]> arthur.barton.de Git - ngircd-alex.git/blobdiff - src/ngircd/conn.c
Merge commit 'aad49bd260494878aed6795c7a897ad1d28c3082'
[ngircd-alex.git] / src / ngircd / conn.c
index 2bd537c4c5e58b3a70ab7523a282921280832055..4772fd34628b660f8f517fcb1edc30515b0c283e 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2005 Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2007 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "portab.h"
 #include "io.h"
 
-static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.193 2006/04/29 16:19:46 fw Exp $";
+static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.221 2008/02/26 22:04:17 fw Exp $";
 
 #include "imp.h"
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.193 2006/04/29 16:19:46 fw Exp $";
 # include <netinet/ip.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
-# include <arpa/inet.h>
-#else
-# define PF_INET AF_INET
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_STDINT_H
 # include <stdint.h>                   /* e.g. for Mac OS X */
 #endif
@@ -83,6 +77,7 @@ static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.193 2006/04/29 16:19:46 fw Exp $";
 
 
 static bool Handle_Write PARAMS(( CONN_ID Idx ));
+static bool Conn_Write PARAMS(( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, size_t Len ));
 static int New_Connection PARAMS(( int Sock ));
 static CONN_ID Socket2Index PARAMS(( int Sock ));
 static void Read_Request PARAMS(( CONN_ID Idx ));
@@ -91,10 +86,9 @@ static void Check_Connections PARAMS(( void ));
 static void Check_Servers PARAMS(( void ));
 static void Init_Conn_Struct PARAMS(( CONN_ID Idx ));
 static bool Init_Socket PARAMS(( int Sock ));
-static void New_Server PARAMS(( int Server ));
+static void New_Server PARAMS(( int Server, ng_ipaddr_t *dest ));
 static void Simple_Message PARAMS(( int Sock, const char *Msg ));
-static int Count_Connections PARAMS(( struct sockaddr_in addr ));
-static int NewListener PARAMS(( const UINT16 Port ));
+static int NewListener PARAMS(( int af, const UINT16 Port ));
 
 static array My_Listeners;
 static array My_ConnArray;
@@ -123,7 +117,6 @@ cb_connserver(int sock, UNUSED short what)
 {
        int res, err;
        socklen_t sock_len;
-       CLIENT *c;
        CONN_ID idx = Socket2Index( sock );
        if (idx <= NONE) {
                LogDebug("cb_connserver wants to write on unknown socket?!");
@@ -150,17 +143,28 @@ cb_connserver(int sock, UNUSED short what)
                            Conf_Server[Conf_GetServer(idx)].port,
                            idx, strerror(err));
 
-               /* Clean up the CLIENT structure (to avoid silly log
-                * messages) and call Conn_Close() to do the rest. */
-               c = Conn_GetClient(idx);
-               if (c)
-                       Client_DestroyNow(c);
-               Conn_Close(idx, "Can't connect!", NULL, false);
+               res = Conf_GetServer(idx);
+               assert(res >= 0);
+
+               Conn_Close(idx, "Can't connect!", NULL, false);
+
+               if (res < 0)
+                       return;
+               if (ng_ipaddr_af(&Conf_Server[res].dst_addr[0])) {
+                       /* more addresses to try... */
+                       New_Server(res, &Conf_Server[res].dst_addr[0]);
+                       /* connection to dst_addr[0] in progress, remove this address... */
+                       Conf_Server[res].dst_addr[0] = Conf_Server[res].dst_addr[1];
+
+                       memset(&Conf_Server[res].dst_addr[1], 0, sizeof(&Conf_Server[res].dst_addr[1]));
+               }
                return;
        }
 
