|  | =pod | 
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|  | =head1 NAME | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_s_connect, BIO_set_conn_hostname, BIO_set_conn_port, | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_ip, BIO_set_conn_int_port, BIO_get_conn_hostname, | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_port, BIO_get_conn_ip, BIO_get_conn_int_port, | 
|  | BIO_set_nbio, BIO_do_connect - connect BIO | 
|  |  | 
|  | =head1 SYNOPSIS | 
|  |  | 
|  | #include <openssl/bio.h> | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_METHOD * BIO_s_connect(void); | 
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|  | BIO *BIO_new_connect(char *name); | 
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|  | long BIO_set_conn_hostname(BIO *b, char *name); | 
|  | long BIO_set_conn_port(BIO *b, char *port); | 
|  | long BIO_set_conn_ip(BIO *b, char *ip); | 
|  | long BIO_set_conn_int_port(BIO *b, char *port); | 
|  | char *BIO_get_conn_hostname(BIO *b); | 
|  | char *BIO_get_conn_port(BIO *b); | 
|  | char *BIO_get_conn_ip(BIO *b, dummy); | 
|  | long BIO_get_conn_int_port(BIO *b, int port); | 
|  |  | 
|  | long BIO_set_nbio(BIO *b, long n); | 
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|  | int BIO_do_connect(BIO *b); | 
|  |  | 
|  | =head1 DESCRIPTION | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_s_connect() returns the connect BIO method. This is a wrapper | 
|  | round the platform's TCP/IP socket connection routines. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Using connect BIOs, TCP/IP connections can be made and data | 
|  | transferred using only BIO routines. In this way any platform | 
|  | specific operations are hidden by the BIO abstraction. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Read and write operations on a connect BIO will perform I/O | 
|  | on the underlying connection. If no connection is established | 
|  | and the port and hostname (see below) is set up properly then | 
|  | a connection is established first. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Connect BIOs support BIO_puts() but not BIO_gets(). | 
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|  | If the close flag is set on a connect BIO then any active | 
|  | connection is shutdown and the socket closed when the BIO | 
|  | is freed. | 
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|  | Calling BIO_reset() on a connect BIO will close any active | 
|  | connection and reset the BIO into a state where it can connect | 
|  | to the same host again. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_fd() places the underlying socket in B<c> if it is not NULL, | 
|  | it also returns the socket . If B<c> is not NULL it should be of | 
|  | type (int *). | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_hostname() uses the string B<name> to set the hostname. | 
|  | The hostname can be an IP address. The hostname can also include the | 
|  | port in the form hostname:port . It is also acceptable to use the | 
|  | form "hostname/any/other/path" or "hostname:port/any/other/path". | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_port() sets the port to B<port>. B<port> can be the | 
|  | numerical form or a string such as "http". A string will be looked | 
|  | up first using getservbyname() on the host platform but if that | 
|  | fails a standard table of port names will be used. Currently the | 
|  | list is http, telnet, socks, https, ssl, ftp, gopher and wais. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_ip() sets the IP address to B<ip> using binary form, | 
|  | that is four bytes specifying the IP address in big-endian form. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_int_port() sets the port using B<port>. B<port> should | 
|  | be of type (int *). | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_hostname() returns the hostname of the connect BIO or | 
|  | NULL if the BIO is initialized but no hostname is set. | 
|  | This return value is an internal pointer which should not be modified. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_port() returns the port as a string. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_ip() returns the IP address in binary form. | 
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|  | BIO_get_conn_int_port() returns the port as an int. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_nbio() sets the non blocking I/O flag to B<n>. If B<n> is | 
|  | zero then blocking I/O is set. If B<n> is 1 then non blocking I/O | 
|  | is set. Blocking I/O is the default. The call to BIO_set_nbio() | 
|  | should be made before the connection is established because | 
|  | non blocking I/O is set during the connect process. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_new_connect() combines BIO_new() and BIO_set_conn_hostname() into | 
