June 2011 - stunnel-users

Stunnel 4 failing to connect to gmail
by Asif Iqbal 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

I am faling to connect to gmail. Not sure what that bind error means. iqbala@ghar:~$ sudo stunnel4 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /home/iqbala/.rnd 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /home/iqbala/.rnd 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: PRNG seeded successfully 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Certificate: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Certificate loaded 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Key file: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: Private key loaded 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: SSL context initialized for service ssmtp 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG5[3839:3083650736]: stunnel 4.22 on i486-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG5[3839:3083650736]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG6[3839:3083650736]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG6[3839:3083650736]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG5[3839:3083650736]: 500 clients allowed 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: FD 11 in non-blocking mode 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: FD 12 in non-blocking mode 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG7[3839:3083650736]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG3[3839:3083650736]: Error binding ssmtp to 74.125.93.111:587 2008.12.15 13:53:17 LOG3[3839:3083650736]: bind: Cannot assign requested address (99) Here is how my conf file looks like iqbala@ghar:~$ cat /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf | egrep -v "^;|^$" cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem foreground = yes sslVersion = SSLv3 chroot = /var/lib/stunnel4/ setuid = stunnel4 setgid = stunnel4 pid = /stunnel4.pid socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel4/stunnel.log client = yes [ssmtp] accept = smtp.gmail.com:587 connect = 25 Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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stunnel and hosts.allow
by Yousef Alhashemi 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Hi, This may be a little bit off-topic, but does anyone here use stunnel with pan? My connections to stunnel (in pan) are always refused by libwrap. I was looking for the right rule to add to /etc/hosts.allow but nothing seems to work aside from "ALL : ALL" (which is obviously not good) and "nntps: KNOWN". Is the latter reasonable? The hosts_access(5) manpage is confusing to say the least. It mentions that daemon (the first token on any line) is the name of the daemon running the process, which would be "stunnel" in my case, but using "stunnel : LOCAL" or even "stunnel : ALL" doesn't work. The rule that seems to work, as mentioned, is "nntps : KNOWN" ("nntps" being the group name in stunnel.conf). What's even more confusing to me is that "nntps : LOCAL" does not work either. Nor does "nntps : localhost 127.0.0.1", "nntps : localhost", "nntps : 127.0.0.1", or "nntps : 192.168.1.". Pan is running on the same machine as stunnel so all connections must be coming from localhost. Why do these rules not trigger? Either way, I'd like to know the "least permissive" hosts.allow rule that would allow me to connect to my news provider from pan, and/or whether "nntps : KNOWN" is a safe option. Thanks, Yousef

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patch for using stunnel as client with pkcs11-engine and opensc smartcard
by Märt Laak 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Dear stunnel managers, I would like to inform you that there exist some incompatibility with stunnel and openssl pkcs11-engine with external PIN entry device (like RSA smartcard using opensc) in Linux. We use this config to load openssl engine stunnel.conf: --- engine=dynamic engineCtrl=SO_PATH:/usr/lib/engines/engine_pkcs11.so engineCtrl=ID:pkcs11 engineCtrl=LIST_ADD:1 engineCtrl=LOAD engineCtrl=MODULE_PATH:/usr/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so engineCtrl=INIT --- Problem is, with this setup stunnel does not allow user to enter PIN for the secret key. Instead it tries to get secret key without PIN, 3 times (and then therefore usually blocks card PIN) and retires: ---- Initializing engine 1 Engine 1 initialized PRNG seeded successfully Certificate: mart.pem Certificate loaded Key file: id_01 error queue: 26096080 : error:26096080:engine routines:ENGINE_load_private_key:failed loading private key error queue: 800050A0 : error:800050A0:PKCS11 library:PKCS11_login:PIN incorrect Wrong PIN: retrying error queue: 26096080 : error:26096080:engine routines:ENGINE_load_private_key:failed loading private key error queue: 800050A0 : error:800050A0:PKCS11 library:PKCS11_login:PIN incorrect Wrong PIN: retrying error queue: 26096080 : error:26096080:engine routines:ENGINE_load_private_key:failed loading private key ENGINE_load_private_key: 800050A0: error:800050A0:PKCS11 library:PKCS11_login:PIN incorrect ---- I discovered workaround that is valid form version 4.26 till current 4.34, as follows, NULL-ing the ui_data.method property in ctx.c: --- diff -cr stunnel-4.34/src/ctx.c stunnel-4.34-patched/src/ctx.c *** stunnel-4.34/src/ctx.c 2010-09-14 18:08:43.000000000 +0300 --- stunnel-4.34-patched/src/ctx.c 2010-09-28 21:56:36.219081931 +0300 *************** *** 304,309 **** --- 304,310 ---- UI_method_set_reader(ui_method, pin_cb); #else /* USE_WIN32 */ ui_method=UI_OpenSSL(); + ui_data.section = NULL; #endif /* USE_WIN32 */ if(section->engine) for(i=1; i<=3; i++) { --- After that patch private key loads correctly: --- Initializing engine 1 Engine 1 initialized PRNG seeded successfully Certificate: mart.pem Certificate loaded Key file: id_01 private key loaded --- It would be nice if: * somebody investigates more precisely why the OpenSSL PIN entry is not showing with unpached stunnel * include my or better patch for this situation Thank you very much for excellent piece of software! With best regards, Märt Laak

