Using stunnel for
NNTPS. Stunnel starts without any apparent problems (log looks normal), but
simply doesn't intercept packets from my news reader. There is no activity in
the log and sniffing the packets shows everything happening on 119. My
understanding of the concept is that there are no configuration changes needed
in the newsreader; IOW, I leave it pointing to the unsecured NNTP server with
the port set to 119. I fear I'm missing something very
obvious.
BTW, I've confirmed
the ability to use NNTPS with this particular server by using Outlook Express,
which is compatible with NNTPS.
Version: 4.20; I
used the Windows binary. Running XP.
Config:
; Some performance
tunings
socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1
socket =
r:TCP_NODELAY=1
; Some debugging
stuff useful for troubleshooting
debug = 7
output =
stunnel.log
; Use it for client
mode
client = yes
; Service-level
configuration
[nntps]
accept = 192.168.1.101:119
connect =
secure.news.easynews.com:563
Log:
2007.12.28 22:24:46
LOG5[6640:6644]: stunnel 4.20 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep
2006
2007.12.28 22:24:46 LOG5[6640:6644]: Threading:WIN32 SSL:ENGINE
Sockets:SELECT,IPv6
2007.12.28 22:24:46 LOG5[6640:5936]: No limit detected
for the number of clients
2007.12.28 22:24:46 LOG7[6640:5936]: FD 196 in
non-blocking mode
2007.12.28 22:24:46 LOG7[6640:5936]: SO_REUSEADDR option
set on accept socket
2007.12.28 22:24:46 LOG7[6640:5936]: nntps bound to
192.168.1.101:119