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1 | # I'm just not gonna write troff :-) |
2 | |
3 | =head1 NAME |
4 | |
5 | sslh - protocol demultiplexer |
6 | |
7 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
8 | |
9 | sslh [B<-F> I<config file>] [ B<-t> I<num> ] [B<--transparent>] [B<-p> I<listening address> [B<-p> I<listening address> ...] [B<--ssl> I<target address for SSL>] [B<--tls> I<target address for TLS>] [B<--ssh> I<target address for SSH>] [B<--openvpn> I<target address for OpenVPN>] [B<--http> I<target address for HTTP>] [B<--xmpp> I<target address for XMPP>] [B<--tinc> I<target address for TINC>] [B<--anyprot> I<default target address>] [B<--on-timeout> I<protocol name>] [B<-u> I<username>] [B<-P> I<pidfile>] [-v] [-i] [-V] [-f] [-n] |
10 | |
11 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
12 | |
13 | B<sslh> accepts connections on specified ports, and forwards |
14 | them further based on tests performed on the first data |
15 | packet sent by the remote client. |
16 | |
17 | Probes for HTTP, SSL, SSH, OpenVPN, tinc, XMPP are |
18 | implemented, and any other protocol that can be tested using |
19 | a regular expression, can be recognised. A typical use case |
20 | is to allow serving several services on port 443 (e.g. to |
21 | connect to ssh from inside a corporate firewall, which |
22 | almost never block port 443) while still serving HTTPS on |
23 | that port. |
24 | |
25 | Hence B<sslh> acts as a protocol demultiplexer, or a |
26 | switchboard. Its name comes from its original function to |
27 | serve SSH and HTTPS on the same port. |
28 | |
29 | =head2 Libwrap support |
30 | |
31 | One drawback of B<sslh> is that the servers do not see the |
32 | original IP address of the client anymore, as the connection |
33 | is forwarded through B<sslh>. |
34 | |
35 | For this reason, B<sslh> can be compiled with B<libwrap> to |
36 | check accesses defined in F</etc/hosts.allow> and |
37 | F</etc/hosts.deny>. Libwrap services can be defined using |
38 | the configuration file. |
39 | |
40 | =head2 Configuration file |
41 | |
42 | A configuration file can be supplied to B<sslh>. Command |
43 | line arguments override file settings. B<sslh> uses |
44 | B<libconfig> to parse the configuration file, so the general |
45 | file format is indicated in |
46 | L<http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig_manual.html>. |
47 | Please refer to the example configuration file provided with |
48 | B<sslh> for the specific format (Options have the same names |
49 | as on the command line, except for the list of listen ports |
50 | and the list of protocols). |
51 | |
52 | The configuration file makes it possible to specify |
53 | protocols using regular expressions: a list of regular |
54 | expressions is given as the I<regex_patterns> parameter, and if the |
55 | first packet received from the client matches any of these |
56 | expressions, B<sslh> connects to that protocol. |
57 | |
58 | =head2 Probing protocols |
59 | |
60 | When receiving an incoming connection, B<sslh> will read the |
61 | first bytes sent be the connecting client. It will then |
62 | probe for the protocol in the order specified on the command |
63 | line (or the configuration file). Therefore B<--anyprot> |
64 | should alway be used last, as it always succeeds and further |
65 | protocols will never be tried. |
66 | |
67 | If no data is sent by the client, B<sslh> will eventually |
68 | time out and connect to the protocol specified with |
69 | B<--on-timeout>, or I<ssh> if none is specified. |
70 | |
71 | =head2 Logging |
72 | |
73 | As a security/authorization program, B<sslh> logs to the |
74 | LOG_AUTH facility, with priority LOG_INFO for normal |
75 | connections and LOG_ERR for failures. |
76 | |
77 | =head1 OPTIONS |
78 | |
79 | =over 4 |
80 | |
81 | =item B<-F> I<filename>, B<--config> I<filename> |
82 | |
83 | Uses I<filename> has configuration file. If other |
84 | command-line options are specified, they will override the |
85 | configuration file's settings. |
86 | |
87 | =item B<-t> I<num>, B<--timeout> I<num> |
88 | |
89 | Timeout before forwarding the connection to the timeout |
90 | protocol (which should usually be SSH). Default is 2s. |
91 | |
92 | =item B<--on-timeout> I<protocol name> |
93 | |
94 | Name of the protocol to connect to after the timeout period |
95 | is over. Default is 'ssh'. |
96 | |
97 | =item B<--transparent> |
98 | |
99 | Makes B<sslh> behave as a transparent proxy, i.e. the |
100 | receiving service sees the original client's IP address. |
101 | This works on Linux only and involves B<iptables> settings. |
102 | Refer to the README for more information. |
