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malformed packets - follow-up
by Jean-Yves F. Barbier 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi list, After asking a friend about these errors, it appear they come from large packets reassembly; so my questions are: does it come from stunnel or http-tunnel? & if it is stunnel, is there an easy way to fine tune the max packet size? JY -- We totally deny the allegations, and we're trying to identify the allegators.

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Stunnel to IRC (quakenet)
by s 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Greetings all, I'm trying to set up stunnel for use with IRC for the first time, and everything appears to work dandy until I try to connect to connect to the various servers, I which I receive errors of the following type: 2011.01.31 16:06:39 LOG5[2212:2640]: Service 6001 accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:37345 2011.01.31 16:06:39 LOG5[2212:2640]: connect_blocking: connected 213.131.156.50:6667 2011.01.31 16:06:39 LOG5[2212:2640]: Service 6001 connected remote server from 10.1.4.13:37346 2011.01.31 16:06:40 LOG3[2212:2640]: SSL_connect: 1408F10B: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number 2011.01.31 16:06:40 LOG5[2212:2640]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket Below is my stunnel.conf: cert = C:\temp\downloads\stunnel\stunnel.pem key = C:\temp\downloads\stunnel\stunnel.pem client = yes [6001] accept = 6001 connect = irc.quakenet.org:6667 [6002] accept = 6002 connect = irc.fu-berlin.de:6667 [6003] accept = 6003 connect = eu.undernet.org:6667 [6004] accept = 6004 connect = irc.servercentral.net:6667 Can anyone explain to me the significance of my error? Thank you very much, S

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malformed packets
by Jean-Yves F. Barbier 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

server: xp sp3, 4.34, http-tunnel (192.168.1.251) client: vm virtualbox xp sp3 under Debian Linux sid, 4.34, http-tunnel purpose: secured tunneling of an RDP access =================== Hi list, As I made a wireshark packet analysis, I noticed that *every* packet coming from the server id tagged [Malformed Packet], ie: No Time Source SrcP Destination DstP Protocol 620 37.247880 192.168.1.251 443 192.168.1.26 1062 SSLv3 Info Continuation Data [Malformed Packet] The protocols analyse window says 25% packets are malformed. Could you tell me where it comes from, if it generates extra traffic and if so, how I can fix that? (this setup will be used on a laptop that connect to the internet with a cell phone, so each byte has a cost.) JY -- You will be dead within a year.

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How to define stunnel.conf so openvpn packet will go thru stunnel to as HTTP?
by Guy Sapir 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

Hi, >From what I read the examples in stunnel site it possible to wrap VPN's using Stunnel tool. Is it possible to do it for openvpn packets? I can configure thru the openvpn configurations that it packets will go thru port 80 and use TCP but the packets are not http pure. I need to wrap this packets using the stunnel tool. The purpose is to use openvpn over http. I will appreceate if someone can give me a solution for combinig Stunnel and openvpn if possible. Thanks

