File:  [LON-CAPA] / loncom / LondConnection.pm
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Mon Oct 27 10:09:37 2003 UTC (20 years, 6 months ago) by foxr
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Reduce the timeout

    1: #   This module defines and implements a class that represents
    2: #   a connection to a lond daemon.
    3: #
    4: # $Id: LondConnection.pm,v 1.13 2003/10/27 10:09:37 foxr Exp $
    5: #
    6: # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
    7: #
    8: # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
    9: #
   10: # LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   11: # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   12: # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   13: # (at your option) any later version.
   14: #
   15: # LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   16: # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   17: # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   18: # GNU General Public License for more details.
   19: #
   20: # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   21: # along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
   22: # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
   23: #
   24: # /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
   25: #
   26: # http://www.lon-capa.org/
   27: #
   28: package LondConnection;
   29: 
   30: use strict;
   31: use IO::Socket;
   32: use IO::Socket::INET;
   33: use IO::Handle;
   34: use IO::File;
   35: use Fcntl;
   36: use POSIX;
   37: use Crypt::IDEA;
   38: use LONCAPA::Configuration;
   39: use LONCAPA::HashIterator;
   40: 
   41: 
   42: 
   43: 
   44: my $DebugLevel=0;
   45: my %hostshash;
   46: my %perlvar;
   47: 
   48: #   Read the configuration file for apache to get the perl
   49: #   variable set.
   50: 
   51: sub ReadConfig {
   52:     my $perlvarref = LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf');
   53:     %perlvar    = %{$perlvarref};
   54:     my $hoststab   = 
   55: 	LONCAPA::Configuration::read_hosts(
   56: 					   "$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab") || 
   57: 					   die "Can't read host table!!";
   58:     %hostshash  = %{$hoststab};
   59:     
   60:     close(CONFIG);
   61: }
   62: 
   63: 
   64: ReadConfig;			# Make sure it gets read on init.
   65: 
   66: sub Debug {
   67:     my $level   = shift;
   68:     my $message = shift;
   69:     if ($level < $DebugLevel) {
   70: 	print($message."\n");
   71:     }
   72: }
   73: 
   74: =pod
   75: 
   76: =head2 Dump
   77: 
   78: Dump the internal state of the object: For debugging purposes, to stderr.
   79: 
   80: =cut
   81: 
   82: sub Dump {
   83:     my $self   = shift;
   84:     my $key;
   85:     my $value;
   86:     print "Dumping LondConnectionObject:\n";
   87:     while(($key, $value) = each %$self) {
   88: 	print STDERR "$key -> $value\n";
   89:     }
   90:     print "-------------------------------\n";
   91: }
   92: 
   93: =pod
   94: 
   95: Local function to do a state transition.  If the state transition
   96: callback is defined it is called with two parameters: the self and the
   97: old state.
   98: 
   99: =cut
  100: 
  101: sub Transition {
  102:     my $self     = shift;
  103:     my $newstate = shift;
  104:     my $oldstate = $self->{State};
  105:     $self->{State} = $newstate;
  106:     $self->{TimeoutRemaining} = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  107:     if($self->{TransitionCallback}) {
  108: 	($self->{TransitionCallback})->($self, $oldstate); 
  109:     }
  110: }
  111: 
  112: 
  113: =pod
  114: 
  115: =head2 new
  116: 
  117: Construct a new lond connection.
  118: 
  119: Parameters (besides the class name) include:
  120: 
  121: =item hostname
  122: 
  123: host the remote lond is on. This host is a host in the hosts.tab file
  124: 
  125: =item port
  126: 
  127:  port number the remote lond is listening on.
  128: 
  129: =cut
  130: 
  131: sub new {
  132:     my $class    = shift;	# class name.
  133:     my $Hostname = shift;	# Name of host to connect to.
  134:     my $Port     = shift;	# Port to connect 
  135:     &Debug(4,$class."::new( ".$Hostname.",".$Port.")\n");
  136: 
  137:     # The host must map to an entry in the hosts table:
  138:     #  We connect to the dns host that corresponds to that
  139:     #  system and use the hostname for the encryption key 
  140:     #  negotion.  In the objec these become the Host and
  141:     #  LoncapaHim fields of the object respectively.
