October 2018 - 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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Requests to cloud server that requires host header
by Lorne Kates 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

(related to Akamai message from before-- but I have better troubleshooting information). I'm tying to route traffic through stunnel to a "cloud" based-endpoint. That endpoint has a static server name-- test.authorize.net. (This is the dev sandbox for auth.net) But if you do an nslookup on test.authorize.net, you'll get back a different servername and IP, because it's so wonderfully "cloud". Stunnel apparently tries to connect to the nslookup value. The server rejects the request because it can't route it back to test.authorize.net. I've tried adding "delay = yes" and "sni = test.authorize.net", but neither work. To see this in action, a simple setup with any accept, then connect to test.authorize.net:443 in client = yes mode. This is what a valid response looks like (13 -- give me the darn merchant ID in a POST): https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll This is what you'll get if you try to use stunnel (400 invalid url) : https://23.195.204.150/gateway/transact.dll So how can I get stunnel to send the proper Request Header (host: test.authorize.net) make sure it's using http/1.1, etc?

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Re: [stunnel-users] CPU 100%
by Eric Eberhard 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

Long ago I had a server with a bad network card. Every once in a while it would spew uncontrollable bytes onto the network. If you open a stunnel connection and it does that this could very well be the problem. If it cheap, try changing the network card. If not, you should be able to look in your firewall/router and it will tell you who is sending what bytes to whomever. See if that machine is indeed streaming the bytes in massive quantities. If not, I would suspect your stunnel is getting stuck in it's own loop. There are a million reasons this can happen (well a few less than a million) - such as maybe a bad library in the FreeBSD or a bad choice in the Makefile - such as doing threads or something in a way your O/S does not like (I use threads=fork or whatever it is, instead of actual threading). You might tinker with some of the options that make the stunnel build and try different ones. Especially if stunnel was compiled on a different version of the O/S - could be differences in bytes in things and who knows what. That is all I can suggest beyond setting the debug level to 7 (I think is highest) and then watching the log file. Eric From: stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] On Behalf Of Murrey, Brian J. Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 10:57 AM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] CPU 100% We are running stunnel 5.49 on FreeBSD 11.2 and we're running into a problem once in a while. CPU pegs at 100% when we get an stunnel connection from one of our external devices. This affects 100% of all cores and we can't even log in to console. To mitigate this temporarily, we have a script running in the background to watch when stunnel begins to spike and restarts the daemon. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and so far I have been unable to distinguish what makes the connection do this to the CPU. Have any of you run in to this issue? Sincerely, Brian Murrey System Engineer II, IT Infrastructure _____ NOTICE: This message may contain privileged and confidential information and/or protected health information intended solely for the use of the named recipient and may be privileged or otherwise protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you should immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Do not disseminate, reproduce, or review this message or attachments if you are not the intended recipient. The sender or others may have legal rights restricting the dissemination of the information contained in this message and, as a result, remedies against you in the event of the improper dissemination of confidential information, trade secrets, personal information or privileged communications. This message is the work of the sender and does not necessarily reflect the position, views, or policies of TriMedx LLC or its affiliates. WARNING: The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed and may contain or transmit a virus or other illicit code. Neither TriMedx LLC or its affiliates accept liability for any damage attributable to viruses or illicit code transmitted through this message or an attachment.

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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 & Gmail security
by BOXI31 TEST 17 Oct '20

17 Oct '20

Hi all, To make "Stunnel 5.31" work with Gmail, I have to go in security settings of Gmail and "allow less secure apps to access my account". Is it mandatory ? Is it possible to set Stunnel to access Gmail without lowering it security level ? How ? I checked in log file TLS v1.2 is used by Stunnel but Gmail still consider it as a "less secure app." ! Regards, Steve

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Re: [stunnel-users] Multiple Instance of sTunnel on same machine
by Shah, Marmik 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

I would be connecting to different Vendors using sTunnel from my machine. I want to run multiple instance of sTunnel as hosted service on Window Server. How can I achieve that ? I can do that through Terminal but I want to install stunnel service per vendor (in Service Control Manager) so that I can manage them independently and stop or start based on Vendor's requirement. I can do this through Command Prompt. Thanks Marmik ............................................................................ For further important information about AllianceBernstein please click here http://www.alliancebernstein.com/disclaimer/email/disclaimer.html

