IO::Socket::INET6 - Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 domain sockets


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NAME

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IO::Socket::INET6 - Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 domain sockets

SYNOPSIS

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    use IO::Socket::INET6;

DESCRIPTION

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IO::Socket::INET6 provides an object interface to creating and using sockets in either AF_INET or AF_INET6 domains. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.

CONSTRUCTOR

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new ( [ARGS] )

Creates an IO::Socket::INET6 object, which is a reference to a newly created symbol (see the Symbol package). new optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.

In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET6 provides.



    Domain	Address family               AF_INET | AF_INET6 | AF_UNSPEC (default)
    PeerAddr	Remote host address          <hostname>[:<port>]
    PeerHost	Synonym for PeerAddr
    PeerPort	Remote port or service       <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
    PeerFlow    Remote flow information
    PeerScope   Remote address scope 
    LocalAddr	Local host bind	address      hostname[:port]
    LocalHost	Synonym for LocalAddr
    LocalPort	Local host bind	port         <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
    LocalFlow   Local host flow information
    LocalScope  Local host address scope
    Proto	Protocol name (or number)    "tcp" | "udp" | ...
    Type	Socket type                  SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
    Listen	Queue size for listen
    ReuseAddr	Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
    Reuse	Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding (deprecated, prefer ReuseAddr)
    ReusePort	Set SO_REUSEPORT before binding
    Broadcast	Set SO_BROADCAST before binding
    Timeout	Timeout	value for various operations
    MultiHomed  Try all adresses for multi-homed hosts
    Blocking    Determine if connection will be blocking mode

If Listen is defined then a listen socket is created, else if the socket type, which is derived from the protocol, is SOCK_STREAM then connect() is called.

Although it is not illegal, the use of MultiHomed on a socket which is in non-blocking mode is of little use. This is because the first connect will never fail with a timeout as the connect call will not block.

The PeerAddr can be a hostname, the IPv6-address on the "2001:800:40:2a05::10" form , or the IPv4-address on the "213.34.234.245" form. The PeerPort can be a number or a symbolic service name. The service name might be followed by a number in parenthesis which is used if the service is not known by the system. The PeerPort specification can also be embedded in the PeerAddr by preceding it with a ":", and closing the IPv6 address on bracktes "[]" if necessary: "124.678.12.34:23","[2a05:345f::10]:23","any.server.com:23".

If Domain is not given, AF_UNSPEC is assumed, that is, both AF_INET and AF_INET6 will be both considered when resolving DNS names. AF_INET6 is prioritary. If you guess you are in trouble not reaching the peer,(the service is not available via AF_INET6 but AF_INET) you can either try Multihomed (try any address/family until reach) or concrete your address family (AF_INET, AF_INET6).

If Proto is not given and you specify a symbolic PeerPort port, then the constructor will try to derive Proto from the service name. As a last resort Proto "tcp" is assumed. The Type parameter will be deduced from Proto if not specified.

If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to be a PeerAddr specification.

If Blocking is set to 0, the connection will be in nonblocking mode. If not specified it defaults to 1 (blocking mode).

Examples:

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new(PeerAddr => 'www.perl.org',
                                 PeerPort => 'http(80)',
                                 Proto    => 'tcp');

Suppose either you have no IPv6 connectivity or www.perl.org has no http service on IPv6. Then,

(Trying all address/families until reach)

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new(PeerAddr => 'www.perl.org',
                                 PeerPort => 'http(80)',
				 Multihomed => 1 ,
                                 Proto    => 'tcp');

(Concrete to IPv4 protocol)

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new(PeerAddr => 'www.perl.org',
                                 PeerPort => 'http(80)',
				 Domain => AF_INET ,
                                 Proto    => 'tcp');




   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new(PeerAddr => 'localhost:smtp(25)');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new(Listen    => 5,
                                 LocalAddr => 'localhost',
                                 LocalPort => 9000,
                                 Proto     => 'tcp');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new('[::1]:25');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new(PeerPort  => 9999,
                                 PeerAddr  => Socket6::inet_ntop(AF_INET6,in6addr_broadcast),
                                 Proto     => udp,    
                                 LocalAddr => 'localhost',
                                 Broadcast => 1 ) 
                             or die "Can't bind : $@\n";

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As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on by default. This was not the case with earlier releases.

