May 2014 - stunnel-users

stunnel FIPS mode 140-2/ Other Modes
by mehmet ozisik 19 Sep '25

19 Sep '25

Hi All, I would like to ask a question about stunnel fips mode. There are lots of question and answers on the internet related with this, but I could not find any answer related with mine. I am compiling with openssl (auto detecting fips) . Here is a part of confgiure output : checking for FIPS_mode_set... yes configure: FIPS mode detected So I am thinking that fips also is being included. Then I try to run stunnel on target platform (in stunnel.conf fips=yes) and it gives below error : Compiled/running with OpenSSL 0.9.8w-fips 23 Apr 2012 Threading:PTHREAD Sockets:POLL,IPv6 SSL:ENGINE,OCSP,FIPS Reading configuration from file stunnel.conf FIPS_mode_set: 2D06906E: error:2D06906E:FIPS routines:FIPS_CHECK_INCORE_FINGERPRINT:fingerprint does not match there are lots of information about this errror on internet. Then when I configure stunnel.conf with fips=no, stunnel is running successfully. I know that fips=yes means that enables FIPS 140-2 mode and I guess my fips canister does not supoort fips 140-2 mode (I do not know which fips mode it has supported). Now my question is coming : When I set fips=no, stunnel also starts with other available fips modes which the canister included? Or it skips running fips mode completely? Plase inform me if anyone has any idea? Regards

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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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Server side SNI and Windows problem
by Slava 17 Aug '14

17 Aug '14

I'm trying use SNI on Windows (server 2003 R2 or XP) stunnel 5.01 on x86-pc-msvc-1500 platform Compiled/running with OpenSSL 1.0.1g-fips 7 Apr 2014 stunnel.config ... [main] accept = 60000 connect = 10.0.21.1:80 [ssh] connect = 10.0.21.1:22 sni=main:ssh Client has line sni=ssh, but server not see this and attempt connect to :80. I'm try connect from linux and windows, same result For server on linux all work fine. ?

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behavior change after enabling proxy protocol
by Philippe Anctil 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hello, We use stunnel to secure a proprietary tcp/ip protocol over the internet. More specifially we have - 1 balancer - 2 stunnel boxes - 1 app server The load balancer 'pings' stunnel boxes regularly to know if one is down. Recently, we have added support for the proxy protocol in our app and turned it on in our stunnel config. It works great except for one small new behavior: upon receiving a load balancer ping, stunnel performs a connection on our app (and sends the proxy header). I ran a tcpdump for a telnet on the stunnel port (8000). With proxy protocol disabled, stunnel does nothing while it waits for the certificate. The connection ended at my request. 17:33:08.537385 IP 127.0.0.1.6015 > 127.0.0.1.8000: S 356922015:356922015(0) win 32792 <mss 16396,sackOK,timestamp 1085620573 0,nop,wscale 7> 17:33:08.537386 IP 127.0.0.1.8000 > 127.0.0.1.6015: S 1525966521:1525966521(0) ack 356922016 win 32768 <mss 16396,sackOK,timestamp 1085620573 1085620573,nop,wscale 7> 17:33:08.537393 IP 127.0.0.1.6015 > 127.0.0.1.8000: . ack 1 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085620573 1085620573> 17:33:19.750431 IP 127.0.0.1.6015 > 127.0.0.1.8000: F 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085631785 1085620573> 17:33:19.751065 IP 127.0.0.1.8000 > 127.0.0.1.6015: . ack 2 win 256 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085631786 1085631785> 17:33:19.751794 IP 127.0.0.1.8000 > 127.0.0.1.6015: R 1:1(0) ack 2 win 256 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085631787 1085631785> With proxy protocol enabled, stunnel establishes a connection to my app and sends the proxy protocol before even receiving the certificate. 17:34:35.370462 IP 127.0.0.1.6026 > 127.0.0.1.8000: S 2949098861:2949098861(0) win 32792 <mss 16396,sackOK,timestamp 1085707402 0,nop,wscale 7> 17:34:35.370475 IP 127.0.0.1.8000 > 127.0.0.1.6026: S 1044893129:1044893129(0) ack 2949098862 win 32768 <mss 16396,sackOK,timestamp 1085707402 1085707402,nop,wscale 7> 17:34:35.370481 IP 127.0.0.1.6026 > 127.0.0.1.8000: . ack 1 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085707402 1085707402> 17:34:35.371035 IP 127.0.0.1.37654 > 127.0.0.1.9000: S 801705083:801705083(0) win 32792 <mss 16396,sackOK,timestamp 1085707402 0,nop,wscale 7> 17:34:35.371046 IP 127.0.0.1.9000 > 127.0.0.1.37654: S 4068822820:4068822820(0) ack 801705084 win 32768 <mss 16396,sackOK,timestamp 1085707402 1085707402,nop,wscale 7> 17:34:35.371052 IP 127.0.0.1.37654 > 127.0.0.1.9000: . ack 1 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085707402 1085707402> 17:34:35.371583 IP 127.0.0.1.37654 > 127.0.0.1.9000: P 1:44(43) ack 1 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085707403 1085707402> 17:34:35.371595 IP 127.0.0.1.9000 > 127.0.0.1.37654: . ack 44 win 256 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085707403 1085707403> 17:34:50.484991 IP 127.0.0.1.9000 > 127.0.0.1.37654: F 1:1(0) ack 44 win 256 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085722515 1085707403> 17:34:50.485892 IP 127.0.0.1.37654 > 127.0.0.1.9000: . ack 2 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085722516 1085722515> 17:35:08.824661 IP 127.0.0.1.6026 > 127.0.0.1.8000: F 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085740854 1085707402> 17:35:08.824906 IP 127.0.0.1.8000 > 127.0.0.1.6026: . ack 2 win 256 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085740854 1085740854> 17:35:08.824972 IP 127.0.0.1.37654 > 127.0.0.1.9000: R 44:44(0) ack 2 win 257 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085740854 1085722515> 17:35:08.825013 IP 127.0.0.1.8000 > 127.0.0.1.6026: R 1:1(0) ack 2 win 256 <nop,nop,timestamp 1085740855 1085740854> Note I used 'tcpdump -i lo -nn port 8000 or port 9000' for both traces. I see no good reason to connect to the application before the ssl session is established. Thank you for reading! -- Philippe Anctil