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel-users Digest, Vol 171, Issue 16
by Johann Hörmann 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Am 25.10.18 um 12:00 schrieb stunnel-users-request(a)stunnel.org: > Send stunnel-users mailing list submissions to > stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > stunnel-users-request(a)stunnel.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > stunnel-users-owner(a)stunnel.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of stunnel-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian > jessie (Johann Hörmann) > 2. Re: stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on > debian jessie (Eric Eberhard) > 3. stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian > jessie (Jakob Hirsch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:29:18 +0200 > From: Johann Hörmann <support(a)hans-hoermann.de> > To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > Subject: [stunnel-users] stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL > 1.0.1t on debian jessie > Message-ID: <f9fb3d42-c0f2-dffd-e0b1-249d8e068081(a)hans-hoermann.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi, > > that's the log on a debian jessie, starting stunnel: > > 2018.10.24 ..: stunnel 5.06 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu platform > 2018.10.24 ..: Compiled with OpenSSL 1.0.1k 8 Jan 2015 > 2018.10.24 ..: Running with OpenSSL 1.0.1t 3 May 2016 > 2018.10.24 ..: Update OpenSSL shared libraries or rebuild stunnel > > All debian packages are upgraded: > $ sudo apt-get update > ... > $ sudo apt-get upgrade > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > $ > > $ dpkg -l|egrep 'openssl|stunnel' > ... > ii openssl 1.0.1t-1+deb8u9 > ... > ii stunnel4 3:5.06-2+deb8u1 > $ > > Guess the log tells the current stunnel-package is not linked against > openssl 1.0.1t lib yet. > > No pinning is active: > $ ls -l /etc/apt/preferences > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 4 2010 /etc/apt/preferences > $ > > Is that - stunnel not being linked against the current openssl-lib - a > serious problem? > Will there soon be a stunnel-package being linked against openssl 1.0.1t? > > > Thanks in Advance > -- > Hans > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:02:08 -0700 > From: "Eric Eberhard" <flash(a)vicsmba.com> > To: 'Johann Hörmann' <support(a)hans-hoermann.de>, > <stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org> > Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against > OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian jessie > Message-ID: <03bb01d46be5$40d264c0$c2772e40$(a)vicsmba.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Static linking is much easier, especially when put in a non-standard place, such as /usr/local/customer-name/lib -- this means if somebody does an update of say openssl alone you won't have this problem. You can also do it non-static as long as it is in a non-standard place and be pretty safe. > > My versions have stunnel 5.44 and openssl 1.0.2 -- works fine. It is static and keeps on ticking. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] On Behalf Of Johann Hörmann > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:29 AM > To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > Subject: [stunnel-users] stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian jessie > > Hi, > > that's the log on a debian jessie, starting stunnel: > > 2018.10.24 ..: stunnel 5.06 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu platform > 2018.10.24 ..: Compiled with OpenSSL 1.0.1k 8 Jan 2015 > 2018.10.24 ..: Running with OpenSSL 1.0.1t 3 May 2016 > 2018.10.24 ..: Update OpenSSL shared libraries or rebuild stunnel > > All debian packages are upgraded: > $ sudo apt-get update > ... > $ sudo apt-get upgrade > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > $ > > $ dpkg -l|egrep 'openssl|stunnel' > ... > ii openssl 1.0.1t-1+deb8u9 > ... > ii stunnel4 3:5.06-2+deb8u1 > $ > > Guess the log tells the current stunnel-package is not linked against openssl 1.0.1t lib yet. > > No pinning is active: > $ ls -l /etc/apt/preferences > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 4 2010 /etc/apt/preferences $ > > Is that - stunnel not being linked against the current openssl-lib - a serious problem? > Will there soon be a stunnel-package being linked against openssl 1.0.1t? > > > Thanks in Advance > -- > Hans > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list > stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:58:48 +0200 > From: Jakob Hirsch <jh(a)plonk.de> > To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > Subject: [stunnel-users] stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL > 1.0.1t on debian jessie > Message-ID: <a518f51f-180d-b1a3-96e1-c3f976dd1e42(a)Message-ID.plonk.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi, > > On 2018-10-24 17:29, Johann Hörmann wrote: >> Is that - stunnel not being linked against the current openssl-lib - a >> serious problem? > > It is usually not necessary to rebuild all packages using a specific lib > just because it got updated. > >> Will there soon be a stunnel-package being linked against openssl 1.0.1t? > > The debian people are doing that, so that would be something to ask > them, specifically the package maintainers (see > https://packages.debian.org/jessie/stunnel4) But since jessie support > ended last June and LTS won't rebuild , I would not hold my breath. > > Why do you care about this in the first place? You are using a stunnel > version that is 4 years old and got last patched more than 3 years ago. > If it's of any importance to you, you should really upgrade to stretch > (optionally with bpo) or at least use jessie-backports. > > > Regards > Jakob > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list > stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org > https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users > > > ------------------------------ > > End of stunnel-users Digest, Vol 171, Issue 16 > ********************************************** > Thanks a lot for your valuable advices, Eric and Jakob! Being just a dumb user, i supposed the distribution should stay 'in harmony': Ok now i know for oldstable this can be solved by backports or compiling stunnel with a static openssl-lib. Upgrading to stretch is not yet a choice because i am using stunnel with 'verify=3' which results in checking the self-signed client-certs at the server: Can't tell why but my cacert file was generated with a CAFile value of FALSE, which worked until jessie but at stretch the request results in a reject by the openssl-lib because of the FALSE-value. So first i have to renew and deploy all my customers certs - about 80 - with a stretch-conform cacert performing with CAFile=true. Hans -- https://hoermann-solutions.com

