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Title "BIO_S_CONNECT 3"
BIO_S_CONNECT 3 "2021-08-24" "1.1.1l" "OpenSSL"
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"NAME"
BIO_set_conn_address, BIO_get_conn_address, BIO_s_connect, BIO_new_connect, BIO_set_conn_hostname, BIO_set_conn_port, BIO_set_conn_ip_family, BIO_get_conn_ip_family, BIO_get_conn_hostname, BIO_get_conn_port, BIO_set_nbio, BIO_do_connect - connect BIO
"SYNOPSIS"
Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 #include <openssl/bio.h> \& const BIO_METHOD * BIO_s_connect(void); \& BIO *BIO_new_connect(char *name); \& long BIO_set_conn_hostname(BIO *b, char *name); long BIO_set_conn_port(BIO *b, char *port); long BIO_set_conn_address(BIO *b, BIO_ADDR *addr); long BIO_set_conn_ip_family(BIO *b, long family); const char *BIO_get_conn_hostname(BIO *b); const char *BIO_get_conn_port(BIO *b); const BIO_ADDR *BIO_get_conn_address(BIO *b); const long BIO_get_conn_ip_family(BIO *b); \& long BIO_set_nbio(BIO *b, long n); \& int BIO_do_connect(BIO *b); .Ve
"DESCRIPTION"
Header "DESCRIPTION" \fBBIO_s_connect() returns the connect \s-1BIO\s0 method. This is a wrapper round the platform's \s-1TCP/IP\s0 socket connection routines.

Using connect BIOs, \s-1TCP/IP\s0 connections can be made and data transferred using only \s-1BIO\s0 routines. In this way any platform specific operations are hidden by the \s-1BIO\s0 abstraction.

Read and write operations on a connect \s-1BIO\s0 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 \s-1BIO\s0 then any active connection is shutdown and the socket closed when the \s-1BIO\s0 is freed.

Calling BIO_reset() on a connect \s-1BIO\s0 will close any active connection and reset the \s-1BIO\s0 into a state where it can connect to the same host again.

\fBBIO_get_fd() places the underlying socket in c if it is not \s-1NULL,\s0 it also returns the socket . If c is not \s-1NULL\s0 it should be of type (int *).

\fBBIO_set_conn_hostname() uses the string name to set the hostname. The hostname can be an \s-1IP\s0 address; if the address is an IPv6 one, it must be enclosed with brackets. The hostname can also include the port in the form hostname:port.

\fBBIO_set_conn_port() sets the port to port. port can be the numerical form or a string such as \*(L"http\*(R". 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. This internal list is http, telnet, socks, https, ssl, ftp, and gopher.

\fBBIO_set_conn_address() sets the address and port information using a \s-1BIO_ADDR\s0\|(3ssl).

\fBBIO_set_conn_ip_family() sets the \s-1IP\s0 family.

\fBBIO_get_conn_hostname() returns the hostname of the connect \s-1BIO\s0 or \s-1NULL\s0 if the \s-1BIO\s0 is initialized but no hostname is set. This return value is an internal pointer which should not be modified.

\fBBIO_get_conn_port() returns the port as a string. This return value is an internal pointer which should not be modified.

\fBBIO_get_conn_address() returns the address information as a \s-1BIO_ADDR.\s0 This return value is an internal pointer which should not be modified.

\fBBIO_get_conn_ip_family() returns the \s-1IP\s0 family of the connect \s-1BIO.\s0

\fBBIO_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.

\fBBIO_new_connect() combines BIO_new() and BIO_set_conn_hostname() into a single call: that is it creates a new connect \s-1BIO\s0 with name.

\fBBIO_do_connect() attempts to connect the supplied \s-1BIO.\s0 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"
Header "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 hostname 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_address(), and BIO_get_conn_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 \s-1BIO_RR_CONNECT.\s0 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.

\fBBIO_set_conn_hostname(), BIO_set_conn_port(), BIO_get_conn_hostname(), \fBBIO_set_conn_address(), BIO_get_conn_port(), BIO_get_conn_address(), \fBBIO_set_conn_ip_family(), BIO_get_conn_ip_family(), \fBBIO_set_nbio(), and BIO_do_connect() are macros.

"RETURN VALUES"
Header "RETURN VALUES" \fBBIO_s_connect() returns the connect \s-1BIO\s0 method.

\fBBIO_get_fd() returns the socket or -1 if the \s-1BIO\s0 has not been initialized.

\fBBIO_set_conn_address(), BIO_set_conn_port(), and BIO_set_conn_ip_family() always return 1.

\fBBIO_set_conn_hostname() returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.

\fBBIO_get_conn_address() returns the address information or \s-1NULL\s0 if none was set.

\fBBIO_get_conn_hostname() returns the connected hostname or \s-1NULL\s0 if none was set.

\fBBIO_get_conn_ip_family() returns the address family or -1 if none was set.

\fBBIO_get_conn_port() returns a string representing the connected port or \s-1NULL\s0 if not set.

\fBBIO_set_nbio() always returns 1.

\fBBIO_do_connect() returns 1 if the connection was successfully established and 0 or -1 if the connection failed.

"EXAMPLES"
Header "EXAMPLES" This is example connects to a webserver on the local host and attempts to retrieve a page and copy the result to standard output.

.Vb 3 BIO *cbio, *out; int len; char tmpbuf[1024]; \& 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\en"); ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr); exit(1); } BIO_puts(cbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\en\en"); for (;;) { len = BIO_read(cbio, tmpbuf, 1024); if (len <= 0) break; BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len); } BIO_free(cbio); BIO_free(out); .Ve

"SEE ALSO"
Header "SEE ALSO" \s-1BIO_ADDR\s0\|(3)
"HISTORY"
Header "HISTORY" \fBBIO_set_conn_int_port(), BIO_get_conn_int_port(), BIO_set_conn_ip(), and BIO_get_conn_ip() were removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0. Use BIO_set_conn_address() and BIO_get_conn_address() instead.
"COPYRIGHT"
Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.