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Problem with pidfile
by reg14＠rambler.ru 30 May '14

30 May '14

I run stunnel (version 5.00) as a non-root user which does not have write permissions to /var/run. So I created file /var/run/stunnel.log with right access for that user -rw-r--r--. 1 stunnel stunnel 0 May 28 21:31 stunnel.pid When I start daemon, it writes to logfile the following 2014.05.28 22:18:44 LOG3[8878]: Cannot create pid file /var/run/stunnel.pid 2014.05.28 22:18:44 LOG3[8878]: create: File exists (17) It seems that it tries to create pidfile in /var/run, and ignores that the file is already exists. As a result, pid is not written to stunnel.pid, and daemon crashes. Could this be fixed?

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Possible Mail Relay (port 465/tcp-SSL) after stunnel install
by Sven Schulte 28 May '14

28 May '14

Dear colleagues, after installing stunnel (v 5.01) an PCI Security Scan finished with finding that port 465 allows mail relaying. (CVE-1999-0512, CVE-2002-1278, CVE-2003-0285). Any comments/ideas how to comly? Thanks in advance! Sven

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Strange performance problem, need help troubleshooting
by Paulo Azevedo 24 May '14

24 May '14

I have a strange performance problem with stunnel, could you help me? Here is my setup: PC1 & PC2 -- Switch (GbE) -- Switch (100mbps) -- Router -- modem -- Internet PC1 has stunnel and HFS installed, sharing a folder to the internet.My internet upload speed is 20Mbps. With this setup, I can serve files at 8Mbps over the internet, but if I disable stunnel the speed doubles to 16Mbps. However, with stunnel active, if I try the same with PC2, I get 82Mbps (using the internet IP, it goes all the way to the router), so this does not appear to be a performance problem on the hardware. Can you give me some hints on what is limiting my speed here?

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[patch] Systemd socket activation support in daemon mode
by Mark Theunissen 14 May '14

14 May '14

Hi, This patch allows stunnel to be started in daemon mode by systemd's socket activation. This is superior to inetd mode, for all the reasons specified in the stunnel howto. Since systemd is now the default in most of the major Linux distros, it would be great to have this committed upstream. https://gist.github.com/marktheunissen/7ce9426e66aa8f0ec2e1 Example systemd unit files: ### stunnel.socket [Unit] Description=Stunnel socket After=network.target [Socket] ListenStream=9999 ### stunnel.service [Unit] Description=Stunnel service After=network.target [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=stunnel /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf Thanks, Mark Theunissen

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Re: [stunnel-users] certificate verify failed
by Aaron Haywood 05 May '14

05 May '14

The following is an excerpt from my log's slightly modified to hide company specific data: 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG7[5956]: Starting certificate verification: depth=2, subject=/C=US/O=The Go Daddy Group, Inc./OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG6[5956]: Certificate accepted: depth=2, subject=/C=US/O=The Go Daddy Group, Inc./OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG7[5956]: Starting certificate verification: depth=1, subject=/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc./OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository/CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority/serialNumber=######## 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG6[5956]: Certificate accepted: depth=1, subject=/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc./OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository/CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority/serialNumber=######## 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG7[5956]: Starting certificate verification: depth=0, subject=/O=*.somedomain.com/OU=Domain Control Validated/CN=*.somedomain.com 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG3[5956]: CERT: X509_STORE_get1_certs: Peer suddenly disconnected 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG4[5956]: Certificate check failed: depth=0, subject=/O=*.somedomain.com/OU=Domain Control Validated/CN=*.somedomain.com 2014.05.01 10:11:05 LOG7[5956]: SSL alert (write): fatal: certificate unknown Respectfully, Aaron Haywood | Systems Administrator [cid:image002.png@01CEDA11.E935A7F0] O: 858.614.1547 | M: 858.699.8302 | www.sdhealthconnect.org CONNECT WITH US: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/SDHealthConnect?filter=1> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/SDHealthConnect> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/san-diego-health-connect?trk=company_logo> | Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/112077458420951237937/112077458420951237937/p…> | YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/SDHealthConnect>

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