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SSL session caching with multiple clients through stunnel to an https server
by Paul McGarry 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Hi there, I have an application where apache/php processes make SOAP requests over https to a single remote server (which is IIS I think). I am trying to cut down the time each request takes. In it's current configuration I think some time will be wasted as the php client and IIS server handshake to set up a new SSL connection for each request, thereby adding (at least) twice the network latency between the two servers to each request. (As far as I can tell there is no way to make php SOAP use some kind of persistant connection or SSL cache when talking to the server) I am wondering if I pushed the soap requests as http through stunnel whether stunnel would be more efficient with SSL connections or whether it will just create a new tunnel with a new ssl session for each request it receives? Does anyone have any advice? Paul

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MS Outlook verify = 2 using problem
by FFT` 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Good Day! I'm using Stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 on Fedora-like Linux server. stunnel.conf consists: _______________________________________________________________________________ cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/server.crt key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/server.pem ; Protocol version (all, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1) ;sslVersion = SSLv3 ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 chroot = /usr/local/var/stunnel/ setuid = nobody setgid = nobody ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.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 =/usr/local/etc/stunnel/certs ; It's often easier to use CAfile CAfile = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/ca.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/crl.pem ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = stunnel.log ; Service-level configuration [pop3s] accept = 995 connect = 110 ________________________________________________________________________ PKI consists: ROOT_CA CA MAIL_CON_CA SERVER CLIENT server.crt - Server certificate in PEM Format; server.pem - Server key in PEM Format with nopassword ca.pem - ROOT_CA, CA, MAIL_CON_CA certificates in PEM format. When I am using MS Outlook mail Client , there are some PROBLEM with connections to SERVER:995 stunnel.log consists: ______________________________________________ 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG5[16668:1074107776]: stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG5[16668:1074107776]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG6[16668:1074107776]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed with 'ulimit -n') 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG6[16668:1074107776]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit for file descriptors 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG5[16668:1074107776]: 500 clients allowed 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: FD 6 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: FD 8 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16668:1074107776]: pop3s bound to 0.0.0.0:995 2007.12.05 14:57:39 LOG7[16669:1074107776]: Created pid file /stunnel.pid 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074107776]: pop3s accepted FD=10 from 192.168.1.205:2129 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: pop3s started 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG5[16669:1074228016]: pop3s accepted connection from 192.168.1.205:2129 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): before/accept initialization 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 read client hello A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write server hello A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 write certificate request A 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL state (accept): SSLv3 flush data 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: SSL alert (write): fatal: handshake failure 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG3[16669:1074228016]: SSL_accept: 140890C7: error:140890C7:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:peer did not return a certificate 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG5[16669:1074228016]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.12.05 14:57:48 LOG7[16669:1074228016]: pop3s finished (0 left) ______________________________________________ I load all Server, CA , and client certificate in SYSTEM, but there is NO Connection. Please help Me with Stunnel and Outlook using.

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by Harmon, Paul 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Ok Guys, I hate to be a nuisance. But I encountered an error coming out o the Stunnel configuration in LINUX. First what does it mean when Stunnel is in INETD mode? Does this imply certain configuration restrictions and why? Thanks, Paul Harmon

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Help using Stunnel-4.XX
by Harmon, Paul 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi Folks, Well I know a little more now than before. The version of Stunnel I'm using is Stunnel 4.05 running under Fedora 7.0. I am trying to setup a test scenario at the moment where I am running a stream socket between a client and a server, both mine since this is a test scenario. I need thisese programs to connect over a secure socket and the exchange of data is a custom application. I've read through Barry O'donovan's article and that seems to give me the information on how to configure and use Stunnel on the server side. It is not clear to me yet, what I need to do to the client side. Is there anyone out there who has done this type of thing and could give me some help? Thanks in advance, Paul Harmon

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Problem with stunnel 4.20 on Fedora 7
by Andrew M Dunn 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