+       res = Conf_GetServer(idx);
+       assert(res >= 0);
+       if (res >= 0) /* connect succeeded, remove all additional addresses */
+               memset(&Conf_Server[res].dst_addr, 0, sizeof(&Conf_Server[res].dst_addr));
        Conn_OPTION_DEL( &My_Connections[idx], CONN_ISCONNECTING );
        server_login(idx);
 }
@@ -216,12 +220,13 @@ Conn_Init( void )
                if( Pool_Size > Conf_MaxConnections ) Pool_Size = Conf_MaxConnections;
        }
        
-       if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION),  Pool_Size)) {
+       if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION), (size_t)Pool_Size)) {
                Log( LOG_EMERG, "Can't allocate memory! [Conn_Init]" );
                exit( 1 );
        }
 
-       /* XXX: My_Connetions/Pool_Size are needed by other parts of the code; remove them */
+       /* FIXME: My_Connetions/Pool_Size is needed by other parts of the
+        * code; remove them! */
        My_Connections = (CONNECTION*) array_start(&My_ConnArray);
 
        LogDebug("Allocated connection pool for %d items (%ld bytes).",
@@ -267,16 +272,17 @@ Conn_Exit( void )
 
 
 static unsigned int
-ports_initlisteners(array *a, void (*func)(int,short))
+ports_initlisteners(array *a, int af, void (*func)(int,short))
 {
-       unsigned int created = 0, len;
+       unsigned int created = 0;
+       size_t len;
        int fd;
        UINT16 *port;
 
        len = array_length(a, sizeof (UINT16));
        port = array_start(a);
        while(len--) {
-               fd = NewListener( *port );
+               fd = NewListener(af, *port);
                if (fd < 0) {
                        port++;
                        continue;
@@ -296,19 +302,24 @@ ports_initlisteners(array *a, void (*func)(int,short))
 }
 
 
-GLOBAL int
+GLOBAL unsigned int
 Conn_InitListeners( void )
 {
        /* Initialize ports on which the server should accept connections */
 
-       unsigned int created;
+       unsigned int created = 0;
 
        if (!io_library_init(CONNECTION_POOL)) {
                Log(LOG_EMERG, "Cannot initialize IO routines: %s", strerror(errno));
                return -1;
        }
 
-       created = ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, cb_listen);
+#ifdef WANT_IPV6
+       if (Conf_ListenIPv6)
+               created = ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, AF_INET6, cb_listen);
+#endif
+       if (Conf_ListenIPv4)
+               created += ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, AF_INET, cb_listen);
 
        return created;
 } /* Conn_InitListeners */
@@ -328,7 +339,7 @@ Conn_ExitListeners( void )
        Log( LOG_INFO, "Shutting down all listening sockets (%d total)...", arraylen );
        fd = array_start(&My_Listeners);
        while(arraylen--) {
-               assert(fd);
+               assert(fd != NULL);
                assert(*fd >= 0);
                io_close(*fd);
                LogDebug("Listening socket %d closed.", *fd );
@@ -338,52 +349,79 @@ Conn_ExitListeners( void )
 } /* Conn_ExitListeners */
 
 
+static bool
+InitSinaddrListenAddr(int af, ng_ipaddr_t *addr, UINT16 Port)
+{
+       bool ret;
+       const char *listen_addrstr = NULL;
+#ifdef WANT_IPV6
+       if (af == AF_INET)
+               listen_addrstr = "0.0.0.0";
+#else
+       (void)af;
+#endif
+       if (Conf_ListenAddress[0]) /* overrides V4/V6 atm */
+               listen_addrstr = Conf_ListenAddress;
+
+       ret = ng_ipaddr_init(addr, listen_addrstr, Port);
+       if (!ret) {
+               if (!listen_addrstr)
+                       listen_addrstr = "";
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Can't bind to %s:%u: can't convert ip address \"%s\"",
+                                       listen_addrstr, Port, listen_addrstr);
+       }
+       return ret;
+}
+
+
+static void
+set_v6_only(int af, int sock)
+{
+#if defined(IPV6_V6ONLY) && defined(WANT_IPV6)
+       int on = 1;
+
+       if (af != AF_INET6)
+               return;
+
+       if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &on, sizeof(on)))
+               Log(LOG_ERR, "Could not set IPV6_V6ONLY: %s", strerror(errno));
+#else
+       (void)af;
+       (void)sock;
+#endif
+}
+
+
 /* return new listening port file descriptor or -1 on failure */
 static int
-NewListener( const UINT16 Port )
+NewListener(int af, const UINT16 Port)
 {
        /* Create new listening socket on specified port */
-
-       struct sockaddr_in addr;
-       struct in_addr inaddr;
+       ng_ipaddr_t addr;
        int sock;
 #ifdef ZEROCONF
        char name[CLIENT_ID_LEN], *info;
 #endif
+       if (!InitSinaddrListenAddr(af, &addr, Port))
+               return -1;
 
