Package: stunnel4
Version: 3:4.42-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch, upstream

Hello,

The manual page for stunnel does not provide an example for the client
mode. It would be useful to have it, the attached patch provides one.

Samuel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.4 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages stunnel4 depends on:
ii  adduser       3.113   
ii  libc6         2.13-18 
ii  libssl1.0.0   1.0.0e-2
ii  libwrap0      7.6.q-21
ii  netbase       4.46    
ii  openssl       1.0.0e-2
ii  perl-modules  5.12.4-4

stunnel4 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages stunnel4 suggests:
pn  logcheck-database  <none>

-- no debconf information

-- 
Samuel Thibault <samuel.thiba...@fnac.net>
 tohi.cybercable.fr (212.198.0.3) si une personne se reconnait derriere
 cette adresse que ce soit un pirate ou une victime qu'il se manifeste,
 cette personne pourrait bien etre un petit malin
 -+- Fred in NPC : Mamaaaaan, y a le routeur qui veut me hacker -+-
--- stunnel.8.orig      2011-10-05 13:59:44.218658451 +0200
+++ stunnel.8   2011-10-05 14:02:47.616290826 +0200
@@ -370,6 +370,14 @@
 .Vb 1
 \&  stunnel \-d 2020 \-L /usr/sbin/pppd \-\- pppd local
 .Ve
+.PP
+If you want to provide ssl support to a client, use something like
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&  stunnel \-c \-r news.isp.com:563 \-d 1119
+.Ve
+.PP
+and tell the client to connect to localhost on port 1119.
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
 If Stunnel is used to create local processes using the \fB\-l\fR or \fB\-L\fR

Reply via email to