Stunnel Examples

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• Using Stunnel on both client and server when neither speaks SSL.
  
• Using Stunnel to provide SSL support for an IMAP server.
  
• Using Stunnel to encrypt rsync traffic between two hosts.
  
• Generic examples of running programs (imapd, etc) on an Stunnel daemon.
  
• How Stunnel generates TCP wrapper service names.
  

• Some notes about using client side certificates.
  
• Creating a cert with multiple names
• How to run your stunnel daemon in a chrooted environment
  
• Making a VPN with PPP over Stunnel
  

• Specific application setups
  • Protecting syslogs with syslog-ng
  • Forwarding Windows Events via stunnel to a UNIX/Linux syslogd
    (Windows side is a commercial application.)
  • Mail-related setup for arda.homeunix.net
    Good details of a setup for imap/pop/smtp that would work for many sites.

  • Encrypting MySQL connections
  • Using Stunnel to serve SSLified telnet to Kermit clients (local copy)
    Submitted by Kirk Turner-Rustin <ktrustin@cc.owu.edu>
  • Using Stunnel to protect VNC.
    
  • Setting up SSL in Eudora 5.1.
    
  • Creating a client SSL cert for Outlook
  • Setting up SSL for vpopmail with DJB's tcpserver
    
  • Using Stunnel to protect CVS
    
  • (failing to) use Stunnel with Oracle
    
  • Using Stunnel to provide an HTTPS client.
    Includes specific instructions to let you set up secure BLOGging.
  • Using Stunnel and FTP --not recommended, since you can't protect both data and command channel. See the FTP entry in the faq.
  • Dumping your SSL-Enabled LDAP directory to an XML File
  • Stunneling Citrix
  • Stunneling MS Terminal Services
  • "Secure/anonymous" news access with Stunnel and AntiFirewall (proprietary windows product)
  • HTTPS-enabling your Webservices with Stunnel
    Very good OpenSSL, Certificate, and Stunnel info.
  • Using Stunnel with Qmail
    

• SMB/CIFS with Stunnel
  • SMB patches and installation notes from the maintainer
    
  • Step-by-step installation
    
  • Various Samba/SMB/CIFS notes
• Unsorted
  • Wrapping Qmail's pop3d
    
  • Creating a CA on Microsoft Windows