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Re: [stunnel-users] Problem compiling win32 stunnel.exe v 4.21
by butterspoon＠gmail.com 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

On 09/12/2007, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo(a)nul-unu.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 11:30:01PM +0000, Hidden wrote: > > Okay, so I'm trying to build stunnel.exe (ver 4.21) under Debian Linux > > 2.6.22.1 as a prelude to applying some patches and I'm getting > > stuck. > > Just to make sure I understand: You are trying to build *for* windows > *in* Debian. Yup, just like the documentation (INSTALL.W32) says: 1) install mingw32 cross-compiler o a Unix/Linux machine (native compilation on a Windows machine is possible, but not supported) [...] 5) type "make stunnel.exe" > You seem to be mixing up (the names of) unix libs with windows ones. Well, something is. I'm just doing it by the book! > Anyways, would it not be easier to compile in windows? Anyone else here build stunnel.exe? What did you use? T

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Problem compiling win32 stunnel.exe v 4.21
by Hidden 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Okay, so I'm trying to build stunnel.exe (ver 4.21) under Debian Linux 2.6.22.1 as a prelude to applying some patches and I'm getting stuck. I've followed the instructions in the makefile – Install mingw32; compile and install openssl; unpack and make stunnel.exe. mingw makes a bunch of object files for a while, but then at the link stage it bombs with i586-mingw32msvc/bin/ld: cannot find -lzdll make was when trying to execute the command: i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -s -o stunnel.exe file.obj client.obj log.obj options.obj protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj verify.obj sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj -L/usr/src/openssl-0.9.8g -lzdll -leay32 -lssl32 -lws2_32 -lgdi32 -mwindows eay32 is nowhere to be found either. It and ssl32 are clearly related to openssl, but I can't see any suitable files in either the openssl build directory (/usr/src/openssl-0.9.8g as advertised). zdll could be something to do with zlib (which I have, ver 1.2.3) and eay32 and ssl32 are obviously related to openssl, but the only libraries under openssl are libssl.a and libcrypto.a (although optimistically trying to bolt in libssl in place of ssl32 doesn't work). ws2_32 and gdi32 are windows sockets and GDI, for what it's worth. I can't find the required libs on the internet anywhere, and maybe it's all down to me being a novice with mingw. I do notice the tantalizingly named files zlib1.dll, libeay32.dll, and libssl32.dll in the precompiled Windows binary distribution of stunnel, but surely I can't use them in any way? I'd love some help from anyone who knows this system better! Thanks, Tony

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SSL session caching with multiple clients through stunnel to an https server
by Paul McGarry 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Hi there, I have an application where apache/php processes make SOAP requests over https to a single remote server (which is IIS I think). I am trying to cut down the time each request takes. In it's current configuration I think some time will be wasted as the php client and IIS server handshake to set up a new SSL connection for each request, thereby adding (at least) twice the network latency between the two servers to each request. (As far as I can tell there is no way to make php SOAP use some kind of persistant connection or SSL cache when talking to the server) I am wondering if I pushed the soap requests as http through stunnel whether stunnel would be more efficient with SSL connections or whether it will just create a new tunnel with a new ssl session for each request it receives? Does anyone have any advice? Paul

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MS Outlook verify = 2 using problem
by FFT` 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Good Day! I'm using Stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 on Fedora-like Linux server. stunnel.conf consists: _______________________________________________________________________________ cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/server.crt key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/server.pem ; Protocol version (all, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1) ;sslVersion = SSLv3 ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 chroot = /usr/local/var/stunnel/ setuid = nobody setgid = nobody ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ;compression = rle ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; Authentication stuff verify = 2 ; Don't forget to c_rehash CApath ; CApath is located inside chroot jail ;CApath =/usr/local/etc/stunnel/certs ; It's often easier to use CAfile CAfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/ca.pem ; Don't forget to c_rehash CRLpath ; CRLpath is located inside chroot jail ;CRLpath = /crls ; Alternatively you can use CRLfile ;CRLfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/crl.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Service-level configuration [pop3s] accept = 995 connect = 110 ________________________________________________________________________ PKI consists: ROOT_CA CA MAIL_CON_CA SERVER CLIENT server.crt - Server certificate in PEM Format; server.pem - Server key in PEM Format with nopassword ca.pem - ROOT_CA, CA, MAIL_CON_CA certificates in PEM format. When I am using MS Outlook mail Client , there are some PROBLEM with connections to SERVER:995 stunnel.log consists: ______________________________________________ 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG5[16668:1074107776]: stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG5[16668:1074107776]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG6[16668:1074107776]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG6[16668:1074107776]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG5[16668:1074107776]: 500 clients allowed 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: pop3s bound to 0.0.0.0:995 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16669:1074107776]: Created pid file /stunnel.pid 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074107776]: pop3s accepted FD=10 from 192.168.1.205:2129 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: pop3s started 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG5[16669:1074228016]: pop3s accepted connection from 192.168.1.205:2129 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client hello A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server hello A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate request A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL alert (write): fatal: handshake failure 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG3[16669:1074228016]: SSL_accept: 140890C7: error:140890C7:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:peer did not return a certificate 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG5[16669:1074228016]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: pop3s finished (0 left) ______________________________________________ I load all Server, CA , and client certificate in SYSTEM, but there is NO Connection. Please help Me with Stunnel and Outlook using.

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by Harmon, Paul 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

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

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

30 Nov '07

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

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

30 Nov '07

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

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

29 Nov '07

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

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

28 Nov '07

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

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

28 Nov '07

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

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Problems accessing samba
by webmaster＠escoltesiguies.cat 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

I have a winXP machine which should connect to a linux samba. Everything installed following http://wiki.netbsd.se/index.php/How_to_secure_samba_with_stunnel but it don't connect. I have both loglevels set to 7, and as serverlog don't change I thing the error is at clientside. stunnel.conf is: client=yes debug = 7 [smb] accept=222.222.222.222:139 connect=85.48.253.144:8888 And the client log is: 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Certificate: stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Certificate loaded 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Key file: stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Private key loaded 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: SSL context initialized for service smb 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG5[3716:720]: stunnel 4.21 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG5[3716:720]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG5[3716:3292]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2007.11.27 12:46:59 LOG7[3716:3292]: FD 216 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:46:59 LOG7[3716:3292]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.11.27 12:46:59 LOG7[3716:3292]: smb bound to 222.222.222.222:139 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:3292]: smb accepted FD=248 from 88.31.107.217:1625 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:3292]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:3292]: New thread created 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: smb started 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: FD 248 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG5[3716:4028]: smb accepted connection from 88.31.107.217:1625 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: FD 272 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: smb connecting 85.48.253.144:8888 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3292]: smb accepted FD=308 from 88.31.107.217:1628 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3292]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3292]: New thread created 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: smb started 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: FD 308 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG5[3716:3012]: smb accepted connection from 88.31.107.217:1628 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: FD 340 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: smb connecting 85.48.253.144:8888 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG6[3716:4028]: connect_wait: s_poll_wait timeout 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG5[3716:4028]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:4028]: smb finished (1 left) 2007.11.27 12:47:35 LOG6[3716:3012]: connect_wait: s_poll_wait timeout 2007.11.27 12:47:35 LOG5[3716:3012]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.27 12:47:35 LOG7[3716:3012]: smb finished (0 left) Where is the problem? Thanks