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METHODS

accept ()

See IO::Socket::INET.

bind ()

See IO::Socket::INET.

configure ()

This function exists in this module, but I (= Shlomi Fish) don't know what it does, or understand it. It's also not tested anywhere. I'll be happy to be enlightened.

connect ()

See IO::Socket::INET.

sockaddr ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket

sockdomain()

Returns the domain of the socket - AF_INET or AF_INET6 or whatever.

sockport ()

Return the port number that the socket is using on the local host

sockhost ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket in a text form ("2001:800:40:2a05::10" or "245.245.13.27")

sockflow ()

Return the flow information part of the sockaddr structure for the socket

sockscope ()

Return the scope identification part of the sockaddr structure for the socket

peeraddr ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the peer host

peerport ()

Return the port number for the socket on the peer host.

peerhost ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the peer host in a text form ("2001:800:40:2a05::10" or "245.245.13.27")

peerflow ()

Return the flow information part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the peer host

peerscope ()

Return the scope identification part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the peer host

REPOSITORY

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The Subversion repository for this module carrying complete version history and other information is:

http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/web-cpan/IO-Socket-INET6/

SEE ALSO

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Socket,Socket6, IO::Socket

AUTHOR

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This program is based on IO::Socket::INET by Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and currently maintained by the Perl Porters.

Modified by Rafael Martinez Torres <rafael.martinez@novagnet.com> and Euro6IX project.

Modified further by Shlomi Fish <shlomif@iglu.org.il>, while disclaiming all copyrights.

COPYRIGHT

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IO-Socket-INET6 documentation Contained in the IO-Socket-INET6 distribution.

# IO::Socket::INET6.pm
#
# Copyright (c) 1997-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
#
# Modified by Rafael Martinez-Torres <rafael.martinez@novagnet.com>
# Euro6IX project (www.euro6ix.org) 2003.

package IO::Socket::INET6;

use strict;
use warnings;

our(@ISA, $VERSION);

# Do it so we won't import any symbols from IO::Socket which it does export
# by default:
# 
# <LeoNerd> IO::Socket is stupidstupidstupid beyond belief. Despite being an
# object class, it has an import method
# <LeoNerd> So you have to use IO::Socket ();
# <LeoNerd> Having done that, this test is now clean
use IO::Socket ();

use Socket (qw(
    AF_INET6 PF_INET6 SOCK_RAW SOCK_STREAM INADDR_ANY SOCK_DGRAM
    AF_INET SO_REUSEADDR SO_REUSEPORT AF_UNSPEC SO_BROADCAST
    sockaddr_in
    )
);

# IO::Socket and Socket already import stuff here - possibly AF_INET6
# and PF_INET6 so selectively import things from Socket6.
use Socket6 (
    qw(AI_PASSIVE getaddrinfo
    sockaddr_in6 unpack_sockaddr_in6_all pack_sockaddr_in6_all in6addr_any)
);

use Carp;
use Errno;

@ISA = qw(IO::Socket);
$VERSION = "2.67";
#Purpose: allow protocol independent protocol and original interface.

my $EINVAL = exists(&Errno::EINVAL) ? Errno::EINVAL() : 1;

IO::Socket::INET6->register_domain( AF_INET6 );


my %socket_type = ( tcp  => SOCK_STREAM,
		    udp  => SOCK_DGRAM,
		    icmp => SOCK_RAW
		  );

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    unshift(@_, "PeerAddr") if @_ == 1;
    return $class->SUPER::new(@_);
}

#Parsing analisis:
# addr,port,and proto may be sintactically related...
sub _sock_info {
  my($addr,$port,$proto) = @_;
  my $origport = $port;
  my @proto = ();  
  my @serv = ();

  if (defined $addr) {
	if (!Socket6::inet_pton(AF_INET6,$addr)) {
         if($addr =~ s,^\[([\da-fA-F:]+)\]:([\w\(\)/]+)$,$1,) {
   	     $port = $2;
         } elsif($addr =~ s,^\[(::[\da-fA-F.:]+)\]:([\w\(\)/]+)$,$1,) {
             $port = $2;
         } elsif($addr =~ s,^\[([\da-fA-F:]+)\],$1,) {
             $port = $origport;
         } elsif($addr =~ s,:([\w\(\)/]+)$,,) {
             $port = $1
         }
	}
  }

  # $proto as "string".
  if(defined $proto  && $proto =~ /\D/) {
    if(@proto = getprotobyname($proto)) {
      $proto = $proto[2] || undef;
    }
    else {
      $@ = "Bad protocol '$proto'";
      return;
    }
  }

  if(defined $port) {
    my $defport = ($port =~ s,\((\d+)\)$,,) ? $1 : undef;
    my $pnum = ($port =~ m,^(\d+)$,)[0];

    @serv = getservbyname($port, $proto[0] || "")
	if ($port =~ m,\D,);