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel on the same machine
by subrata＠indiatimes.com 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

The configuration files are : pid = /var/stunnel.pid ;chroot = /var/lib/stunnel setuid = nobody setgid = nobody foreground =yes ; 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 [mysqls] accept = 3307 connect = 192.168.1.6:3307 On 192.168.1.6 ---------------------- pid = /var/stunnel.pid setuid =nobody setgid = nobody foreground = yes client = no ; Service-level configuration [pop3s] accept = 995 connect = 110 [imaps] accept = 993 connect = 143 [ssmtp] accept = 465 connect = 25 [mysqls] accept =3307 connect =3306 connecting like /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p -P 3307 Enter password: On entring password the following lines appear : ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 104 Subrata ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Hatch <bri(a)stunnel.org> To: subrata(a)indiatimes.com Sent: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:02:17 +0530 (IST) Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel on the same machine Near 2007-10-05 22:17 +0530, subrata(a)indiatimes.com insisted: > After starting stunnel and connecting the mysql client/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p the flow gets stuck at the Enter password prompt any suggestions how to proceed from there. What do your stunnel configuration files look like? Other problem: mysql client may decide to use a local domain socket when connecting to localhost, thwarting your attempts to go via Stunnel. You might want to 'strace mysql ...' and look for the connect() lines. -- Brian Hatch Time flies like an Systems and arrow. Fruit flies Security Engineer like a banana. http://www.ifokr.org/bri/ Every message PGP signed -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox!

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stunnel 4.38 released
by Michal Trojnara 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear Users, I have just released version 4.38 of stunnel. The ChangeLog entry: Version 4.38, 2011.06.28, urgency: MEDIUM: * New features - Server-side SNI implemented (RFC 3546 section 3.1) with a new service-level option "nsi". - "socket" option also accepts "yes" and "no" for flags. - Nagle's algorithm is now disabled by default for improved interactivity. * Bugfixes - A compilation fix was added for OpenSSL version < 1.0.0. - Signal pipe set to non-blocking mode. This bug caused hangs of stunnel features based on signals, e.g. local mode, FORK threading, or configuration file reload on Unix. Win32 platform was not affected. Home page: http://www.stunnel.org/ Download: ftp://ftp.stunnel.org/stunnel/ SHA-256 hash for stunnel-4.38.tar.gz: aa49012195fde4dc3e4bed2bb25283cb40a6e0ad8295a47e730652f611e2268c Best regards, Mike

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STunnel on 443 (ip1) and iis (443) on ip2?
by R. van der Gugten 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi, Is it possible to run STunnel on my server to lisen to IP1 on port 443 And to have IIS listen to IP2 on port 443? Should I make changes in the config file? Thanks, Reinier Current server stunnel file: cert = stunnel.pem key = stunnel.pem ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Authentication stuff verify = 2 CAfile = certs.pem ; Use it for client mode client = no ; Service-level configuration [SQLServer] accept = <<IP1:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>>:443 connect = 127.0.0.1:31433

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Stuunnel Help
by Chris Pershin 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Hello All, I am new to stunnel and am trying to solve a problem. When I try to start stunnel I get the following log file Reading configuration from file stunnel.conf PRNG seeded successfully Certificate: stunnel.pem Certificate loaded Key file: stunnel.pem Private key loaded SSL context initialized for service pop3s Certificate: stunnel.pem Certificate loaded Key file: stunnel.pem Private key loaded SSL context initialized for service imaps Certificate: stunnel.pem Certificate loaded Key file: stunnel.pem Private key loaded SSL context initialized for service ssmtp Configuration successful No limit detected for the number of clients accept socket: FD=164 allocated (non-blocking mode) Option SO_REUSEADDR set on accept socket Service pop3s bound to 0.0.0.0:110 Service pop3s opened FD=164 accept socket: FD=188 allocated (non-blocking mode) Option SO_REUSEADDR set on accept socket Service imaps bound to 0.0.0.0:143 Service imaps opened FD=188 accept socket: FD=196 allocated (non-blocking mode) Option SO_REUSEADDR set on accept socket Error binding ssmtp to 0.0.0.0:25 bind: No error (0) Server is down My Config file is: cert = stunnel.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 client = yes [pop3s] accept = 110 connect = pop.gmail.com:995 [imaps] accept = 143 connect = imap.gmail.com:993 [ssmtp] accept = 25 connect = smtp.gmail.com:465 Can someone please help me? Thanks Chris