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VeriSign Intermediate CA Certificate issue.
by Unai Rodriguez 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear All, I am trying to set an https layer using stunnel. I am having problems with the intermediary certificate since it appears broken to the user. You may find a screenshot here: http://u-journal.org/stunnel/Root_Cert_Err.jpg My stunnel version is: 3.26 running on Debian 3.1 I run stunnel as standalone with this parameters: stunnel -d 10.123.16.103:443 -D 7 -R /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.rnd \ -p /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem -o /var/log/stunnel/stunnel.log \ -r 10.123.16.103:80 -N https You may find the output of my stunnel -V here: http://pastebin.ca/793495 uname -a: Linux lb2-dp-vm 2.6.8-3-686 #1 Tue Dec 5 21:26:38 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux openssl version: OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004 So, if I create my /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem file like this: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- rsa_priv_key -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- secured.behringer.com_certificate -----END CERTIFICATE----- -- OR -- -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- rsa_priv_key -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- secured.behringer.com_certificate -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- VeriSign Intermediate CA Certificate (https://www.verisign.com.sg/support/ssl/install/intermediate/secure.shtml) -----END CERTIFICATE----- I get the mentioned error. If I create the /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem like this: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- rsa_priv_key -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- VeriSign Intermediate CA Certificate (https://www.verisign.com.sg/support/ssl/install/intermediate/secure.shtml) -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- secured.behringer.com_certificate -----END CERTIFICATE----- I get the error: "[...] X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch" You may see the log here: http://pastebin.ca/793500 Any clues on what am I doing wrong? Thank you so much! unai

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Re: [stunnel-users] More questions on RDP and port forwarding
by richard.woodman＠cox.net 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

OK, I took my configs, my certs, etc. and put them on two boxes in the lab - then I ensured I could use stunnel to connect using VNC. I then put a NAT box (Linksys BEFSR81) between the two and configured the Linksys to provide port forwarding. I then reconnected and everything worked first time. Therefore, I can only assume that either port-forwarding is misconfigured on my Watchguard SOHO 6tc -or- that the Windows firewall is causing problems (neither lab box has a firewall running). I'll keep you posted on what I find. Thanks. Richard My original post: I did read through the archives but I cannot determine how to get Stunnel working through the firewall. Here is what I wish to do: 1. Tunnel Windows Remote Desktop through stunnel. 2. I wish to connect from home to work; I have access to the firewall at work. Here's what I've done: 1. Installed stunnel on Windows XP at home and at work. I have self-signed certificates and am using verify = 3 (on both computers). Cacert.pem has the CA cert, the work cert, and the home cert in a single file. The server-cert.pem has the work computer's key and cert while the client-1-cert.pem (home computer) has it's own key and cert. 2. Stunnel at home has client = yes, stunnel at work has this commented out. Stunnel at work will become a "server" where multiple clients connect via stunnel and that single computer makes multiple RDP connections. Client (home) computer has [rdp1] accept = 4391 connect = <work outside interface IP>:44391 Server (work) computer has [rdp2] accept = 44391 connect = <work computer name>:3392 If I try this at work from within the corporate network (change the client connect string to the stunnel server's IP or hostname), then everything works fine. However, once I try from outside the work network, nothing works. Firewall is a Watchguard SOHO 6tc and I have a inbound rule permitting 44391 and directing it to X.X.X.52 (the stunnel server). I also have other rules allowing RDP (on port 3392 for instance) directly to the computer I wish to control and those rules work. Essentially, RDP directly through the firewall works but stunnel through the firewall does not. I assume there is no traffic destined for .52 on 44391 because the log file on the server (with debug = 7) only shows the startup sequence and port binding (netstat -a shows I am listening on 44391). I also tried this at home on my Juniper 5XT and was unsuccessful. Please help. Richard

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Re: [stunnel-users] More questions on RDP and port forwarding
by richard.woodman＠cox.net 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Craig, Thanks. Are you advising that I put "client = yes" in the service declaration rather than the main configuration? I already have "client = yes" on the client side (in the main configuration) and that line commented out of the server's configuration (I assume the default is client = no). When I review the log on the client computer, I can see where it times out waiting on a response from the work firewall's outside IP address. I do not see any connection attempts on the server side and both stunnel instances (client and server) have debug = 7 and logging to stunnel.log. Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: stunnel-users-bounces(a)mirt.net [mailto:stunnel-users- > bounces(a)mirt.net] On Behalf Of Richard Woodman > Sent: 26 November 2007 07:44 AM > To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > Subject: [stunnel-users] More questions on RDP and port forwarding > > I did read through the archives but I cannot determine how to get > Stunnel > working through the firewall. Here is what I wish to do: > > 1. Tunnel Windows Remote Desktop through stunnel. > 2. I wish to connect from home to work; I have access to the firewall > at > work. > > Here's what I've done: > > 1. Installed stunnel on Windows XP at home and at work. I have self- > signed > certificates and am using verify = 3 (on both computers). Cacert.pem > has > the CA cert, the work cert, and the home cert in a single file. The > server-cert.pem has the work computer's key and cert while the > client-1-cert.pem (home computer) has it's own key and cert. > 2. Stunnel at home has client = yes, stunnel at work has this > commented > out. Stunnel at work will become a "server" where multiple clients > connect > via stunnel and that single computer makes multiple RDP connections. > > Client (home) computer has > Try changing the client config to the following: [rdp1] client = yes accept = 4391 connect = <work outside interface IP>:44391 > > Server (work) computer has > > [rdp2] > accept = 44391 > connect = <work computer name>:3392 > > If I try this at work from within the corporate network (change the > client > connect string to the stunnel server's IP or hostname), then everything > works fine. However, once I try from outside the work network, nothing > works. Firewall is a Watchguard SOHO 6tc and I have a inbound rule > permitting 44391 and directing it to X.X.X.52 (the stunnel server). I > also > have other rules allowing RDP (on port 3392 for instance) directly to > the > computer I wish to control and those rules work. Essentially, RDP > directly > through the firewall works but stunnel through the firewall does not. > I > assume there is no traffic destined for .52 on 44391 because the log > file on > the server (with debug = 7) only shows the startup sequence and port > binding > (netstat -a shows I am listening on 44391). I also tried this at home > on my > Juniper 5XT and was unsuccessful. Please help. > > Richard > > > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list > stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users Cheers, Craig

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More questions on RDP and port forwarding
by Richard Woodman 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

I did read through the archives but I cannot determine how to get Stunnel working through the firewall. Here is what I wish to do: 1. Tunnel Windows Remote Desktop through stunnel. 2. I wish to connect from home to work; I have access to the firewall at work. Here's what I've done: 1. Installed stunnel on Windows XP at home and at work. I have self-signed certificates and am using verify = 3 (on both computers). Cacert.pem has the CA cert, the work cert, and the home cert in a single file. The server-cert.pem has the work computer's key and cert while the client-1-cert.pem (home computer) has it's own key and cert. 2. Stunnel at home has client = yes, stunnel at work has this commented out. Stunnel at work will become a "server" where multiple clients connect via stunnel and that single computer makes multiple RDP connections. Client (home) computer has [rdp1] accept = 4391 connect = <work outside interface IP>:44391 Server (work) computer has [rdp2] accept = 44391 connect = <work computer name>:3392 If I try this at work from within the corporate network (change the client connect string to the stunnel server's IP or hostname), then everything works fine. However, once I try from outside the work network, nothing works. Firewall is a Watchguard SOHO 6tc and I have a inbound rule permitting 44391 and directing it to X.X.X.52 (the stunnel server). I also have other rules allowing RDP (on port 3392 for instance) directly to the computer I wish to control and those rules work. Essentially, RDP directly through the firewall works but stunnel through the firewall does not. I assume there is no traffic destined for .52 on 44391 because the log file on the server (with debug = 7) only shows the startup sequence and port binding (netstat -a shows I am listening on 44391). I also tried this at home on my Juniper 5XT and was unsuccessful. Please help. Richard

