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Stunnel writing strange timestamps into my logs
by Van 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

I was looking through /var/log/messages for another reason and I notice this (representitive log snippet below) It's 10:50 am and while automount is writing messages that jibe with the correct time (see line 5 for example. This part of my log is from about 90 min ago), stunnel seems to be 4 hours ahead, labelling things as happening at about 1pm while everything else is happening about 9am. Where is stunnel getting it's time from? And why a separate source? How can I correct this? - Van Aug 10 13:13:01 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: pop3s connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:54923 Aug 10 13:13:03 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: Connection closed: 211 bytes sent to SSL, 56 bytes sent to socket Aug 10 13:13:34 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: imaps accepted connection from XX.XX.61.109:1409 Aug 10 13:13:34 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: imaps connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:54927 Aug 10 09:14:13 <myserver> automount[30173]: >> mount: mount to NFS server 'mgm' failed: System Error: Connection timed out. Aug 10 09:14:13 <myserver> automount[30173]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure mgm:/bmgm on /nfs/bmgm Aug 10 09:14:13 <myserver> automount[30173]: failed to mount /nfs/bmgm Aug 10 13:14:18 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: Connection closed: 1013 bytes sent to SSL, 271 bytes sent to socket Aug 10 13:16:02 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: pop3s accepted connection from XX.XX.61.195:1057 Aug 10 13:16:02 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: pop3s connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:54947 Aug 10 13:16:02 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: Connection closed: 150 bytes sent to SSL, 41 bytes sent to socket Aug 10 13:18:01 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: pop3s accepted connection from 71.167.170.42:60220 Aug 10 13:18:01 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: pop3s connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:54948 Aug 10 13:18:03 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: Connection closed: 211 bytes sent to SSL, 56 bytes sent to socket Aug 10 13:18:39 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: imaps accepted connection from XX.XX.61.109:1410 Aug 10 13:18:39 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: imaps connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:54952 Aug 10 13:19:23 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: Connection closed: 1013 bytes sent to SSL, 271 bytes sent to socket Aug 10 09:20:31 <myserver> automount[30282]: >> mount: mount to NFS server 'mgm' failed: System Error: Connection timed out. Aug 10 09:20:31 <myserver> automount[30282]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure mgm:/bmgm on /nfs/bmgm Aug 10 09:20:31 <myserver> automount[30282]: failed to mount /nfs/bmgm Aug 10 13:23:01 <myserver> stunnel: LOG5[29760:3086109600]: pop3s accepted connection from 71.167.170.42:60225

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Tunneling though an Http proxy
by Honka 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Hi there, i'm trying to set up stunnel on my laptop which I use at work, and i'm trying to tunnel to my home pc for remote desktop. The only open ports on the work network are 8080, 80 and 443. So I have setup the tunnel to port 8080 onto my home pc and had it working across the network at home. (via internal and external ip's) however it isn't working here. I am assuming because we have an http proxy which requires authentication. So i'm wondering, how can I make stunnel use and authenticate with this proxy so that it will work? Cheers Honka

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Make Install Error
by Morris Hooten - SLS Business Infrastructure 05 Aug '07

05 Aug '07

why do i get this when running make install at the very end? i'm trying to install in a full root solaris 10 zone thanks SunOS mknod: Not owner chmod: WARNING: can't access /usr/local/var/lib/stunnel/dev/zero make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/stunnel/stunnel-4.20/tools' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/stunnel/stunnel-4.20/tools' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

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Make Install Error
by Morris Hooten - SLS Business Infrastructure 05 Aug '07

05 Aug '07

why do i get this when running make install at the very end? thanks SunOS mknod: Not owner chmod: WARNING: can't access /usr/local/var/lib/stunnel/dev/zero make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/stunnel/stunnel-4.20/tools' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/stunnel/stunnel-4.20/tools' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

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Make Install Error
by Morris Hooten - SLS Business Infrastructure 05 Aug '07

05 Aug '07

why do i get this when running make install at the very end? thanks SunOS mknod: Not owner chmod: WARNING: can't access /usr/local/var/lib/stunnel/dev/zero make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/stunnel/stunnel-4.20/tools' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/stunnel/stunnel-4.20/tools' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

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Stunnel message about SSL_shutdown/SSL_get_error
by Lachance, Mario 03 Aug '07

