source: postlfs/security/stunnel.xml@ 708f97e9

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<sect1 id="stunnel" xreflabel="Stunnel-&stunnel-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="stunnel.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">stunnel-&stunnel-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">stunnel</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </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>

    <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"><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></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, group and <command>chroot</command> home directory structure
    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 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m700 -o stunnel -g stunnel -d /var/lib/stunnel/run</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>A signed SSL Certificate and a Private Key is necessary to run
      the <command>stunnel</command> daemon. 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), otherwise you will be
      prompted to create one during the installation process. The
      <filename class='extension'>.pem</filename> file must be formatted as
      shown below:</para>

<screen><literal>-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
<replaceable>[many encrypted lines of unencrypted key]</replaceable>
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
<replaceable>[many encrypted lines of certificate]</replaceable>
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
<replaceable>[multiple encrypted lines of DH parameters]</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/lib --disable-libwrap &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 install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

    <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This parameter forces
    the configuration directory to <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename>
    instead of <filename class='directory'>/usr/etc</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This parameter
    causes the installation process to create
    <filename class='directory'>/var/lib/stunnel</filename> instead of
    <filename class='directory'>/usr/var/stunnel</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--disable-libwrap</parameter>: This parameter is required
    if you don't have <application>tcpwrappers</application> installed. Remove
    the parameter if <application>tcpwrappers</application> is installed.</para>

    <para><command>make install</command>: This command installs the package
    and, if you did not copy an <filename>stunnel.pem</filename> file to the
    <filename class='directory'>/etc/stunnel</filename> directory, prompts you
    for the necessary information to create one. 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>

  </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>Create a basic <filename>/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf</filename>
      configuration file using the following commands:</para>

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

pid = /run/stunnel.pid
chroot = /var/lib/stunnel
client = no
setuid = stunnel
setgid = stunnel</literal>

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

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

<screen><literal>[<replaceable>[service]</replaceable>]
accept  = <replaceable>[hostname:portnumber]</replaceable>
connect = <replaceable>[hostname:portnumber]</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>[service]</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>. To see a
      BLFS example of an actual setup of an <command>stunnel</command> encrypted
      service, read the <xref linkend="samba3-swat-config"/> in the
      <application>Samba</application> instructions.</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="intro-important-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, /var/lib/stunnel, and /usr/share/doc/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>