File:  [LON-CAPA] / loncom / LondConnection.pm
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    1: #   This module defines and implements a class that represents
    2: #   a connection to a lond daemon.
    3: #
    4: # $Id: LondConnection.pm,v 1.3 2003/04/18 06:07:27 albertel 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 IO::Socket;
   31: use IO::Socket::INET;
   32: use IO::Handle;
   33: use IO::File;
   34: use Fcntl;
   35: use POSIX;
   36: use Crypt::IDEA;
   37: use LONCAPA::Configuration;
   38: use LONCAPA::HashIterator;
   39: 
   40: my $DebugLevel=4;
   41: 
   42: #   Read the configuration file for apache to get the perl
   43: #   variable set.
   44: 
   45: my $perlvarref = LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf');
   46: my %perlvar    = %{$perlvarref};
   47: my $hoststab   = 
   48:     LONCAPA::Configuration::read_hosts(
   49:             "$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab") || 
   50:     die "Can't read host table!!";
   51: my %hostshash  = %{$hoststab};
   52: 
   53: close(CONFIG);
   54: 
   55: sub Debug {
   56:     my $level   = shift;
   57:     my $message = shift;
   58:     if ($level < $DebugLevel) {
   59: 	print($message."\n");
   60:     }
   61: }
   62: 
   63: =pod
   64: 
   65: =head2 Dump
   66: 
   67: Dump the internal state of the object: For debugging purposes.
   68: 
   69: =cut
   70: 
   71: sub Dump {
   72:     my $self   = shift;
   73:     print "Dumping LondConnectionObject:\n";
   74:     while(($key, $value) = each %$self) {
   75: 	print "$key -> $value\n";
   76:     }
   77:     print "-------------------------------\n";
   78: }
   79: 
   80: =pod
   81: 
   82: Local function to do a state transition.  If the state transition
   83: callback is defined it is called with two parameters: the self and the
   84: old state.
   85: 
   86: =cut
   87: 
   88: sub Transition {
   89:     my $self     = shift;
   90:     my $newstate = shift;
   91:     my $oldstate = $self->{State};
   92:     $self->{State} = $newstate;
   93:     $self->{TimeoutRemaining} = $self->{TimeoutValue};
   94:     if($self->{TransitionCallback}) {
   95: 	($self->{TransitionCallback})->($self, $oldstate); 
   96:     }
   97: }
   98: 
   99: 
  100: =pod
  101: 
  102: =head2 new
  103: 
  104: Construct a new lond connection.
  105: 
  106: Parameters (besides the class name) include:
  107: 
  108: =item hostname
  109: 
  110: host the remote lond is on. This host is a host in the hosts.tab file
  111: 
  112: =item port
  113: 
  114:  port number the remote lond is listening on.
  115: 
  116: =cut
  117: 
  118: sub new {
  119:     my $class    = shift;	# class name.
  120:     my $Hostname = shift;	# Name of host to connect to.
  121:     my $Port     = shift;	# Port to connect 
  122:     &Debug(4,$class."::new( ".$Hostname.",".$Port.")\n");
  123: 
  124:     # The host must map to an entry in the hosts table:
  125:     #  We connect to the dns host that corresponds to that
  126:     #  system and use the hostname for the encryption key 
  127:     #  negotion.  In the objec these become the Host and
  128:     #  LoncapaHim fields of the object respectively.
  129:     #
  130:     if (!exists $hostshash{$Hostname}) {
  131: 	return undef;		# No such host!!!
  132:     }
  133:     my @ConfigLine = @{$hostshash{$Hostname}};
  134:     my $DnsName    = $ConfigLine[3]; # 4'th item is dns of host.
  135:     Debug(5, "Connecting to ".$DnsName);
  136:     # Now create the object...