03 Aug '07

Hi, I have been using openssl_0.9.7g and stunnel_4.10 on Solaris 9 without problem for 2 years in a production environment. I want to upgrade to openssl_0.9.8e and stunnel_4.20 on solaris 10. I have done some test on a development system and I have seen a new message in stunnel log file. Old message with openssl_0.9.7g and stunnel_4.10 on Solaris 9 was : Aug 3 14:51:58 solario stunnel[345]: [ID 702911 local6.notice] Too many retries on SSL shutdown New message with openssl_0.9.8e and stunnel_4.20 on solaris 10 is : Aug 3 14:42:30 daprxuu stunnel: [ID 821868 local6.error] LOG3[20957:4]: SSL_shutdown/SSL_get_error returned 6 I don't know if this new message has replaced the old one I was getting. Can someone tell me what is behind this message "_shutdown/SSL_get_error returned 6"? Please note that I am able to transfer message with both system (stunnel 4.10 and stunnel 4.20) from a windows client without any apparent problem. Thank you for your help, Mario Avis de confidentialité: Ce message est confidentiel, protégé par le secret professionnel et à l'usage exclusif du destinataire. Toute autre personne est avisée qu'il lui est strictement interdit de le diffuser, distribuer ou reproduire. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, avisez-nous immédiatement par téléphone et effacez toute copie. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is confidential, privileged and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. Any other person is strictly prohibited from disclosing, distributing or reproducing it. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone and delete all copies.

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel hanging during negotation with an smtp server
by Hans Werner Strube 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Jason J. Corso wrote: > [ssmtp] > accept = 127.0.0.1:25 > connect = xxxxxx:465 > protocol = smtp > ------- > > However, when I try to send a mail, it appears to hang while > negotiating with the remote server. Here is the output: ... > 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: Negotiations for smtp(server > side) started > 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: RFC 2487 detected Your stunnel seems to be running in server mode. For client mode, add client = yes Also, if you need pure SSL rather than TLS negotiation, remove protocol = smtp

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stunnel hanging during negotation with an smtp server
by Jason J. Corso 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Please help: I'm trying to use stunnel to connect to a secure SMTP server -- I'm using MS Entourage 2004 on an Intel 10.4 Mac. Entourage cannot connect directly to the SMTP server over SSL because it no longer supports NTLM version 1 authentication, which the SMTP server uses. I believe stunnel can be used to workaround this problem (if I'm wrong, please say so), i.e., Entourage can connect locally to stunnel which will then connect to the remote server over SSL properly. I built and installed stunnel version 4.04-12 via Fink (compiled from source via Fink) and OpenSSL 0.9.7i-4 also via Fink. I have the following configuration file: ------ # Comment it out on Win32 cert = /sw/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem chroot = /sw/var/run/stunnel/ # PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid setuid = nobody setgid = nogroup # Some debugging stuff debug = 7 output = /dev/stdout foreground = yes [ssmtp] accept = 127.0.0.1:25 connect = xxxxxx:465 protocol = smtp ------- However, when I try to send a mail, it appears to hang while negotiating with the remote server. Here is the output: 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG5[5511:2684407808]: stunnel 4.04 on i386-apple-darwin8.10.1 PTHREAD+LIBWRAP with OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: Snagged 64 random bytes from xxx/.rnd 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to xxx/.rnd 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG6[5511:2684407808]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: Certificate: /sw/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: Key file: /sw/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG5[5511:2684407808]: FD_SETSIZE=1024, file ulimit=256 -> 125 clients allowed 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: ssmtp bound to 127.0.0.1:25 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: FD 7 in non-blocking mode 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.07.31 15:41:19 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: Created pid file /stunnel.pid 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: ssmtp accepted FD=9 from 127.0.0.1:50091 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:2684407808]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: ssmtp started 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG5[5511:25183744]: ssmtp connected from 127.0.0.1:50091 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: ssmtp connecting xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:465 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: remote connect #1: EINPROGRESS: retrying 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: waitforsocket: FD=10, DIR=write 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: waitforsocket: ok 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: Remote FD=10 initialized 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: Negotiations for smtp(server side) started 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: RFC 2487 detected 2007.07.31 15:41:25 LOG7[5511:25183744]: waitforsocket: FD=10, DIR=read ********* HANGS HERE *********** ...and I have to kill it. I am very new to stunnel and openssl. So, I may be making a simple mistake. But, I could not find the solution on the mailing list or the web. What am I doing wrong? To be clear, the server is using SSL for SMTP. I am able to send mail directly via the smtp server from other mail clients like Thunderbird. Thanks. Any help is much appreciated. Jason