103 | |
104 | =item B<-p> I<listening address>, B<--listen> I<listening address> |
105 | |
106 | Interface and port on which to listen, e.g. I<foobar:443>, |
107 | where I<foobar> is the name of an interface (typically the |
108 | IP address on which the Internet connection ends up). |
109 | |
110 | This can be specified several times to bind B<sslh> to |
111 | several addresses. |
112 | |
113 | =item B<--ssl> I<target address> |
114 | |
115 | =item B<--tls> I<target address> |
116 | |
117 | Interface and port on which to forward SSL connection, |
118 | typically I<localhost:443>. |
119 | |
120 | Note that you can set B<sslh> to listen on I<ext_ip:443> and |
121 | B<httpd> to listen on I<localhost:443>: this allows clients |
122 | inside your network to just connect directly to B<httpd>. |
123 | |
124 | Also, B<sslh> probes for SSLv3 (or TLSv1) handshake and will |
125 | reject connections from clients requesting SSLv2. This is |
126 | compliant to RFC6176 which prohibits the usage of SSLv2. If |
127 | you wish to accept SSLv2, use B<--default> instead. |
128 | |
129 | =item B<--ssh> I<target address> |
130 | |
131 | Interface and port on which to forward SSH connections, |
132 | typically I<localhost:22>. |
133 | |
134 | =item B<--openvpn> I<target address> |
135 | |
136 | Interface and port on which to forward OpenVPN connections, |
137 | typically I<localhost:1194>. |
138 | |
139 | =item B<--xmpp> I<target address> |
140 | |
141 | Interface and port on which to forward XMPP connections, |
142 | typically I<localhost:5222>. |
143 | |
144 | =item B<--http> I<target address> |
145 | |
146 | Interface and port on which to forward HTTP connections, |
147 | typically I<localhost:80>. |
148 | |
149 | =item B<--tinc> I<target address> |
150 | |
151 | Interface and port on which to forward tinc connections, |
152 | typically I<localhost:655>. |
153 | |
154 | This is experimental. If you use this feature, please report |
155 | the results (even if it works!) |
156 | |
157 | =item B<--anyprot> I<target address> |
158 | |
159 | Interface and port on which to forward if no other protocol |
160 | has been found. Because B<sslh> tries protocols in the order |
161 | specified on the command line, this should be specified |
162 | last. If no default is specified, B<sslh> will forward |
163 | unknown protocols to the first protocol specified. |
164 | |
165 | =item B<-v>, B<--verbose> |
166 | |
167 | Increase verboseness. |
168 | |
169 | =item B<-n>, B<--numeric> |
170 | |
171 | Do not attempt to resolve hostnames: logs will contain IP |
172 | addresses. This is mostly useful if the system's DNS is slow |
173 | and running the I<sslh-select> variant, as DNS requests will |
174 | hang all connections. |
175 | |
176 | =item B<-V> |
177 | |
178 | Prints B<sslh> version. |
179 | |
180 | =item B<-u> I<username>, B<--user> I<username> |
181 | |
182 | Requires to run under the specified username. |
183 | |
184 | =item B<-P> I<pidfile>, B<--pidfile> I<pidfile> |
185 | |
186 | Specifies a file in which to write the PID of the main |
187 | server. |
188 | |
189 | =item B<-i>, B<--inetd> |
190 | |
191 | Runs as an I<inetd> server. Options B<-P> (PID file), B<-p> |
192 | (listen address), B<-u> (user) are ignored. |
193 | |
194 | =item B<-f>, B<--foreground> |
195 | |
196 | Runs in foreground. The server will not fork and will remain connected |
197 | to the terminal. Messages normally sent to B<syslog> will also be sent |
198 | to I<stderr>. |
199 | |
200 | =item B<--background> |
201 | |
202 | Runs in background. This overrides B<foreground> if set in |
203 | the configuration file (or on the command line, but there is |
204 | no point setting both on the command line unless you have a |
205 | personality disorder). |
206 | |
207 | =back |
208 | |
209 | =head1 FILES |
210 | |
211 | =over 4 |
212 | |
213 | =item F</etc/init.d/sslh> |
214 | |
215 | Start-up script. The standard actions B<start>, B<stop> and |
216 | B<restart> are supported. |
217 | |
218 | =item F</etc/default/sslh> |
219 | |
220 | Server configuration. These are environment variables |
221 | loaded by the start-up script and passed to B<sslh> as |
222 | command-line arguments. Refer to the OPTIONS section for a |
223 | detailed explanation of the variables used by B<sslh>. |
224 | |
225 | =back |
226 | |
227 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
228 | |
229 | Last version available from |
230 | L<http://www.rutschle.net/tech/sslh>, and can be tracked |
231 | from L<http://freecode.com/projects/sslh>. |
232 | |
233 | =head1 AUTHOR |
234 | |
235 | Written by Yves Rutschle |
236 |
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