March 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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patch for using stunnel as client with pkcs11-engine and opensc smartcard
by Märt Laak 30 Jan '12

30 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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transparent = source, stunnel connect always times out
by Robert Hardy 06 May '11

06 May '11

I've been fighting with stunnel, trying to get its transparent proxy support to work. No matter what I do, as soon as transparent = source support is turned on, tests with my mail client just time out. If I turn transparent proxy support off it works but appears as if connections are from localhost, which is undesirable. My goal is to have stunnel listen on *:465 and provide SSL protected connectivity, which appear to arrive from the remote client IP, on my mail server's external IP address on port 25. My mail server and the firewall with the rules on it are the same physical machine. Can someone please make some suggestions as to what else I can try to get this working? I'm running Linux 2.6.38 on a current CentOS/rhel5 box and I've got modules built for most netfilter options, including: NF_CONNTRACK=m NETFILTER_TPROXY=m NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SOCKET=m NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TPROXY=m /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter = 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward = 1 This is my stunnel config: cert = /etc/stunnel/assps.crt key = /etc/stunnel/assps.key pid = /var/run/stunnel/stunnel_smtps.pid verify = 0 debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel_smtps.log TIMEOUTconnect = 60 [smtps] accept = 465 connect = MY_EXTERNAL_IP:25 transparent = source My stunnel seems happy with the DH Parameters in my cert file. My firewall relevant rules: iptables -t mangle -N DIVERT iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m socket -j DIVERT iptables -t mangle -A DIVERT -j MARK --set-mark 1 iptables -t mangle -A DIVERT -j ACCEPT ip rule add fwmark 1 lookup 100 ip route add local 0.0.0.0/0 dev lo table 100 # stunnel -version stunnel 4.35 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 July 2008 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP Global options debug = daemon.notice pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem ciphers = AES:ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:+RC4:@STRENGTH curve = sect163r2 session = 300 seconds stack = 65536 bytes sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none # stunnel -sockets Socket option defaults: Option Accept Local Remote OS default SO_DEBUG -- -- -- 0 SO_DONTROUTE -- -- -- 0 SO_KEEPALIVE -- -- -- 0 SO_LINGER -- -- -- 0:0 SO_OOBINLINE -- -- -- 0 SO_RCVBUF -- -- -- 87380 SO_SNDBUF -- -- -- 16384 SO_RCVLOWAT -- -- -- 1 SO_SNDLOWAT -- -- -- 1 SO_RCVTIMEO -- -- -- 0:0 SO_SNDTIMEO -- -- -- 0:0 SO_REUSEADDR 1 -- -- 0 SO_BINDTODEVICE -- -- -- -- TCP_KEEPCNT -- -- -- 9 TCP_KEEPIDLE -- -- -- 7200 TCP_KEEPINTVL -- -- -- 75 IP_TOS -- -- -- 0 IP_TTL -- -- -- 64 TCP_NODELAY -- -- -- 0 Here is the log file with the connection timeout: 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG5[23214:3073877712]: Reading configuration from file /etc/stunnel/stunnel-assp_smtps.conf 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /root/.rnd 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /root/.rnd 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: PRNG seeded successfully 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Using DH parameters from /etc/stunnel/assps.crt 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG6[23214:3073877712]: DH initialized with 512 bit key 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Certificate: /etc/stunnel/assps.crt 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Certificate loaded 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Key file: /etc/stunnel/assps.key 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Private key loaded 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: SSL context initialized for service smtps 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG5[23214:3073877712]: Configuration successful 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG5[23214:3073877712]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=3 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=4 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=4 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=5 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=5 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=6 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=6 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=7 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=7 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: libwrap_init: FD=8 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: signal_pipe: FD=9 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: signal_pipe: FD=10 allocated (blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: accept socket: FD=11 allocated (non-blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Option SO_REUSEADDR set on accept socket 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Service smtps bound to 0.0.0.0:465 2011.03.20 15:26:43 LOG7[23214:3073877712]: Service smtps opened FD=11 2011.03.20 15:26:44 LOG7[23220:3073877712]: Created pid file /var/run/stunnel/stunnel_smtps.pid 2011.03.20 15:26:44 LOG5[23220:3073877712]: stunnel 4.35 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008 2011.03.20 15:26:44 LOG5[23220:3073877712]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073877712]: local socket: FD=0 allocated (non-blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073877712]: Service smtps accepted FD=0 from MY_TESTING_CLIENT_IP:56765 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Service smtps started 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Option TCP_NODELAY set on local socket 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Waiting for a libwrap process 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Acquired libwrap process #0 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Releasing libwrap process #0 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Released libwrap process #0 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Service smtps permitted by libwrap from MY_TESTING_CLIENT_IP:56765 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG5[23220:3073874832]: Service smtps accepted connection from MY_TESTING_CLIENT_IP:56765 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client hello A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server hello A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate request A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL alert (read): warning: no certificate 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client key exchange A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read finished A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write change cipher spec A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write finished A 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 1 items in the session cache 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 client connects (SSL_connect()) 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 client connects that finished 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 client renegotiations requested 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 1 server connects (SSL_accept()) 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 1 server connects that finished 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 server renegotiations requested 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 session cache hits 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 external session cache hits 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 session cache misses 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: 0 session cache timeouts 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG6[23220:3073874832]: SSL accepted: new session negotiated 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG6[23220:3073874832]: Negotiated ciphers: AES256-SHA SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=AES(256) Mac=SHA1 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: remote socket: FD=1 allocated (non-blocking mode) 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG6[23220:3073874832]: local_bind succeeded on the original port 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG6[23220:3073874832]: connect_blocking: connecting MY_EXTERNAL_IP:25 2011.03.20 15:26:57 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: connect_blocking: s_poll_wait MY_EXTERNAL_IP:25: waiting 60 seconds 2011.03.20 15:27:57 LOG3[23220:3073874832]: connect_blocking: s_poll_wait MY_EXTERNAL_IP:25: TIMEOUTconnect exceeded 2011.03.20 15:27:57 LOG5[23220:3073874832]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2011.03.20 15:27:57 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: Service smtps finished (0 left) 2011.03.20 15:29:21 LOG7[23220:3073877712]: Dispatching signals from the signal pipe 2011.03.20 15:29:21 LOG5[23220:3073877712]: Received signal 15; terminating 2011.03.20 15:29:21 LOG7[23220:3073877712]: removing pid file /var/run/stunnel/stunnel_smtps.pid The only even slightly odd thing I see other than the timeouts is the " 2011.03.20 15:26:56 LOG7[23220:3073874832]: SSL alert (read): warning: no certificate" I'm not sure what that is about, but it doesn't seem critical...