  142:     #
  143:     if (!exists $hostshash{$Hostname}) {
  144: 	return undef;		# No such host!!!
  145:     }
  146:     my @ConfigLine = @{$hostshash{$Hostname}};
  147:     my $DnsName    = $ConfigLine[3]; # 4'th item is dns of host.
  148:     Debug(5, "Connecting to ".$DnsName);
  149:     # Now create the object...
  150:     my $self     = { Host               => $DnsName,
  151: 		     LoncapaHim         => $Hostname,
  152: 	             Port               => $Port,
  153: 	             State              => "Initialized",
  154: 	             TransactionRequest => "",
  155: 	             TransactionReply   => "",
  156: 	             InformReadable     => 0,
  157: 	             InformWritable     => 0,
  158: 		     TimeoutCallback    => undef,
  159: 		     TransitionCallback => undef,
  160: 	             Timeoutable        => 0,
  161: 	             TimeoutValue       => 30,
  162: 		     TimeoutRemaining   => 0,
  163: 		     CipherKey          => "",
  164: 		     Cipher             => undef};
  165:     bless($self, $class);
  166:     unless ($self->{Socket} = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerHost => $self->{Host},
  167: 					       PeerPort => $self->{Port},
  168: 					       Type     => SOCK_STREAM,
  169: 					       Proto    => "tcp",
  170: 					       Timeout  => 3)) {
  171: 	return undef;		# Inidicates the socket could not be made.
  172:     }
  173:     #
  174:     # We're connected.  Set the state, and the events we'll accept:
  175:     #
  176:     $self->Transition("Connected");
  177:     $self->{InformWritable}     = 1;    # When  socket is writable we send init
  178:     $self->{Timeoutable}        = 1;    # Timeout allowed during startup negotiation. 
  179:     $self->{TransactionRequest} = "init\n";
  180:     
  181:     #
  182:     # Set socket to nonblocking I/O.
  183:     #
  184:     my $socket = $self->{Socket};
  185:     my $flags    = fcntl($socket->fileno, F_GETFL,0);
  186:     if($flags == -1) {
  187: 	$socket->close;
  188: 	return undef;
  189:     }
  190:     if(fcntl($socket, F_SETFL, $flags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
  191: 	$socket->close;
  192: 	return undef;
  193:     }
  194: 
  195:     # return the object :
  196: 
  197:     return $self;
  198: }
  199: 
  200: =pod
  201: 
  202: =head2 Readable
  203: 
  204: This member should be called when the Socket becomes readable.  Until
  205: the read completes, action is state independet. Data are accepted into
  206: the TransactionReply until a newline character is received.  At that
  207: time actionis state dependent:
  208: 
  209: =item Connected
  210: 
  211: in this case we received challenge, the state changes to
  212: ChallengeReceived, and we initiate a send with the challenge response.
  213: 
  214: =item ReceivingReply
  215: 
  216: In this case a reply has been received for a transaction, the state
  217: goes to Idle and we disable write and read notification.
  218: 
  219: =item ChallengeReeived
  220: 
  221: we just got what should be an ok\n and the connection can now handle
  222: transactions.
  223: 
  224: =cut
  225: 
  226: sub Readable {
  227:     my $self    = shift;
  228:     my $socket  = $self->{Socket};
  229:     my $data    = '';
  230:     my $rv      = $socket->recv($data, POSIX::BUFSIZ,  0);
  231:     my $errno   = $! + 0;	             # Force numeric context.
  232: 
  233:     unless (defined($rv) && length $data) {# Read failed,
  234: 	if(($errno == POSIX::EWOULDBLOCK)   ||
  235: 	   ($errno == POSIX::EAGAIN)        ||
  236: 	   ($errno == POSIX::EINTR)) {
  237: 	    return 0;
  238: 	}
  239: 
  240: 	# Connection likely lost.