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Re: [stunnel-users] Stunnel Scalability Question
by Ankur Upadhyaya 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Hi Michal, Thank you for your help with this. My stunnel -version output can be found below. Ankur stunnel 4.20 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv4 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

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Stunnel on Freebsd not running
by The Volo 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

i recently installed the latest stable version 4.20 on a shell running freebsd, i dont have root i had to install it on my account. Compile was successfull, i renamed the default stunnel.conf.. and edited it, i am running stunnel as a client and added this line at the end of stunnel.conf: [eggdrop] accept = 127.0.0.1:12345 connect = irc.efnet.net:6667 when i run stunnel it doesnt do nothing besides sending me to a new bash command line.. [volo@partyline (~/)]$ /home/volo/stunnel/sbin/stunnel /home/volo/stunnel/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf [volo@partyline (~/)]$ I type ps -x to see if stunnel is running but i dont see it on the list and no pid file exist either. Any ideas on how i can fix this ? i dont see what i am doing wrong trying to run stunnel.. Trying to run stunnel to connect to irc and my eggdrop to connect to stunnel access ip:port thanks

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Automatically Stopping Stunnel
by Brian Mander 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

We have stunnel configured to accept connections on a port from an outside company and forward it to a port where we have a tcplistener set up. The problem is that if our tcplistener goes down the company sending us info does not have their software configured to know if we get their info or not. Is there a way to stop allowing connections or shut stunnel down if it can not connect to the port. I hope this is enough information. Brian Mander Programmer Analyst II Omni Hotels (402) 952-6564 bmander(a)omnihotels.com <mailto:bmander@omnihotels.com> Learn more about Omni Hotels sensational summer vacation packages <http://www.omnihotels.com/exclusiveoffers/summer07.aspx> ideal for exploring great destinations with family and friends.

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Stunnel Scalability Question
by Ankur Upadhyaya 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

Hi, I have an application with the following characteristics and am trying to determine if Stunnel would be a suitable option for securing my transmissions (in particular, will it scale): - Each of my clients is connected to the Internet via a 56Kbps modem. My server has whatever bandwidth it needs. - Each client "transaction" consists of (a) connecting to a central server using a TCP/IP-based protocol, (b) uploading a 512KB block of data and (c) disconnecting. - Our server needs to be able to handle 2000 concurrent clients under peak loads. - Under the peak load above, I would like to limit the time a client takes to perform a "transaction" to around five minutes or so (uploading 512KB at (56Kbps / 2) = 28Kbps should take ~2.5 minutes). My questions are: (1) Do I have any reason to believe that Stunnel will simply not be able to scale to handle the load described above (i.e. a steady load of 2000 concurrent clients connecting, uploading half a megabyte of data and disconnecting)? (2) If Stunnel can handle this - do you have any thoughts on what sort of machine (or machines) I should be running my server-side Stunnel daemon(s) on? I am particularly concerned about CPU usage. I apologize in advance for any overlap between this query and past threads in the archive/information on the website - I wanted to make sure that I ran the specific requirements above past somebody with experience using Stunnel. Thanks, Ankur

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bind error
by ictforever 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

Hi,I use stunnel 4.20 with syslog-ng 2.0,os is centos 5.0.but there are bind errors: ........................... 2007.06.22 05:56:36 LOG7[2898:3086632640]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.06.22 05:56:36 LOG3[2898:3086632640]: Error binding 5141 to 192.168.0.1:5141 2007.06.22 05:56:36 LOG3[2898:3086632640]: bind: Cannot assign requested address (99) The stunnel conf : ............................ cert = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/syslog-ng-server.pem CAfile = /usr/local/stunnel/etc/stunnel/syslog-ng-client.pem [5141] accept = 192.168.0.1:5141 connect = 127.0.0.1:514 How to correct it?Any suggestion and advice are appreciated. Thanks. Regards.