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Stunnel 4.33 released
by Michal Trojnara 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

The ChangeLog entry: Version 4.33, 2010.04.05, urgency: MEDIUM: * New features - Win32 DLLs for OpenSSL 1.0.0. This library requires to c_rehash CApath/CRLpath directories on upgrade. - Win32 DLLs for zlib 1.2.4. - Experimental support for local mode on WIN32 platform. Try "exec = c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe". * Bugfixes - Inetd mode fixed SHA-1 value for stunnel-4.33.tar.gz: 695c7ef834952cb8ddbc790e10b6e32798fc2767 Home page: http://stunnel.mirt.net/ Download: ftp://stunnel.mirt.net/stunnel/ Best regards, Michal Trojnara

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The verify=3 option in client mode
by Philipp Hartwig 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hello, I'm using stunnel in client mode to provide an SSL connection for offlineimap[1] which does not support verification of SSL certificates. As I've read stunnel does not compare the name of the server offering the certificate to the server name mentioned in the certificate (in the CN field for example). So if I used the following section in my stunnel.conf client=yes [imaps] accept = 127.0.0.1:4322 connect = imap.gmail.com:993 CAfile = /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/Equifax_Secure_CA.crt verify = 2 stunnel would happily accept any certificate signed by Equifax for an arbitrary website. Is this correct? So I've switched to using the verify=3 option and I just want to make sure I configured it correctly. I'm now using the following section client=yes [imaps] accept = 127.0.0.1:4322 connect = imap.gmail.com:993 CAfile= /home/ph/.certs/imaps.pem verify = 3 imaps.pem is a file containing two certificates, namely the first and the last certificate in the certificate chain of imap.gmail.com, that is the Equifax CA certificate and the server certificate itself. I then use offlineimap to establish an unencrypted connection to 127.0.0.1:4322. My understanding is that stunnel will now exclusively accept the server certificate stored in the imaps.pem file rendering all MITM attacks impossible. I'd be grateful if someone could confirm that this setup makes sense. Is this the way the verify=3 option is supposed to use? First I thought that it should be enough to just provide the server certificate in the imaps.pem file, but then openssl would complain about a self-signed certificate, so I included the CA certificate as well. Regards, Philipp [1] https://github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/wiki/