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I'm very much a newbie to stunnel
by Harmon, Paul 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi Guys, I'm very new to Stunnel. In fact I have no experience with it what so ever. My situation is this: I have server program and a client at the moment which know nothing about SSL. Yet the powers that be insist that my two machines, if they must use sockets, do so using SSL. After reading through the distribution, I found this very interesting program called Stunnel which sounds like it might solve my problem quite well. From what I've read so far, I gather this program can be used as an SSL wrapper for my server and my client. Would some kind soul please help me with the configuration process (the configuration file) so that my client and server can be safe and secure? My server uses a port which I have chosen (really quite arbitrarily). Basically I need the server to listen on that port and wait for incoming data which it will processs and in most cases not even reply. With normal sockets this is a no-brainer since Steven's book outlines it very well. If I understand the documentation I've read so far, Stunnel adds the encryption layer on top of that which I need. So how do I configure and invokestunnel in this environment? Sorry for stupid questions at the moment I just lack examples like this and confidence in using the program. Thanks, Paul

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Certificate management
by Koenraad Lelong 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi, Since a few months I'm playing with stunnel. Last month I installed a stunnel at a customer. This week he reported he could not connect any more. After testing here I discovered the CA cert had expired. I made this myself and I didn't see that it's only valid for one month. I made new certificates making sure they are valid for longer than one month, so this is solved for now. My question : are there good documents about management of certificates ? I'm specially interested in renewing the certificates. Regards, Koenraad Lelong.

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some newbie questions
by Lluís Forns 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Let me first explain what I want to do in order to see if stunnel is what I need: I have some laptops around the world and I want to let them login in my intranet. The login is versus a Samba server. So more or less the connection would be: Laptop (running winXP) --- router --- internet --- router --- linux ssh server(port 22 open) --- linux samba server Could stunnel help me achivieng this? any hint of how? I have read the documentation, but I am a little lost. thanks -- <http://www.escoltesiguies.cat>*Lluís Forns - Tècnic Informàtic * *Servei d'Informàtica* *Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya (MEG)* *Telèfon:* 93 590 27 00 *Fax:* 93 590 04 92 *www.escoltesiguies.cat* No m'imprimeixis si no és necessari. Protegim el medi ambient.

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems
by Craig Retief 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

I see that you have client = yes in the config file. When client = yes is set outside the service block, it becomes a global setting that tells all the services that it should tunnel that they are clients and not servers. If you specify the client = yes within a service eg. [pop3s] client = yes accept = 995 connect = 110 then stunnel knows that the specified service alone is a client. What I recommend is that you disable the client = yes in the global area and change you config file to something like this: I have removed the comments to shorten the config for explanation: socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 CRLpath = crls CRLfile = certnew.pem debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ;client = yes [https] accept = 443 connect = 192.168.0.5:443 TIMEOUTclose = 0 Try using this as your config and see if it works or not. Cheers Craig From: Dan Vespa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 November 2007 05:07 PM To: Craig Retief Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems Craig, Here it is.... ; Sample stunnel configuration file by Michal Trojnara 2002-2006 ; Some options used here may not be adequate for your particular configuration ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode ; The default certificate is provided only for testing and should not ; be used in a production environment ;cert = stunnel.pem ;key = stunnel.pem ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; Authentication stuff ;verify = 2 ; Don't forget to c_rehash CApath ;CApath = crls ; It's often easier to use CAfile ;CAfile = certnew.pem ; Don't forget to c_rehash CRLpath CRLpath = crls ; Alternatively you can use CRLfile CRLfile = certnew.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode client = yes ; Service-level configuration ;[pop3s] ;accept = 995 ;connect = 110 ;[imaps] ;accept = 993 ;connect = 143 ;[ssmtp] ;accept = 465 ;connect = 25 [https] accept = 443 connect = 192.168.0.5:443 TIMEOUTclose = 0 ; vim:ft=dosini _____ From: Craig Retief Sent: Mon 19/11/2007 9:54 AM To: 'Dan Vespa' Cc: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems Please Post your stunnel configs. Makes life easier. Cheers Craig From: Dan Vespa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 November 2007 03:35 PM To: Craig Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems Craig, I set the debug level higher and this is what my log outputs.... 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:2656]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:2656]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:2656]: SSL context initialized for service https 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG5[1596:2656]: stunnel 4.21 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG5[1596:2656]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG5[1596:3012]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:3012]: FD 188 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:3012]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:3012]: https bound to 0.0.0.0:443 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:3012]: https accepted FD=236 from 127.0.0.1:1409 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:3012]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:3012]: New thread created 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: https started 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: FD 236 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG5[1596:2576]: https accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1409 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: FD 260 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: https connecting 192.168.0.5:443 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: connect_wait: connected 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG5[1596:2576]: https connected remote server from 192.168.0.24:1410 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: Remote FD=260 initialized 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: TCP_NODELAY option set on remote socket 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server certificate A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server done A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client key exchange A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 flush data 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 1 items in the session cache 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 1 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 1 client connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 server connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 session cache hits 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 session cache misses 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 session cache timeouts 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG6[1596:2576]: SSL connected: new session negotiated 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG6[1596:2576]: Negotiated ciphers: RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=RC4(128) Mac=MD5 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:3012]: https accepted FD=288 from 127.0.0.1:1411 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:3012]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:3012]: New thread created 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: https started 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: FD 288 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG5[1596:1060]: https accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1411 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: FD 312 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: https connecting 192.168.0.5:443 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: connect_wait: connected 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG5[1596:1060]: https connected remote server from 192.168.0.24:1412 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: Remote FD=312 initialized 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: TCP_NODELAY option set on remote socket 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 flush data 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 1 items in the session cache 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 2 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 2 client connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 server connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 1 session cache hits 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 session cache misses 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 session cache timeouts 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG6[1596:1060]: SSL connected: previous session reused 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL socket closed on SSL_read 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: Socket write shutdown 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG5[1596:1060]: Connection closed: 70 bytes sent to SSL, 164 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: https finished (1 left) 2007.11.19 08:27:53 LOG3[1596:2576]: readsocket: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (10054) 2007.11.19 08:27:53 LOG5[1596:2576]: Connection reset: 1102 bytes sent to SSL, 1241 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.19 08:27:53 LOG7[1596:2576]: https finished (0 left) Does this make any sense to you???? Dan _____ From: Craig Sent: Mon 19/11/2007 1:34 AM To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems OWA rewrites the URL when you log in and I have found that it causes problems when doing that with a Stunnel connection. What I think might be happening is that your initial connection says http://server.tld/ then when you log in OWA rewrites the URL to https://server.tld/ What I think is happening is that your stunnel is listening on port 80 and when you log in, OWA changes the listening port in the browser to port 443. Try running the listening server (stunnel server) to listen on port 443 instead of port 80 and see if that fixes the problem. Cheers Craig From: stunnel-users-bounces(a)mirt.net [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Vespa Sent: 17 November 2007 07:21 PM To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Subject: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems I am trying to use the latest version of stunnel to connect to OWA. I set stunnel to listen on port 80 (localhost) and then connect to myserverip on port 443. I get the login screen but can go no further after I Enter my credentials and Click OK. Checking the stunnel log screen it shows that a connect has been made? I don't understand why It won't connect any further?? OWA is on Exchange Server 2003 and I am using Windows XP SP2. I have also updated to Open SSL latest version. Thanks in Advance. Dan