[Oh wise list folks... I haven't seen any responses to this. Does anybody have any experience either with using stunnel on Fedora 7, or with the particular error? I cannot find any other hints or reasons as to why the resolution is failing... Andy] ----original message------ I can't get stunnel to run on a freshly-installed Fedora 7 system. It fails with "Error resolving '0.0.0.0': servname is not supported for ai_socktype" but the usual other causes of that error (ie. ports not defined in /etc/services, bad settings in /etc/nsswitch.conf) are not the culprit this time. COMMAND LINE: /usr/sbin/stunnel /home/amdunn/security/stunnel.conf COMMAND OUTPUT: 2007.08.29 11:44:12 LOG3[13614:3086243520]: Error resolving '0.0.0.0': servname is not supported for ai_socktype (EAI_SERVICE) file /home/amdunn/security/stunnel.conf line 10: Failed to resolve accepting address STUNNEL.CONF FILE: ; ; stunnel file for testing 443 access to local http server ; cert=/home/amdunn/security/xxxxxxx key=/home/amdunn/security/yyyyyyy foreground=yes ; ; [sweb] accept=443 ; https port connect=80 ; standard httpd listening port TIMEOUTclose=0 ; must set this or IE waits 60sec on page end client=no STUNNEL -VERSION OUTPUT: stunnel 4.20 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006 Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP Global options debug = 5 pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid RNDbytes = 64 RNDfile = /dev/urandom RNDoverwrite = yes Service-level options cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem ciphers = ALL:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH key = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem session = 300 seconds sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none

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zlib compression not working
by webmaster＠escoltesiguies.cat 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

I have configured both windows client and linux server (samba) with zlib compression: compression = zlib But I have transferred a txt file of 100Mb in 40 minutes and the same file compressed with gzip (22Mb) in 14 minutes. So I thing compression is not working. Client log tells: Compression enabled using zlib method and server log: Compression enabled using zlib method How can I verify comression is working? maybe compression is working but it is poor?

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About stunnel 4.21 daemon mode
by wei hu 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear I had successfully installed stunnel 4.21 on my server, but after I edited the file stunnel.conf and startup the stunnel, I can't find the stunnel via the "ps -ef" command.Then I have found such error message in the log file: 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG5[28550:3085354688]: stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu wi th OpenSSL 0.9.7f 22 Mar 2005 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG5[28550:3085354688]: Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets :POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG6[28550:3085354688]: file ulimit = 1024 (can be changed w ith 'ulimit -n') 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG6[28550:3085354688]: poll() used - no FD_SETSIZE limit fo r file descriptors 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG5[28550:3085354688]: 500 clients allowed 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: FD 9 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: FD 10 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: FD 11 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept so cket 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG7[28550:3085354688]: sproxy bound to 0.0.0.0:83 2007.11.27 07:42:28 LOG3[28556:3085354688]: Failed to get GID for group nobody Do somebody knows how to get GID for group nobody? My nobody group is sured to work correctly with Squid. The config file about group: ; Some security enhancements for UNIX systems - comment them out on Win32 chroot = /usr/local/var/lib/stunnel/ setuid = nobody setgid = nobody ; PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /stunnel.pid The command "stunnel -version" response: [root@vps stunnel]# /usr/local/bin/stunnel -version stunnel 4.21 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.7f 22 Mar 2005 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:!ADH:+RC4:@STRENGTH key = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem session = 300 seconds sslVersion = SSLv3 for client, all for server TIMEOUTbusy = 300 seconds TIMEOUTclose = 60 seconds TIMEOUTconnect = 10 seconds TIMEOUTidle = 43200 seconds verify = none The command "/usr/local/bin/stunnel" response: [root@vps stunnel]# /usr/local/bin/stunnel 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Snagged 64 random bytes from /root/.rnd 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Wrote 1024 new random bytes to /root/.rnd 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Certificate: /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Certificate loaded 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Key file: /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: Private key loaded 2007.11.27 07:27:27 LOG7[13697:3085354688]: SSL context initialized for service sproxy Best Regards, HuWei

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Re: [stunnel-users] More questions on RDP and port forwarding
by richard.woodman＠cox.net 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Carter, Thanks. With the exception of the client's loopback address in the hosts file, I have a very similar configuration. I have created an inbound rule (Custom service with an inbound rule declaration but no outbound rule) that looks just like my inbound RDP rules - I even reviewed the configuration file and the stunnel rule had the same commands as the RDP rule. However, RDP works through the firewall but stunnel does not. My Windows firewall has an exception for stunnel with a scope of "Internet" and the stunnel server works from within the corporate network. Meaning, I think, that the Windows firewall is not denying the connection (at least from within the same subnet). I am not a Windows AD guy, but is there a way to prevent network connections without using the Windows firewall? I mean, can a GPO be created that prevents connections from IP addresses not on the same subnet but that does not use the OS's firewall? If so, this could be the issue because from what I can see, neither the Watchguard nor the Windows firewalls are blocking the connection; yet I still cannot connect. Richard Carter Browne wrote: I use stunnel to protect RDP for a couple of sites using a mix of Watchguard Edge and V series firewalls. For computer ABC that I want to connect to, I create an entry in the hosts file: 127.0.0.n ABCs (where n is greater than 1) On the client side I have an entry: [ABC-RDP] accept = ADCs:12345 connect = ABC:54321 client = yes On the server sid I have an entry: [RDP-IN] accept = 54321 connect = 3389 client = no Port 54321 is enabled in both the Watchguard and the Windows firewalls. Using the 127.n.n.n ports are not processed by the firewalls. You can use 127.0.0.1 for everything, but I needed to connect to more that one host and wanted a standard setup. I have had a number of users confused by this setup whereby the program references a local port to connect to a remote computer. For stunnel, it is the connect string that determines the destination, so any local port works fine for the accept string. Carter