  137:     my $self     = { Host               => $DnsName,
  138: 		     LoncapaHim         => $Hostname,
  139: 	             Port               => $Port,
  140: 	             State              => "Initialized",
  141: 	             TransactionRequest => "",
  142: 	             TransactionReply   => "",
  143: 	             InformReadable     => 0,
  144: 	             InformWritable     => 0,
  145: 		     TimeoutCallback    => undef,
  146: 		     TransitionCallback => undef,
  147: 	             Timeoutable        => 0,
  148: 	             TimeoutValue       => 60,
  149:              TimeoutRemaining   => 0,
  150: 		     CipherKey          => "",
  151: 		     Cipher             => undef};
  152:     bless($self, $class);
  153:     unless ($self->{Socket} = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerHost => $self->{Host},
  154: 					       PeerPort => $self->{Port},
  155: 					       Type     => SOCK_STREAM,
  156: 					       Proto    => "tcp")) {
  157: 	return undef;		# Inidicates the socket could not be made.
  158:     }
  159:     #
  160:     # We're connected.  Set the state, and the events we'll accept:
  161:     #
  162:     $self->Transition("Connected");
  163:     $self->{InformWritable}     = 1;    # When  socket is writable we send init
  164:     $self->{TransactionRequest} = "init\n";
  165:     
  166:     #
  167:     # Set socket to nonblocking I/O.
  168:     #
  169:     my $socket = $self->{Socket};
  170:     $flags    = fcntl($socket->fileno, F_GETFL,0);
  171:     if($flags == -1) {
  172: 	$socket->close;
  173: 	return undef;
  174:     }
  175:     if(fcntl($socket, F_SETFL, $flags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
  176: 	$socket->close;
  177: 	return undef;
  178:     }
  179: 
  180:     # return the object :
  181: 
  182:     return $self;
  183: }
  184: 
  185: =pod
  186: 
  187: =head2 Readable
  188: 
  189: This member should be called when the Socket becomes readable.  Until
  190: the read completes, action is state independet. Data are accepted into
  191: the TransactionReply until a newline character is received.  At that
  192: time actionis state dependent:
  193: 
  194: =item Connected
  195: 
  196: in this case we received challenge, the state changes to
  197: ChallengeReceived, and we initiate a send with the challenge response.
  198: 
  199: =item ReceivingReply
  200: 
  201: In this case a reply has been received for a transaction, the state
  202: goes to Idle and we disable write and read notification.
  203: 
  204: =item ChallengeReeived
  205: 
  206: we just got what should be an ok\n and the connection can now handle
  207: transactions.
  208: 
  209: =cut
  210: 
  211: sub Readable {
  212:     my $self    = shift;
  213:     my $socket  = $self->{Socket};
  214:     my $data    = '';
  215:     my $rv      = $socket->recv($data, POSIX::BUFSIZ,  0);
  216:     my $errno   = $! + 0;	             # Force numeric context.
  217: 
  218:     unless (defined($rv) && length($data)) { # Read failed,
  219: 	if(($errno == POSIX::EWOULDBLOCK)   ||
  220: 	   ($errno == POSIX::EAGAIN)        ||
  221: 	   ($errno == POSIX::EINTR)         ||
  222: 	   ($errno == 0)) {
  223: 	    return 0;
  224: 	}
  225: 
  226: 	# Connection likely lost.
  227: 	&Debug(4, "Connection lost");
  228: 	$self->{TransactionRequest} = '';
  229: 	$socket->close();
  230: 	$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  231: 	return -1;
  232:     }
  233:     #  Append the data to the buffer.  And figure out if the read is done:
  234: 
  235:     &Debug(9,"Received from host: ".$data);
  236:     $self->{TransactionReply} .= $data;
  237:     if($self->{TransactionReply} =~ /(.*\n)/) {
  238: 	&Debug(8,"Readable End of line detected");
  239: 	if ($self->{State}  eq "Initialized") { # We received the challenge:
  240: 	    if($self->{TransactionReply} eq "refused") {	# Remote doesn't have
  241: 		
  242: 		$self->Transition("Disconnected"); # in host tables.