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stunnel maximum clients to server
by bruce bushby 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi I'm about to add stunnel to my buildroot embedded project (ARM926EJ-S) and I was hoping the list could answer a few performance questions? I've been looking for a way to encrypt the connections between my embedded units and my server. From what I understood about openvpn, the server starts to give problems beyond 1024 "concurrent sessions" .... I'm looking at a design that can handle 4K concurrent sessions....although it'll take a few years to get that big. My embedded devices have a GSM modem and setup a ppp0 interface over gprs. I'm considering stunnel in the hope that I could have up to 3000 stunnel connections coming into my servers. I say 3K because by the tike I reach this figure I hope to have implemented better switches and off load the overhead of the encrypted connection to the switch. The requirement is that the embedded "non-ssl aware client" will be able to communicate with the server over a secure tunnel. Am I completely on the wrong road? .... could stunnel cater for something like this? Thanks in advance!

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Certificate request popup when clicking on MS Office links in a stunnel HTTPS redirect to Domino HTTP server?
by Josiah Fizer 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

We have a Lotus Domino server hosting some Microsoft Office documents. For improved security, I started using stunnel to redirect pacts from the HTTP servers via HTTPS. Everything works perfectly, however when a user clicks a document link they are prompted for login credentials or a certificate. This would seem to be because MS Office is trying to open the remote document in edit mode rather then downloading it locally or opening it in read mode. I've tried a number of stunnel configuration options but nothing seems to work. At current I am using the following simple configuration. Any insight into the issue would be appreciated. cert = stunnel.pem socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 verify=0 [https] accept = 443 connect = localhost:80 TIMEOUTclose = 0

