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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/demos/tunala/tunala.c b/demos/tunala/tunala.c
index 9c3ff5978b..dbf155c67a 100644
--- a/demos/tunala/tunala.c
+++ b/demos/tunala/tunala.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int selector_select(tunala_selector_t *selector);
* which case *newfd is populated. */
static int selector_get_listener(tunala_selector_t *selector, int fd, int *newfd);
static int tunala_world_new_item(tunala_world_t *world, int fd,
- const unsigned char *ip, unsigned short port);
+ const unsigned char *ip, unsigned short port, int flipped);
static void tunala_world_del_item(tunala_world_t *world, unsigned int idx);
static int tunala_item_io(tunala_selector_t *selector, tunala_item_t *item);
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static const char *def_dcert = NULL;
static const char *def_dkey = NULL;
static const char *def_engine_id = NULL;
static int def_server_mode = 0;
+static int def_flipped = 0;
static const char *def_cipher_list = NULL;
static const char *def_dh_file = NULL;
static const char *def_dh_special = NULL;
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static const char *helpstring =
" -dkey <path|NULL> (usually for DSA, default = whatever '-dcert' is)\n"
" -engine <id|NULL> (default = NULL)\n"
" -server <0|1> (default = 0, ie. an SSL client)\n"
+" -flipped <0|1> (makes SSL servers be network clients, and vice versa)\n"
" -cipher <list> (specifies cipher list to use)\n"
" -dh_file <path> (a PEM file containing DH parameters to use)\n"
" -dh_special <NULL|generate|standard> (see below: def=NULL)\n"
@@ -143,7 +145,24 @@ static const char *helpstring =
" will be obtained from (or '-dh_special NULL' for the default choice) but\n"
" you cannot specify both. For dh_special, 'generate' will create new DH\n"
" parameters on startup, and 'standard' will use embedded parameters\n"
-" instead.\n";
+" instead.\n"
+"(3) Normally an ssl client connects to an ssl server - so that an 'ssl client\n"
+" tunala' listens for 'clean' client connections and proxies ssl, and an\n"
+" 'ssl server tunala' listens for ssl connections and proxies 'clean'. With\n"
+" '-flipped 1', this behaviour is reversed so that an 'ssl server tunala'\n"
+" listens for clean client connections and proxies ssl (but participating\n"
+" as an ssl *server* in the SSL/TLS protocol), and an 'ssl client tunala'\n"
+" listens for ssl connections (participating as an ssl *client* in the\n"
+" SSL/TLS protocol) and proxies 'clean' to the end destination. This can\n"
+" be useful for allowing network access to 'servers' where only the server\n"
+" needs to authenticate the client (ie. the other way is not required).\n"
+" Even with client and server authentication, this 'technique' mitigates\n"
+" some DoS (denial-of-service) potential as it will be the network client\n"
+" having to perform the first private key operation rather than the other\n"
+" way round.\n"
+"(4) The 'technique' used by setting '-flipped 1' is probably compatible with\n"
+" absolutely nothing except another complimentary instance of 'tunala'\n"
+" running with '-flipped 1'. :-)\n";
/* Default DH parameters for use with "-dh_special standard" ... stolen striaght
* from s_server. */
@@ -293,6 +312,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
const char *dkey = def_dkey;
const char *engine_id = def_engine_id;
int server_mode = def_server_mode;
+ int flipped = def_flipped;
const char *cipher_list = def_cipher_list;
const char *dh_file = def_dh_file;
const char *dh_special = def_dh_special;
@@ -384,6 +404,13 @@ next_arg:
if(!parse_server_mode(*argv, &server_mode))
return 1;
goto next_arg;
+ } else if(strcmp(*argv, "-flipped") == 0) {
+ if(argc < 2)
+ return usage("-flipped requires an argument", 0);
+ argc--; argv++;
+ if(!parse_server_mode(*argv, &flipped))
+ return 1;
+ goto next_arg;
} else if(strcmp(*argv, "-cipher") == 0) {
if(argc < 2)
return usage("-cipher requires an argument", 0);
@@ -512,8 +539,8 @@ main_loop:
&world.selector, world.listen_fd,
&newfd) == 1)) {
/* We have a new connection */
- if(!tunala_world_new_item(&world, newfd,
- proxy_ip, proxy_port))
+ if(!tunala_world_new_item(&world, newfd, proxy_ip,
+ proxy_port, flipped))
fprintf(stderr, "tunala_world_new_item failed\n");
else
fprintf(stderr, "Info, new tunnel opened, now up to "
@@ -908,7 +935,7 @@ static int tunala_world_make_room(tunala_world_t *world)
}
static int tunala_world_new_item(tunala_world_t *world, int fd,
- const unsigned char *ip, unsigned short port)
+ const unsigned char *ip, unsigned short port, int flipped)
{
tunala_item_t *item;
int newfd;
@@ -929,8 +956,10 @@ static int tunala_world_new_item(tunala_world_t *world, int fd,
goto err;
/* Which way round? If we're a server, "fd" is the dirty side and the
* connection we open is the clean one. For a client, it's the other way
- * around. */
- if(world->server_mode) {
+ * around. Unless, of course, we're "flipped" in which case everything
+ * gets reversed. :-) */
+ if((world->server_mode && !flipped) ||
+ (!world->server_mode && flipped)) {
item->dirty_read = item->dirty_send = fd;
item->clean_read = item->clean_send = newfd;
} else {