  241: 	&Debug(4, "Connection lost");
  242: 	$self->{TransactionRequest} = '';
  243: 	$socket->close();
  244: 	$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  245: 	return -1;
  246:     }
  247:     #  Append the data to the buffer.  And figure out if the read is done:
  248: 
  249:     &Debug(9,"Received from host: ".$data);
  250:     $self->{TransactionReply} .= $data;
  251:     if($self->{TransactionReply} =~ /(.*\n)/) {
  252: 	&Debug(8,"Readable End of line detected");
  253: 	if ($self->{State}  eq "Initialized") { # We received the challenge:
  254: 	    if($self->{TransactionReply} eq "refused\n") {	# Remote doesn't have
  255: 		
  256: 		$self->Transition("Disconnected"); # in host tables.
  257: 		$socket->close();
  258: 		return -1;
  259: 	    }
  260: 
  261: 	    &Debug(8," Transition out of Initialized");
  262: 	    $self->{TransactionRequest} = $self->{TransactionReply};
  263: 	    $self->{InformWritable}     = 1;
  264: 	    $self->{InformReadable}     = 0;
  265: 	    $self->Transition("ChallengeReceived");
  266: 	    $self->{TimeoutRemaining}   = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  267: 	    return 0;
  268: 	} elsif ($self->{State} eq "ChallengeReplied") { # should be ok.
  269: 	    if($self->{TransactionReply} != "ok\n") {
  270: 		$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  271: 		$socket->close();
  272: 		return -1;
  273: 	    }
  274: 	    $self->Transition("RequestingKey");
  275: 	    $self->{InformReadable}  = 0;
  276: 	    $self->{InformWritable}  = 1;
  277: 	    $self->{TransactionRequest} = "ekey\n";
  278: 	    return 0;
  279: 	} elsif ($self->{State}  eq "ReceivingKey") {
  280: 	    my $buildkey = $self->{TransactionReply};
  281: 	    my $key = $self->{LoncapaHim}.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
  282: 	    $key=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
  283: 	    $key=~tr/G-P/0-9/;
  284: 	    $key=~tr/Q-Z/0-9/;
  285: 	    $key=$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey;
  286: 	    $key=substr($key,0,32);
  287: 	    my $cipherkey=pack("H32",$key);
  288: 	    $self->{Cipher} = new IDEA $cipherkey;
  289: 	    if($self->{Cipher} eq undef) {
  290: 		$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  291: 		$socket->close();
  292: 		return -1;
  293: 	    } else {
  294: 		$self->Transition("Idle");
  295: 		$self->{InformWritable}  =  0;
  296: 		$self->{InformReadable}  =  0;
  297: 		$self->{Timeoutable}     = 0;
  298: 		return 0;
  299: 	    }
  300: 	} elsif ($self->{State}  eq "ReceivingReply") {
  301: 
  302: 	    # If the data are encrypted, decrypt first.
  303: 
  304: 	    my $answer = $self->{TransactionReply};
  305: 	    if($answer =~ /^enc\:/) {
  306: 		$answer = $self->Decrypt($answer);
  307: 		$self->{TransactionReply} = $answer;
  308: 	    }
  309: 
  310: 	    # finish the transaction
  311: 
  312: 	    $self->{InformWritable}     = 0;
  313: 	    $self->{InformReadable}     = 0;
  314: 	    $self->{Timeoutable}        = 0;
  315: 	    $self->Transition("Idle");
  316: 	    return 0;
  317: 	} elsif ($self->{State} eq "Disconnected") { # No connection.
  318: 	    return -1;
  319: 	} else {			# Internal error: Invalid state.
  320: 	    $self->Transition("Disconnected");
  321: 	    $socket->close();
  322: 	    return -1;
  323: 	}
  324:     }
  325: 
  326:     return 0;
  327:     
  328: }
  329: 
  330: 
  331: =pod
  332: 
  333: This member should be called when the Socket becomes writable.
  334: 
  335: The action is state independent. An attempt is made to drain the
  336: contents of the TransactionRequest member.  Once this is drained, we
  337: mark the object as waiting for readability.
  338: 
  339: Returns  0 if successful, or -1 if not.
  340: 
  341: =cut
  342: sub Writable {
  343:     my $self     = shift;		# Get reference to the object.
