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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       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

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

       libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

        #include <openssl/bio.h>

        BIO_METHOD * BIO_s_connect(void);

        #define BIO_set_conn_hostname(b,name) BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_CONNECT,0,(char *)name)
        #define BIO_set_conn_port(b,port) BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_CONNECT,1,(char *)port)
        #define BIO_set_conn_ip(b,ip)    BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_CONNECT,2,(char *)ip)
        #define BIO_set_conn_int_port(b,port) BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_CONNECT,3,(char *)port)
        #define BIO_get_conn_hostname(b)  BIO_ptr_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_CONNECT,0)
        #define BIO_get_conn_port(b)      BIO_ptr_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_CONNECT,1)
        #define BIO_get_conn_ip(b,ip) BIO_ptr_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_CONNECT,2)
        #define BIO_get_conn_int_port(b,port) BIO_int_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_CONNECT,3,port)

        #define BIO_set_nbio(b,n)      BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_NBIO,(n),NULL)

        #define BIO_do_connect(b)      BIO_do_handshake(b)

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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().

       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.

       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 c if it is
       not NULL, it also returns the socket . If c is not NULL it
       should be of type (int *).

       BIO_set_conn_hostname() uses the string 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 port. 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 ip using binary
       form, that is four bytes specifying the IP address in bigendian
 form.

       BIO_set_conn_int_port() sets the port using port. 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.

       BIO_get_conn_int_port() returns the port as an int.

       BIO_set_nbio() sets the non blocking I/O flag to n. If n
       is zero then blocking I/O is set. If 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_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.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       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.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       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.

EXAMPLE    [Toc]    [Back]

       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);

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
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