TLSSRV(8)

NAME

tlssrv, tlsclient, tlssrvtunnel, tlsclienttunnel − TLS server and client

SYNOPSIS

tlssrv [ -c cert.pem ] [ -l logfile ] [ -r remotesys ] cmd [ args ... ]

tlsclient [ -t trustedkeys ] [ -x excludedkeys ] address

tlssrvtunnel plain-addr crypt-addr cert.pem

tlsclienttunnel crypt-addr plain-addr trustedkeys

DESCRIPTION

Tlssrv is a helper program, typically exec’d in a /bin/service file to establish an SSL or TLS connection before launching cmd args; a typical command might start the IMAP or HTTP server. Cert.pem is the server certificate; factotum(4) should hold the corresponding private key. The specified logfile is by convention the same as for the target server. Remotesys is mainly used for logging.

Tlsclient is the reverse of tlssrv: it dials address, starts TLS, and then relays between the network connection and standard input and output. If the -t flag (and, optionally, the -x flag) is given, the remote server must present a key whose SHA1 hash is listed in the file trustedkeys but not in the file excludedkeys. See thumbprint(6) for more information.

Tlssrvtunnel and tlsclienttunnel use these tools and listen1 (see listen(8)) to provide TLS network tunnels, allowing legacy application to take advantage of TLS encryption.

EXAMPLES

Listen for TLS-encrypted IMAP by creating a server certificate /sys/lib/tls/imap.pem and a listener script /bin/service.auth/tcp993 containing:

#!/bin/rc
exec tlssrv -c/sys/lib/tls/imap.pem -limap4d -r‘{cat $3/remote} \
/bin/ip/imap4d -p -dyourdomain -r‘{cat $3/remote} \
>[2]/sys/log/imap4d

Interact with the server, putting the appropriate hash into /sys/lib/tls/mail and running:

tlsclient -t /sys/lib/tls/mail tcp!server!imaps

Create a TLS-encrypted VNC connection from a client on kremvax to a server on moscvax:

mosc% vncs -d :3
mosc% tlssrvtunnel tcp!moscvax!5903 tcp!∗!12345 \
/usr/you/lib/cert.pem
krem% tlsclienttunnel tcp!moscvax!12345 tcp!∗!5905 \
/usr/you/lib/cert.thumb
krem% vncv kremvax:5

(The port numbers passed to the VNC tools are offset by 5900 from the actual TCP port numbers.)

FILES

/sys/lib/tls

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/tlssrv.c
/sys/src/cmd/tlsclient.c
/rc/bin/tlssrvtunnel
/rc/bin/tlsclienttunnel

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