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems
by Craig Retief 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Please Post your stunnel configs. Makes life easier. Cheers Craig From: Dan Vespa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 November 2007 03:35 PM To: Craig Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems Craig, I set the debug level higher and this is what my log outputs.... 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:2656]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:2656]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:2656]: SSL context initialized for service https 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG5[1596:2656]: stunnel 4.21 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG5[1596:2656]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG5[1596:3012]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:3012]: FD 188 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:3012]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.11.19 08:25:54 LOG7[1596:3012]: https bound to 0.0.0.0:443 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:3012]: https accepted FD=236 from 127.0.0.1:1409 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:3012]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:3012]: New thread created 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: https started 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: FD 236 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG5[1596:2576]: https accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1409 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: FD 260 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: https connecting 192.168.0.5:443 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: connect_wait: connected 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG5[1596:2576]: https connected remote server from 192.168.0.24:1410 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: Remote FD=260 initialized 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: TCP_NODELAY option set on remote socket 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server certificate A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server done A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client key exchange A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 flush data 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 1 items in the session cache 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 1 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 1 client connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 server connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 session cache hits 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 session cache misses 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG7[1596:2576]: 0 session cache timeouts 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG6[1596:2576]: SSL connected: new session negotiated 2007.11.19 08:26:32 LOG6[1596:2576]: Negotiated ciphers: RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=RC4(128) Mac=MD5 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:3012]: https accepted FD=288 from 127.0.0.1:1411 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:3012]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:3012]: New thread created 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: https started 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: FD 288 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG5[1596:1060]: https accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1411 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: FD 312 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: https connecting 192.168.0.5:443 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: connect_wait: connected 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG5[1596:1060]: https connected remote server from 192.168.0.24:1412 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: Remote FD=312 initialized 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: TCP_NODELAY option set on remote socket 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write client hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read server hello A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 read finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 write finished A 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL state (connect): SSLv3 flush data 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 1 items in the session cache 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 2 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 2 client connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 server connects that finished 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 1 session cache hits 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 session cache misses 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: 0 session cache timeouts 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG6[1596:1060]: SSL connected: previous session reused 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: SSL socket closed on SSL_read 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: Socket write shutdown 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG5[1596:1060]: Connection closed: 70 bytes sent to SSL, 164 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.19 08:26:53 LOG7[1596:1060]: https finished (1 left) 2007.11.19 08:27:53 LOG3[1596:2576]: readsocket: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (10054) 2007.11.19 08:27:53 LOG5[1596:2576]: Connection reset: 1102 bytes sent to SSL, 1241 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.19 08:27:53 LOG7[1596:2576]: https finished (0 left) Does this make any sense to you???? Dan _____ From: Craig Sent: Mon 19/11/2007 1:34 AM To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems OWA rewrites the URL when you log in and I have found that it causes problems when doing that with a Stunnel connection. What I think might be happening is that your initial connection says http://server.tld/ then when you log in OWA rewrites the URL to https://server.tld/ What I think is happening is that your stunnel is listening on port 80 and when you log in, OWA changes the listening port in the browser to port 443. Try running the listening server (stunnel server) to listen on port 443 instead of port 80 and see if that fixes the problem. Cheers Craig From: stunnel-users-bounces(a)mirt.net [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Vespa Sent: 17 November 2007 07:21 PM To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Subject: [stunnel-users] Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems I am trying to use the latest version of stunnel to connect to OWA. I set stunnel to listen on port 80 (localhost) and then connect to myserverip on port 443. I get the login screen but can go no further after I Enter my credentials and Click OK. Checking the stunnel log screen it shows that a connect has been made? I don't understand why It won't connect any further?? OWA is on Exchange Server 2003 and I am using Windows XP SP2. I have also updated to Open SSL latest version. Thanks in Advance. Dan

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Stunnel and Outlook Web Access Problems
by Dan Vespa 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

I am trying to use the latest version of stunnel to connect to OWA. I set stunnel to listen on port 80 (localhost) and then connect to myserverip on port 443. I get the login screen but can go no further after I Enter my credentials and Click OK. Checking the stunnel log screen it shows that a connect has been made? I don't understand why It won't connect any further?? OWA is on Exchange Server 2003 and I am using Windows XP SP2. I have also updated to Open SSL latest version. Thanks in Advance. Dan

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NFS over stunnel
by Andy Wettstein 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hi, I wrote a document about how I am running NFS over stunnel. Using some firewall rules I was able to eliminate most of the complications for using secure NFS. It could probably use more detailed explanations, but the scripts I am using are all there. It still kind of in test phase, but I am currently mounting my home directory using stunnel. I haven't really noticed much of a speed problem in day to day activities. https://w3.physics.uiuc.edu/physwiki/doku.php?id=pcs:unix:nfs_over_stunnel Please send any questions you might have. -- andy wettstein unix administrator department of physics university of illinois at urbana-champaign

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receive error
by Protect Girl 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Hi When run stunnel.exe, I was receive "the procedure entry point SSL_CTX_xet_info_callback could not be located in the dynamic library libssl32.dll" error.

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can't get client address
by Draeath Spamtrap 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Stunnel appears to be working fine, but when started it spams my syslog about 5 times with the following message: "stunnel: warning: can't get client address: Bad file descriptor" There are no other messages from stunnel. I'm not sure where it's coming from... It looks like it is running without command line arguments. My init script has the following snippets that make me think that: > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > PREFIX=/usr/local > DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/stunnel > PIDFILE=/var/lib/stunnel/stunnel.pid > > test -f $DAEMON || exit 0 > > case "$1" in > start) > echo -n "Starting universal SSL tunnel: stunnel" > $DAEMON || echo -n " failed" > echo "." > ;; > {TRIMMED REST OF FILE} My stunnel version info: > stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 > Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP > > Global options > debug = 5 > pid = /usr/local/var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid > RNDbytes = 64 > RNDfile = /dev/urandom > RNDoverwrite = yes > Service-level options > cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem > ciphers = ALL:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH > key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem > session = 300 seconds > sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server > TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds > TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds > TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds > TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds > verify = none My stunnel config file: > cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem > key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem > sslVersion = SSLv3 > chroot = /var/lib/stunnel/ > setuid = 99 > setgid = 99 > pid = /stunnel.pid > socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 > socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 > client = yes > [nntps] > accept = 127.0.0.1:119 > connect = secure.news.easynews.com:563 Again, it is all working, and aside from my TCP_NODELAY flags, everything in my conf would be a show-stopper if it was invalid or not working... *of note: I had to set the uid/gid number. for some reason it couldn't resolve the gid/uid on it's own. My /etc/passwd is world-readable (with hashes in shadow) as is standard. I'm not sure I should even be worried about this...