  344:     my $socket   = $self->{Socket};
  345:     my $nwritten = $socket->send($self->{TransactionRequest}, 0);
  346:     my $errno    = $! + 0;
  347:     unless (defined $nwritten) {
  348: 	if($errno != POSIX::EINTR) {
  349: 	    $self->Transition("Disconnected");
  350: 	    return -1;
  351: 	}
  352:       
  353:     }
  354:     if (($nwritten >= 0)                        ||
  355:         ($errno == POSIX::EWOULDBLOCK)    ||
  356: 	($errno == POSIX::EAGAIN)         ||
  357: 	($errno == POSIX::EINTR)          ||
  358: 	($errno ==  0)) {
  359: 	substr($self->{TransactionRequest}, 0, $nwritten) = ""; # rmv written part
  360: 	if(length $self->{TransactionRequest} == 0) {
  361: 	    $self->{InformWritable} = 0;
  362: 	    $self->{InformReadable} = 1;
  363: 	    $self->{TransactionReply} = '';
  364: 	    #
  365: 	    # Figure out the next state:
  366: 	    #
  367: 	    if($self->{State} eq "Connected") {
  368: 		$self->Transition("Initialized");
  369: 	    } elsif($self->{State} eq "ChallengeReceived") {
  370: 		$self->Transition("ChallengeReplied");
  371: 	    } elsif($self->{State} eq "RequestingKey") {
  372: 		$self->Transition("ReceivingKey");
  373: 		$self->{InformWritable} = 0;
  374: 		$self->{InformReadable} = 1;
  375: 		$self->{TransactionReply} = '';
  376: 	    } elsif ($self->{State} eq "SendingRequest") {
  377: 		$self->Transition("ReceivingReply");
  378: 		$self->{TimeoutRemaining} = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  379: 	    } elsif ($self->{State} eq "Disconnected") {
  380: 		return -1;
  381: 	    }
  382: 	    return 0;
  383: 	}
  384:     } else {			# The write failed (e.g. partner disconnected).
  385: 	$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  386: 	$socket->close();
  387: 	return -1;
  388:     }
  389: 	
  390: }
  391: =pod
  392: 
  393: =head2 Tick
  394: 
  395:    Tick is called every time unit by the event framework.  It
  396: 
  397: =item 1 decrements the remaining timeout.
  398: 
  399: =item 2 If the timeout is zero, calls TimedOut indicating that the current operation timed out.
  400: 
  401: =cut
  402:     
  403: sub Tick {
  404:     my $self = shift;
  405:     $self->{TimeoutRemaining}--;
  406:     if ($self->{TimeoutRemaining} < 0) {
  407: 	$self->TimedOut();
  408:     }
  409: }
  410: 
  411: =pod
  412: 
  413: =head2 TimedOut
  414: 
  415: called on a timeout.  If the timeout callback is defined, it is called
  416: with $self as its parameters.
  417: 
  418: =cut
  419: 
  420: sub TimedOut  {
  421: 
  422:     my $self = shift;
  423:     if($self->{TimeoutCallback}) {
  424: 	my $callback = $self->{TimeoutCallback};
  425: 	my @args = ( $self);
  426: 	&$callback(@args);
  427:     }
  428: }
  429: 
  430: =pod
  431: 
  432: =head2 InitiateTransaction
  433: 
  434: Called to initiate a transaction.  A transaction can only be initiated
  435: when the object is idle... otherwise an error is returned.  A
  436: transaction consists of a request to the server that will have a
  437: reply.  This member sets the request data in the TransactionRequest
  438: member, makes the state SendingRequest and sets the data to allow a
  439: timout, and to request writability notification.
  440: 
  441: =cut
  442: 
  443: sub InitiateTransaction {
  444:     my $self   = shift;
  445:     my $data   = shift;
  446: 
  447:     Debug(1, "initiating transaction: ".$data);
  448:     if($self->{State} ne "Idle") {
  449: 	Debug(0," .. but not idle here\n");
  450: 	return -1;		# Error indicator.
