IMAPS and/or openssl problem

[Mark C. Allman]

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 18:28 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> Mark C. Allman wrote:
> 
> >> I'm trying to access my IMAPS (dovecot) server on my laptop
> >> while on holiday.
> >> But when I run kmail I get the message
> >> "Could not connect to host <myserver>".
> >> Both server and laptop are running Fedora 7 + KDE.
> >> 
> >> I suspect the problem lies in my openssl setup,
> >> as when I run
> >> openssl s_client -ssl2 -crlf -host <myserver> -port 993
> >> I get no response - the program just waits until I press ctrl-C.
> ...
> >> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
> 
> > May be a dumb questions, but ... port 993 is open on the server (it's in
> > iptables, for example)?  Can you telnet to port 993 on the server and
> > get some kind of response?
> 
> Thanks for your response.
> 
> Yes, I am running shorewall, and have
>         IMAPS/ACCEPT    net             $FW
> in /etc/shorewall/rules .
> 
> When I run
>         telnet <myserver> 993
> I just get
>         Trying <server IP address>
> and nothing further, until I type ctrl-C.
> Maybe it would time out if I left it long enough.
> 
> (With almost any other port, I get an immediate "Connection refused".)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Timothy Murphy  
> e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
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> 

Check /var/log/messages to see if anything is logged.  The behavior of
telnet sounds like the behavior of openssl.  It's probably not the
firewall, but you could just about rule it out by shutting down the
firewall for a minute, test (e.g., telnet), and then starting it again.

-- Mark C. Allman, PMP
-- Allman Professional Consulting,
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