  243: 		$socket->close();
  244: 		return -1;
  245: 	    }
  246: 
  247: 	    &Debug(8," Transition out of Initialized");
  248: 	    $self->{TransactionRequest} = $self->{TransactionReply};
  249: 	    $self->{InformWritable}     = 1;
  250: 	    $self->{InformReadable}     = 0;
  251: 	    $self->Transition("ChallengeReceived");
  252: 	    $self->{TimeoutRemaining}   = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  253: 	    return 0;
  254: 	} elsif ($self->{State} eq "ChallengeReplied") { # should be ok.
  255: 	    if($self->{TransactionReply} != "ok\n") {
  256: 		$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  257: 		$socket->close();
  258: 		return -1;
  259: 	    }
  260: 	    $self->Transition("RequestingKey");
  261: 	    $self->{InformReadable}  = 0;
  262: 	    $self->{InformWritable}  = 1;
  263: 	    $self->{TransactionRequest} = "ekey\n";
  264: 	    return 0;
  265: 	} elsif ($self->{State}  eq "ReceivingKey") {
  266: 	    my $buildkey = $self->{TransactionReply};
  267: 	    my $key = $self->{LoncapaHim}.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
  268: 	    $key=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
  269: 	    $key=~tr/G-P/0-9/;
  270: 	    $key=~tr/Q-Z/0-9/;
  271: 	    $key=$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey.$key.$buildkey;
  272: 	    $key=substr($key,0,32);
  273: 	    my $cipherkey=pack("H32",$key);
  274: 	    $self->{Cipher} = new IDEA $cipherkey;
  275: 	    if($self->{Cipher} == undef) {
  276: 		$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  277: 		$socket->close();
  278: 		return -1;
  279: 	    } else {
  280: 		$self->Transition("Idle");
  281: 		$self->{InformWritable}  =  0;
  282: 		$self->{InformReadable}  =  0;
  283: 		$self->{Timeoutable}     = 0;
  284: 		return 0;
  285: 	    }
  286: 	} elsif ($self->{State}  eq "ReceivingReply") {
  287: 
  288: 	    # If the data are encrypted, decrypt first.
  289: 
  290: 	    my $answer = $self->{TransactionReply};
  291: 	    if($answer =~ /^enc\:/) {
  292: 		$answer = $self->Decrypt($answer);
  293: 		$self->{TransactionReply} = $answer;
  294: 	    }
  295: 
  296: 	    # finish the transaction
  297: 
  298: 	    $self->{InformWritable}     = 0;
  299: 	    $self->{InformReadable}     = 0;
  300: 	    $self->{Timeoutable}        = 0;
  301: 	    $self->Transition("Idle");
  302: 	    return 0;
  303: 	} elsif ($self->{State} eq "Disconnected") { # No connection.
  304: 	    return -1;
  305: 	} else {			# Internal error: Invalid state.
  306: 	    $self->Transition("Disconnected");
  307: 	    $socket->close();
  308: 	    return -1;
  309: 	}
  310:     }
  311: 
  312:     return 0;
  313:     
  314: }
  315: 
  316: 
  317: =pod
  318: 
  319: This member should be called when the Socket becomes writable.
  320: 
  321: The action is state independent. An attempt is made to drain the
  322: contents of the TransactionRequest member.  Once this is drained, we
  323: mark the object as waiting for readability.
  324: 
  325: Returns  0 if successful, or -1 if not.
  326: 
  327: =cut
  328: sub Writable {
  329:     my $self     = shift;		# Get reference to the object.
