On Wed, 2016-03-30 10:54:29 +0000, Juhasz Gabor wrote:
Hi,
I am newbie in stunnel world so sorry for my question if it was already answered earlier.
I have the following task to solve somehow :
We have 1 server with 2 stunnel connections (any kind). We have e.g. http communicatoin via tunnels. Is there any support in stunnel to connect them somehow. Probably we do not need bidirectional communication.
[client1]----- stunnel 1---> [server]------stunnel2 ----->[client2]
So [client1] --> [client2]
If there is no support in stunnel do you have any idea how to do it?
Gabor, I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to accomplish. Let's start with nomenclature: o A server is a unit (hardware or software) that provides services, e.g. e-mail distribution. o A client is a unit that uses services a server provides. A client connects to a server if it wants to use a service. For that, the server listens on an address (e.g. IP host address and TCP port number) known to the client. For instance, a mail client establishes a TCP connection to TCP port 25 on a host running an SMTP mail server if it wants to send an e-mail. A server does not establish any connections to clients. It just listens on a known address and waits for clients to connect. If, in your example, 'client2' is a server according to my definition and 'client1' is a real client, then yes, stunnel could be used to e.g. encrypt the traffic between 'client1' and 'client2'. Ludolf -- Ludolf Holzheid Bihl+Wiedemann GmbH Floßwörthstraße 41 68199 Mannheim, Germany Tel: +49 621 33996-0 Fax: +49 621 3392239 mailto:lholzheid@bihl-wiedemann.de http://www.bihl-wiedemann.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Mannheim Geschäftsführer: Jochen Bihl, Bernhard Wiedemann Amtsgericht Mannheim, HRB 5796