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Compression (zlib) does not work under windows
by Ben 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Hello, Enabling zlib compression in stunnel (versions 4.06 - 4.10) does not work under windows. I have tried a combination of the following, all of which have failed in either two ways. The first way being disconnection with the following messages in the stunnel console: 2005.06.09 11:43:10 LOG7[4072:3088]: SSL alert (write): fatal: decompression failure 2005.06.09 11:43:10 LOG3[4072:3088]: SSL_read: 1408F06B: error:1408F06B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:bad decompression Or stunnel crashes all together. Here are the following combinations I've used with stunnel and openssl. stunnel 4.06 w/ all zlib binary openssl libraries stunnel 4.07 w/ all zlib binary enabled openssl libraries stunnel 4.08 w/ all zlib binary enabled openssl libraries stunnel 4.09 w/ all zlib enabled openssl libraries stunnel 4.10 w/ all zlib enabled openssl libraries stunnel 4.06 w/ custom compiled openssl 0.9.7g w/ zlib library under vc++ stunnel 4.07 w/ custom compiled openssl 0.9.7g w/ zlib library under vc++ stunnel 4.08 w/ custom compiled openssl 0.9.7g w/ zlib library under vc++ stunnel 4.09 w/ custom compiled openssl 0.9.7g w/ zlib library under vc++ stunnel 4.10 w/ custom compiled openssl 0.9.7g w/ zlib library under vc++ Under linux, using stunnel as a client, compression works correctly. On the server I have tried stunnel versions: stunnel 4.06 w/ zlib openssl 0.9.7g and openssl 0.9.7f stunnel 4.09 w/ zlib openssl 0.9.7g and openssl 0.9.7f stunnel 4.10 w/ zlib openssl 0.9.7g and openssl 0.9.7f Any help would be appreciated. We offer stunnel connections as a service to our clients to reduce the overhead of NNTP traffic and we would very much like to get compression working. Thanks for your time, Ben

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RE: Re-Installing Stunnel
by mhrtmhd94＠att.net 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

On 2005-06-07, at 23:45:35, Michal.Trojnara(a)mirt.net wrote: > On 2005-06-06, at 22:56, mhrtmhd94(a)att.net wrote: > > The only way I could do this was to delete all of the programs in the > > Stunnel directory > > You should stop and uninstall stunnel service first. 8-) > AFAIK it's also possible to remove a service from Control > Panel/Services. > > Best regards, > Mike > There doesn't appear to be any Services option under Control Panel on my system (WinXp Home SP2) Thanks. Mort

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Reinstalling Stunnel
by mhrtmhd94＠att.net 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

I followed the Agent/Stunnel instructions on WURD. I reached the point where I added a space, followed by -install to the shortcut target path. When I attempted to execute this, a message appeared: "Failed to create a new service." I want to thank all those who answered my previous request. I am hoping that someone with experience using Stunnel in conjunction with Agent might be able to help me. I can't for the life of me figure out what I did differently from the first time I installed Stunnel to run with Agent. One person who replied to my previous request asked if I had uninstalled the previous installation of Stunnel. The only way I could do this was to delete all of the programs in the Stunnel directory, because Stunnel does not appear on the list of programs under Add and Delete Programs via Control Panel. Note: I originally was using version 4.07. I am now attempting to use version 4.10. Could this be the problem? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

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FW: [stunnel-users] stunnel on HP-UX
by Stephen Tanner 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

I forgot to make sure this went to the list. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Tanner Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:36 AM To: 'Jan Meijer' Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] stunnel on HP-UX Negative, the private key is not protected with a passphrase. If I use the startup script to start stunnel and syslog-ng manually, everything works. But on boot stunnel does not seem to properly establish a connection, and I must stop it and restart it to resolve the issue. Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Jan Meijer [mailto:jan.meijer@surfnet.nl] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 3:08 AM To: Stephen Tanner Cc: stunnel-users(a)mirt.net Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel on HP-UX On Tue, 31 May 2005, Stephen Tanner wrote: > I'm running stunnel on a HP-UX 11.11 system so that I can securely > transfer logs with syslog-ng. I have stunnel and syslog-ng both > starting in rc2.d at S537. Every time I have rebooted the server I get > a broken pipe as if stunnel is having an issue establishing a tunnel, > and I am forced to restart stunnel and syslog-ng. Are there any > specific daemons that need to be running before stunnel starts? I'm > trying to avoid having this start too late, so that I don't miss logs on > some daemons. There are no specific daemons that need to run. Network is practical for DNS resolving if that's needed. To rule out the obvious: you would not have protected your stunnel private key with a passphrase would you? Jan -- http://www.surfnet.nl/organisatie/jame

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stunnel on HP-UX
by Stephen Tanner 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

