April 2024 - 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 - client conexion close by TLS alert (write) fatal decode error
by Rodigo Alvarez 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

Hi All! I would appreciate any clue to solve the problem we are having with a client mode service that stopped working this week (we verified that the service works directly without stunnel). The error I identify in the trace is the following: "TLS alert (write): fatal: decode error" Stunnel Config (windows version): [afip-prod-fce] client = yes accept = ARSASSRV4DMS06:1031 connect = serviciosjava.afip.gob.ar:443 debug = 7 ws: https://serviciosjava.afip.gob.ar/wsfecred/FECredService Complete trace: 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: stunnel 5.71 on x64-pc-mingw32-gnu platform 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 3.1.3 19 Sep 2023 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: Threading:WIN32 Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 TLS:ENGINE,OCSP,PSK,SNI 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: Reading configuration from file C:\Program Files (x86)\stunnel\config\stunnel.conf 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: UTF-8 byte order mark detected 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: FIPS mode disabled 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG4[main]: Service [afip-prod-fce] needs authentication to prevent MITM attacks 2024.01.24 09:28:46 LOG5[main]: Configuration successful 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG7[0]: Service [afip-prod-fce] started 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG7[0]: Setting local socket options (FD=892) 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG7[0]: Option TCP_NODELAY set on local socket 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG5[0]: Service [afip-prod-fce] accepted connection from 10.70.162.24:57723 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG6[0]: s_connect: connecting 200.1.116.19:443 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG7[0]: s_connect: s_poll_wait 200.1.116.19:443: waiting 10 seconds 2024.01.24 09:29:23 LOG7[0]: FD=896 ifds=rwx ofds=--- 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG5[0]: s_connect: connected 200.1.116.19:443 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG5[0]: Service [afip-prod-fce] connected remote server from 10.72.0.69:64788 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Setting remote socket options (FD=896) 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Option TCP_NODELAY set on remote socket 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Remote descriptor (FD=896) initialized 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: SNI: sending servername: serviciosjava.afip.gob.ar 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: Peer certificate not required 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): before SSL initialization 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Initializing application specific data for session authenticated 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS write client hello 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS write client hello 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS read server hello 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: CERT: Certificate verification disabled 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: CERT: Certificate verification disabled 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: CERT: Certificate verification disabled 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS read server certificate 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS read server key exchange 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: OCSP stapling: Client callback called 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: OCSP: Certificate chain verification disabled 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: Client certificate not requested 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS read server done 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS write client key exchange 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS write change cipher spec 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS write finished 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS write finished 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS read change cipher spec 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS state (connect): SSLv3/TLS read finished 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: New session callback 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Peer certificate was cached (6643 bytes) 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: Session id: D63C79766AC02C9A3E8494AD528954A183E9F7C250856695BA05C16A2219A4B3 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: 1 client connect(s) requested 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: 1 client connect(s) succeeded 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: 0 client renegotiation(s) requested 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: 0 session reuse(s) 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: TLS connected: new session negotiated 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: TLSv1.2 ciphersuite: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128-bit encryption) 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: Peer temporary key: ECDH, P-256, 256 bits 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Compression: null, expansion: null 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Remove session callback 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: TLS alert (write): fatal: decode error 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG6[0]: TLS socket closed (SSL_read) 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Sent socket write shutdown 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG5[0]: Connection closed: 1755 byte(s) sent to TLS, 634 byte(s) sent to socket 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Remote descriptor (FD=896) closed 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Local descriptor (FD=892) closed 2024.01.24 09:29:24 LOG7[0]: Service [afip-prod-fce] finished (0 left) Thank you! Kind regards, Rodrigo.

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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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use openvpn service through socks
by Alberto P 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Hi, I have a paying vpn service that offers a few connection modes but no socks or http proxy Is it possible to use stunnel to 1) connect to the vpn service via openvpn (I have server_name, user, pass, config file) 2) make this vpn available through a socks5 proxy on my local network or localhost ? Any help with config files would be greatly appreciated

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Next release of stunnel
by Heyes, Chad (Coral Springs) 25 Apr '24

25 Apr '24

Hello, We have a number of clients currently using stunnel to communicate securely from emulator software to our Unisys host. We have been coordinating with them when stunnel need to be updated. Is there a plan to update stunnel version anytime soon? I understand that it may be a 'last minute' decision based on security vulnerabilities. However, any advance notice would be helpful. Thanks, Chad Heyes Software Architect, Advisory Product Development, Bank Solutions Fiserv www.fiserv.com<http://www.fiserv.com/> Fiserv<http://links.mkt030.com/ctt?kn=3&ms=MjI3MTE3NzAS1&r=MjE1MjQ1MjA0Mjk5S0&b=0&…> | Join Our Team<http://links.mkt030.com/ctt?kn=7&ms=MjI3MTE3NzAS1&r=MjE1MjQ1MjA0Mjk5S0&b=0&…> | Twitter<http://links.mkt030.com/ctt?kn=1&ms=MjI3MTE3NzAS1&r=MjE1MjQ1MjA0Mjk5S0&b=0&…> | LinkedIn<http://links.mkt030.com/ctt?kn=5&ms=MjI3MTE3NzAS1&r=MjE1MjQ1MjA0Mjk5S0&b=0&…> | Facebook<http://links.mkt030.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=MjI3MTE3NzAS1&r=MjE1MjQ1MjA0Mjk5S0&b=0&…> FORTUNE Magazine World's Most Admired Companies(r) 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 (c) 2018 Fiserv Inc. or its affiliates. Fiserv is a registered trademark of Fiserv Inc. Privacy Policy

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Re: TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 - unable to disable
by Josealf.rm 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

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TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 - unable to disable
by Alan Flores 23 Apr '24

23 Apr '24

Hello: I have not been able to get STunnel to disable these protocols. In the STunnel.conf file I put in the line sslVersionMin = TLSv1.2 I have disabled these in windows 2019 via reg keys But this has not stopped scans from seeing TLSv1.0 and 1.1 Any help would be appreciated stunnel 5.72 on x64-pc-mingw32-gnu platform Windows server 2019 Compiled/running with OpenSSL 3.2.1 30 Jan 2024 Alan Flores Enterprise Support Specialist Enterprise Application Systems E: Alan.Flores(a)Valpo.edu <http://www.valpo.edu> 1700 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso, IN 46383

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using a socks5 with user/name authentication
by Alberto P 21 Apr '24

21 Apr '24

Hello, I have a vpn service that provides a socks5 proxy using user/pass authentication. Using stunnel would allow me to use the service with other clients that allow for a socks5 proxy but normally no authentication. Could anybody tell me 1) is what I'd like feasible ? 2)How do I provide user/pass to the configuration file ? Your help would be very appreciated ! alberto

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Wondering if process to create the g2.pem file is available?
by Michael D. Setzer II 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

Was wondering if the process to create the g2.pem file you shared is available. It does work with changes to the stunnel.conf file for both the smtp1.guam.net and mail.guam.net [guampop] client=yes accept = 127.0.0.1:20996 connect = mail.guam.net:995 debug = 7 verifyChain = yes CApath = /etc/ssl/certs CAfile = /etc/stunnel/g2.pem checkHost = mail.guam.net OCSPaia = yes [guamsmtp] client=yes accept = 127.0.0.1:20466 connect = smtp1.guam.net:465 debug = 7 verifyChain = yes CApath = /etc/ssl/certs CAfile = /etc/stunnel/g2.pem checkHost = smtp1.guam.net OCSPaia = yes Not sure the the g2.pem would work for all time, or has an expiration date. Thanks. +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com mailto:msetzerii@gmx.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+

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