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Please need urgent help
by Alix Janeth Jerez 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Hi, I have installed the last stunnel version 5.4.9, i get this fatal error [cid:60207984-5796-4d47-986e-21551ff82966] The stunnel.conf is configured so: debug = 7 output = stunnel.log # GLOBAL OPTIONS client = yes taskbar=yes [SMTP Outgoing] protocol = smtp accept = 172.31.41.84:117 connect = smtp.outlook.com:587 checkHost = smtp.outlook.com verifyChain = yes CAfile = ca-certs.pem OCSPaia = yes cert = stunnel.pem I tried to enable this option ; Enable support for the insecure SSLv3 protocol options = -NO_SSLv3 But stunnel does't work. Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards,

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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 24 Oct '18

24 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 19 Oct '18

19 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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stunnel logging of OpenSSL error source file and line number?
by Tom Hood 19 Oct '18

19 Oct '18

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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Re: [stunnel-users] CPU 100%
by Eric Eberhard 19 Oct '18

19 Oct '18

Somewhere there is a physical network card - checking the firewall/router for traffic is a good idea no matter what it is running on. VMs have lots of clever software to isolate each instance (including resources) and you may be being streamed at a rate the VM as whole can handle, and your isolated VM cannot. And setting the debug level up is still a good idea. And forcing core files and using a debugger is still a good idea. And trying inetd mode is still a good idea. You need to narrow your focus and each of these suggestions will tell you something that narrows the problem. Eric From: Murrey, Brian J. [mailto:Brian.Murrey@trimedx.com] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 7:14 AM To: Eric Eberhard <flash(a)vicsmba.com>; stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] CPU 100% Thank you Eric, this server is a VM running under vSphere 6.5 and has no physical network card. From: Eric Eberhard <flash(a)vicsmba.com <mailto:flash@vicsmba.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:56 PM To: Murrey, Brian J. <Brian.Murrey(a)trimedx.com <mailto:Brian.Murrey@trimedx.com> >; stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org <mailto:stunnel-users@stunnel.org> Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] CPU 100% 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 <mailto:stunnel-users@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. 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Re: [stunnel-users] Windows stunnel Command Line Configuration File Location
by Eric Eberhard 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

If it reading from .\config . then I would try putting the path in quotes. If it fails to read the one in \temp but is not reading anything, I would check permissions on the directory and file (easy test is set "everyone" to full permissions, at least as a test). You have to do the entire directory tree (in the case of c:\temp it is just that directory) and the file. Eric From: stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:59 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: [stunnel-users] Windows stunnel Command Line Configuration File Location I would like to be able to run stunnel interactively on Windows, but specify a different location for the configuration file. When I looked at the help output, it stated that you could pass a parameter for "[<filename>]". I assumed I could put a path on there, but it does not appear to work. For example, I tried running "stunnel.exe C:\temp\stunnel.conf", but it would not find the configuration file even though it is there. Is there a way to do what I am trying to do or does the config file have to be in a folder "..\config"? Thanks.

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Re: [stunnel-users] CPU 100%
by Eric Eberhard 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

One other suggestion - run it in inetd mode. This is MUCH simpler, stunnel will not have to do as much forking and managing and so forth. The O/S will do all that. I know - it is a little less efficient. However, I have found on modern Centos and AIX computers that even with very high volumes it makes no measurable difference. If nothing else, it is another debugging technique. Especially if the runaway process is the parent process . because that does not exist under inetd mode. Eric From: stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org] On Behalf Of Murrey, Brian J. Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 11:09 AM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] CPU 100% We have one service, connecting stunnel to another application. Relevant configuration: [vpn] client = no accept = 172.17.102.122:443 exec = /usr/sbin/ppp execargs = ppp -direct vpn pty = yes Brian From: Vincent Deschenes <vdeschenes(a)stelvio.com <mailto:vdeschenes@stelvio.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 2:05 PM To: Murrey, Brian J. <Brian.Murrey(a)trimedx.com <mailto:Brian.Murrey@trimedx.com> >; stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org <mailto:stunnel-users@stunnel.org> Subject: RE: [stunnel-users] CPU 100% Just a silly idea, but is it possible you have a re-entrant configuration for one service, one that connect back to itself creating a loop? Vincent Deschenes Ing. PMP From: stunnel-users <stunnel-users-bounces(a)stunnel.org <mailto:stunnel-users-bounces@stunnel.org> > On Behalf Of Murrey, Brian J. Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2018 1:57 PM To: stunnel-users(a)stunnel.org <mailto:stunnel-users@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. _____ CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not open links or attachments you were not expecting, even from known senders, and use caution when responding. Please contact the Service Desk if in doubt regarding the legitimacy of this email. _____ 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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