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stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian jessie
by Johann Hörmann 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Hi, that's the log on a debian jessie, starting stunnel: 2018.10.24 ..: stunnel 5.06 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu platform 2018.10.24 ..: Compiled with OpenSSL 1.0.1k 8 Jan 2015 2018.10.24 ..: Running with OpenSSL 1.0.1t 3 May 2016 2018.10.24 ..: Update OpenSSL shared libraries or rebuild stunnel All debian packages are upgraded: $ sudo apt-get update ... $ sudo apt-get upgrade 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. $ $ dpkg -l|egrep 'openssl|stunnel' ... ii openssl 1.0.1t-1+deb8u9 ... ii stunnel4 3:5.06-2+deb8u1 $ Guess the log tells the current stunnel-package is not linked against openssl 1.0.1t lib yet. No pinning is active: $ ls -l /etc/apt/preferences -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 4 2010 /etc/apt/preferences $ Is that - stunnel not being linked against the current openssl-lib - a serious problem? Will there soon be a stunnel-package being linked against openssl 1.0.1t? Thanks in Advance -- Hans

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian jessie
by Eric Eberhard 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Static linking is much easier, especially when put in a non-standard place, such as /usr/local/customer-name/lib -- this means if somebody does an update of say openssl alone you won't have this problem. You can also do it non-static as long as it is in a non-standard place and be pretty safe. My versions have stunnel 5.44 and openssl 1.0.2 -- works fine. It is static and keeps on ticking. Eric -----Original Message----- From: stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] On Behalf Of Johann Hörmann Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:29 AM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] stunnel 5.06 not yet linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1t on debian jessie Hi, that's the log on a debian jessie, starting stunnel: 2018.10.24 ..: stunnel 5.06 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu platform 2018.10.24 ..: Compiled with OpenSSL 1.0.1k 8 Jan 2015 2018.10.24 ..: Running with OpenSSL 1.0.1t 3 May 2016 2018.10.24 ..: Update OpenSSL shared libraries or rebuild stunnel All debian packages are upgraded: $ sudo apt-get update ... $ sudo apt-get upgrade 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. $ $ dpkg -l|egrep 'openssl|stunnel' ... ii openssl 1.0.1t-1+deb8u9 ... ii stunnel4 3:5.06-2+deb8u1 $ Guess the log tells the current stunnel-package is not linked against openssl 1.0.1t lib yet. No pinning is active: $ ls -l /etc/apt/preferences -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 4 2010 /etc/apt/preferences $ Is that - stunnel not being linked against the current openssl-lib - a serious problem? Will there soon be a stunnel-package being linked against openssl 1.0.1t? Thanks in Advance -- Hans _______________________________________________ stunnel-users mailing list stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org https://www.stunnel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stunnel-users

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Re: [stunnel-users] stunnel logging of OpenSSL error source file and line number?
by Eric Eberhard 20 Oct '18

20 Oct '18

Good idea and about as much fun as watching grass grow :) E From: stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] On Behalf Of Tom Hood Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 7:09 AM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] stunnel logging of OpenSSL error source file and line number? Hi, Was it by design that stunnel's logging of OpenSSL errors does not include the OpenSSL source file and line number? If not, please consider switching from ERR_get_error to ERR_get_error_line <https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/crypto/ERR_get_error_line.html> . Thanks, -- Tom

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