Re: cygwin port forwarding

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>]

Greetings, René Berber!

>> I ran netstat, I think in a non-cygwin terminal, and didn't see the
>> ports listed

> Then there is no tunnel.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This.

> You probably used the wrong command instead of 'ssh -fNL ...'

>> For thunderbird, I pointed it at localhost and
>> the forwarded port, and was unable to connect.  One reason I asked is
>> that I have only middling confidence I  know what t-bird is actually
>> doing.

> TBird will have one minor problem: the server certificate.

> Since you are connecting to localhost and the server has its own name in 
> the certificate (if configured correctly), then you will be shown the 
> warning panel, and you will have to 'accept' to continue using that server.

>> On the other hand, inside a cygwin terminal I was able to use openssl to
>> connect via the same port on localhost.

> Meaning?

> Did you use "openssl s_client ..." or you mean something else.  That 
> test if for sending main, not reading, which seems to be what you wanted 
> to do.

openssl "s_client" command is for general TLS functionality check.
You can use it to connect to any TLS-enables service.
You can think about it as if it is telnet for TLS.

>> The target port is secure IMAP, 993.

> As long as TBird is configured (Server settings) with the correct port, 
> and "Security Settings" (SSL/TLS), there is no problem, it works.

> There are 2 separate configurations in TBird, one for reading, one for 
> sending (at the bottom of the "Account Settings" window: "Outgoing Server").


--
WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 25.06.2012, <13:34>

Sorry for my terrible english...