-       /* Server-"Listen"-Socket initialisieren */
-       memset( &addr, 0, sizeof( addr ));
-       memset( &inaddr, 0, sizeof( inaddr ));
-       addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-       addr.sin_port = htons( Port );
-       if( Conf_ListenAddress[0] )
-       {
-#ifdef HAVE_INET_ATON
-               if( inet_aton( Conf_ListenAddress, &inaddr ) == 0 )
-#else
-               inaddr.s_addr = inet_addr( Conf_ListenAddress );
-               if( inaddr.s_addr == (unsigned)-1 )
-#endif
-               {
-                       Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't listen on %s:%u: can't convert ip address %s!",
-                                       Conf_ListenAddress, Port, Conf_ListenAddress );
-                       return -1;
-               }
-       }
-       else inaddr.s_addr = htonl( INADDR_ANY );
-       addr.sin_addr = inaddr;
-
-       sock = socket( PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+       sock = socket(ng_ipaddr_af(&addr), SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        if( sock < 0 ) {
                Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if( ! Init_Socket( sock )) return -1;
+       af = ng_ipaddr_af(&addr);
 
-       if( bind( sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, (socklen_t)sizeof( addr )) != 0 ) {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't bind socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
-               close( sock );
+       set_v6_only(af, sock);
+
+       if (!Init_Socket(sock))
+               return -1;
+
+       if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, ng_ipaddr_salen(&addr)) != 0) {
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Can't bind socket to address %s:%d - %s",
+                       ng_ipaddr_tostr(&addr), Port, strerror(errno));
+               close(sock);
                return -1;
        }
 
@@ -400,8 +438,12 @@ NewListener( const UINT16 Port )
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if( Conf_ListenAddress[0]) Log( LOG_INFO, "Now listening on %s:%d (socket %d).", Conf_ListenAddress, Port, sock );
-       else Log( LOG_INFO, "Now listening on 0.0.0.0:%d (socket %d).", Port, sock );
+#ifdef WANT_IPV6
+       if (af == AF_INET6)
+               Log(LOG_INFO, "Now listening on [%s]:%d (socket %d).", ng_ipaddr_tostr(&addr), Port, sock);
+       else
+#endif
+               Log(LOG_INFO, "Now listening on %s:%d (socket %d).", ng_ipaddr_tostr(&addr), Port, sock);
 
 #ifdef ZEROCONF
        /* Get best server description text */
@@ -424,8 +466,11 @@ NewListener( const UINT16 Port )
        }
 
        /* Add port number to description if non-standard */
-       if( Port != 6667 ) snprintf( name, sizeof( name ), "%s (port %u)", info, Port );
-       else strlcpy( name, info, sizeof( name ));
+       if (Port != 6667)
+               snprintf(name, sizeof name, "%s (port %u)", info,
+                        (unsigned int)Port);
+       else
+               strlcpy(name, info, sizeof name);
 
        /* Register service */
        Rendezvous_Register( name, MDNS_TYPE, Port );
@@ -482,7 +527,7 @@ Conn_Handler( void )
                        if ( My_Connections[i].sock <= NONE )
                                continue;
 
