[stunnel-users] stunnel4 with exec as service for securing pop3

[Ross Richardson]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:59:41 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> I would like to run the stunnel4 daemon in order to provide a pop3s service by
> using a pop server (solid-pop3d).
> The following configuration file doesn't work (the pop3 server doesn't start, I
> think) and I would like to ask for any hints.
> 
> --stunnel.conf>>>
> 
> cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel4.pem
> 
> sslVersion = SSLv3
> 
> [pop3s]
> accept  = 995
> exec     = /usr/sbin/solid-pop3d
> execargs = solid-pop3d
> 
> <<<stunnel.conf--
> 
> I would expect stunnel4 to start up solid-pop3d every time someone connects to
> port 995 and communicate to solid-pop3d, just like inetd would do, if configured
> to serve solid-pop3d.
> 
> By the way, I have opened the service "pop3s" in /etc/hosts.allow.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
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Does /etc/hosts.allow contain an entry for solid-pop3d permitting
connections from localhost?

Cheers,
	rlr