source: postlfs/security/stunnel.xml@ aa51c97

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  <!ENTITY stunnel-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.stunnel.org/stunnel/stunnel-&stunnel-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY stunnel-md5sum        "deab04ec8b78ec3102b36113b28b4cce">
  <!ENTITY stunnel-size          "576 KB">
  <!ENTITY stunnel-buildsize     "5.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY stunnel-time          "0.1 SBU">
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<sect1 id="stunnel" xreflabel="stunnel-&stunnel-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="stunnel.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>stunnel-&stunnel-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="stunnel">
    <primary sortas="a-stunnel">stunnel</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to stunnel</title>

    <para>The <application>stunnel</application> package contains a program
    that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL (Secure
    Sockets Layer) so you can easily communicate with clients over secure
    channels. <application>stunnel</application> can be used to add SSL
    functionality to commonly used <application>Inetd</application> daemons
    like POP-2, POP-3, and IMAP servers, to standalone daemons like NNTP,
    SMTP and HTTP, and in tunneling PPP over network sockets without changes
    to the server package source code.</para>

    &lfs76_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&stunnel-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&stunnel-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &stunnel-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &stunnel-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &stunnel-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &stunnel-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">stunnel Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="openssl"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/">tcpwrappers</ulink> and
      <ulink url="https://dist.torproject.org/">TOR</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/stunnel"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of stunnel</title>

    <para>The <command>stunnel</command> daemon will be run in a
    <command>chroot</command> jail by an unprivileged user. Create the
    new user and group using the following commands as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 51 stunnel &amp;&amp;
useradd -c "stunnel Daemon" -d /var/lib/stunnel \
        -g stunnel -s /bin/false -u 51 stunnel</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>A signed SSL Certificate and a Private Key is necessary to run the
      <command>stunnel</command> daemon.  Further below, after
      <command>make ... install</command>, we include instructions to generate
      them. However, if you own, or have already created a signed SSL
      Certificate you wish to use, copy it to
      <filename>/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem</filename> before starting the build
      (ensure only <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> has read and
      write access).  The <filename class="extension">.pem</filename> file must
      be formatted as shown below:</para>

<screen><literal>-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
<replaceable>&lt;many encrypted lines of private key&gt;</replaceable>
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
<replaceable>&lt;many encrypted lines of certificate&gt;</replaceable>
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
<replaceable>&lt;encrypted lines of dh parms&gt;</replaceable>
-----END DH PARAMETERS-----</literal></screen>
    </note>

    <para>Install <application>stunnel</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr        \
            --sysconfdir=/etc    \
            --localstatedir=/var \
            --disable-systemd    &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/stunnel-&stunnel-version; install</userinput></screen>

    <para>To create the <filename>stunnel.pem</filename> in the
    <filename class="directory">/etc/stunnel</filename> directory, 
    you need to create one.   The following command prompts you
    for the necessary information. Ensure you reply to the</para>
    
<screen><prompt>Common Name (FQDN of your server) [localhost]:</prompt></screen>

    <para>prompt with the name or IP address you will be using
    to access the service(s).</para>

    <para>To generate a certificate, as the 
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, run:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make cert</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--disable-systemd</parameter>: This switch disables
    systemd socket activation support, not available in BLFS.</para>

    <para><command>make docdir=... install</command>: This command installs the
    package, changes the documentation installation directory to standard
    naming conventions.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring stunnel</title>

    <sect3 id="stunnel-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="stunnel stunnel-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-stunnel-stunnel.conf">/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
      create the directory used for the
      <filename class="extension">.pid</filename> file that is created
      when the <application>stunnel</application> daemon starts:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m750 -o stunnel -g stunnel -d /var/lib/stunnel/run &amp;&amp;
chown stunnel:stunnel /var/lib/stunnel</userinput></screen>

      <para>Next, create a basic <filename>/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf</filename>
      configuration file using the following commands as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
<literal>; File: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf

; Note: The pid and output locations are relative to the chroot location.

pid    = /run/stunnel.pid
chroot = /var/lib/stunnel
client = no
setuid = stunnel
setgid = stunnel
cert   = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem

;debug = 7
;output = stunnel.log

;[https]
;accept  = 443
;connect = 80
;; "TIMEOUTclose = 0" is a workaround for a design flaw in Microsoft SSL
;; Microsoft implementations do not use SSL close-notify alert and thus
;; they are vulnerable to truncation attacks
;TIMEOUTclose = 0</literal>

EOF
chmod -v 644 /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf</userinput></screen>

      <para>Finally, you need to add the service(s) you wish to encrypt to the
      configuration file. The format is as follows:</para>

<screen><literal>[<replaceable>&lt;service&gt;</replaceable>]
accept  = <replaceable>&lt;hostname:portnumber&gt;</replaceable>
connect = <replaceable>&lt;hostname:portnumber&gt;</replaceable></literal></screen>

      <para>If you use <application>stunnel</application> to encrypt a daemon
      started from <command>[x]inetd</command>, you may need to disable that
      daemon in the <filename>/etc/[x]inetd.conf</filename> file and enable a
      corresponding <replaceable>&lt;service&gt;</replaceable>_stunnel service. You
      may have to add an appropriate entry in <filename>/etc/services</filename>
      as well.</para>

      <para>For a full explanation of the commands and syntax used in the
      configuration file, run <command>man stunnel</command>.</para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3  id="stunnel-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>To automatically start the <command>stunnel</command> daemon
      when the system is rebooted, install the
      <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/stunnel</filename> bootscript from the
      <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>

      <indexterm zone="stunnel stunnel-init">
        <primary sortas="f-stunnel">stunnel</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-stunnel</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>stunnel and stunnel3</seg>
        <seg>libstunnel.so</seg>
        <seg>/etc/stunnel, 
             /usr/lib/stunnel,
             /usr/share/doc/stunnel-&stunnel-version;, and
             /var/lib/stunnel</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="stunnel-prog">
        <term><command>stunnel</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a program designed to work as an SSL
          encryption wrapper between remote clients and local
          (<command>{x}inetd</command>-startable) or remote servers.</para>
          <indexterm zone="stunnel stunnel-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-stunnel">stunnel</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="stunnel3">
        <term><command>stunnel3</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a <application>Perl</application> wrapper script to use
          <command>stunnel</command> 3.x syntax with <command>stunnel</command>
          >=4.05.</para>
          <indexterm zone="stunnel stunnel3">
            <primary sortas="b-stunnel3">stunnel3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libstunnel">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libstunnel.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> contains the API functions required by
          <application>stunnel</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="stunnel libstunnel">
            <primary sortas="c-libstunnel">libstunnel.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>