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stunnel on windows 2003
by John M. Andre 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

I've looked around the site, through the help file, and through the archives but I still can't find the answer to my question. I hope someone on this list can give me some insight. I am new to SSL but I have a brand new server and I'm trying to set it up to use stunnel to secure communications over POP, IMAP, SMTP, etc. However, as I look through the documentation, it is clearly written for unix admins. Is there anything that will guide someone how to setup stunnel on windows? Ideally a step-by-step but anything would be nice. Thanks, John

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Out-of-band data
by Richard's Hotmail 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hi, In the Stunnel FAQ (see snippet below) it says that STUNNEL does not support OOB processing (except if OOB is set to in-line); can someone please tell me if this restriction is still in place? Does OpenSSL not support the sending and receiving of the OOB character? Some other restriction? Cheers Richard Maher Can I use stunnel to protect [insert random protocol here]? Stunnel should be able to secure any random protocol as long as the protocol satisfies the following requirements: 1.. The protocol is TCP, not UDP. 2.. The protocol doesn't use multiple connections, like ftp. 3.. The protocol doesn't depend on Out Of Band (OOB) data, 4.. Remote site can't use an application-specific protocol, like ssltelnet, where SSL is a negotiated option, save for those protocols already supported by the -n argument to Stunnel.

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HTTPS Connect patches for 4.20
by Gym Crazy 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hi Folks Wonder if you can help me. A predecessor of mine set up stunnel version 4.05 on OpenBSD 3.8. He didn't leave much documentation unfortunately. He also used a patch and re-compiled it. That patch was connect-proxy.mwald.patch. We are getting some performance issues and want to of course move to the latest stable stunnel release 4.20, before asking for any help but we are in a bit of a bind. We are firstly not sure if there is an updated connect-proxy.mwald.patch that works well with stunnel 4.20 (I have searched and searched but can't seem to find any). Or else if there is a patch that performs the same type of function as connect-proxy.mwald.patch but that is stable to use with stunnel 4.20. Any help would be greatly appreciated :-D Regards Paul H ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz

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Re: [stunnel-users] Certificates and public/private keys
by Dario Teixeira 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

> Should you not be looking at > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_howto.html > and > https://www.opensc-project.org/files/doc/apache-client-authentication(v0 > .5.1).pdf Hi, Thanks for the reply! I didn't mention it before, but I won't be using Apache or any other mainstream webserver. Most likely I will be using Ocsigen (http://www.ocsigen.org/). Now, the latest development release of Ocsigen already has basic support for SSL, but it can't handle yet client authentication. In short, I am still looking for an stunnel-based solution. Any ideas? Thanks again for your time and attention! Cheers, Dario ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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HTTPS Connect patches for 4.20
by Gym Crazy 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hi Folks Wonder if you can help me. A predecessor of mine set up stunnel version 4.05 on OpenBSD 3.8. He didn't leave much documentation unfortunately. He also used a patch and re-compiled it. That patch was connect-proxy.mwald.patch. We are getting some performance issues and want to of course move to the latest stable stunnel release 4.20, before asking for any help but we are in a bit of a bind. We are firstly not sure if there is an updated connect-proxy.mwald.patch that works well with stunnel 4.20 (I have searched and searched but can't seem to find any). Or else if there is a patch that performs the same type of function as connect-proxy.mwald.patch but that is stable to use with stunnel 4.20. Any help would be greatly appreciated :-D Regards Paul H ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/

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Certificates and public/private keys
by Dario Teixeira 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Dear Stunnel users, I have a webserver running on a machine behind a firewall. I can easily punch a hole on the firewall, allowing any user on the Internet to access the webserver. However, I want to restrict access *only* to some people, those in possession of a secret key. At first sight, this seems like a job for plain ssh tunneling rather than stunnel, but as far as I understand it, ssh tunnels require that the connecting users have an account on the server machine. That won't happen here. It seems that stunnel is therefore more appropriate for this particular problem. Now, the port forwarding mechanics seem similar to those in ssh. I have no problems understanding those. The only problems I am having are figuring out the generation of keys. My excuses if I am using a terminology based on ssh or if I am way off about the capabilities of stunnel, but how can I generate the server's private and public keys? (the latter to be handed out to the clients) I have followed the instructions in the README.Debian file that accompanies the Debian stunnel4 package to produce a stunnel.pem certificate. With it, I have successfully established a stunnel connection between two machines. However, I have to use the same stunnel.pem file on both the client and the server, which strikes me as dangerous. Which parts are really needed on the client and server? Thanks in advance for your help! Cheers, Dario ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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Preferred way to start stunnel @boot time
by Van 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