-                       wdatalen = array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].wbuf);
+                       wdatalen = (unsigned int)array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].wbuf);
 
 #ifdef ZLIB
                        if (( wdatalen > 0 ) || ( array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].zip.wbuf)> 0 ))
@@ -610,51 +655,74 @@ va_dcl
 } /* Conn_WriteStr */
 
 
-GLOBAL bool
-Conn_Write( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, unsigned int Len )
+/**
+ * Append Data to the outbound write buffer of a connection.
+ * @param Idx Index of the connection.
+ * @param Data pointer to the data.
+ * @param Len length of Data.
+ * @return true on success, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool
+Conn_Write( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, size_t Len )
 {
-       /* Daten in Socket schreiben. Bei "fatalen" Fehlern wird
-        * der Client disconnectiert und false geliefert. */
-
+       CLIENT *c;
+       size_t writebuf_limit = WRITEBUFFER_LEN;
        assert( Idx > NONE );
        assert( Data != NULL );
        assert( Len > 0 );
 
-       /* Ist der entsprechende Socket ueberhaupt noch offen? In einem
-        * "Handler-Durchlauf" kann es passieren, dass dem nicht mehr so
-        * ist, wenn einer von mehreren Conn_Write()'s fehlgeschlagen ist.
-        * In diesem Fall wird hier einfach ein Fehler geliefert. */
-       if( My_Connections[Idx].sock <= NONE ) {
-               LogDebug("Skipped write on closed socket (connection %d).", Idx );
-               return false;
-       }
+       c = Conn_GetClient(Idx);
+       assert( c != NULL);
 
-       /* Pruefen, ob im Schreibpuffer genuegend Platz ist. Ziel ist es,
-        * moeglichts viel im Puffer zu haben und _nicht_ gleich alles auf den
-        * Socket zu schreiben (u.a. wg. Komprimierung). */
-       if( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf) >= WRITEBUFFER_LEN) {
-               /* Der Puffer ist dummerweise voll. Jetzt versuchen, den Puffer
-                * zu schreiben, wenn das nicht klappt, haben wir ein Problem ... */
-               if( ! Handle_Write( Idx )) return false;
+       /* Servers do get special write buffer limits, so they can generate
+        * all the messages that are required while peering. */
+       if (Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVER)
+               writebuf_limit = WRITEBUFFER_SLINK_LEN;
 
-               /* check again: if our writebuf is twice als large as the initial limit: Kill connection */
-               if( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf) >= (WRITEBUFFER_LEN*2)) {
-                       Log( LOG_NOTICE, "Write buffer overflow (connection %d)!", Idx );
-                       Conn_Close( Idx, "Write buffer overflow!", NULL, false );
-                       return false;
-               }
+       /* Is the socket still open? A previous call to Conn_Write()
+        * may have closed the connection due to a fatal error.
+        * In this case it is sufficient to return an error, as well. */
+       if( My_Connections[Idx].sock <= NONE ) {
+               LogDebug("Skipped write on closed socket (connection %d).", Idx);
+               return false;
        }
 
 #ifdef ZLIB
        if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP )) {
-               /* Daten komprimieren und in Puffer kopieren */
-               if( ! Zip_Buffer( Idx, Data, Len )) return false;
+               /* Compressed link:
+                * Zip_Buffer() does all the dirty work for us: it flushes
+                * the (pre-)compression buffers if required and handles
+                * all error conditions. */
+               if (!Zip_Buffer(Idx, Data, Len))
+                       return false;
        }
        else
 #endif
        {
-               /* Daten in Puffer kopieren */
-               if (!array_catb( &My_Connections[Idx].wbuf, Data, Len ))
+               /* Uncompressed link:
+                * Check if outbound buffer has enough space for the data. */
+               if (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf) + Len >=
+                   writebuf_limit) {
+                       /* Buffer is full, flush it. Handle_Write deals with
+                        * low-level errors, if any. */
+                       if (!Handle_Write(Idx))
+                               return false;
+               }
+
+               /* When the write buffer is still too big after flushing it,
+                * the connection will be killed. */
+               if (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf) + Len >=
+                   writebuf_limit) {
+                       Log(LOG_NOTICE,
+                           "Write buffer overflow (connection %d, size %lu byte)!",
+                           Idx,
+                           (unsigned long)array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf));
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Write buffer overflow!", NULL, false);
+                       return false;
+               }
+
+               /* Copy data to write buffer */
+               if (!array_catb(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf, Data, Len))
                        return false;
 
