DW> Does the node you are attempting to connect to need to have anything
 DW> special set up on their end, or does your end only need to be set up to 
use
 DW> stunnel?

Of course the server end has to support TLS connections too.

This is from 2:221/6:

xinetd.conf:

service binkps
{
        port = 24567
        socket_type = stream
        protocol = tcp
        user = root
        wait = no
        disable = no
        type = UNLISTED
        server = /usr/bin/stunnel
        server_args = /etc/stunnel/binkps.conf
}

binkps.conf:

client=no
cert=/etc/letsencrypt/live/news.fidonet.fi/web.pem
connect=127.0.0.1:24554

'Tommi

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