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s_poll_wait timeout: connection reset
by manoj kumar 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Hi, We have a problem in our production system. Need help to isolate the cause. Want to know whether issue is with stunnel. We are not in situation to upgrade, since we are in production. Your help is appreciated. Environment: 1) Client program(java in win desktops) connect to server (solaris) Stunnel port which is forwarded locally to an inetd program which connects to oracle database. ( 2 Tier Architecture ) 2) Setup worked for almost 2 years without any issue, suddenly since last September, we have connection reset issue on app clients intermittently. 3) almost lots of clients ( in 100's ) get reset and we find 100's of below messages in /var/adm/messages file of solaris. stunnel: [ID 821868 daemon.info] LOG6[21204:5272]: s_poll_wait timeout: connection reset stunnel: [ID 821868 daemon.notice] LOG5[21204:4804]: Connecti on reset: 1867341 bytes sent to SSL, 55211 bytes sent to socket 4) After reset, Client attempt to relogin works without any issue. there is no pattern of load, time, no of users. 5) all the database, inetd program, stunnel runs with oracle userid 6) No other OS related, resource related errors in /var/adm/messages. 7) At this point, i dont have stunnel debug log during the problem occurrence , since we have cron job that recycles logs. if required will send later. 8) Interms of change happend before the first occurance of issue, we did CPU/RAM upgrade, Oracle Database CPU Patch. But database team says no errors reported on oracle side during reset. 9) Max users on database is around 1024, which our max users is 300. ******************************************************************** Config: #/usr/local/bin/stunnel -version stunnel 4.25 on sparc-sun-solaris2.10 with OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 (+ security fixes for: CVE-2005-2969 CVE-2006-2937 CVE-2006-2940 CVE-2006-3738 CVE-2006-4339 CVE-2006-4343 CVE-2007-5135 CVE-2007-3108 CVE-2008-5077 CVE-2009-0590 CVE-2009-3555) Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP Global options debug = 5 pid = /usr/local/var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem ciphers = ALL:!DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:!DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:!AES256-SHA:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 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 ------------------------------------------------- #uname -a SunOS xxxxxxxxxx 5.10 Generic_144488-02 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise --------------------------------------------------------------------- # gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.4.3/specs Configured with: /sfw10/builds/build/sfw10-patch/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure --prefix=/usr/sfw --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --without-gnu-as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 (+ security fixes for: CVE-2005-2969 CVE-2006-2937 CVE-2006-2940 CVE-2006-3738 CVE-2006-4339 CVE-2006-4343 CVE-2007-5135 CVE-2007-3108 CVE-2008-5077 CVE-2009-0590 CVE-2009-3555) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # more avaloq.conf ( Ssl config file we use /usr/local/bin/stunnel /opt/app/ssl/stunnel.conf ; Sample stunnel configuration file by Michal Trojnara 2002-2006 ; Some options used here may not be adequate for your particular configuration ; Please make sure you understand them (especially the effect of chroot jail) ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode cert = /opt/app/ssl/cert.pem key = /opt/app/ssl/cert.pem ; Protocol version (all, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1) sslVersion = all ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 ;chroot = /usr/local/var/lib/stunnel/ ;setuid = nobody ;setgid = nogroup ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /opt/app/ssl/avaloq_ssl/avaloq.pid ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ;compression = rle ; Workaround for Eudora bug ;options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS ; Authentication stuff ;verify = 2 ; Don't forget to c_rehash CApath ; CApath is located inside chroot jail ;CApath = /certs ; It's often easier to use CAfile ;CAfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/certs.pem ; Don't forget to c_rehash CRLpath ; CRLpath is located inside chroot jail ;CRLpath = /crls ; Alternatively you can use CRLfile ;CRLfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/crls.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = /db/avaloq/export/stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode ;client = yes ; Service-level configuration [application] accept =7766 connect =localhost:7767 TIMEOUTconnect = 60 ;[pop3s] ;accept = 995 ;connect = 110 ;[imaps] ;accept = 993 ;connect = 143 ;[ssmtp] ;accept = 465 ;connect = 25 ;[https] ;accept = 443 ;connect = 80 ;TIMEOUTclose = 0 ; vim:ft=dosini -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #netstat -an |grep 7766 |wc -l 249 Regards, kumar

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What legal issues come up if I use GPL-incompatible libraries with GPL software?
by Michal Trojnara 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Dear Users, I just noticed some people declare GPL license on stunnel patches. Since stunnel uses GPL license *with OpenSSL exception* (OpenSSL license is not GPL-compatible), it cannot be distributed if it is linked against any GPL code (patches, libraries) without this exception. It is still legal to distribute stunnel with patches that use GPL license with OpenSSL exception. Such patches constitute forks of stunnel and will *never* be accepted to my source tree. Third party patches rarely meet my quality criteria, but I occasionally accept patches released as public domain or having their copyright ownership transferred to me. Also see: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Fork_%28software_development… Mike

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Re: [stunnel-users] Multi Tunnel Support in STunnel
by Narendra Prasad Madanapalli 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

