[stunnel-users] TLS "translation" & 2-way auth

Igor Gatis igorgatis at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 12:58:47 CET 2017


Yep, that's exactly what I'm seeking for help here.

If we can abstract the 2-way bit for a second, I'd call this a "certificate
transcription" TLS tunnel.

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Vincent Deschenes <vdeschenes at stelvio.com>
wrote:

> Ho,
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> But that does not account for the A ->[TLS] ->B part.
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> I believe that my sample will listen for unencrypted connection only.
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> *From:* stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces at stunnel.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Vincent Deschenes
> *Sent:* Thursday, 9 November 2017 3:16 PM
> *To:* Igor Gatis <igorgatis at gmail.com>; stunnel-users at stunnel.org
> *Subject:* Re: [stunnel-users] TLS "translation" & 2-way auth
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> You need to have a section in your config file which listen for requests
> but also have the “client = yes” option with a cert and key like this:
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> [http_a_to_c]
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> client = yes
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> accept = port_number_to_listen_on_server_b
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> connect = server_c_address:443
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> cert = certificate.crt
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> key = private.key
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> cert and key are the certificate and private key server B uses to identify
> itself on server C.
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> You could also add more options to specify a trustore to specify which
> cert coming from server C server B will trust, otherwise server B will
> simply allow the connection.
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> Good Luck
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> *From:* stunnel-users [mailto:stunnel-users-bounces at stunnel.org
> <stunnel-users-bounces at stunnel.org>] *On Behalf Of *Igor Gatis
> *Sent:* Thursday, 9 November 2017 1:14 PM
> *To:* stunnel-users at stunnel.org
> *Subject:* [stunnel-users] TLS "translation" & 2-way auth
>
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> Consider scenario below:
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> Server A   ==TLS==> Server B  ==TLS+2WayAuth==> Server C
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> Server A needs to connect to Server C through Server B which runs Stunnel.
> Server C requires 2-way authentication. I have full control over Server A
> and Server B and Server C belongs to a third-party.
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> What does Stunnel config should look like?
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