  330:     my $socket   = $self->{Socket};
  331:     my $nwritten = $socket->send($self->{TransactionRequest}, 0);
  332:     my $errno    = $! + 0;
  333:     unless (defined $nwritten) {
  334: 	if($errno != POSIX::EINTR) {
  335: 	    $self->Transition("Disconnected");
  336: 	    return -1;
  337: 	}
  338:       
  339:     }
  340:     if (($rv >= 0)                        ||
  341:         ($errno == POSIX::EWOULDBLOCK)    ||
  342: 	($errno == POSIX::EAGAIN)         ||
  343: 	($errno == POSIX::EINTR)          ||
  344: 	($errno ==  0)) {
  345: 	substr($self->{TransactionRequest}, 0, $nwritten) = ""; # rmv written part
  346: 	if(length $self->{TransactionRequest} == 0) {
  347: 	    $self->{InformWritable} = 0;
  348: 	    $self->{InformReadable} = 1;
  349: 	    $self->{TransactionReply} = '';
  350: 	    #
  351: 	    # Figure out the next state:
  352: 	    #
  353: 	    if($self->{State} eq "Connected") {
  354: 		$self->Transition("Initialized");
  355: 	    } elsif($self->{State} eq "ChallengeReceived") {
  356: 		$self->Transition("ChallengeReplied");
  357: 	    } elsif($self->{State} eq "RequestingKey") {
  358: 		$self->Transition("ReceivingKey");
  359: 		$self->{InformWritable} = 0;
  360: 		$self->{InformReadable} = 1;
  361: 		$self->{TransactionReply} = '';
  362: 	    } elsif ($self->{State} eq "SendingRequest") {
  363: 		$self->Transition("ReceivingReply");
  364: 		$self->{TimeoutRemaining} = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  365: 	    } elsif ($self->{State} eq "Disconnected") {
  366: 		return -1;
  367: 	    }
  368: 	    return 0;
  369: 	}
  370:     } else {			# The write failed (e.g. partner disconnected).
  371: 	$self->Transition("Disconnected");
  372: 	$socket->close();
  373: 	return -1;
  374:     }
  375: 	
  376: }
  377: =pod
  378: 
  379: =head2 Tick
  380: 
  381:    Tick is called every time unit by the event framework.  It
  382: 
  383: =item 1 decrements the remaining timeout.
  384: 
  385: =item 2 If the timeout is zero, calls TimedOut indicating that the current operation timed out.
  386: 
  387: =cut
  388:     
  389: sub Tick {
  390:     my $self = shift;
  391:     $self->{TimeoutRemaining}--;
  392:     if ($self->{TimeoutRemaining} < 0) {
  393: 	$self->TimedOut();
  394:     }
  395: }
  396: 
  397: =pod
  398: 
  399: =head2 TimedOut
  400: 
  401: called on a timeout.  If the timeout callback is defined, it is called
  402: with $self as its parameters.
  403: 
  404: =cut
  405: 
  406: sub TimedOut  {
  407: 
  408:     my $self = shift;
  409:     if($self->{TimeoutCallback}) {
  410: 	my $callback = $self->{TimeoutCallback};
  411: 	my @args = ( $self);
  412: 	&$callback(@args);
  413:     }
  414: }
  415: 
  416: =pod
  417: 
  418: =head2 InitiateTransaction
  419: 
  420: Called to initiate a transaction.  A transaction can only be initiated
  421: when the object is idle... otherwise an error is returned.  A
  422: transaction consists of a request to the server that will have a
  423: reply.  This member sets the request data in the TransactionRequest
  424: member, makes the state SendingRequest and sets the data to allow a
  425: timout, and to request writability notification.
  426: 
  427: =cut
  428: 
  429: sub InitiateTransaction {
  430:     my $self   = shift;
  431:     my $data   = shift;
  432: 
  433:     if($self->{State} ne "Idle") {
  434: 	return -1;		# Error indicator.
