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"Stunnel" provides additional security between you and the server.
From www.stunnel.org: "..Stunnel is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) available on both Unix and Windows. Stunnel can allow you to secure non-SSL aware daemons and protocols (like POP, IMAP, LDAP, etc) by having Stunnel provide the encryption, requiring no changes to the daemon's code."
You will need to download the version for your Operating System:
http://www.stunnel.org/download/
Also, you will need to download and unpack the OpenSSL libraries if you don't already have the libraries installed on your Operating System. Note the OpenSSL libraries are available at the download site above.
Here's what we've done to get stunnel working on our Windows (win32) systems:
1) We downloaded the newest stunnel and openssl packages (it includes the libraries).
2) We put stunnel and unpacked the zip into the same directory. Unpacked/saved everything to c:\program files\stunnel\
3) We created the file stunnel.conf in the same dir. It contains:
# stunnel client setup
client = yes
# Service-level configuration
[s1]
accept = 127.0.0.1:8082
connect = 216.112.42.61:8081
4) We right clicked on stunnel.exe and created a shortcut, then dragged the newly created shortcut out to the desktop.
5) We started stunnel and changed the proxy config in the browser to point to 127.0.0.1 port 8082
Now whenever we browse the Internet, we first open stunnel which establishes a connection to Cotse, then open a browser that is already configured to use the stunnel/Cotse proxy. All websites visited are now going through the proxy.
If you find this "How To" in error or you have difficulties with the instructions, please email helpdesk@cotse.net.
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