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Problems accessing samba
by webmaster＠escoltesiguies.cat 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

I have a winXP machine which should connect to a linux samba. Everything installed following http://wiki.netbsd.se/index.php/How_to_secure_samba_with_stunnel but it don't connect. I have both loglevels set to 7, and as serverlog don't change I thing the error is at clientside. stunnel.conf is: client=yes debug = 7 [smb] accept=222.222.222.222:139 connect=85.48.253.144:8888 And the client log is: 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: PRNG seeded successfully 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Certificate: stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Certificate loaded 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Key file: stunnel.pem 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: Private key loaded 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG7[3716:720]: SSL context initialized for service smb 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG5[3716:720]: stunnel 4.21 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG5[3716:720]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 2007.11.27 12:46:58 LOG5[3716:3292]: No limit detected for the number of clients 2007.11.27 12:46:59 LOG7[3716:3292]: FD 216 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:46:59 LOG7[3716:3292]: SO_REUSEADDR option set on accept socket 2007.11.27 12:46:59 LOG7[3716:3292]: smb bound to 222.222.222.222:139 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:3292]: smb accepted FD=248 from 88.31.107.217:1625 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:3292]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:3292]: New thread created 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: smb started 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: FD 248 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG5[3716:4028]: smb accepted connection from 88.31.107.217:1625 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: FD 272 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: smb connecting 85.48.253.144:8888 2007.11.27 12:47:15 LOG7[3716:4028]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3292]: smb accepted FD=308 from 88.31.107.217:1628 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3292]: Creating a new thread 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3292]: New thread created 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: smb started 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: FD 308 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: TCP_NODELAY option set on local socket 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG5[3716:3012]: smb accepted connection from 88.31.107.217:1628 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: FD 340 in non-blocking mode 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: smb connecting 85.48.253.144:8888 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:3012]: connect_wait: waiting 10 seconds 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG6[3716:4028]: connect_wait: s_poll_wait timeout 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG5[3716:4028]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.27 12:47:25 LOG7[3716:4028]: smb finished (1 left) 2007.11.27 12:47:35 LOG6[3716:3012]: connect_wait: s_poll_wait timeout 2007.11.27 12:47:35 LOG5[3716:3012]: Connection reset: 0 bytes sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket 2007.11.27 12:47:35 LOG7[3716:3012]: smb finished (0 left) Where is the problem? Thanks

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VeriSign Intermediate CA Certificate issue.
by Unai Rodriguez 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear All, I am trying to set an https layer using stunnel. I am having problems with the intermediary certificate since it appears broken to the user. You may find a screenshot here: http://u-journal.org/stunnel/Root_Cert_Err.jpg My stunnel version is: 3.26 running on Debian 3.1 I run stunnel as standalone with this parameters: stunnel -d 10.123.16.103:443 -D 7 -R /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.rnd \ -p /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem -o /var/log/stunnel/stunnel.log \ -r 10.123.16.103:80 -N https You may find the output of my stunnel -V here: http://pastebin.ca/793495 uname -a: Linux lb2-dp-vm 2.6.8-3-686 #1 Tue Dec 5 21:26:38 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux openssl version: OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004 So, if I create my /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem file like this: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- rsa_priv_key -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- secured.behringer.com_certificate -----END CERTIFICATE----- -- OR -- -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- rsa_priv_key -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- secured.behringer.com_certificate -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- VeriSign Intermediate CA Certificate (https://www.verisign.com.sg/support/ssl/install/intermediate/secure.shtml) -----END CERTIFICATE----- I get the mentioned error. If I create the /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem like this: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- rsa_priv_key -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- VeriSign Intermediate CA Certificate (https://www.verisign.com.sg/support/ssl/install/intermediate/secure.shtml) -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- secured.behringer.com_certificate -----END CERTIFICATE----- I get the error: "[...] X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch" You may see the log here: http://pastebin.ca/793500 Any clues on what am I doing wrong? Thank you so much! unai

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