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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5BIO_socket, BIO_bind, BIO_connect, BIO_listen, BIO_accept_ex, BIO_closesocket - BIO
6socket communication setup routines
7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10 #include <openssl/bio.h>
11
12 int BIO_socket(int domain, int socktype, int protocol, int options);
13 int BIO_bind(int sock, const BIO_ADDR *addr, int options);
14 int BIO_connect(int sock, const BIO_ADDR *addr, int options);
15 int BIO_listen(int sock, const BIO_ADDR *addr, int options);
16 int BIO_accept_ex(int accept_sock, BIO_ADDR *peer, int options);
17 int BIO_closesocket(int sock);
18
19=head1 DESCRIPTION
20
21BIO_socket() creates a socket in the domain B<domain>, of type
22B<socktype> and B<protocol>.  Socket B<options> are currently unused,
23but is present for future use.
24
25BIO_bind() binds the source address and service to a socket and
26may be useful before calling BIO_connect().  The options may include
27B<BIO_SOCK_REUSEADDR>, which is described in L</FLAGS> below.
28
29BIO_connect() connects B<sock> to the address and service given by
30B<addr>.  Connection B<options> may be zero or any combination of
31B<BIO_SOCK_KEEPALIVE>, B<BIO_SOCK_NONBLOCK> and B<BIO_SOCK_NODELAY>.
32The flags are described in L</FLAGS> below.
33
34BIO_listen() has B<sock> start listening on the address and service
35given by B<addr>.  Connection B<options> may be zero or any
36combination of B<BIO_SOCK_KEEPALIVE>, B<BIO_SOCK_NONBLOCK>,
37B<BIO_SOCK_NODELAY>, B<BIO_SOCK_REUSEADDR> and B<BIO_SOCK_V6_ONLY>.
38The flags are described in L</FLAGS> below.
39
40BIO_accept_ex() waits for an incoming connections on the given
41socket B<accept_sock>.  When it gets a connection, the address and
42port of the peer gets stored in B<peer> if that one is non-NULL.
43Accept B<options> may be zero or B<BIO_SOCK_NONBLOCK>, and is applied
44on the accepted socket.  The flags are described in L</FLAGS> below.
45
46BIO_closesocket() closes B<sock>.
47
48=head1 FLAGS
49
50=over 4
51
52=item BIO_SOCK_KEEPALIVE
53
54Enables regular sending of keep-alive messages.
55
56=item BIO_SOCK_NONBLOCK
57
58Sets the socket to nonblocking mode.
59
60=item BIO_SOCK_NODELAY
61
62Corresponds to B<TCP_NODELAY>, and disables the Nagle algorithm.  With
63this set, any data will be sent as soon as possible instead of being
64buffered until there's enough for the socket to send out in one go.
65
66=item BIO_SOCK_REUSEADDR
67
68Try to reuse the address and port combination for a recently closed
69port.
70
71=item BIO_SOCK_V6_ONLY
72
73When creating an IPv6 socket, make it only listen for IPv6 addresses
74and not IPv4 addresses mapped to IPv6.
75
76=item BIO_SOCK_TFO
77
78Enables TCP Fast Open on the socket. Uses appropriate APIs on
79supported operating systems, including Linux, macOS and FreeBSD. Can
80be used with BIO_connect(), BIO_set_conn_mode(), BIO_set_bind_mode(),
81and BIO_listen().
82On Linux kernels before 4.14, use BIO_set_conn_address() to specify
83the peer address before starting the TLS handshake.
84
85=back
86
87These flags are bit flags, so they are to be combined with the
88C<|> operator, for example:
89
90 BIO_connect(sock, addr, BIO_SOCK_KEEPALIVE | BIO_SOCK_NONBLOCK);
91
92=head1 RETURN VALUES
93
94BIO_socket() returns the socket number on success or B<INVALID_SOCKET>
95(-1) on error.  When an error has occurred, the OpenSSL error stack
96will hold the error data and errno has the system error.
97
98BIO_bind(), BIO_connect() and BIO_listen() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
99When an error has occurred, the OpenSSL error stack will hold the error
100data and errno has the system error.
101
102BIO_accept_ex() returns the accepted socket on success or
103B<INVALID_SOCKET> (-1) on error.  When an error has occurred, the
104OpenSSL error stack will hold the error data and errno has the system
105error.
106
107=head1 SEE ALSO
108
109L<BIO_ADDR(3)>
110
111=head1 HISTORY
112
113BIO_gethostname(), BIO_get_port(), BIO_get_host_ip(),
114BIO_get_accept_socket() and BIO_accept() were deprecated in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
115Use the functions described above instead.
116
117=head1 COPYRIGHT
118
119Copyright 2016-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
120
121Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
122this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
123in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
124L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
125
126=cut
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