  435:     }
  436:     # if the transaction is to be encrypted encrypt the data:
  437: 
  438:     if($data =~ /^encrypt\:/) {
  439: 	$data = $self->Encrypt($data);
  440:     }
  441: 
  442:     # Setup the trasaction
  443: 
  444:     $self->{TransactionRequest} = $data;
  445:     $self->{TransactionReply}   = "";
  446:     $self->{InformWritable}     = 1;
  447:     $self->{InformReadable}     = 0;
  448:     $self->{Timeoutable}        = 1;
  449:     $self->{TimeoutRemaining}   = $self->{TimeoutValue};
  450:     $self->Transition("SendingRequest");
  451: }
  452: 
  453: 
  454: =pod
  455: 
  456: =head2 SetStateTransitionCallback
  457: 
  458: Sets a callback for state transitions.  Returns a reference to any
  459: prior established callback, or undef if there was none:
  460: 
  461: =cut
  462: 
  463: sub SetStateTransitionCallback {
  464:     my $self        = shift;
  465:     my $oldCallback = $self->{TransitionCallback};
  466:     $self->{TransitionCallback} = shift;
  467:     return $oldCallback;
  468: }
  469: 
  470: =pod
  471: 
  472: =head2 SetTimeoutCallback
  473: 
  474: Sets the timeout callback.  Returns a reference to any prior
  475: established callback or undef if there was none.
  476: 
  477: =cut
  478: 
  479: sub SetTimeoutCallback {
  480:     my $self                 = shift;
  481:     my $callback             = shift;
  482:     my $oldCallback          = $self->{TimeoutCallback};
  483:     $self->{TimeoutCallback} = $callback;
  484:     return $oldCallback;
  485: }
  486: 
  487: =pod
  488: 
  489: =head2 GetState
  490: 
  491: selector for the object state.
  492: 
  493: =cut
  494: 
  495: sub GetState {
  496:     my $self = shift;
  497:     return $self->{State};
  498: }
  499: 
  500: =pod
  501: 
  502: =head2 GetSocket
  503: 
  504: selector for the object socket.
  505: 
  506: =cut
  507: 
  508: sub GetSocket {
  509:     my $self  = shift;
  510:     return $self->{Socket};
  511: }
  512: 
  513: =pod
  514: 
  515: =head2 WantReadable
  516: 
  517: Return the state of the flag that indicates the object wants to be
  518: called when readable.
  519: 
  520: =cut
  521: 
  522: sub WantReadable {
  523:     my   $self = shift;
  524: 
  525:     return $self->{InformReadable};
  526: }
  527: 
  528: =pod
  529: 
  530: =head2 WantWritable
  531: 
  532: Return the state of the flag that indicates the object wants write
  533: notification.
  534: 
  535: =cut
  536: 
  537: sub WantWritable {
  538:     my $self = shift;
  539:     return $self->{InformWritable};
  540: }
  541: 
  542: =pod
  543: 
  544: =head2 WantTimeout
  545: 
  546: return the state of the flag that indicates the object wants to be
  547: informed of timeouts.
  548: 
  549: =cut
  550: 
  551: sub WantTimeout {
  552:     my $self = shift;
  553:     return $self->{Timeoutable};
  554: }
  555: 
  556: =pod
  557: 
  558: =head2 GetReply
  559: 
  560: Returns the reply from the last transaction.
  561: 
  562: =cut
  563: 
  564: sub GetReply {
  565:     my $self = shift;
  566:     return $self->{TransactionReply};
  567: }
  568: 
  569: =pod
  570: 
  571: =head2 Encrypt
  572: 
  573: Returns the encrypted version of the command string.
  574: 
  575: The command input string is of the form:
  576: 
  577:   encrypt:command
  578: 
  579: The output string can be directly sent to lond as it is of the form:
  580: 
  581:   enc:length:<encodedrequest>
  582: 
  583: =cut
  584: 
  585: sub Encrypt {
  586:     my $self    = shift;		# Reference to the object.
  587:     my $request = shift;	        # Text to send.
  588: 
  589:    
  590:     # Split the encrypt: off the request and figure out it's length.
  591:     # the cipher works in blocks of 8 bytes.