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Reporting bugs in stunnel 4.21
by Michal Trojnara 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Dear Users, Please test the new stunnel 4.21 and report your issues on the Bug Tracking System (http://stunnel.mirt.net/bts.html) or email the information to the stunnel-users mailing list. This is the easiest way to help stunnel working fine on your various systems. I was developing it for quite a long time and I likely failed to fix all the bugs. I'm especially interested in all compilation or runtime issues with the new FIPS and libwrap code. By the time you can find a patch for setuid/setgid+chroot problem here: ftp://stunnel.mirt.net/stunnel/setuid.patch Best regards, Mike

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How is it working?
by fuzzy_4711 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hello list. After a few tries, my stunnel configuration is working well. I am using it to tunnel my vnc connections to my winXP box. Now I have a question about how the software is working. In the past, when I was using VNC at port 5900 and I did a telnet to that box with port 5900, VNC was answering with something like 003005 which was the VNC protocol version the server was able to communicate. Now because of the tunneling effect, my vnc server still listens at 127.0.0.1:5900 but is expecting ssled connections at xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9999. When I do a telnet at xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx at port 9999 my box is answering something like: Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Escape character is ... Now if enter something like "test" the telnet window shows me that the connection is closed by foreign host (means: my xp box). Lets assume, someone is trying to hack my computer and doing a port scan. She/he will find out for sure, that my port 9999 is opened. Usually the server listening behind the port is sending something the attacker could use to point to the software running behind the port. In this case, as far as I can see nothing is sent to give a hint that stunnel is waiting there to route my connection attempt to 127.0.0.1:5900. Is it right, that this is the magic - for sure besides encryption and all the algorithms necessary to do the port forwarding - stunnel provides? I mean as long as an attacker doesnt know what is hiding behind the port he/she also doesnt know how to attack or how to get through. Is that conclusion right? Please tell me, if my conclusions are wrong or if I got something wrong. Stefan

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PATCH: Support PostgreSQL SSL
by Marko Kreen 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

PostgreSQL protocol has small handshake on connecting before SSL can be initialized. But that means that Stunnel cannot be used by default as it expects the SSL initialization to be the first thing when getting connection. Attached patch adds PostgreSQL protocol support to Stunnel, so that Stunnel can be used to provide SSL when either client or server is not able to do it natively. SSL handshake is described here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/protocol-flow.html#AEN73013 Patch is tested and works, hopefully it can be included in main Stunnel source. -- marko

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STUNNEL Licensing
by Menon, Sreejith Mohan 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Dear Users, Is there any special licensing required to use STUNNEL ? In case, it is not required from STUNNEL , is there anything to be done on the OPENSSL side ? Thanks and best regards, Sreejith Mohan Menon

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Re: [stunnel-users] almost working
by Tom Allison 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Luke Deller wrote: > Hi Tom, > >> OK, this has been nothing but a bust. > > I've just read this thread, and it looks to me that you have stunnel configured incorrectly for use with inetd. > > Did you see this documentation? > http://www.stunnel.org/faq/stunnel.html#inetd_mode > >> the error keeps saying that port 993 is already in use. > > This is because you have configured stunnel to bind to port 993 using an "accept" option in the configuration file. When using stunnel with inetd, stunnel should not bind to any port; it is inetd which binds to a port. When a client connects to inetd, then inetd will launch stunnel with stunnel's stdin and stdout streams hooked up to the connected socket. > Made some progress. Got past the SSL version. Fixed my firewall to permit IMAPS sessions. confirmed my firewall settings by changing to IMAP and running directly against the imap server. Changed firewall settings from imap to imaps. Keep timing out. Same problem for Mac Mail application (which isn't great) and Debian's Icedove. This is as far as I can get. 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: Connection from 65.29.101.30:49841 permitted by libwrap 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG5[27692:47518144360528]: inetd connected from 65.29.101.30:49841 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client hello A 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server hello A 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate A 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server done A 2007.11.05 05:43:56 LOG7[27692:47518144360528]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data

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Re: [stunnel-users] Using stunnel for RDP / Proxy / Firewall
by Frank Garber 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

I tried using the port you suggested and got the same result. I'm able to verify my firewall is letting the traffic through and that my ISP is not blocking the port by using www.canyouseeme.org . Again, all my settings work when I'm not going through the corporate firewall. Can you send me your whole config file for both your client and server sides? I'm wondering if it has to do with my certificate settings. Thanks, Frank ----- Original Message ---- From: Carter Browne <xxxx> To: garberfc <xxxx> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:07:11 AM Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Using stunnel for RDP / Proxy / Firewall I do this all the time. The way I do it is to connect locally to RDP on a non-stardard port. In the RDP dialog box, I have 127.0.0.10:12121, then in stunnel on the local side is: [xxx-rdp] accept = 127.0.0.10:12121 connect = server:12122 client = yes on the remote side is [rdp-incoming] accept = 12122 connect = 3389 client = no. Normally RDP listens for any connection to port 3389, so I found it was easiest to get to to work by moving off that port. Note that you have to open port 12122 in the firewall on the remote side. On the other hand, you can close 3389 on the remote side which takes away an obvious port for hackers. Carter garberfc wrote: > Hi All > > I'm a relative newbie to Stunnel, and am trying to set up a tunnel so I can > Remote Desktop from work to my PC/server at home. > > I'm using versions 4.20 of the Windows binaries. > > I've tested the configuration and it works from home using a laptop that is > going through my firewall > when I enter my domain home (so my firewall is set up correctly). I tried a > variety of common ports and got the same response every time. I had to use > the 127.0.0.2 on the client because Remote Desktop didn't want me connecting > to myself... > > When I try if from work I get a dialog box: > The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer. > The most likely causes for this error are: > 1) Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote computer. > 2)The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the remote computer. > 3) A network error occurred while establishing the connection. > > My config is as follows: > > #Client > ;cert = stunnel.pem > ;key = stunnel.pem > > ; Some performance tunings > socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 > socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 > > ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting > debug = 7 > output = stunnel.log > > ; Use it for client mode > client = yes > > ; Service-level configuration > [https-RDT] > accept = 127.0.0.2:3389 > connect = xx.xx.xx.xx:1494 > > > #Server > ; Some performance tunings > socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 > socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 > > ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting > debug = 7 > output = stunnel.log > > ; Use it for client mode > client = no > > ; Service-level configuration > [https-RDT] > accept = 1494 > connect = localhost:3389 > > > Is there something I need to do to traverse this proxy? Any help would be > greatly appreciated! > >

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Re: [stunnel-users] almost working
by Tom Allison 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

On Oct 29, 2007, at 9:39 PM, Luke Deller wrote: > > Hi Tom, > >> OK, this has been nothing but a bust. > > I've just read this thread, and it looks to me that you have > stunnel configured incorrectly for use with inetd. > > Did you see this documentation? > http://www.stunnel.org/faq/stunnel.html#inetd_mode > >> the error keeps saying that port 993 is already in use. > > This is because you have configured stunnel to bind to port 993 > using an "accept" option in the configuration file. When using > stunnel with inetd, stunnel should not bind to any port; it is > inetd which binds to a port. When a client connects to inetd, then > inetd will launch stunnel with stunnel's stdin and stdout streams > hooked up to the connected socket. Amazing how much progess can be made in a minute. Thank you very much. I did miss that line in the docs. I've moved on to a slightly different error, but it's probably going to be easier for me to sort this one out. I have to go to out, so I'll read up on it and try it when I get back. I'm going to guess I have a ssl version/imap version issue to sort out. I'm trying to connect from a macbook to this server. Thank You!!! 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG5[22402:47915096707152]: stunnel 4.18 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG5[22402:47915096707152]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: inetd started 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: FD 0 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: FD 1 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: Connection from 65.29.101.30:53036 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG5[22402:47915096707152]: inetd connected from 65.29.101.30:53036 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG3[22402:47915096707152]: SSL_accept: 1408F10B: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG5[22402:47915096707152]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.30 07:07:59 LOG7[22402:47915096707152]: inetd finished (0 left)

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almost working
by Tom Allison 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

I'm trying to tunnel imap but I'm not getting past this: 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG5[5355:47656983060560]: stunnel 4.18 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG5[5355:47656983060560]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG6[5355:47656983060560]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG6[5355:47656983060560]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG5[5355:47656983060560]: 500 clients allowed 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG7[5355:47656983060560]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG7[5355:47656983060560]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG7[5355:47656983060560]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG7[5355:47656983060560]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG3[5355:47656983060560]: Error binding imaps to 0.0.0.0:993 2007.10.08 05:56:28 LOG3[5355:47656983060560]: bind: Address already in use (98) I can't find where to begin. I set SO_REUSEADDR and it didn't do anything different. How do I test this stuff sanely?