                My_Connections[Idx].bytes_out += Len;
@@ -676,6 +744,7 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
        CLIENT *c;
        char *txt;
        double in_k, out_k;
+       UINT16 port;
 #ifdef ZLIB
        double in_z_k, out_z_k;
        int in_p, out_p;
@@ -695,12 +764,17 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
 
        /* Mark link as "closing" */
        Conn_OPTION_ADD( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ISCLOSING );
-               
-       if( LogMsg ) txt = LogMsg;
-       else txt = FwdMsg;
-       if( ! txt ) txt = "Reason unknown";
 
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Shutting down connection %d (%s) with %s:%d ...", Idx, LogMsg ? LogMsg : FwdMsg, My_Connections[Idx].host, ntohs( My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_port ));
+       if (LogMsg)
+               txt = LogMsg;
+       else
+               txt = FwdMsg;
+       if (! txt)
+               txt = "Reason unknown";
+
+       port = ng_ipaddr_getport(&My_Connections[Idx].addr);
+       Log(LOG_INFO, "Shutting down connection %d (%s) with %s:%d ...", Idx,
+           LogMsg ? LogMsg : FwdMsg, My_Connections[Idx].host, port);
 
        /* Search client, if any */
        c = Conn_GetClient( Idx );
@@ -718,7 +792,6 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
                         (double)My_Connections[Idx].bytes_out / 1024);
                }
 #endif
-
                /* Send ERROR to client (see RFC!) */
                if (FwdMsg)
                        Conn_WriteStr(Idx, "ERROR :%s", FwdMsg);
@@ -736,39 +809,55 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
        c = Conn_GetClient( Idx );
 
        /* Shut down socket */
-       if( ! io_close( My_Connections[Idx].sock ))
-       {
+       if (! io_close(My_Connections[Idx].sock)) {
                /* Oops, we can't close the socket!? This is ... ugly! */
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Error closing connection %d (socket %d) with %s:%d - %s! (ignored)", Idx, My_Connections[Idx].sock, My_Connections[Idx].host, ntohs( My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_port), strerror( errno ));
+               Log(LOG_CRIT,
+                   "Error closing connection %d (socket %d) with %s:%d - %s! (ignored)",
+                   Idx, My_Connections[Idx].sock, My_Connections[Idx].host,
+                   port, strerror(errno));
        }
 
        /* Mark socket as invalid: */
        My_Connections[Idx].sock = NONE;
 
        /* If there is still a client, unregister it now */
-       if( c ) Client_Destroy( c, LogMsg, FwdMsg, true );
+       if (c)
+               Client_Destroy(c, LogMsg, FwdMsg, true);
 