  451:     }
  452:     # if the transaction is to be encrypted encrypt the data:
  453: 
  454:     if($data =~ /^encrypt\:/) {
  455: 	$data = $self->Encrypt($data);
  456:     }
  457: 
  458:     # Setup the trasaction
  459: 
  460:     $self->{TransactionRequest} = $data;
  461:     $self->{TransactionReply}   = "";
  462:     $self->{InformWritable}     = 1;
  463:     $self->{InformReadable}     = 0;
  464:     $self->{Timeoutable}        = 1;
  465:     $self->{TimeoutRemaining}   = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  466:     $self->Transition("SendingRequest");
  467: }
  468: 
  469: 
  470: =pod
  471: 
  472: =head2 SetStateTransitionCallback
  473: 
  474: Sets a callback for state transitions.  Returns a reference to any
  475: prior established callback, or undef if there was none:
  476: 
  477: =cut
  478: 
  479: sub SetStateTransitionCallback {
  480:     my $self        = shift;
  481:     my $oldCallback = $self->{TransitionCallback};
  482:     $self->{TransitionCallback} = shift;
  483:     return $oldCallback;
  484: }
  485: 
  486: =pod
  487: 
  488: =head2 SetTimeoutCallback
  489: 
  490: Sets the timeout callback.  Returns a reference to any prior
  491: established callback or undef if there was none.
  492: 
  493: =cut
  494: 
  495: sub SetTimeoutCallback {
  496:     my $self                 = shift;
  497:     my $callback             = shift;
  498:     my $oldCallback          = $self->{TimeoutCallback};
  499:     $self->{TimeoutCallback} = $callback;
  500:     return $oldCallback;
  501: }
  502: 
  503: =pod
  504: 
  505: =head2 Shutdown:
  506: 
  507: Shuts down the socket.
  508: 
  509: =cut
  510: 
  511: sub Shutdown {
  512:     my $self = shift;
  513:     my $socket = $self->GetSocket();
  514:     $socket->shutdown(2);
  515: }
  516: 
  517: =pod
  518: 
  519: =head2 GetState
  520: 
  521: selector for the object state.
  522: 
  523: =cut
  524: 
  525: sub GetState {
  526:     my $self = shift;
  527:     return $self->{State};
  528: }
  529: 
  530: =pod
  531: 
  532: =head2 GetSocket
  533: 
  534: selector for the object socket.
  535: 
  536: =cut
  537: 
  538: sub GetSocket {
  539:     my $self  = shift;
  540:     return $self->{Socket};
  541: }
  542: 
  543: 
  544: =pod
  545: 
  546: =head2 WantReadable
  547: 
  548: Return the state of the flag that indicates the object wants to be
  549: called when readable.
  550: 
  551: =cut
  552: 
  553: sub WantReadable {
  554:     my   $self = shift;
  555: 
  556:     return $self->{InformReadable};
  557: }
  558: 
  559: =pod
  560: 
  561: =head2 WantWritable
  562: 
  563: Return the state of the flag that indicates the object wants write
  564: notification.
  565: 
  566: =cut
  567: 
  568: sub WantWritable {
  569:     my $self = shift;
  570:     return $self->{InformWritable};
  571: }
  572: 
  573: =pod
  574: 
  575: =head2 WantTimeout
  576: 
  577: return the state of the flag that indicates the object wants to be
  578: informed of timeouts.
  579: 
  580: =cut
  581: 
  582: sub WantTimeout {
  583:     my $self = shift;
  584:     return $self->{Timeoutable};
  585: }
  586: 
  587: =pod
  588: 
  589: =head2 GetReply
  590: 
  591: Returns the reply from the last transaction.
  592: 
  593: =cut
  594: 
  595: sub GetReply {
  596:     my $self = shift;
  597:     return $self->{TransactionReply};
  598: }
  599: 
  600: =pod
  601: 
  602: =head2 Encrypt
  603: 
  604: Returns the encrypted version of the command string.
  605: 
  606: The command input string is of the form:
  607: 
  608:   encrypt:command
  609: 
  610: The output string can be directly sent to lond as it is of the form:
  611: 
  612:   enc:length:<encodedrequest>
  613: 
  614: =cut
  615: 
  616: sub Encrypt {
  617:     my $self    = shift;		# Reference to the object.