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Server-side SNI support
by Michal Trojnara 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Dear Users, I'd like the next version of stunnel to support server-side Server Name Indication: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Server_Name_Indication The new service-level stunnel.conf option would be: sni = <master service>:<sni host> For example: [virtual] accept = 443 ; settings for clients that didn't send an SNI extension cert = default.pem connect = default.internal.mydomain.com:80 [sni1] ; notice that "sni" option is used instead of "accept" sni = virtual:server1.mydomain.com cert = server1.pem connect = server1.internal.mydomain.com:80 [sni2] sni = virtual:server2.mydomain.com cert = server2.pem connect = server2.internal.mydomain.com:80 ; other service-level options may be specified here verify = 3 CAfile = server2-allowed-clients.pem [sni3] sni = virtual:server3.mydomain.com cert = server3.pem connect = server3.internal.mydomain.com:80 I would appreciate your comments on the user interface I designed for this functionality. Best regards, Michal Trojnara

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stunnel 4.37 released
by Michal Trojnara 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Dear Users, I have just released version 4.37 of stunnel. This release is mainly intended to fix bugs and portability issues introduced in versions 4.35 and 4.36. This version also provides new security defaults, updated to better match current best practices in cryptographic applications. The ChangeLog entry: Version 4.37, 2011.06.17, urgency: MEDIUM: * New features - Client-side SNI implemented (RFC 3546 section 3.1). - Default "ciphers" changed from the OpenSSL default to a more secure and faster "RC4-MD5:HIGH:!aNULL:!SSLv2". A paranoid (and usually slower) setting would be "HIGH:!aNULL:! SSLv2". - Recommended "options = NO_SSLv2" added to the sample stunnel.conf file. - Default client method upgraded from SSLv3 to TLSv1. To connect servers without TLS support use "sslVersion = SSLv3" option. - Improved --enable-fips and --disable-fips ./configure option handling. - On startup stunnel now compares the compiled version of OpenSSL against the running version of OpenSSL. A warning is logged on mismatch. * Bugfixes - Non-blocking socket handling in local mode fixed (Debian bug #626856). - UCONTEXT threading mode fixed. - Removed the use of gcc Thread-Local Storage for improved portability. - va_copy macro defined for platforms that do not have it. - Fixed "local" option parsing on IPv4 systems. - Solaris compilation fix (redefinition of "STR"). Home page: http://www.stunnel.org/ Download: ftp://ftp.stunnel.org/stunnel/ SHA-256 hash for stunnel-4.37.tar.gz: 02ca30609ccb26f6e52ff7eb79a6778ea452a04432eaef7d959d19933f6fe109 Best regards, Mike

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stunnel-4.36 issues ("Operation now in progress")
by Schmidt, Bernhard 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi, today our blessed Enterprise-class distribution SLES11.1 made a major upgrade from stunnel 4.27 to stunnel 4.36, which somewhat broke our monitoring agent. Config: ------ client = no pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid debug = 4 socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem [uptimeagent] accept = 9998 exec = /opt/uptime-agent/bin/uptimeagent ------ We get the following output when connecting: 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692765440]: local socket: FD=12 allocated (non-blocking mode) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692765440]: Service uptimeagent accepted FD=12 from 10.156.10.160:55926 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Service uptimeagent started 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Option TCP_NODELAY set on local socket 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Waiting for a libwrap process 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Acquired libwrap process #0 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Releasing libwrap process #0 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Released libwrap process #0 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Service uptimeagent permitted by libwrap from 10.156.10.160:55926 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG5[4597:140226692757264]: Service uptimeagent accepted connection from 10.156.10.160:55926 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client hello A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server hello A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server done A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client key exchange A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read finished A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write finished A 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 1 items in the session cache 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 client connects that finished 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 1 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 1 server connects that finished 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 session cache hits 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 external session cache hits 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 session cache misses 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: 0 session cache timeouts 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG6[4597:140226692757264]: SSL accepted: new session negotiated 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG6[4597:140226692757264]: Negotiated ciphers: RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=RC4(128) Mac=MD5 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: socket#1: FD=13 allocated (non-blocking mode) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: socket#2: FD=14 allocated (non-blocking mode) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG3[4597:140226692757264]: connect: Operation now in progress (115) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG5[4597:140226692757264]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: Service uptimeagent finished (0 left) 2011.06.16 15:13:37 LOG7[4597:140226692757264]: str_stats: 0 blocks, 0 bytes We did not see this in 4.27, 4.33 and 4.34, but we see it in a 3rd party 4.35 RPM. This suspiciously sounds like http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626856, and according to the changelog there is already a fix in the unreleased 4.37 version for this. - Could this in fact be the same bug? - Is the patch available somewhere? I could not find a source repository - Is there a workaround? Thanks, Bernhard

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