I could do this a few different ways (provided my webserver had ssl added to it natively in a normal way) 1. webserver URL Rewrite plugin 2. webserver redirect plugin 3: <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=https://mywebsite.com"> For whatever reason, I'm having all sorts of weird issues when trying the three methods above if I use stunnel for ssl instead of using the webserver's builtin ssl. The first two methods result in web browser redirect errors, the third method result in an infinite loop reloading the https website. Can someone please tell me what extra accommodation I need to make considering that using stunnel for https can complicate things. I'm using IIS 7.5 as my webserver. I've tried using the the URL rewrite 2.0 mod using the below rule (which works for normal builtin ssl support in the webserver: <rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(.*)" /> <conditions><add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" /> </conditions> </rule> I have also tried the "http redirect" mod; which I can forward to any website except for the one I'm trying to do. Both take me to the https equivalent and give a redirect error. Could someone please be kind enough to tell me what I'm missing? Thanks!

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How upgrade stunnel?
by magali morales 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi!! I have installed the version 4.44 of stunnel, haproxy I am currently using 1.4.22. I need to update stunnel most recent version. How do I update stunnel to the latest version? And I want to know How do I uninstall stunnel? I hope you can help me, I thank you in advance!

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TIMEOUTclose exceeded: closing
by Michael Wittig 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi, I am using stunnes 4.54, my config looks like this: chroot = /opt/stunnel/jail/ setuid = stunnel setgid = stunnel pid = /stunnel.pid socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 syslog = yes debug = local1.warning fips = no [http] cert = /opt/stunnel/www.crt key = /opt/stunnel/www.key sslVersion = all options = NO_SSLv2 renegotiation = no accept = 192.168.72.10:443 connect = 192.168.71.10:80 TIMEOUTclose = 0 xforwardedfor = yes My log is full with: Oct 25 14:49:33 www stunnel: LOG3[15114:140668359968512]: transfer: s_poll_wait: TIMEOUTclose exceeded: closing Oct 25 14:49:36 www stunnel: LOG3[15114:140668360591104]: transfer: s_poll_wait: TIMEOUTclose exceeded: closing Oct 25 14:50:08 www stunnel: LOG3[15114:140668360812288]: transfer: s_poll_wait: TIMEOUTclose exceeded: closing Oct 25 14:50:13 www stunnel: LOG3[15114:140668360591104]: transfer: s_poll_wait: TIMEOUTclose exceeded: closing The doc suggests to "set to 0 for buggy MSIE" the mailing list tells me "You requested close timeout of 0 seconds and that's exactly what you get." But i still don't understand why this is an error and what can I do to get rid of it? Or is it okay to don't look for errors in the log? Regards, Michael

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some version issue
by Sergey Pimenov 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hello, I have a little problem, working with stunnel. The problem is: 25 10:50:53 LOG3[2612:1972]: SSL_connect: 1408F10B: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number and the full log: 25 10:50:32 LOG7[2612:2988]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2012.10.25 10:50:32 LOG5[2612:2988]: stunnel 4.53 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu platform 2012.10.25 10:50:32 LOG5[2612:2988]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 0.9.8s-fips 4 Jan 2012 2012.10.25 10:50:32 LOG5[2612:2988]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:+ENGINE+OCSP+FIPS Auth:none Sockets:SELECT+IPv6 2012.10.25 10:50:32 LOG5[2612:2988]: Reading configuration from file stunnel.conf 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG5[2612:2988]: FIPS mode is enabled 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: Compression not enabled 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: PRNG seeded successfully 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG6[2612:2988]: Initializing service section [POS] 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: Certificate: C:\Arcus2\SSL\pos3135pem.pem 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: Certificate loaded 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: Key file: C:\Arcus2\SSL\pos3135key.pem 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: Private key loaded 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: SSL options set: 0x00000004 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG5[2612:2988]: Configuration successful 2012.10.25 10:50:33 LOG7[2612:2988]: Service [POS] (FD=180) bound to 127.0.0.1:9021 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:2988]: Service [POS] accepted (FD=260) from 127.0.0.1:3645 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:2988]: Creating a new thread 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:2988]: New thread created 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:1972]: Service [POS] started 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG5[2612:1972]: Service [POS] accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:3645 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG6[2612:1972]: connect_blocking: connecting 217.69.205.63:9021 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:1972]: connect_blocking: s_poll_wait 217.69.205.63:9021: waiting 10 seconds 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG5[2612:1972]: connect_blocking: connected 217.69.205.63:9021 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG5[2612:1972]: Service [POS] connected remote server from 213.156.128.147:3646 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:1972]: Remote socket (FD=284) initialized 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG3[2612:1972]: SSL_connect: 1408F10B: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG5[2612:1972]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:1972]: Remote socket (FD=284) closed 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:1972]: Local socket (FD=260) closed 2012.10.25 10:50:53 LOG7[2612:1972]: Service [POS] finished (0 left) my .conf file is: cert = C:\Arcus2\SSL\pos3135pem.pem key = C:\Arcus2\SSL\pos3135key.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 CAfile = C:\Arcus2\SSL\cacert.pem debug = 7 output = stunnel.log [POS] client = yes accept = 127.0.0.1:9021 connect = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9021 if I change conf file, adding sslVersion = all or sslVersion = SSLv3, I have another error Section POS: sslVersion = TLSv1 is required in FIPS mode Thank your for help, Sergey Pimenov

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