    $port = $serv[2] || $defport || $pnum;
    unless (defined $port) {
	$@ = "Bad service '$origport'";
	return;
    }

    $proto = (getprotobyname($serv[3]))[2] || undef
	if @serv && !$proto;
  }
 #printf "Selected port  is $port and proto is $proto \n";

 return ($addr || undef,
	 $port || undef,
	 $proto || undef,
	);

}

sub _error {
    my $sock = shift;
    my $err = shift;
    {
      local($!);
      my $title = ref($sock).": ";
      $@ = join("", $_[0] =~ /^$title/ ? "" : $title, @_);
      close($sock)
	if(defined fileno($sock));
    }
    $! = $err;
    return undef;
}

sub configure {
    my($sock,$arg) = @_;

    $arg->{LocalAddr} = $arg->{LocalHost}
        if exists $arg->{LocalHost} && !exists $arg->{LocalAddr};
    $arg->{PeerAddr} = $arg->{PeerHost}
        if exists $arg->{PeerHost} && !exists $arg->{PeerAddr};

    my $family = $arg->{Domain};
    # in case no local and peer is given we prefer AF_INET6
    # because we are IO::Socket::INET6
    $family ||= ! $arg->{LocalAddr} && ! $arg->{PeerAddr} && AF_INET6 
        || AF_UNSPEC;

    # parse Local*
    my ($laddr,$lport,$proto) = _sock_info(
        $arg->{LocalAddr},
        $arg->{LocalPort},
        $arg->{Proto}
    ) or return _error($sock, $!, "sock_info: $@");
    $laddr ||= '';
    $lport ||= 0;
    $proto ||= (getprotobyname('tcp'))[2];


    # MSWin32 expects at least one of $laddr or $lport to be specified
    # and does not accept 0 for $lport if $laddr is specified.
    if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
        if ((!$laddr) && (!$lport)) {
            $laddr = ($family == AF_INET) ? '0.0.0.0' : '::';
            $lport = '';
        } elsif (!$lport) {
            $lport = '';
        }
    } 

    my $type = $arg->{Type} || $socket_type{(getprotobynumber($proto))[0]};

    # parse Peer*
    my($rport,$raddr); 
    unless(exists $arg->{Listen}) {
        ($raddr,$rport) = _sock_info(
            $arg->{PeerAddr},
            $arg->{PeerPort},
            $proto
        ) or return _error($sock, $!, "sock_info: $@");
    }

    # find out all combinations of local and remote addr with
    # the same family
    my @lres = getaddrinfo($laddr,$lport,$family,$type,$proto,AI_PASSIVE);
    return _error($sock, $EINVAL, "getaddrinfo: $lres[0]") if @lres<5;
    my @rres;
    if ( defined $raddr ) {
        @rres = getaddrinfo($raddr,$rport,$family,$type,$proto);
        return _error($sock, $EINVAL, "getaddrinfo: $rres[0]") if @rres<5;
    }

    my @flr;
    if (@rres) {
        # collect all combinations whith the same family in lres and rres
        # the order we search should be defined by the order of @rres, 
        # not @lres!
        for( my $r=0;$r<@rres;$r+=5 ) {
            for( my $l=0;$l<@lres;$l+=5) {
                my $fam_listen = $lres[$l];
                next if $rres[$r] != $fam_listen; # must be same family
                push @flr,[ $fam_listen,$lres[$l+3],$rres[$r+3] ];
            }
        }
    } else {
        for( my $l=0;$l<@lres;$l+=5) {
            my $fam_listen = $lres[$l];
            my $lsockaddr = $lres[$l+3];
            # collect only the binding side
            push @flr,[ $fam_listen,$lsockaddr ];
        }
    }

    # try to bind and maybe connect
    # if multihomed try all combinations until success
    for my $flr (@flr) {
        my ($family,$lres,$rres) = @$flr;

        if ( $family == AF_INET6) {
            if ($arg->{LocalFlow} || $arg->{LocalScope}) {
                my @sa_in6 = unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($lres);
                $sa_in6[1] = $arg->{LocalFlow}  || 0;
                $sa_in6[3] = _scope_ntohl($arg->{LocalScope}) || 0;
                $lres = pack_sockaddr_in6_all(@sa_in6);
            }
        }