I'm running stunnel on a HP-UX 11.11 system so that I can securely transfer logs with syslog-ng. I have stunnel and syslog-ng both starting in rc2.d at S537. Every time I have rebooted the server I get a broken pipe as if stunnel is having an issue establishing a tunnel, and I am forced to restart stunnel and syslog-ng. Are there any specific daemons that need to be running before stunnel starts? I'm trying to avoid having this start too late, so that I don't miss logs on some daemons. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Stephen Tanner HP-UX Systems Administrator Network Support Services Lee County Clerk of Courts =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Reinstalling Stunnel
by mxrtmxd72＠att.net 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

I followed the Agent/Stunnel instructions on WURD. I reached the point where I added a space, followed by -install to the shortcut target path. When I attempted to execute this, a message appeared: "Failed to create a new service." I want to thank all those who answered my previous request. I am hoping that someone with experience using Stunnel in conjunction with Agent might be able to help me. I can't for the life of me figure out what I did differently from the first time I installed Stunnel to run with Agent. One person who replied to my previous request asked if I had uninstalled the previous installation of Stunnel. The only way I could do this was to delete all of the programs in the Stunnel directory, because Stunnel does not appear on the list of programs under Add and Delete Programs via Control Panel. Note: I originally was using version 4.07. I am now attempting to use version 4.10. Could this be the problem? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Mort Middleman

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[PATCH] Fix inetd mode
by Miloslav Trmac 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Hello, the attached patch fixes inetd mode. signal_pipe[] is not used in inetd mode, so it was left default-initialized to {0, 0}. Emptying "the pipe" would eat all input data. The second hunk was already posted here by Michal Trojnara. Mirek

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slightly OT: starting up multiple instances
by Colin McKinnon 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi all, I realise this is slightly OT (the problem seems to be in a different program) but thought that someobdy out there may have solved this one already. I'm trying to run a second instance of stunnel (different 'verify' level) on a SuSE 8.2 box. The second instance just doesn't start. What I did was to copy the supplied /etc/init.d/stunnel script to 'stunnelv' and referenced different config and PID files. After I had fixed bug in the startup script (the line which started the process - using startproc - didn't pass the conf file, and didn't get told to use the PID file) I still got the same error. Now, if I run '/etc/init.d/stunnel start' I get /var/run/stunnel.pid. If I then run '/etc/init.d/stunnelv start' it reports 'OK' but didn't really start. If I start them the other way around 'stunnelv' works and I get /var/run/stunnelv.pid but then 'stunnel' won't start. Thinking that 'startproc' is seeing 'stunnel' already running in the processlist, I tried creating a symbolic link '/usr/sbin/stunelv' to /usr/bin/stunnel and changed '/etc/init.d/stunnelv' to run that instead of '/usr/sbin/stunnel'. Looking in 'ps' it is reported as 'stunnelv' but I still can't get the second instance to start. The error seems to be with 'startproc' - it seems to think that the intended process is running when it's not. If I just type in the line which starts up stunnel as shown below I get the same behaviour. startproc -v -l /var/log/rc.stunnelv.log -p /var/run/stunnelv.pid /usr/sbin/stunnelv /etc/stunnel/verified_clients.conf Unfortunately, the '-v' option doesn't seem to work. Anybody any suggestions? TIA, Colin

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[PATCH] Reject inetd mode with no client specification
by Miloslav Trmac 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hello, when stunnel is started in inetd mode without specifying connect = nor exec =, it attempts to execl(NULL) and the child SIGSEGVs. The attached patch adds a check to reject such configurations. Mirek

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Problems with Stunnel4.05 on Linux Servers
by vasudha.upadhyaya＠convergys.com 27 May '05

27 May '05

Hi, We have been using stunnel 4.05 with OpenSSL 0.97d for quite sometime on Linux Servers and now suddenly we have been getting this error: 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 8506606B : error:8506606B:lib(133):AEP_GET_CONNECTION:init failure 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 85068069 : error:85068069:lib(133):AEP_MOD_EXP:get handle failed 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 8506606B : error:8506606B:lib(133):AEP_GET_CONNECTION:init failure 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 85068069 : error:85068069:lib(133):AEP_MOD_EXP:get handle failed 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 8506606B : error:8506606B:lib(133):AEP_GET_CONNECTION:init failure 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 85068069 : error:85068069:lib(133):AEP_MOD_EXP:get handle failed 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 8506606B : error:8506606B:lib(133):AEP_GET_CONNECTION:init failure 2005.05.27 14:07:39 LOG3[23121:59395]: error stack: 85069069 : error:85069069:lib(133):AEP_MOD_EXP_CRT:get handle failed Attached is the stunnel.conf file. (See attached file: stunnel.conf) Thanks, Vasudha. -------------------------------------------- Vasudha Upadhyaya Convergys Speech Solutions Ph:703-885-5837 vasudha.upadhyaya(a)convergys.com -- "NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by Convergys Corporation for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by telephone (collect), so that the sender's address records can be corrected."

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