  618:     my $request = shift;	        # Text to send.
  619: 
  620:    
  621:     # Split the encrypt: off the request and figure out it's length.
  622:     # the cipher works in blocks of 8 bytes.
  623: 
  624:     my $cmd = $request;
  625:     $cmd    =~ s/^encrypt\://;	# strip off encrypt:
  626:     chomp($cmd);		# strip off trailing \n
  627:     my     $length=length($cmd);	# Get the string length.
  628:     $cmd .= "         ";	# Pad with blanks so we can fill out a block.
  629: 
  630:     # encrypt the request in 8 byte chunks to create the encrypted
  631:     # output request.
  632: 
  633:     my $Encoded = '';
  634:     for(my $index = 0; $index <= $length; $index += 8) {
  635: 	$Encoded .= 
  636: 	    unpack("H16", 
  637: 		   $self->{Cipher}->encrypt(substr($cmd, 
  638: 						   $index, 8)));
  639:     }
  640: 
  641:     # Build up the answer as enc:length:$encrequest.
  642: 
  643:     $request = "enc:$length:$Encoded\n";
  644:     return $request;
  645:     
  646:     
  647: }
  648: 
  649: =pod
  650: 
  651: =head2 Decrypt
  652: 
  653: Decrypt a response from the server.  The response is in the form:
  654: 
  655:  enc:<length>:<encrypted data>
  656: 
  657: =cut
  658: 
  659: sub Decrypt {
  660:     my $self      = shift;	# Recover reference to object
  661:     my $encrypted = shift;	# This is the encrypted data.
  662: 
  663:     #  Bust up the response into length, and encryptedstring:
  664: 
  665:     my ($enc, $length, $EncryptedString) = split(/:/,$encrypted);
  666:     chomp($EncryptedString);
  667: 
  668:     # Decode the data in 8 byte blocks.  The string is encoded
  669:     # as hex digits so there are two characters per byte:
  670: 
  671:     my $decrypted = "";
  672:     for(my $index = 0; $index < length($EncryptedString);
  673: 	$index += 16) {
  674: 	$decrypted .= $self->{Cipher}->decrypt(
  675: 				    pack("H16",
  676: 					 substr($EncryptedString,
  677: 						$index, 
  678: 						16)));
  679:     }
  680:     #  the answer may have trailing pads to fill out a block.
  681:     #  $length tells us the actual length of the decrypted string:
  682: 
  683:     $decrypted = substr($decrypted, 0, $length);
  684: 
  685:     return $decrypted;
  686: 
  687: }
  688: 
  689: =pod
  690: 
  691: =head2 GetHostIterator
  692: 
  693: Returns a hash iterator to the host information.  Each get from 
  694: this iterator returns a reference to an array that contains 
  695: information read from the hosts configuration file.  Array elements
  696: are used as follows:
  697: 
  698:  [0]   - LonCapa host name.
  699:  [1]   - LonCapa domain name.
  700:  [2]   - Loncapa role (e.g. library or access).
  701:  [3]   - DNS name server hostname.
  702:  [4]   - IP address (result of e.g. nslookup [3]).
  703:  [5]   - Maximum connection count.
  704:  [6]   - Idle timeout for reducing connection count.
  705:  [7]   - Minimum connection count.
  706: 
  707: =cut
  708: 
  709: sub GetHostIterator {
  710: 
  711:     return HashIterator->new(\%hostshash);    
  712: }
  713: 
  714: 1;
  715: 
  716: =pod
  717: 
  718: =head1 Theory
  719: 
  720: The lond object is a state machine.  It lives through the following states:
  721: 
  722: =item Connected:
  723: 
  724: a TCP connection has been formed, but the passkey has not yet been
  725: negotiated.
  726: 
  727: =item Initialized:
  728: 
  729: "init" sent.
  730: 
  731: =item ChallengeReceived:
  732: 
  733: lond sent its challenge to us.
  734: 
  735: =item ChallengeReplied:
  736: 
  737: We replied to lond's challenge waiting for lond's ok.