        /* Calculate statistics and log information */
        in_k = (double)My_Connections[Idx].bytes_in / 1024;
        out_k = (double)My_Connections[Idx].bytes_out / 1024;
 #ifdef ZLIB
-       if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP )) {
+       if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP)) {
                in_z_k = (double)My_Connections[Idx].zip.bytes_in / 1024;
                out_z_k = (double)My_Connections[Idx].zip.bytes_out / 1024;
+               /* Make sure that no division by zero can occur during
+                * the calculation of in_p and out_p: in_z_k and out_z_k
+                * are non-zero, that's guaranteed by the protocol until
+                * compression can be enabled. */
+               if (! in_z_k)
+                       in_z_k = in_k;
+               if (! out_z_k)
+                       out_z_k = out_k;
                in_p = (int)(( in_k * 100 ) / in_z_k );
                out_p = (int)(( out_k * 100 ) / out_z_k );
-               Log( LOG_INFO, "Connection %d with %s:%d closed (in: %.1fk/%.1fk/%d%%, out: %.1fk/%.1fk/%d%%).", Idx, My_Connections[Idx].host, ntohs( My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_port ), in_k, in_z_k, in_p, out_k, out_z_k, out_p );
+               Log(LOG_INFO,
+                   "Connection %d with %s:%d closed (in: %.1fk/%.1fk/%d%%, out: %.1fk/%.1fk/%d%%).",
+                   Idx, My_Connections[Idx].host, port,
+                   in_k, in_z_k, in_p, out_k, out_z_k, out_p);
        }
        else
 #endif
        {
-               Log( LOG_INFO, "Connection %d with %s:%d closed (in: %.1fk, out: %.1fk).", Idx, My_Connections[Idx].host, ntohs( My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_port ), in_k, out_k );
+               Log(LOG_INFO,
+                   "Connection %d with %s:%d closed (in: %.1fk, out: %.1fk).",
+                   Idx, My_Connections[Idx].host, port,
+                   in_k, out_k);
        }
 
        /* cancel running resolver */
-       if (Resolve_INPROGRESS(&My_Connections[Idx].res_stat)) {
+       if (Resolve_INPROGRESS(&My_Connections[Idx].res_stat))
                Resolve_Shutdown(&My_Connections[Idx].res_stat);
-       }
 
        /* Servers: Modify time of next connect attempt? */
        Conf_UnsetServer( Idx );
@@ -785,6 +874,7 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
 
        array_free(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf);
        array_free(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf);
+
        /* Clean up connection structure (=free it) */
        Init_Conn_Struct( Idx );
 
@@ -824,13 +914,14 @@ Conn_SyncServerStruct( void )
 } /* SyncServerStruct */
 
 
+/**
+ * Send out data of write buffer; connect new sockets.
+ */
 static bool
 Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
 {
-       /* Daten aus Schreibpuffer versenden bzw. Connection aufbauen */
-
-       int len;
-       unsigned int wdatalen;
+       ssize_t len;
+       size_t wdatalen;
 
        assert( Idx > NONE );
        if ( My_Connections[Idx].sock < 0 ) {
@@ -839,28 +930,29 @@ Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
        }
        assert( My_Connections[Idx].sock > NONE );
 
-       LogDebug("Handle_Write() called for connection %d ...", Idx);
-
        wdatalen = array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf );
+
 #ifdef ZLIB
-       if (wdatalen == 0 && !array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].zip.wbuf)) {
-               io_event_del(My_Connections[Idx].sock, IO_WANTWRITE );
-               return true;
+       if (wdatalen == 0) {
+               /* Write buffer is empty, so we try to flush the compression
+                * buffer and get some data to work with from there :-) */
+               if (!Zip_Flush(Idx))
+                       return false;
+
+               /* Now the write buffer most probably has changed: */
+               wdatalen = array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf);
        }
+#endif
 
-       /* write buffer empty, but not compression buffer?
-         * -> flush compression buffer! */
-       if (wdatalen == 0)
-               Zip_Flush(Idx);
-#else
        if (wdatalen == 0) {
+               /* Still no data, fine. */
                io_event_del(My_Connections[Idx].sock, IO_WANTWRITE );
                return true;
        }
-#endif
 
-       /* Zip_Flush() may have changed the write buffer ... */
-       wdatalen = array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf);
+       LogDebug
+           ("Handle_Write() called for connection %d, %ld bytes pending ...",
+            Idx, wdatalen);
 
        len = write(My_Connections[Idx].sock,
                    array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf), wdatalen );
@@ -876,12 +968,28 @@ Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
        }
 
