Then here I see a design flaw unless being as transparent as possible is not a goal for stunnel: “Stunnel connects to the server only when a client connects to Stunnel”. Why not listening only when the server, known beforehand from configs, is listening?
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 20:01, Ludolf Holzheid <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2021-04-14 19:45:06 +0200, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > > Stunnel could listen on its local port *only* when the peer server is > > listening on its corresponding server socket. So if there is no serve on > > the other side, there should not be local listening socket. Does not that > > make sense? > > Stunnel connects to the server only when a client connects to Stunnel. > If Stunnel is not listening for clients, it does not try to connect to > the server. If it does not try to connect to the server, it does not > know if the server is listening. > > Ludolf > > > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 19:38, Ludolf Holzheid < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2021-04-14 19:13:03 +0200, Jorge Redondo Flames wrote: > > > > [..] > > > > > > > > Is there a way to configure Stunnel to *close* the local socket (not > > > > listening anymore) whenever the peer process (i.e. the server) has > closed > > > > its socket? > > > > > > Stunnel listens for connection request from the client(s) and connects > > > to the server on behalf of the client(s). How will a client ever be > > > able to connect through Stunnel again if Stunnel closes the listening > > > socket? > > > > > > Ludolf > > -- > > Ludolf Holzheid > > Bihl+Wiedemann GmbH > Floßwörthstraße 41 > 68199 Mannheim, Germany > > Tel: +49 621 33996-0 > Fax: +49 621 3392239 > > mailto:[email protected] > https://www.bihl-wiedemann.de > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Mannheim > Geschäftsführer: Jochen Bihl, Bernhard Wiedemann > Amtsgericht Mannheim, HRB 5796 > > Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.bihl-wiedemann.de/de/meta/datenschutz > _______________________________________________ > stunnel-users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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