  592: 
  593:     my $cmd = $request;
  594:     $cmd    =~ s/^encrypt\://;	# strip off encrypt:
  595:     chomp($cmd);		# strip off trailing \n
  596:     my     $length=length($cmd);	# Get the string length.
  597:     $cmd .= "         ";	# Pad with blanks so we can fill out a block.
  598: 
  599:     # encrypt the request in 8 byte chunks to create the encrypted
  600:     # output request.
  601: 
  602:     my $Encoded = '';
  603:     for(my $index = 0; $index <= $length; $index += 8) {
  604: 	$Encoded .= 
  605: 	    unpack("H16", 
  606: 		   $self->{Cipher}->encrypt(substr($cmd, 
  607: 						   $index, 8)));
  608:     }
  609: 
  610:     # Build up the answer as enc:length:$encrequest.
  611: 
  612:     $request = "enc:$length:$Encoded\n";
  613:     return $request;
  614:     
  615:     
  616: }
  617: 
  618: =pod
  619: 
  620: =head2 Decrypt
  621: 
  622: Decrypt a response from the server.  The response is in the form:
  623: 
  624:  enc:<length>:<encrypted data>
  625: 
  626: =cut
  627: 
  628: sub Decrypt {
  629:     my $self      = shift;	# Recover reference to object
  630:     my $encrypted = shift;	# This is the encrypted data.
  631: 
  632:     #  Bust up the response into length, and encryptedstring:
  633: 
  634:     my ($enc, $length, $EncryptedString) = split(/:/,$encrypted);
  635:     chomp($EncryptedString);
  636: 
  637:     # Decode the data in 8 byte blocks.  The string is encoded
  638:     # as hex digits so there are two characters per byte:
  639: 
  640:     $decrpyted = "";
  641:     for(my $index = 0; $index < length($EncryptedString);
  642: 	$index += 16) {
  643: 	$decrypted .= $self->{Cipher}->decrypt(
  644: 				    pack("H16",
  645: 					 substr($EncryptedString,
  646: 						$index, 
  647: 						16)));
  648:     }
  649:     #  the answer may have trailing pads to fill out a block.
  650:     #  $length tells us the actual length of the decrypted string:
  651: 
  652:     $decrypted = substr($decrypted, 0, $length);
  653: 
  654:     return $decrypted;
  655: 
  656: }
  657: 
  658: =pod
  659: 
  660: =head2 GetHostIterator
  661: 
  662: Returns a hash iterator to the host information.  Each get from 
  663: this iterator returns a reference to an array that contains 
  664: information read from the hosts configuration file.  Array elements
  665: are used as follows:
  666: 
  667:  [0]   - LonCapa host name.
  668:  [1]   - LonCapa domain name.
  669:  [2]   - Loncapa role (e.g. library or access).
  670:  [3]   - DNS name server hostname.
  671:  [4]   - IP address (result of e.g. nslooup [3]).
  672:  [5]   - Maximum connection count.
  673:  [6]   - Idle timeout for reducing connection count.
  674:  [7]   - Minimum connection count.
  675: 
  676: =cut
  677: 
  678: sub GetHostIterator {
  679: 
  680:     return HashIterator->new(\%hostshash);    
  681: }
  682: 
  683: 1;
  684: 
  685: =pod
  686: 
  687: =head1 Theory
  688: 
  689: The lond object is a state machine.  It lives through the following states:
  690: 
  691: =item Connected:
  692: 
  693: a TCP connection has been formed, but the passkey has not yet been
  694: negotiated.
  695: 
  696: =item Initialized:
  697: 
  698: "init" sent.
  699: 
  700: =item ChallengeReceived:
  701: 
  702: lond sent its challenge to us.
  703: 
  704: =item ChallengeReplied:
  705: 
  706: We replied to lond's challenge waiting for lond's ok.
  707: 
  708: =item RequestingKey:
  709: 
  710: We are requesting an encryption key.
  711: 
  712: =item ReceivingKey:
  713: 
  714: We are receiving an encryption key.