I'm sorry, if my previous mail explained the problem differently. Stunnel does load balancing when multiple connect statements are specified in a section as in the below mail. The scenario is something like http://mirt.net/pipermail/stunnel-users/2006-May/001139.html and explained below N servers each running a service of the same service-program (e.g: ip1:2345, ip2:2345, ... ipN:2345) A management server running on a different server (ipM:6789) is required to connect to all or a subset of the above servers through stunnel based on the user request. I couldn't find this feature supported by stunnel in the man page. I would appreciate if you provide any information on this. Thanks, Narendra. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Narendra Prasad Madanapalli wrote: > > connect = ip1:5678,ip2:5678,ip3:5678,...ipn:5678 > > > > Anyone can please let me know the steps to configure the stunnel if > > the support is already in place or provide your thoughts on the new > > support? > > > Use multiple "connect" options within a single section: > connect = ip1:5678 > connect = ip2:5678 > connect = ip3:5678 > ... > connect = ipn:5678 > > Reading The Fine Manual would answer your question. It's not that > hard to read the manual for "connect" before proposing any extensions > for this option. > Thanks, Narendra.

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Stunnel forwarding IP
by oscaruser＠programmer.net 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Folks, For my server daemon process, I am accepting incoming requests only from pre-seeded IP addrs. Using Stunnel, I am finding connecting IPs are '127.0.0.1' or localhost. Is there any configuration or solution to represent incoming IPs for the given file descriptor belonging to their originating IP addrs? Thank you.

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stunnel with FIPS and SIGHUP
by Eric Lambert 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Hello, I am having difficulting when running stunnel in FIPS mode and using a SIGHUP to get stunnel to re-read it's configuration file (for instance if I've changed a port # or IP address for one of the connections). This causes stunnel to call the SSL routine FIPS_mode_set() a second time after receiving the SIGHUP, which in turn attempts to reinitialize SSL. Unfortunately, OpenSSL does not support calling FIPS_mode_set(1) more than once. The initialization of SSL becomes incomplete as a result of the 2nd call and subsequent attempts to use stunnel to establish encrypted connections fail. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make this work (besides killing and restarting stunnel)? If not, I have a proposed fix (and there are multiple ways that this could be addressed). Anyway, my suggestion is to add the following two lines to the ssl_configure() function (found in the file "ssl.c"), right before the current FIPS_mode_set() routine is called: FIPS_mode_set(0); RAND_set_rand_method(NULL); The function currently looks like: int ssl_configure(void) { /* configure global SSL settings */ #ifdef USE_FIPS if(!FIPS_mode_set(global_options.option.fips)) { ERR_load_crypto_strings(); sslerror("FIPS_mode_set"); return 0; } s_log(LOG_NOTICE, "FIPS mode %s", global_options.option.fips ? "enabled" : "disabled"); #endif /* USE_FIPS */ : : } With the suggested fix, it would look as follows: int ssl_configure(void) { /* configure global SSL settings */ #ifdef USE_FIPS FIPS_mode_set(0); RAND_set_rand_method(NULL); if(!FIPS_mode_set(global_options.option.fips)) { ERR_load_crypto_strings(); sslerror("FIPS_mode_set"); return 0; } s_log(LOG_NOTICE, "FIPS mode %s", global_options.option.fips ? "enabled" : "disabled"); #endif /* USE_FIPS */ : : } Does the above seem reasonable. Could this change, or some other modification which would support using SIGHUP with FIPS, be considered for a future stunnel update? Thanks for your help.

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Multi Tunnel Support in STunnel
by Narendra Prasad Madanapalli 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Hi, Current stunnel implementation is based on peer-to-peer communication and it cannot be used in the environment where a management server wants to talk to multi-site server (i.e. an instance of server running in different sites). Multi Tunnel support for Stunnel enables a Management Server to communicate with Multisite Server. But it requires extending Stunnel with a new protocol whereby Management Server & Client Stunnel Process communicates. 1. The new stunnel conf for multi tunnel (keeping backward compatibility) look like [singleTunnelServiceName] accept = aport connect = ip:cport [serviceName] multitunnel = yes accept = 1234 connect = ip1:5678,ip2:5678,ip3:5678,...ipn:5678 Anyone can please let me know the steps to configure the stunnel if the support is already in place or provide your thoughts on the new support? Thanks, Narendra.

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