  738: 
  739: =item RequestingKey:
  740: 
  741: We are requesting an encryption key.
  742: 
  743: =item ReceivingKey:
  744: 
  745: We are receiving an encryption key.
  746: 
  747: =item Idle:
  748: 
  749: Connection was negotiated but no requests are active.
  750: 
  751: =item SendingRequest:
  752: 
  753: A request is being sent to the peer.
  754: 
  755: =item ReceivingReply:
  756: 
  757: Waiting for an entire reply from the peer.
  758: 
  759: =item Disconnected:
  760: 
  761: For whatever reason, the connection was dropped.
  762: 
  763: When we need to be writing data, we have a writable event. When we
  764: need to be reading data, a readable event established.  Events
  765: dispatch through the class functions Readable and Writable, and the
  766: watcher contains a reference to the associated object to allow object
  767: context to be reached.
  768: 
  769: =head2 Member data.
  770: 
  771: =item Host
  772: 
  773: Host socket is connected to.
  774: 
  775: =item Port
  776: 
  777: The port the remote lond is listening on.
  778: 
  779: =item Socket
  780: 
  781: Socket open on the connection.
  782: 
  783: =item State
  784: 
  785: The current state.
  786: 
  787: =item TransactionRequest
  788: 
  789: The request being transmitted.
  790: 
  791: =item TransactionReply
  792: 
  793: The reply being received from the transaction.
  794: 
  795: =item InformReadable
  796: 
  797: True if we want to be called when socket is readable.
  798: 
  799: =item InformWritable
  800: 
  801: True if we want to be informed if the socket is writable.
  802: 
  803: =item Timeoutable
  804: 
  805: True if the current operation is allowed to timeout.
  806: 
  807: =item TimeoutValue
  808: 
  809: Number of seconds in the timeout.
  810: 
  811: =item TimeoutRemaining
  812: 
  813: Number of seconds left in the timeout.
  814: 
  815: =item CipherKey
  816: 
  817: The key that was negotiated with the peer.
  818: 
  819: =item Cipher
  820: 
  821: The cipher obtained via the key.
  822: 
  823: 
  824: =head2 The following are callback like members:
  825: 
  826: =item Tick:
  827: 
  828: Called in response to a timer tick. Used to managed timeouts etc.
  829: 
  830: =item Readable:
  831: 
  832: Called when the socket becomes readable.
  833: 
  834: =item Writable:
  835: 
  836: Called when the socket becomes writable.
  837: 
  838: =item TimedOut:
  839: 
  840: Called when a timed operation timed out.
  841: 
  842: 
  843: =head2 The following are operational member functions.
  844: 
  845: =item InitiateTransaction:
  846: 
  847: Called to initiate a new transaction
  848: 
  849: =item SetStateTransitionCallback:
  850: 
  851: Called to establish a function that is called whenever the object goes
  852: through a state transition.  This is used by The client to manage the
  853: work flow for the object.
  854: 
  855: =item SetTimeoutCallback:
  856: 
  857: Set a function to be called when a transaction times out.  The
  858: function will be called with the object as its sole parameter.
  859: 
  860: =item Encrypt:
  861: 
  862: Encrypts a block of text according to the cipher negotiated with the
  863: peer (assumes the text is a command).
  864: 
  865: =item Decrypt:
  866: 
  867: Decrypts a block of text according to the cipher negotiated with the
  868: peer (assumes the block was a reply.
  869: 
  870: =item Shutdown:
  871: 
  872: Shuts off the socket.
  873: 
  874: =head2 The following are selector member functions:
  875: 
  876: =item GetState:
  877: 
  878: Returns the current state
  879: 
  880: =item GetSocket:
  881: 
  882: Gets the socekt open on the connection to lond.
  883: 
  884: =item WantReadable:
  885: 
  886: true if the current state requires a readable event.
  887: 
  888: =item WantWritable:
  889: 
  890: true if the current state requires a writable event.
  891: 
  892: =item WantTimeout:
  893: 
  894: true if the current state requires timeout support.
  895: 
  896: =item GetHostIterator:
  897: 
  898: Returns an iterator into the host file hash.
  899: 
  900: =cut

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