[stunnel-users] Re: Flyspray task #7 - CRLfile is never refreshed

Sat Aug 27 02:45:29 CEST 2005

I wanted to follow up on this. Flyspray did not let me add a comment 
since the bug is closed, so I'm posting to the mailing list.

1. I tried using CRLpath (and setting up the symbolic link properly to 
the hashed value), but that had the same behavior as CRLfile. It only 
reads the actual CRL once. If I update the file on disk, it never 
re-reads the file. So I don't see how this is a workaround. Am I missing 
something?

2. As I mentioned in my initial report, it is a significant disruption 
for existing stunnel processes to be killed. If it were possible just to 
kill the main daemon without also killing the child processes (i.e. like 
sshd), that could be a workaround. But currently, killing the main 
stunnel process also kills all child stunnel processes.

I guess I don't understand what else one could do in this situation, 
apart from having the application properly reread the CRL on a regular 
basis. (OCSP is not yet available). When you say that "that's how 
openssl works", are you saying that the API does not allow you to 
reread/reload the CRL file? That seems rather odd. It seems like there 
should be some kind of way to refresh the OpenSSL data structures that 
store the CRL.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

	-Kartik

Michal.Trojnara at mirt.net wrote:
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> Task #7: CRLfile is never refreshed
> The reason for closing is: Not a bug 
>  That's how OpenSSL work.  There are two workarounds:
> 1. Use CRLpath instead of CRLfile (I recommend it).
> 2. Restart stunnel after the CRL file modification.
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> You can get more information about this task at the following URL:
> http://stunnel.mirt.net/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=7 
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