So I've got stunnel running perfectly on my linux server to forward ssl requests to my pop and imap ports. I need to make sure this happens automatically if the machine is rebooted. On the stunnel site it talks about running stunnel either as a daemon or running stunnel out of xinetd. I was just wondering, which way do people using it out there think is preferable? And why? Neither seems as direct or simple as putting @reboot root /sbin/start_stunnel into my crontab, which is what I did (start_stunnel being a shell script with the proper command and some comments). Just another uneventful way to do the same thing? -Van

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Java Applet Client for STUNNEL-fronted server
by Richard's Hotmail 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi, I'm new to the list and apologize if this question is inappropriate, or quite basic, but I really hope someone can help. I currently have an intranet-resident JAVA Applet that connects back to the Application Server via standard TCP/IP sockets using the java.net.Socket class, and everything is peachy. What I'm looking at doing now is making it Internet friendly by providing host authentication (don't care about client authentication at the mo) and strong cryptography between client and server. OpenSSL and Stunnel (I don't want to have to make the Application Server SSL compatible if I don't have to) are available on the server box therefore I would dearly love an example of a JAVA client that can talk javax.net.SSL (or something else) to a Stunnel-fronted server. (Less is definitely more here - The least number of client keys and or certificate-generations the better!) Can anyone please help me with this? Obviously example-code would be ideal, as would first-hand accounts of the trials and tribulations, but I'll certainly settle for web-references to the appropriate docs or other relevant material! Are all the JSSE libraries/code reqd bundled with the JDK and runtime JVM ready? Is there a better way? (Sadly IPsec is not an option here) Maybe there's an alternate solution that can preserve the client's true IP address and present it to the Application Server's "Listen"? Cheers Richard Maher

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Re: [stunnel-users] Trying to get stunnel to work for forwarding pop3sto ipop3 port
by Van 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Getting closer. I now get- [van@mailserver ]$ sudo stunnel /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf localhost:ipop3 2007.06.21 11:51:27 LOG4[15899:3086476992]: Wrong permissions on /usr/ local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem 2007.06.21 11:51:27 LOG4[15899:3086476992]: Wrong permissions on /usr/ local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem 2007.06.21 11:51:27 LOG4[15899:3086476992]: Wrong permissions on /usr/ local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem But that doesn't make sense to me. mail.pem permissions are the same as my cert's and it works fine. [van@mailserver change_passwd]$ ls -al /usr/local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2942 Jun 20 18:21 /usr/local/etc/stunnel/ mail.pem [van@mailserver change_passwd]$ ls -al /etc/httpd/certs/www.crt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 Jun 1 12:30 /etc/httpd/certs/www.crt Is the error misleading? Or what should the mail.pem perms be? Van On Jun 20, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Kevin Cook wrote: > > If you are using a stunnel.conf file, I would replace the '-d pop3s > -r' > with the absolute path to the .conf file: > > sudo /usr/local/sbin/stunnel /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf > > I believe command line options were typically used more in older > versions, but now all configuration is done in the configuration file. > > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Van [mailto:vanyel@medusa.bioc.aecom.yu.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:03 PM > To: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > Subject: [stunnel-users] Trying to get stunnel to work for forwarding > pop3sto ipop3 port > > Hello, > > This is my introduction to stunnel. I've inherited control of a > pop3 and > imap server running Red Hat Linux 4 that I want to access via pop3s > and > imaps. I'm starting out with securing the pop3 since most users are > using it. > > I downloaded stunnel 4.20 and compiled it according to the > instructions > on stunnel.org. > > I read the certificates section of the site and made a new .pem file > that I named mail.pem and have in the /usr/local/etc/stunnel/ > directory > that /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf asks for. But when I try to > run stunnel like in the Examples section I get : > > [van@mailserver ~]$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/stunnel -d pop3s -r > localhost:ipop3 > 2007.06.20 17:59:54 LOG3[25516:3086419648]: -d: No such file or > directory (2) > Syntax: > stunnel [<filename>] ] -fd <n> | -help | -version | -sockets > <filename> - use specified config file instead of /usr/local/ > etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf > -fd <n> - read the config file from a file descriptor > -help - get config file help > -version - display version and defaults > -sockets - display default socket options > > I'm a little lost here. Never dealt with a .pem file before stunnel. > I have a self-signed cert I'm successfully using for https webmail on > the server and guessing stunnel couldn't see that, I appended my file > 'mailserver.crt' into my mail.pem file and edited stunnel.conf so it > has > > ;CAfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/certs.pem CAfile = > /usr/local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem > > but no dice. Same result. > > Trying to debug, I find 'stunnel -V' also gives the same result. > > Can someone point out what's going wrong? > > > -Van > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list > stunnel-users(a)mirt.net > http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users > >

