Re: forwarding encrypted ssl data

[Bernhard Froehlich]

Noel Sanchez wrote:

Hello Jeffrey, thanks for responding. The firewall is a watchguard box, I
don't think I can install openssl nor stunnel on it. Once the ssl
encrypted data from the devices out in the field reaches my network
(firewall watchguard then forwards ssl traffic) into my linux box running
openssl and stunnel, the linux box then has to unencrypt it and send it to
another computer (windows pro, that knows how to handle the data) running
in my lan that doesn't have openssl nor stunnel on it. Can I use stunnel
for this? I am confused as to whether stunnel can work for me or not.

Noel

Port forwarding is a basic feature of every firewall I know, though I don't know your box... ;)

Hope it helps,
Ted
;)

So the external device can talk with your linux machine by using your firewall's IP-adress. If you're doing https or something similar (where the client checks the server's certificate) there may be the need for some tricks with DNS to convince everyone that everything is ok.

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