        /* move any data not yet written to beginning */
-       array_moveleft(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf, 1, len);
+       array_moveleft(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf, 1, (size_t)len);
 
        return true;
 } /* Handle_Write */
 
 
+static int
+Count_Connections(ng_ipaddr_t *a)
+{
+       int i, cnt;
+
+       cnt = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+               if (My_Connections[i].sock <= NONE)
+                       continue;
+               if (ng_ipaddr_ipequal(&My_Connections[i].addr, a))
+                       cnt++;
+       }
+       return cnt;
+} /* Count_Connections */
+
+
 static int
 New_Connection( int Sock )
 {
@@ -891,29 +999,35 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
 #ifdef TCPWRAP
        struct request_info req;
 #endif
-       struct sockaddr_in new_addr;
+       ng_ipaddr_t new_addr;
+       char ip_str[NG_INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
        int new_sock, new_sock_len, new_Pool_Size;
        CLIENT *c;
        long cnt;
 
        assert( Sock > NONE );
        /* Connection auf Listen-Socket annehmen */
-       new_sock_len = sizeof( new_addr );
-       new_sock = accept( Sock, (struct sockaddr *)&new_addr, (socklen_t *)&new_sock_len );
-       if( new_sock < 0 )
-       {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't accept connection: %s!", strerror( errno ));
+       new_sock_len = (int)sizeof(new_addr);
+
+       new_sock = accept(Sock, (struct sockaddr *)&new_addr,
+                         (socklen_t *)&new_sock_len);
+       if (new_sock < 0) {
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Can't accept connection: %s!", strerror(errno));
                return -1;
        }
 
+       if (!ng_ipaddr_tostr_r(&new_addr, ip_str)) {
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "fd %d: Can't convert IP address!", new_sock);
+               Simple_Message(new_sock, "ERROR :Internal Server Error");
+               close(new_sock);
+       }
+
 #ifdef TCPWRAP
        /* Validate socket using TCP Wrappers */
        request_init( &req, RQ_DAEMON, PACKAGE_NAME, RQ_FILE, new_sock, RQ_CLIENT_SIN, &new_addr, NULL );
        fromhost(&req);
-       if( ! hosts_access( &req ))
-       {
-               /* Access denied! */
-               Log( deny_severity, "Refused connection from %s (by TCP Wrappers)!", inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ));
+       if (!hosts_access(&req)) {
+               Log (deny_severity, "Refused connection from %s (by TCP Wrappers)!", ip_str);
                Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR :Connection refused" );
                close( new_sock );
                return -1;
@@ -923,13 +1037,12 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
        /* Socket initialisieren */
        if (!Init_Socket( new_sock ))
                return -1;
-       
+
        /* Check IP-based connection limit */
-       cnt = Count_Connections( new_addr );
-       if(( Conf_MaxConnectionsIP > 0 ) && ( cnt >= Conf_MaxConnectionsIP ))
-       {
+       cnt = Count_Connections(&new_addr);
+       if ((Conf_MaxConnectionsIP > 0) && (cnt >= Conf_MaxConnectionsIP)) {
                /* Access denied, too many connections from this IP address! */
-               Log( LOG_ERR, "Refused connection from %s: too may connections (%ld) from this IP address!", inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ), cnt);
+               Log( LOG_ERR, "Refused connection from %s: too may connections (%ld) from this IP address!", ip_str, cnt);
                Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR :Connection refused, too many connections from your IP address!" );
                close( new_sock );
                return -1;
@@ -947,7 +1060,8 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
                        return -1;
                }
 
-               if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof( CONNECTION ), new_sock)) {
+               if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION),
+                                (size_t)new_sock)) {
                        Log( LOG_EMERG, "Can't allocate memory! [New_Connection]" );
                        Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR: Internal error" );
                        close( new_sock );
@@ -962,11 +1076,19 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
                        Init_Conn_Struct(Pool_Size++);
        }
 