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Trying to get stunnel to work for forwarding pop3s to ipop3 port
by Van 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

Hello, This is my introduction to stunnel. I've inherited control of a pop3 and imap server running Red Hat Linux 4 that I want to access via pop3s and imaps. I'm starting out with securing the pop3 since most users are using it. I downloaded stunnel 4.20 and compiled it according to the instructions on stunnel.org. I read the certificates section of the site and made a new .pem file that I named mail.pem and have in the /usr/local/etc/stunnel/ directory that /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf asks for. But when I try to run stunnel like in the Examples section I get : [van@mailserver ~]$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/stunnel -d pop3s -r localhost:ipop3 2007.06.20 17:59:54 LOG3[25516:3086419648]: -d: No such file or directory (2) Syntax: stunnel [<filename>] ] -fd <n> | -help | -version | -sockets <filename> - use specified config file instead of /usr/local/ etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf -fd <n> - read the config file from a file descriptor -help - get config file help -version - display version and defaults -sockets - display default socket options I'm a little lost here. Never dealt with a .pem file before stunnel. I have a self-signed cert I'm successfully using for https webmail on the server and guessing stunnel couldn't see that, I appended my file 'mailserver.crt' into my mail.pem file and edited stunnel.conf so it has ;CAfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/certs.pem CAfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem but no dice. Same result. Trying to debug, I find 'stunnel -V' also gives the same result. Can someone point out what's going wrong? -Van

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stunnel client mode and CA chains
by Domenico Andreoli 13 Jun '07

13 Jun '07

Hi, I have always successfully used openssl/stunnel but now I am facing a new problem, a variation of the usual client-side authentication documentented everywhere. I have a root CA and child CA which is signed by the root one. I have also a client certificate that is signed only by the child CA. In order to verify the certificate signature using openssl I need to specify both the CA certificates, this works as expected. What I would like to achieve is to authenticate the clients using a stunnel server having only the root CA certificate. Is there some stunnel client configuration switch that allows to push the child CA certificate? One looking interesting is (from the manpage): cert = pemfile certificate chain PEM file name A PEM is always needed in server mode. Specifying this flag in client mode will use this certificate chain as a client side certificate chain. Using client side certs is optional. The certificates must be in PEM format and must be sorted starting with the certificate to the highest level (root CA). in particular "The certificates must be in PEM format and must be sorted starting with the certificate to the highest level (root CA)" lets me hope but I am not able to understand how it works. I made many tries but on server side I always get a "VERIFY ERROR: depth=1, error=invalid CA certificate:" referring to the child CA certificate and then a "SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:no certificate returned" followed by connection shutdown. Supposing the client private key is in a separate file, if I put the certificates in the order specified by the manpage I get a key mismatching error upon stunnel startup. If instead I put the client certificate as first, then server do not authenticate it. Where am I wrong? I cannot change the server configuration, it must work as it is. I have hundreds of them and I can update them only using the SSL connection. Thanks for any help. Regards, Domenico -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://www.dandreoli.com/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50

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Issue with Stunnel / TCP Wrappers
by Kevin Cook 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

I have been a user of Stunnel for several years, but as of recent need to be able to deny TCP/IP requests dynamically on an IP address basis. I am attempting to use TCP wrappers, but not getting it to work with Stunnel. The Solaris 9 implementation I am using currently runs in a chroot'ed environment, so I am placing the hosts.deny file in this path (/chrootpath/etc/hosts.deny), as well as /usr/etc per everything I have read. This is not working. I am using a non-standard port not defined in /etc/services (29444). Any ideas?

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