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stunnel 4.21 released
by Michal Trojnara 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

Dear Users, The new version is available for download on: ftp://stunnel.mirt.net/stunnel/ Version 4.21, 2007.10.27, urgency: LOW/EXPERIMENTAL: * New features sponsored by Open-Source Software Institute - Initial FIPS 140-2 support (see INSTALL.FIPS for details). Win32 platform is not currently supported. * New features - Experimental fast support for non-MT-safe libwrap is provided with pre-spawned processes. - Stunnel binary moved from /usr/local/sbin to /usr/local/bin in order to meet FHS and LSB requirements. Please delete the /usr/local/sbin/stunnel when upgrading. - Added code to disallow compiling stunnel with pthreads when OpenSSL is compiled without threads support. - Win32 DLLs for OpenSSL 0.9.8g. - Minor manual update. - TODO file updated. * Bugfixes - Dynamic locking callbacks added (needed by some engines to work). - AC_ARG_ENABLE fixed in configure.am to accept yes/no arguments. - On some systems libwrap requires yp_get_default_domain from libnsl, additional checking was added. - Sending a list of trusted CAs for the client to choose the right certificate restored. - Some compatibility issues with NTLM authentication fixed. - Taskbar icon (unless there is a config file parsing error) and "Save As" disabled in the service mode for local Win32 security (it's much like Yeti -- some people claim they have seen it). sha1 hash for stunnel-4.21.tar.gz file: 7785c45167d902aa728b839adee02a8cc056d86a Best regards, Mike

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel-users Digest, Vol 39, Issue 16
by Frank Garber 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

I tested with my firewall with both PCs at home. I can make it work with the port open and when I close the port it fails. it's only when I try to connect from behind the corporate firewall that it fails. I've tried several other port numbers and always get the same results. Can you send me your entire client and server config files so I can see the settings? Thanks, Frank ----- Original Message ---- From: "stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net" <stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net> To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:00:06 AM Subject: stunnel-users Digest, Vol 39, Issue 16 Send stunnel-users mailing list submissions to stunnel-users(a)mirt.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net You can reach the person managing the list at stunnel-users-owner(a)mirt.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of stunnel-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. [RE] Using stunnel for RDP / Proxy / Firewall (Algol Tradent) Hello, I think your problem might be related to your configuration firewall/router. Have you enabled port-forwarding for the connection? >From your configuration files I can see you are using port 1494. Check that you are forwarding that port. Also make sure you configure any firewall software running on the machine you want to connect to, in order to allow connections. Best Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ stunnel-users mailing list stunnel-users(a)mirt.net http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users

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[RE] Using stunnel for RDP / Proxy / Firewall
by Algol Tradent 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hello, I think your problem might be related to your configuration firewall/router. Have you enabled port-forwarding for the connection? >From your configuration files I can see you are using port 1494. Check that you are forwarding that port. Also make sure you configure any firewall software running on the machine you want to connect to, in order to allow connections. Best Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Using stunnel for RDP / Proxy / Firewall
by garberfc 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hi All I'm a relative newbie to Stunnel, and am trying to set up a tunnel so I can Remote Desktop from work to my PC/server at home. I'm using versions 4.20 of the Windows binaries. I've tested the configuration and it works from home using a laptop that is going through my firewall when I enter my domain home (so my firewall is set up correctly). I tried a variety of common ports and got the same response every time. I had to use the 127.0.0.2 on the client because Remote Desktop didn't want me connecting to myself... When I try if from work I get a dialog box: The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer. The most likely causes for this error are: 1) Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote computer. 2)The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the remote computer. 3) A network error occurred while establishing the connection. My config is as follows: #Client ;cert = stunnel.pem ;key = stunnel.pem ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode client = yes ; Service-level configuration [https-RDT] accept = 127.0.0.2:3389 connect = xx.xx.xx.xx:1494 #Server ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode client = no ; Service-level configuration [https-RDT] accept = 1494 connect = localhost:3389 Is there something I need to do to traverse this proxy? Any help would be greatly appreciated! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Using-stunnel-for-RDP---Proxy---Firewall-tf4654985.ht… Sent from the Stunnel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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scaling stunnel
by Ben Hartshorne 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi, I am trying to set up syslog + stunnel in a large environment. I am curious about the experience of members of this mailing list regarding how stunnel + syslog-ng scale. I set up a test environment using stunnel 3.26 (because that's what is in my debian installation)[*]. I configured stunnel to run as a daemon (starting on boot), and syslog passes off messages and receives messages from localhost:514. In the stunnel log, it tells me that there is a limit of 500 clients, and it seems that with stunnel 3.x, it must be recompiled to increase this limit. I found some posts on this list that say that while stunnel 3.x uses select(), stunnel 4.x uses poll(), which is much more efficient. So I figure that if I will have to roll my own package, I may as well upgrade to 4.x at the same time. Agree? If so, which version? It's my understanding that this configuration will create a persistent connection between the client and server, holding it open until such time as syslog needs to send a message across it. How many clients have you experienced being able to connect to the log aggregator? My logs are rather sparse, so I expect I will hit a limit based on processor / filehandle / memory usage before I start overloading the local disk. Eventually, I realize that I will have to build a tree structure with intermediate nodes aggregating logs and passing them on to the central host, but I would like to know where people have hit that limit. I would love to have ~5000 clients connected to each aggregating server. Is this within the realm of experience? Does anybody have tuning suggestions for such high numbers of connections? I saw one person mention on the mailing list that compiling without libwrap allowed him to pass ~2500 connections (though he didn't give a new ceiling). Thanks, -ben [*] I was actually impressed at how easy this was. Aside from having to write my own /etc/init.d/ scripts to start the client and server, I could bring down either end of the stunnel connection, and things would just pick up where they left off when the tunnel was reconnected. Add monit into the picture and you've got a nice resilient secure logging system. Slick! -- Ben Hartshorne email: ben(a)hartshorne.net http://ben.hartshorne.net