  715: 
  716: =item Idle:
  717: 
  718: Connection was negotiated but no requests are active.
  719: 
  720: =item SendingRequest:
  721: 
  722: A request is being sent to the peer.
  723: 
  724: =item ReceivingReply:
  725: 
  726: Waiting for an entire reply from the peer.
  727: 
  728: =item Disconnected:
  729: 
  730: For whatever reason, the connection was dropped.
  731: 
  732: When we need to be writing data, we have a writable event. When we
  733: need to be reading data, a readable event established.  Events
  734: dispatch through the class functions Readable and Writable, and the
  735: watcher contains a reference to the associated object to allow object
  736: context to be reached.
  737: 
  738: =head2 Member data.
  739: 
  740: =item Host
  741: 
  742: Host socket is connected to.
  743: 
  744: =item Port
  745: 
  746: The port the remote lond is listening on.
  747: 
  748: =item Socket
  749: 
  750: Socket open on the connection.
  751: 
  752: =item State
  753: 
  754: The current state.
  755: 
  756: =item TransactionRequest
  757: 
  758: The request being transmitted.
  759: 
  760: =item TransactionReply
  761: 
  762: The reply being received from the transaction.
  763: 
  764: =item InformReadable
  765: 
  766: True if we want to be called when socket is readable.
  767: 
  768: =item InformWritable
  769: 
  770: True if we want to be informed if the socket is writable.
  771: 
  772: =item Timeoutable
  773: 
  774: True if the current operation is allowed to timeout.
  775: 
  776: =item TimeoutValue
  777: 
  778: Number of seconds in the timeout.
  779: 
  780: =item TimeoutRemaining
  781: 
  782: Number of seconds left in the timeout.
  783: 
  784: =item CipherKey
  785: 
  786: The key that was negotiated with the peer.
  787: 
  788: =item Cipher
  789: 
  790: The cipher obtained via the key.
  791: 
  792: 
  793: =head2 The following are callback like members:
  794: 
  795: =item Tick:
  796: 
  797: Called in response to a timer tick. Used to managed timeouts etc.
  798: 
  799: =item Readable:
  800: 
  801: Called when the socket becomes readable.
  802: 
  803: =item Writable:
  804: 
  805: Called when the socket becomes writable.
  806: 
  807: =item TimedOut:
  808: 
  809: Called when a timed operation timed out.
  810: 
  811: 
  812: =head2 The following are operational member functions.
  813: 
  814: =item InitiateTransaction:
  815: 
  816: Called to initiate a new transaction
  817: 
  818: =item SetStateTransitionCallback:
  819: 
  820: Called to establish a function that is called whenever the object goes
  821: through a state transition.  This is used by The client to manage the
  822: work flow for the object.
  823: 
  824: =item SetTimeoutCallback:
  825: 
  826: Set a function to be called when a transaction times out.  The
  827: function will be called with the object as its sole parameter.
  828: 
  829: =item Encrypt:
  830: 
  831: Encrypts a block of text according to the cipher negotiated with the
  832: peer (assumes the text is a command).
  833: 
  834: =item Decrypt:
  835: 
  836: Decrypts a block of text according to the cipher negotiated with the
  837: peer (assumes the block was a reply.
  838: 
  839: =head2 The following are selector member functions:
  840: 
  841: =item GetState:
  842: 
  843: Returns the current state
  844: 
  845: =item GetSocket:
  846: 
  847: Gets the socekt open on the connection to lond.
  848: 
  849: =item WantReadable:
  850: 
  851: true if the current state requires a readable event.
  852: 
  853: =item WantWritable:
  854: 
  855: true if the current state requires a writable event.
  856: 
  857: =item WantTimeout:
  858: 
  859: true if the current state requires timeout support.
  860: 
  861: =item GetHostIterator:
  862: 
  863: Returns an iterator into the host file hash.
  864: 
  865: =cut

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