|  | a single call: that is it creates a new connect BIO with B<name>. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_do_connect() attempts to connect the supplied BIO. It returns 1 | 
|  | if the connection was established successfully. A zero or negative | 
|  | value is returned if the connection could not be established, the | 
|  | call BIO_should_retry() should be used for non blocking connect BIOs | 
|  | to determine if the call should be retried. | 
|  |  | 
|  | =head1 NOTES | 
|  |  | 
|  | If blocking I/O is set then a non positive return value from any | 
|  | I/O call is caused by an error condition, although a zero return | 
|  | will normally mean that the connection was closed. | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the port name is supplied as part of the host name then this will | 
|  | override any value set with BIO_set_conn_port(). This may be undesirable | 
|  | if the application does not wish to allow connection to arbitrary | 
|  | ports. This can be avoided by checking for the presence of the ':' | 
|  | character in the passed hostname and either indicating an error or | 
|  | truncating the string at that point. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The values returned by BIO_get_conn_hostname(), BIO_get_conn_port(), | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_ip() and BIO_get_conn_int_port() are updated when a | 
|  | connection attempt is made. Before any connection attempt the values | 
|  | returned are those set by the application itself. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Applications do not have to call BIO_do_connect() but may wish to do | 
|  | so to separate the connection process from other I/O processing. | 
|  |  | 
|  | If non blocking I/O is set then retries will be requested as appropriate. | 
|  |  | 
|  | It addition to BIO_should_read() and BIO_should_write() it is also | 
|  | possible for BIO_should_io_special() to be true during the initial | 
|  | connection process with the reason BIO_RR_CONNECT. If this is returned | 
|  | then this is an indication that a connection attempt would block, | 
|  | the application should then take appropriate action to wait until | 
|  | the underlying socket has connected and retry the call. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_hostname(), BIO_set_conn_port(), BIO_set_conn_ip(), | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_int_port(), BIO_get_conn_hostname(), BIO_get_conn_port(), | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_ip(), BIO_get_conn_int_port(), BIO_set_nbio() and | 
|  | BIO_do_connect() are macros. | 
|  |  | 
|  | =head1 RETURN VALUES | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_s_connect() returns the connect BIO method. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_fd() returns the socket or -1 if the BIO has not | 
|  | been initialized. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_hostname(), BIO_set_conn_port(), BIO_set_conn_ip() and | 
|  | BIO_set_conn_int_port() always return 1. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_hostname() returns the connected hostname or NULL is | 
|  | none was set. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_port() returns a string representing the connected | 
|  | port or NULL if not set. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_ip() returns a pointer to the connected IP address in | 
|  | binary form or all zeros if not set. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_get_conn_int_port() returns the connected port or 0 if none was | 
|  | set. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_set_nbio() always returns 1. | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO_do_connect() returns 1 if the connection was successfully | 
|  | established and 0 or -1 if the connection failed. | 
|  |  | 
|  | =head1 EXAMPLE | 
|  |  | 
|  | This is example connects to a webserver on the local host and attempts | 
|  | to retrieve a page and copy the result to standard output. | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | BIO *cbio, *out; | 
|  | int len; | 
|  | char tmpbuf[1024]; | 
|  | ERR_load_crypto_strings(); | 
|  | cbio = BIO_new_connect("localhost:http"); | 
|  | out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE); | 
|  | if(BIO_do_connect(cbio) <= 0) { | 
|  | fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to server\n"); | 
|  | ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr); | 
|  | /* whatever ... */ | 
|  | } | 
|  | BIO_puts(cbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n"); | 
|  | for(;;) { | 
|  | len = BIO_read(cbio, tmpbuf, 1024); | 
|  | if(len <= 0) break; | 
|  | BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len); | 
|  | } | 
|  | BIO_free(cbio); | 
|  | BIO_free(out); | 
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|  | =head1 SEE ALSO | 
|  |  | 
|  | TBA |