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SSL Accelerator card and Stunnel
by domstra＠alice.it 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi all, We are using STunnel v.3.x and STunnel v.4.x on different systems (Application Servers and DB Servers, on HP and Sun mainframe hardware). We have noticed that the STunnel load is quite heavy for the CPUs of each Server. So, we are beginning to study and analyze a solution that allows we to use STunnel without generate overhead on the CPUs. A good solution could be using a SSL Accelerator card as "SSL engine", in order to offloading the calls to the card CPU. We have also read the following topic in your mailing-list regarding a solutions similar to ours: List: stunnel-users Subject: SSL Accelerator supporto for Stunnel Can you suggest us a list of "SSL Accelerator card" model (and vendor) to install and configure with STunnel? Anyway, do you suggest us to upgrade the STunnel version to the last stable on each Server? Thanks in advance for the support. Awaiting for your kind feedback and suggestions. Best Regards. Dom *********** Scopri la nuova Alice Mail! <http://registra.rossoalice.alice.it/registra/basic/entratabasic.do?entryPoi…> 1 GB di spazio con antivirus, antispam e fino a 2 GB di allegati. <http://registra.rossoalice.alice.it/registra/basic/entratabasic.do?entryPoi…> Registrati GRATIS <http://registra.rossoalice.alice.it/registra/basic/entratabasic.do?entryPoi…>

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stunnel and pan newsreader configuration
by Kernel Panic 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

I am attempting to use stunnel to connect securely to a snntp server using pan 0.132. The stunnel install was successful, but when attempting to connect to the server using pan, I either receive a "connection refused" or "connection reset by peer" in the pan error log. Here is the stunnel.log: 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG5[5843:3082667712]: stunnel 4.20 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG5[5843:3082667712]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv4 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG5[5843:3082667712]: 500 clients allowed 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP bound to 127.0.0.1:23 2007.10.13 11:16:43 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Created pid file /home/kpanic/download/stunnel//var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1085 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5855 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1085 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1085 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1086 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1086 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1086 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5857 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:00 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1087 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1087 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1087 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5860 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:05 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1088 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1088 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1088 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5863 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:10 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: NNTP accepted FD=7 from 127.0.0.1:1089 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP started 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3082667712]: Cleaning up the signal pipe 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: Connection from 127.0.0.1:1089 permitted by libwrap 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: NNTP accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:1089 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG6[5843:3082667712]: Child process 5866 finished with code 0 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG3[5843:3085958032]: bind transparent: Address already in use (98) 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG5[5843:3085958032]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.10.13 11:17:15 LOG7[5843:3085958032]: NNTP finished (0 left) Here is the snnt.conf file: # Debug debug = 7 output = /home/kpanic/download/stunnel/stunnel.log # Use it for client mode client = yes foreground = yes [NNTP] protocol = nntp protocolusername = username protocolpassword = password transparent = yes accept = localhost:23 connect = secure.server.com:563 Here is the pan error log: Sat Oct 13 10:46:50 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:46:55 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:47:00 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:47:05 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:47:10 2007 - Error reading from localhost: Connection reset by peer Changing the server setup in pan to look at 127.0.0.1 Sat Oct 13 10:45:40 2007 - Pan 0.132 started Sat Oct 13 10:45:40 2007 - Loaded data backend in 0.0 seconds Sat Oct 13 10:45:47 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:45:50 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:45:55 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Sat Oct 13 10:46:00 2007 - Error reading from 127.0.0.1: Connection reset by peer Pan configuration: Address: localhost Port: 23 Username: username Password: password uname -r 2.6.22.9-0.4-bigsmp suse 10.3 Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks - Tim --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

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configuration help
by Tom Allison 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

I posted an email a couple days ago and noticed that there isn't any traffic on this mailing list. Is this active/current?

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Stunnel Return Codes - How do I see them in a batch file?
by Robert Lambrecht 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

I have Stunnel working successfully in a batch file. I would like to write the error codes in case there is an issue. How do you do this? In Windows, I could do something like: "C:\Program Files\stunnel\stunnel.exe" -start -quiet stunnel.conf goto %errorlevel% :0 :: Normal Return - Complete Batch Process goto :EOF :1 :: Errors - Log them Would this work or how do I get the stunnel return codes? Bob

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Wildcard usage
by Knight Tiger 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hi, I am new to STUNNEL and I find it very useful for what I am doing right now. I would like to know if STUNNEL does support the functionality I require. I shall describe the situation below. I run a SIP messaging server (SIP is a VoIP protocol used to establish voice calls over the Internet). STUNNEL is running on the same machine as the SIP server. The SIP server listens on a specific port say 8000 so I have in the config file [sip-new] accept = 10000 connect = localhost:8000 and it works beautifully as the client sends the message through a SSL connection to port 10000 on the machine. So far so good. Now I need the server to send a message to the client. SIP server -----> STUNNEL ------> client . Here STUNNEL acts as a SSL client and the client acts as the SSL server. (Both the client and STUNNEL support this functionality), so in the config file I have [sip-client] accept = 11000 connect = ?:8000 How can I code in the client IP address (I know the port number where the client's SSL server is listening on) when I dont know the client IP address before hand ? (The client is typically assigned IP address by a DHCP server) and I will have more than one client which would be acting as a server. The SIP server will know the client's IP address when the client sends a request. (SIP server can determine the IP address from the SIP message and not from the IP header) . So now the message from the SIP server will have the client's IP address but STUNNEL does not have a config for that IP address (since it is dynamic and I need to support many clients) and hence STUNNEL will not create a SSL tunnel to the client. Can I have wildcard for the IP address ? something like [sip-client] accept = 11000 connect = *:8000 and have STUNNEL get the destination IP from the message ? I thank you all in advance, Warm Regards Knight

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Stunnel on the same machine
by subrata＠indiatimes.com 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Hi I want to configure to encrypt mysql both client and server on the same machine. Ie the /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p on the same machine where my mysql daemon is located. How to achieve this. regards Subrata -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox!

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 14
by sreejith 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, What you have understood is correct. We are the provider of the Web Service; and my requirement is something as explained below, The end users are using a Web site and the data entered in the web site will be converted to an XML file and send to the Web Service which we have provided. The end users are using STUNNEL to encrypt the XML files before sending to us. Hence, I need to decrypt the message and process it. Hence, I think I need to use STUNNEL for doing the same. Also, upon request from the end users I need to send some data, again it is XML files; and I need to encrypt this using STUNNEL and send it to the end user. I am new to STUNNEL and went through the examples provided in www.stunnel.org and didn't get a very good idea on how to get this done. I hope, I am able to make it clear this time. Best regards, Sreejith On 9/28/07, stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net <stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net> wrote: > > Send stunnel-users mailing list submissions to > stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > stunnel-users-request(a)mirt.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > stunnel-users-owner(a)mirt.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of stunnel-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Stunnel Dies at 3500 connections... (bear(a)bears.org) > 2. Re: Using Stunnel (Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:18:36 -0400 (EDT) > From: bear(a)bears.org > Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel Dies at 3500 connections... > To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709271117350.31308(a)ferocity.bears.org> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Michal Trojnara wrote: > > > Try to disable libwrap first: > > ./configure --disable-libwrap > > make clean > > make > > make install > > It is a bottleneck for this kind of tests. > > PERFECT! Thank you very much! That seems to have sorted out my troubles. > The load average stayed well within what I expected. I've got a hardware > firewall protecting the machine, so libwrap wasn't helping me anyhow. > > Peace, > Gary > > ********* ***** ** Gary Coulbourne > *************************.* Bear Activist > ****** *********** ** *******o > ******* ********* **** ****`- Systems Administrator > ******* ********* ***** http://www.bears.org > ****** ********** **** bear(a)bears.org > ## ***** ***** ## **** KB3INA > ### ***** ### **** Animal Conservation/Preservation > #,,, ***,,, ##,,, **,,, > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:23:58 -0500 > From: Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo(a)nul-unu.com> > Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Using Stunnel > To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > Message-ID: <20070927172358.GB4459(a)caribdis.nul-unu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:46:53PM +0530, sreejith wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > I have a requirement where in I have a web service that uses STUNNEL for > > encrypting and decrypting XML messages. Please help me out with how to > > proceed ? What needs to be done ? How the configuration file should be ? > > Your question is a little confusing. I assume you are trying to encrypt > the > http traffic that the web service travels over. Otherwise, if you want > to have unencrypted http carrying encripted xml, stunnel is not for you. > > In any case, are you the provider or the consumer for the web service? > > -- > Rodrigo Gallardo > GPG-Fingerprint: 7C81 E60C 442E 8FBC D975 2F49 0199 8318 ADC9 BC28 >