        $sock->socket($family, $type, $proto) or
            return _error($sock, $!, "socket: $!");

        if (defined $arg->{Blocking}) {
            defined $sock->blocking($arg->{Blocking}) or
                return _error($sock, $!, "sockopt: $!");
        }

        if ($arg->{Reuse} || $arg->{ReuseAddr}) {
            $sock->sockopt(SO_REUSEADDR,1) or
                return _error($sock, $!, "sockopt: $!");
        }

        if ($arg->{ReusePort}) {
            $sock->sockopt(SO_REUSEPORT,1) or
                return _error($sock, $!, "sockopt: $!");
        }

        if ($arg->{Broadcast}) {
            $sock->sockopt(SO_BROADCAST,1) or
                return _error($sock, $!, "sockopt: $!");
        }

        if ( $family == AF_INET ) {
            my ($p,$a) = sockaddr_in($lres);
            $sock->bind($lres) or return _error($sock, $!, "bind: $!")
                if ($a ne INADDR_ANY  or $p!=0);
        } else {
            my ($p,$a) = sockaddr_in6($lres);
            $sock->bind($lres) or return _error($sock, $!, "bind: $!")
                if ($a ne in6addr_any  or $p!=0);
        }

        if(exists $arg->{Listen}) {
            $sock->listen($arg->{Listen} || 5) or
                return _error($sock, $!, "listen: $!");
        }

        # connect only if PeerAddr and thus $rres is given
        last if ! $rres;

        if ( $family == AF_INET6) {
            if ($arg->{PeerFlow} || $arg->{PeerScope}) {
                my @sa_in6 = unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($rres);
                $sa_in6[1] = $arg->{PeerFlow}  || 0;
                $sa_in6[3] = _scope_ntohl($arg->{PeerScope}) || 0;
                $rres = pack_sockaddr_in6_all(@sa_in6);
            }
        }
    
        undef $@;
        last if $sock->connect($rres);

        return _error($sock, $!, $@ || "Timeout")
            if ! $arg->{MultiHomed};
        
    }

    return $sock;
}

sub _scope_ntohl($)
{
    # As of Socket6 0.17 the scope field is incorrectly put into
    # network byte order when it should be in host byte order
    # in the sockaddr_in6 structure.  We correct for that here.

    if ((Socket6->VERSION <= 0.17) && (pack('s', 0x1234) ne pack('n', 0x1234)))
    {
        unpack('N', pack('V', $_[0]));
    } else {
        $_[0];
    }
}

sub sockdomain
{
   my $sock = shift;
   $sock->SUPER::sockdomain(@_) || AF_INET6;
} 

sub accept
{
    my $sock = shift;

    my ($new, $peer) = $sock->SUPER::accept(@_);

    return unless defined($new);

    ${*$new}{io_socket_domain} = ${*$sock}{io_socket_domain}; 
    ${*$new}{io_socket_type}   = ${*$sock}{io_socket_type}; 
    ${*$new}{io_socket_proto}  = ${*$sock}{io_socket_proto}; 

    return wantarray ? ($new, $peer) : $new;
} 

sub bind {
    @_ == 2 or
       croak 'usage: $sock->bind(NAME) ';
    my $sock = shift;
    return $sock->SUPER::bind( shift );
}

sub connect {
    @_ == 2 or
       croak 'usage: $sock->connect(NAME) ';
    my $sock = shift;
    return $sock->SUPER::connect( shift );
}

sub sockaddr {
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->sockaddr()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->sockname);
    ($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET) ? (sockaddr_in($name))[1] : (sockaddr_in6($name))[1];
}

sub sockport {
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->sockport()';
    my($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->sockname);
    ($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET) ? (sockaddr_in($name))[0] : (sockaddr_in6($name))[0];
}

sub sockhost {
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->sockhost()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $addr = $sock->sockaddr);
    Socket6::inet_ntop($sock->sockdomain, $addr);
}

sub sockflow
{
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->sockflow()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->sockname);
    ($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET6) ? (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($name))[1] : 0; 
}

sub sockscope
{
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->sockscope()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->sockname);
    _scope_ntohl(($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET6) ? (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($name))[3] : 0);
}

sub peeraddr {
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->peeraddr()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->peername);
    ($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET) ? (sockaddr_in($name))[1] : (sockaddr_in6($name))[1];
}

sub peerport {
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->peerport()';
    my($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->peername);
    ($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET) ? (sockaddr_in($name))[0] : (sockaddr_in6($name))[0];
}

sub peerhost {
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->peerhost()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $addr = $sock->peeraddr);
    Socket6::inet_ntop($sock->sockdomain, $addr);
}

sub peerflow
{
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->peerflow()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->peername);
    _scope_ntohl(($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET6) ? (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($name))[1] : 0);
}

sub peerscope
{
    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $sock->peerscope()';
    my ($sock) = @_;
    return undef unless (my $name = $sock->peername);
    ($sock->sockdomain == AF_INET6) ? (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($name))[3] : 0;
}

1;

__END__