[stunnel-users] stunnel with netcat.

I'm hoping someone on this list will take the time to help me. I apologize for the newbie nature of this question.

I'm trying to create an SSL stunnel connection to an https URL then utilize netcat to send requests through that previously established link. I believe this should be possible.

My configuration file includes:

verify=0 client=yes

[https] accept=localhost:8080 connect=www.remotesite.com:443 TIMEOUTEclose=0 transparent=yes

Whenever I run:

# stunnel stunnel.config # nc -vv localhost 8080

I receive a connection refused error from netcat. Could someone point me in the right direction?

I did review the examples on stunnel.org but they all seem to reference an earlier version of stunnel.

Thanks,

Graeme