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel Testing
by Robert Lambrecht 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

I changed BLAT to a port on the local host and set up Stunnel as suggested on a port other than 25. Everything works well. I will have to play with WireShark to see if SSL works. Thanks for the information. Bob

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel Testing
by Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 05:23:29PM -0500, Robert Lambrecht wrote: > I am using a command line mailer (BLAT) from a batch file to notify me when > errors occur. My ISP requires SSL however still allows non-SSL traffic on > Port 25 as well. > > I then use Stunnel with the following config: > > [smtps] > accept = 25 > connect = smtp.isp.domain.net:465 > > Port 465 is the SSL port for my ISP. > > I run Stunnel as a service in Vista. > > I then have BLAT send an SMTP message on Port 25 to my ISP. This works. stunnel is listening on port 25 *of your machine*, not your isp's. Thus, you need to have BLAT send it to localhost, port 25. Better yet, to avoid confussion, have stunnel listen on some other port (456 would be a good choice), and have BLAT send to localhost, on that port. To check you're not sending anything on the clear, install a network sniffer (wireshark is good) and have it show your network trafic to your.isp.com. If you can read the mail in the displayed traffic, you're sending in cleartext ;-)

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Stunnel Testing
by Robert Lambrecht 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

I am using a command line mailer (BLAT) from a batch file to notify me when errors occur. My ISP requires SSL however still allows non-SSL traffic on Port 25 as well. Here is my scenario: I use BLAT to send an SMTP message on Port 25 to my ISP. This works but I must send my userid and password which I don't want to do. I then use Stunnel with the following config: [smtps] accept = 25 connect = smtp.isp.domain.net:465 Port 465 is the SSL port for my ISP. I run Stunnel as a service in Vista. I then have BLAT send an SMTP message on Port 25 to my ISP. This works. My question is, everything seems to work but how can I test this? I'm trying to figure out if it really worked (I sent the message with SSL to port 465) or I am still just sending a message on Port 25. Since both of these cases work, it is hard for me to tell. I've tried to telnet to these ports; however, since I basically have to specify port 25 in either case for the test, I'm not sure that I am successful. Any thoughts on how to make sure my messages are going through SSL? Bob

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stunnel-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 14
by Menon, Sreejith Mohan 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hi, What you have understood is correct. We are the provider of the Web Service; and my requirement is something as explained below, The end users are using a Web site and the data entered in the web site will be converted to an XML file and send to the Web Service which we have provided. The end users are using STUNNEL to encrypt the XML files before sending to us. Hence, I need to decrypt the message and process it. Hence, I think I need to use STUNNEL for doing the same. Also, upon request from the end users I need to send some data, again it is XML files; and I need to encrypt this using STUNNEL and send it to the end user. I am new to STUNNEL and went through the examples provided in www.stunnel.org and didn't get a very good idea on how to get this done. I hope, I am able to make it clear this time. I was communicating through another email id till now (sreejithmohanm(a)gmail.com) For our future communication, I will be using the present email id. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks and best regards, Sreejith Mohan Menon Software Engineer Globalization Services SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd. 4th Floor 1B, RMZ NXT, Sonnenhalli, K.R. Puram Hobli, East Taluk, Bangalore - 560 066. P - +91 80 4013 4987 M - +91 98863 08088 mailto:[email protected]

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Using Stunnel
by sreejith 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Dear friends, I have a requirement where in I have a web service that uses STUNNEL for encrypting and decrypting XML messages. Please help me out with how to proceed ? What needs to be done ? How the configuration file should be ? Thanks and best regards, Sreejith

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Stunnel Dies at 3500 connections...
by bear＠bears.org 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hey! I'm having a problem with a stunnel setup I have, and was wondering if anyone could help? I have two machines, one is acting as a simulator of clients. It uses the MINA library from apache to simulate a bunch of clients of the server. And the other acting as a server. Without stunnel in place, the client and server chat with no trouble... even with as many as 10k simulated clients. The protocol they communicate is just compressed binary data over standard TCP/IP. 20-50 bytes each direction per exchange. The behavior changes once stunnel is in place. The server behaves just fine, but the client acts very strange... in ways that make me think that stunnel is hitting some OS limit. (The files ulimit is set waaaaaay higher than the number of clients) On starting the client application, it begins making connections through the stunnel tunnel. The first 1500 or so are fine, but after that the load on the machine begins to climb. It gets to 5 or so around 2000. If I only do 2000 clients, the load then drops down into the 0.5 range, and the system runs okay. However, if I set the number of simulated clients higher... say 4000, the load continues to climb. When it gets to 3500 or so, the load goes above 500. The machine becomes unusable, and after a bit, stunnel dies with the message KILLED. I tried changing how quickly the clients connect, but that seemed to make no difference. Also, running two stunnels for the clients, and sending 2000 to each, for instance, causes it to still break down around 3500 or so. (Which is why I think it is an os limit) Any suggestions on this? Thanks! Peace, Gary version Stunnel 4.20 startup info 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG4[26537:3086939840]: Wrong permissions on hcs-key-and-cert-1024.pem 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: Certificate: hcs-key-and-cert-1024.pem 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: Certificate loaded 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: Key file: hcs-key-and-cert-1024.pem 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: Private key loaded 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: SSL context initialized for service hcsuno 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG5[26537:3086939840]: stunnel 4.20 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG5[26537:3086939840]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv4 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG6[26537:3086939840]: file ulimit = 80000 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG6[26537:3086939840]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG5[26537:3086939840]: 39062 clients allowed 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: FD 3 in non-blocking mode 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: FD 4 in non-blocking mode 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: FD 5 in non-blocking mode 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: hcsuno bound to 0.0.0.0:4090 2007.09.24 12:09:50 LOG7[26537:3086939840]: Created pid file /tmp/stunnel1.pid uname -a Linux testbed-client1 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Sat Aug 12 09:39:11 CDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux libc 2.3.4 stunnel -version stunnel 4.20 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv4 Auth:LIBWRAP Global options debug = 5 pid = /usr/local/var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem ciphers = ALL:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem session = 300 seconds sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3) openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 In the config, I have: client=yes debug=debug socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 pid = /tmp/stunnel1.pid foreground=yes [hcsuno] accept=4090 connect = testbed-hcs1:4094 cert = hcs-key-and-cert-1024.pem key = hcs-key-and-cert-1024.pem ********* ***** ** Gary Coulbourne *************************.* Bear Activist ****** *********** ** *******o ******* ********* **** ****`- Systems Administrator ******* ********* ***** http://www.bears.org ****** ********** **** bear(a)bears.org ## ***** ***** ## **** KB3INA ### ***** ### **** Animal Conservation/Preservation #,,, ***,,, ##,,, **,,,

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