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[PATCH] Address already in use (98) when binding to localhost
by Christian Kujau 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Hi, I reported the following to the Fedora bugtracker[0], but only then realized that this happens with the upstream version too. In short: since stunnel 5.44 I am no longer able to have stunnel bind to localhost, when "localhost" is literally mentioned in the configuration file: $ cat stunnel.test [test] client = yes protocol = smtp accept = localhost:12345 connect = localhost:2025 $ stunnel-5.44 stunnel.test [...] [ ] Binding service [test] [ ] Listening file descriptor created (FD=6) [ ] Option SO_REUSEADDR set on accept socket [ ] Service [test] (FD=6) bound to 127.0.0.1:12345 [ ] Listening file descriptor created (FD=7) [ ] Option SO_REUSEADDR set on accept socket [!] bind: Address already in use (98) [!] Error binding service [test] to 127.0.0.1:12345 [ ] Unbinding service [test] [ ] Service [test] closed (FD=6) [ ] Service [test] closed When using "127.0.0.1" or "::1" instead of "localhost" in the configuration file, stunnel-5.44 works. However, then one can only connect to either the IPv4 _or_ the IPv6 address, depending on what's configured. With stunnel-5.43 and "accept=localhost:12345" both IPv4 and IPv6 was available. I suspect that this is related to the following change log entry for 5.44: > Default accept address restored to INADDR_ANY. I have attached a patch to revert that (?) change and also included a test script that fails on my system when the patch is not applied. I see "Version 5.45" already mention in the changelog on the website, but now download yet? Thanks, Christian. [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1542361 -- BOFH excuse #424: operation failed because: there is no message for this error (#1014)

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel.log not generated in window server 2012 R2
by Zhang, Joanne 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Hello. I installed a Stunnel-5.44-win32 on a Window Server 2012 R2 box. I am using it in client mode only as it is required by the Vendor. It works fine, I can connect to my Vendor's server via Stunnel . However, I don't see any stunnel.log generated when it is run as a service and I searched the entire directory on the server. I know the output path is working . As when I run Stunnel GUI Start, the log is created in the output folder specified in the conf file. Have anyone seen this problem before please? Here is my setting for stunnel.conf that relates to the debug log. debug = 7 output = C:\Program Files (x86)\stunnel\stunnel.log Thanks very much for your help ahead. Joanne _______________________________________________________________________ If you received this email in error, please advise the sender (by return email or otherwise) immediately. You have consented to receive the attached electronically at the above-noted email address; please retain a copy of this confirmation for future reference. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur immédiatement, par retour de courriel ou par un autre moyen. Vous avez accepté de recevoir le(s) document(s) ci-joint(s) par voie électronique à l'adresse courriel indiquée ci-dessus; veuillez conserver une copie de cette confirmation pour les fins de reference future.

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Connect using TLS with public Web Server
by Carlos Castro 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Hi All, I have older application and now I need connect with external server HTTPS using TLS . My application doesn't support with TLS and I think use Stunnel to connect with this Server HTTPS. Wich is the mode I should choose to configurate this connection ? Proxy mode? or like examples created over gmail in default configuration File? The external server , is public server for all people ? should be necesary special certs ? or whit predeterminate certs inside windows (for use IE, chroome , firefox etc..etcc) is necesary ? Many thanks Regards

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Re (2): Relationship to Netfilter.
by peter＠easthope.ca 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

From: Ludolf Holzheid <lholzheid(a)bihl-wiedemann.de> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:23:58 +0100 > If it was in this diagram, it would be a 'local process' on the > application layer. So, two softwares, netfilter and stunnel, in a computer system. stunnel in the OSI application layer and netfilter in the protocol, network and link layers. That's a relationship. > Obviously nowhere. (Stunnel is not related to the Linux Netfilter.). Depends on your personal definition of a relationship. Thanks for explaining, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Suction_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon

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Relationship to Netfilter.
by Peter Easthope 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

Where is stunnel in this diagram? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netfilter#/media/File:Netfilter-packet-flow.s… Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202 or +13606390202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://easthope.ca/Shop.html

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stunnel + mjpeg_streamer issue
by Akos Schneemaier 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

HI stunnel users, i hope somebody have an idea what is going wrong in my config: I am runnung debian on an arm box with kernel 4.4.89 and stunnel 5.44. I use mjpeg_streamer to stream webcam images. mjpeg streamer is attaches to port 8080 for http, but for external access connection goes through stunnel on port 2970. The problem is when i connect to mjpeg streamer to get a snapshot via stunnel i receive a broken image 8 time out of 10: https:/ipaddress:2970/?action=snapshot. When i do this via http:/ipaddress:8080/?action=snapshot everything works fine. it seems when image size is below ~11k then it works fine with stunnel, when the size goes above then the chance to receive a broken image increases with stunnel, normal image size is around 22k. Futuremore when i connect to the mjpeg stream of mjpeg stream then everything works fine even over stunnel https:/ipaddress:2970/?action=stream Here is the service config file: pid=/tmp/cam.pid ;foreground=yes ;debug=7 [cam0] cert = /etc/letsencrypt/live/..../fullchain.pem key = /etc/letsencrypt/live/..../privkey.pem sslVersion = all client = no accept = 2970 connect = 8080 [cam1] cert = /etc/letsencrypt/live/..../fullchain.pem key = /etc/letsencrypt/live/..../privkey.pem sslVersion = all client = no accept = 2971 connect = 8081 [cam2] cert = /etc/letsencrypt/live/..../fullchain.pem key = /etc/letsencrypt/live/..../privkey.pem sslVersion = all client = no accept = 2972 connect = 8082 Any ideas welcome! Thanks