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Re: [stunnel-users] Windows Firewall has blocked some features of thisprogram
by jay＠experts-exchange.com 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi Josealf, Thank you for your response and for this information. Is there a VB script or other method I can use for this purpose? I use a signed Java applet to download, install, and execute stunnel, but can insert a step to run a VB or other script on the host prior. I suspect the stunnel installer may do this already, but after looking, did not see anything. Thank you > You can add the required firewall exceptions as part of your installation > tasks. You just need to allow connections to the incoming port(s) your > stunnel config use. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jay(a)experts-exchange.com > Sender: stunnel-users-bounces(a)stunnel.org > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:39:11 > To: <stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org> > Subject: [stunnel-users] Windows Firewall has blocked some features of > this > program > > Folks, > > While bundling stunnel with my user application, upon kick off I see this > error message.*1 Is there a way to avoid this security warning? I am > trying to figure out if signing the binaries will escape this situation, > or if it is related to the binary not containing a string table. I > investigated linking the win32 binary with MS Visual Studio 2005 to see > if > the presence of the version string info in the binary would help*2, but > so > far I have been unable to directly link. I originally built stunnel using > cygwin's mingw32-gcc*3, so linking using MSDEV is not too easy.*4 > > Thanks > > > Refs: > *1 "Windows Security Alert. To help protect your computer, Windows > Firewall has blocked some features of this program. Do you want to keep > blocking this program? Name: stunnel Publisher: Unknown" > > *2 stunnel/src/version.rc, > > // pdelaage TODO 20101111: this file works with MS VC / EVC > // But with MINGW, properties are NOT displayed in Windows Explorer > // although they are embedded in the final exe program. > // anyway, using a .o coming from MS VC does not change anything, > // and linking the gcc version.o with ms tools works! > // so the problem is in fact in gcc-linking, not in version.o. > > > *2 mingw64-i686-gcc-core 4.5.1-2 > > Administrator@MSDN-2005-DEV /cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/stunnel-4.35/src > $ i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.1 -s -o stunnel.exe file.obj client.obj > log.obj > options.obj protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj > verify.obj sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj > -L/cygdrive/c/openssl/lib -L/cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/zlib-1.2.5 > -lcrypto.dll > -lssl.dll -lz -lws2_32 -lgdi32 -mwindows -v > Using built-in specs. > COLLECT_GCC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.1 > COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/lto-wrapper.exe > Target: i686-w64-mingw32 > Configured with: > /cygdrive/c/nnnew/gcc32/mingw64-i686-gcc-4.5.1-2/src/gcc-4.5.1/configure > --srcdir=/cygdrive/c/nnnew/gcc32/mingw64-i686-gcc-4.5.1-2/src/gcc-4.5.1 > --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin > --libexecdir=/usr/lib --datadir=/usr/share --localstatedir=/var > --sysconfdir=/etc --datarootdir=/usr/share > --docdir=/usr/share/doc/mingw64-i686-gcc -C --build=i686-pc-cygwin > --host=i686-pc-cygwin --target=i686-w64-mingw32 > --with-sysroot=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root > --with-build-sysroot=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root --disable-multilib > --disable-win32-registry > --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ > --enable-fully-dynamic-strings --enable-libgomp --enable-sjlj-exceptions > --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --with-dwarf2 > --enable-decimal-float=bid --enable-lto > Thread model: win32 > gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) > COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ > LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/../lib32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/:/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/ > COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-s' '-o' 'stunnel.exe' '-L/cygdrive/c/openssl/lib' > '-L/cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/zlib-1.2.5' '-mwindows' '-v' '-mtune=generic' > '-march=pentiumpro' > /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/collect2.exe > --sysroot=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root -m i386pe --subsystem windows > -Bdynamic -o stunnel.exe -s > /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/crt2.o > /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/crtbegin.o -L/cygdrive/c/openssl/lib > -L/cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/zlib-1.2.5 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1 > -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/../lib32 > -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib > -L/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib file.obj client.obj log.obj > options.obj protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj > verify.obj sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj -lcrypto.dll > -lssl.dll -lz -lws2_32 -lgdi32 -lmingw32 -lgcc_eh -lgcc -lmoldname > -lmingwex -lmsvcrt -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -ladvapi32 > -lshell32 -lmingw32 -lgcc_eh -lgcc -lmoldname -lmingwex -lmsvcrt > /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/crtend.o > > Administrator@MSDN-2005-DEV /cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/stunnel-4.35/src > $ > > *4 Link attempt under windows: > > C:\dl\stunnel\stunnel-4.35\src>link /libpath:"C:\openssl\lib" > /libpath:"c:\dl\stunnel\zlib-1.2.5" /machine:I386 /nologo > /out:"stunnel.exe" /incremental:no /release /mapinfo:exports > /subsystem:windows /opt:ref /opt:icf wsock32.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib > gdi32.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib msvcrt.lib libcmt.lib > libcrypto.a libssl.a libz.a file.obj client.obj log.obj options.obj > protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj verify.obj > sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj > msvcrt.lib(_stat.obj) : warning LNK4078: multiple '.drectve' sections > found with different attributes (00000A00) > options.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol ___chkstk > referenced in function _parse_conf > gui.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _strdup referenced in > function _WinMain@16 > libcrypto.a(asn_mime.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol > __alloca > libcrypto.a(bss_file.o) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol > __alloca referenced in function _BIO_new_file > libcrypto.a(cryptlib.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol > __alloca > libcrypto.a(err_prn.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol > __alloca > libcrypto.a(bn_prime.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol > __alloca > libcrypto.a(b_print.o) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol > ___umoddi3 referenced in function _fmtint > libcrypto.a(bn_word.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol > ___umoddi3 > libcrypto.a(b_print.o) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol > ___udivdi3 referenced in function _fmtint > stunnel.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 5 unresolved externals > > C:\dl\stunnel\stunnel-4.35\src> > > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list > stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > http://stunnel.mirt.net/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users >

