[stunnel-users] Connection refused, then connects

[Peter Pentchev]

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 01:54:47PM +1000, James Brown wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why It tries ::1:25 first and fails before connecting to 127.0.0.1:25?
> 
> 2019.05.17 13:48:34 LOG5[21]: Service [ssmtp465] accepted connection from ::ffff:192.168.1.76:49170
> 2019.05.17 13:48:34 LOG3[21]: s_connect: connect ::1:25: Connection refused (61)
> 2019.05.17 13:48:34 LOG5[21]: s_connect: connected 127.0.0.1:25
> 2019.05.17 13:48:34 LOG5[21]: Service [ssmtp465] connected remote server from 127.0.0.1:56701
> 
> /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf has:
> 
> [ssmtp465]
> client = no
> accept  = 465
> connect = 25
> options = NO_SSLv2
> #transparent = source

You have specified only a port number, not an address; thus, stunnel assumes
the local host address. You have not explicitly told it to only use IPv4
addresses, so it tries the IPv6 local host address (::1) first; when that
fails, it falls back to the IPv4 local host address (127.0.0.1).

If you change the line to "connect = 127.0.0.1:25" like for your other
service, it will go straight to the IPv4 local host address.

Hope that helps!

G'luck,
Peter

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