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Update on my stunnel problems
by Phil Smith III 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

As I'm sure all of you were thinking, the localhost vs. 127.0.0.1 shouldn't have made a difference, and probably didn't: that was across two different machines, as I'd had to switch horses mid-stream (always a bad idea, I realize). Mind you, both machines are the same hardware, same OS, etc. And the 127.0.0.1 version started working on the first machine after a while; I suspect I was seeing Cox's authentication server problems muddying the waters-it has that problem from time to time. BTW, I did check, and I have localhost entries for both IPv4 and IPv6 in my hosts file. This morning when I finally got access to my wife's machine, I installed stunnel with the same config that was working on machine#2 and changed Eudora to point to localhost. I could see Eudora happily connecting to stunnel, but then nothing happened. After the usual checking everything, I decided to try port 1110 instead of 110 for one of the POP accounts. That necessitated closing and reopening Eudora so I could hack the .ini file. After doing so, it worked. Then I changed the other accounts to localhost and they kept working. "Odd", sez I: "I haven't changed them to port 1110!" Still not sure how they were working, since localhost is definitely not serving port 110 that I know of. As my wife was getting antsy about getting her machine back, I didn't investigate further (wish I'd had time): I just changed the stunnel port back to 110, put the one account back to 110, restarted Eudora and refreshed the stunnel config.and all is now working fine. So something was stuck in an old setting, but that doesn't explain either why it was connecting to stunnel but not getting past it, or how it was going to localhost 110 and still working. In any case, it's functioning beautifully (in time for the Wednesday shutdown of non-encrypted POP), and I share this in case it helps someone else down the line! I don't care about SMTP, as I don't use Cox's SMTP anyway. Thanks again for all the helpful suggestions. There wasn't any single "Aha!" moment, but they all helped lead me to the happy place. .phsiii

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Re: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7
by Phil Smith III 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Now that's interesting. Note that the failed nslookup looked v6-ish. I wonder if Cox is doing some v6 stuff that I don't know about! -----Original Message----- From: stunnel-users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vincent Deschenes Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 1:17 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7 >From my experience, this relates to IPv4 vs IPv6. 127.0.0.1 is explicitly V4. While localhost can be V6. Vincent Deschenes -----Original Message----- From: stunnel-users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of peter(a)easthope.ca Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2018 1:08 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7 From: "Phil Smith III" <phs3stuff(a)cox.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:47:47 -0500 > while the output= wasn't accepted (it said it wasn't valid there), Does the file exist? If not, can stunnel create it? Can you read it with an editor. Can you write into it interactively? > changing 127.0.0.1 to localhost seems to have fixed it! What does "nslookup localhost" report? Regards, ... P. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca _______________________________________________ stunnel-users mailing list stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users _______________________________________________ stunnel-users mailing list stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users

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Re: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7
by Phil Smith III 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Huh. It does have it. But why didn’t 127.0.0.1 work, I wonder? From: stunnel-users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carter Browne Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 2:11 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7 You should check your hosts file in \windows\system32\drivers\etc. Make sure it has an entry: 127.0.0.1 localhost The text claims it doesn't need it, but it doesn't hurt to have it, and I'm not sure I totally believe the text. Carter On 1/18/2018 1:55 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: Oh, the logging works--it just doesn't like it there in the file. I have it earlier and it's fine. -------------- C:\Users\phsiii>ls -ld \temp\stunnel-log.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 phsiii None 266835 Jan 18 08:52 \temp\stunnel-log.txt # That's Cygwin ls -- remember, this is Windows 7 C:\Users\phsiii>nslookup localhost Server: UnKnown Address: 2001:4860:4860::8888 *** UnKnown can't find localhost: No response from server # Windows nslookup (per "which nslookup") -------------- Odd. -----Original Message----- From: stunnel-users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of peter(a)easthope.ca <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 1:13 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7 From: "Phil Smith III" <mailto:[email protected]> <phs3stuff(a)cox.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:47:47 -0500 while the output= wasn't accepted (it said it wasn't valid there), Does the file exist? If not, can stunnel create it? Can you read it with an editor. Can you write into it interactively? What does "ls -ld C:\temp\stunnel-log.txt" or Win equivalent give? changing 127.0.0.1 to localhost seems to have fixed it! What does "nslookup localhost" report? Regards, ... P.

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Re: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7
by Phil Smith III 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Oh, the logging works--it just doesn't like it there in the file. I have it earlier and it's fine. -------------- C:\Users\phsiii>ls -ld \temp\stunnel-log.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 phsiii None 266835 Jan 18 08:52 \temp\stunnel-log.txt # That's Cygwin ls -- remember, this is Windows 7 C:\Users\phsiii>nslookup localhost Server: UnKnown Address: 2001:4860:4860::8888 *** UnKnown can't find localhost: No response from server # Windows nslookup (per "which nslookup") -------------- Odd. -----Original Message----- From: stunnel-users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of peter(a)easthope.ca Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 1:13 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] Re (2): Problems with stunnel and cox.net on Windows 7 From: "Phil Smith III" <phs3stuff(a)cox.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:47:47 -0500 > while the output= wasn't accepted (it said it wasn't valid there), Does the file exist? If not, can stunnel create it? Can you read it with an editor. Can you write into it interactively? What does "ls -ld C:\temp\stunnel-log.txt" or Win equivalent give? > changing 127.0.0.1 to localhost seems to have fixed it! What does "nslookup localhost" report? Regards, ... P. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca _______________________________________________ stunnel-users mailing list stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users

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