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Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program
by jay＠experts-exchange.com 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Folks, While bundling stunnel with my user application, upon kick off I see this error message.*1 Is there a way to avoid this security warning? I am trying to figure out if signing the binaries will escape this situation, or if it is related to the binary not containing a string table. I investigated linking the win32 binary with MS Visual Studio 2005 to see if the presence of the version string info in the binary would help*2, but so far I have been unable to directly link. I originally built stunnel using cygwin's mingw32-gcc*3, so linking using MSDEV is not too easy.*4 Thanks Refs: *1 "Windows Security Alert. To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program. Do you want to keep blocking this program? Name: stunnel Publisher: Unknown" *2 stunnel/src/version.rc, // pdelaage TODO 20101111: this file works with MS VC / EVC // But with MINGW, properties are NOT displayed in Windows Explorer // although they are embedded in the final exe program. // anyway, using a .o coming from MS VC does not change anything, // and linking the gcc version.o with ms tools works! // so the problem is in fact in gcc-linking, not in version.o. *2 mingw64-i686-gcc-core 4.5.1-2 Administrator@MSDN-2005-DEV /cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/stunnel-4.35/src $ i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.1 -s -o stunnel.exe file.obj client.obj log.obj options.obj protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj verify.obj sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj -L/cygdrive/c/openssl/lib -L/cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/zlib-1.2.5 -lcrypto.dll -lssl.dll -lz -lws2_32 -lgdi32 -mwindows -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.1 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/lto-wrapper.exe Target: i686-w64-mingw32 Configured with: /cygdrive/c/nnnew/gcc32/mingw64-i686-gcc-4.5.1-2/src/gcc-4.5.1/configure --srcdir=/cygdrive/c/nnnew/gcc32/mingw64-i686-gcc-4.5.1-2/src/gcc-4.5.1 --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libexecdir=/usr/lib --datadir=/usr/share --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --datarootdir=/usr/share --docdir=/usr/share/doc/mingw64-i686-gcc -C --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-cygwin --target=i686-w64-mingw32 --with-sysroot=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root --with-build-sysroot=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root --disable-multilib --disable-win32-registry --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-fully-dynamic-strings --enable-libgomp --enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --with-dwarf2 --enable-decimal-float=bid --enable-lto Thread model: win32 gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/../lib32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/:/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-s' '-o' 'stunnel.exe' '-L/cygdrive/c/openssl/lib' '-L/cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/zlib-1.2.5' '-mwindows' '-v' '-mtune=generic' '-march=pentiumpro' /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/collect2.exe --sysroot=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root -m i386pe --subsystem windows -Bdynamic -o stunnel.exe -s /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/crt2.o /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/crtbegin.o -L/cygdrive/c/openssl/lib -L/cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/zlib-1.2.5 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/../lib32 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib -L/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib file.obj client.obj log.obj options.obj protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj verify.obj sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj -lcrypto.dll -lssl.dll -lz -lws2_32 -lgdi32 -lmingw32 -lgcc_eh -lgcc -lmoldname -lmingwex -lmsvcrt -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lmingw32 -lgcc_eh -lgcc -lmoldname -lmingwex -lmsvcrt /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.5.1/crtend.o Administrator@MSDN-2005-DEV /cygdrive/c/dl/stunnel/stunnel-4.35/src $ *4 Link attempt under windows: C:\dl\stunnel\stunnel-4.35\src>link /libpath:"C:\openssl\lib" /libpath:"c:\dl\stunnel\zlib-1.2.5" /machine:I386 /nologo /out:"stunnel.exe" /incremental:no /release /mapinfo:exports /subsystem:windows /opt:ref /opt:icf wsock32.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib msvcrt.lib libcmt.lib libcrypto.a libssl.a libz.a file.obj client.obj log.obj options.obj protocol.obj network.obj resolver.obj ssl.obj ctx.obj verify.obj sthreads.obj stunnel.obj gui.obj resources.obj msvcrt.lib(_stat.obj) : warning LNK4078: multiple '.drectve' sections found with different attributes (00000A00) options.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol ___chkstk referenced in function _parse_conf gui.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _strdup referenced in function _WinMain@16 libcrypto.a(asn_mime.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __alloca libcrypto.a(bss_file.o) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __alloca referenced in function _BIO_new_file libcrypto.a(cryptlib.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __alloca libcrypto.a(err_prn.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __alloca libcrypto.a(bn_prime.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __alloca libcrypto.a(b_print.o) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol ___umoddi3 referenced in function _fmtint libcrypto.a(bn_word.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___umoddi3 libcrypto.a(b_print.o) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol ___udivdi3 referenced in function _fmtint stunnel.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 5 unresolved externals C:\dl\stunnel\stunnel-4.35\src>

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