-       c = Client_NewLocal( new_sock, inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ), CLIENT_UNKNOWN, false );
+       /* register callback */
+       if (!io_event_create( new_sock, IO_WANTREAD, cb_clientserver)) {
+               Log(LOG_ALERT, "Can't accept connection: io_event_create failed!");
+               Simple_Message(new_sock, "ERROR :Internal error");
+               close(new_sock);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       c = Client_NewLocal(new_sock, ip_str, CLIENT_UNKNOWN, false );
        if( ! c ) {
-               Log( LOG_ALERT, "Can't accept connection: can't create client structure!" );
-               Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR :Internal error" );
-               close( new_sock );
+               Log(LOG_ALERT, "Can't accept connection: can't create client structure!");
+               Simple_Message(new_sock, "ERROR :Internal error");
+               io_close(new_sock);
                return -1;
        }
 
@@ -975,27 +1097,19 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
        My_Connections[new_sock].addr = new_addr;
        My_Connections[new_sock].client = c;
 
-       /* register callback */
-       if (!io_event_create( new_sock, IO_WANTREAD, cb_clientserver)) {
-               Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR :Internal error" );
-               Conn_Close( new_sock, "io_event_create() failed", NULL, false );
-               return -1;
-       }
-
        Log( LOG_INFO, "Accepted connection %d from %s:%d on socket %d.", new_sock,
-                       inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ), ntohs( new_addr.sin_port), Sock );
+                       ip_str, ng_ipaddr_getport(&new_addr), Sock);
 
        /* Hostnamen ermitteln */
-       strlcpy( My_Connections[new_sock].host, inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ),
-                                               sizeof( My_Connections[new_sock].host ));
+       strlcpy(My_Connections[new_sock].host, ip_str, sizeof(My_Connections[new_sock].host));
 
-       Client_SetHostname( c, My_Connections[new_sock].host );
+       Client_SetHostname(c, My_Connections[new_sock].host);
 
-       Resolve_Addr(&My_Connections[new_sock].res_stat, &new_addr,
-               My_Connections[new_sock].sock, cb_Read_Resolver_Result);
+       if (!Conf_NoDNS)
+               Resolve_Addr(&My_Connections[new_sock].res_stat, &new_addr,
+                       My_Connections[new_sock].sock, cb_Read_Resolver_Result);
 
-       /* Penalty-Zeit setzen */
-       Conn_SetPenalty( new_sock, 4 );
+       Conn_SetPenalty(new_sock, 4);
        return new_sock;
 } /* New_Connection */
 
@@ -1017,61 +1131,69 @@ Socket2Index( int Sock )
 } /* Socket2Index */
 
 
+/**
+ * Read data from the network to the read buffer. If an error occures,
+ * the socket of this connection will be shut down.
+ */
 static void
 Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
 {
-       /* Daten von Socket einlesen und entsprechend behandeln.
-        * Tritt ein Fehler auf, so wird der Socket geschlossen. */
-
-       int len;
-       char readbuf[1024];
+       ssize_t len;
+       char readbuf[READBUFFER_LEN];
        CLIENT *c;
-
        assert( Idx > NONE );
        assert( My_Connections[Idx].sock > NONE );
 
 #ifdef ZLIB
-       if (( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) >= READBUFFER_LEN ) ||
-               ( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf) >= ZREADBUFFER_LEN ))
+       if ((array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) >= READBUFFER_LEN) ||
+               (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf) >= READBUFFER_LEN))
 #else
-       if ( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) >= READBUFFER_LEN )
+       if (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) >= READBUFFER_LEN)
 #endif
        {
-               /* Der Lesepuffer ist voll */
-               Log( LOG_ERR, "Receive buffer overflow (connection %d): %d bytes!", Idx,
-                                               array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf));
+               /* Read buffer is full */
+               Log(LOG_ERR,
+                   "Receive buffer overflow (connection %d): %d bytes!",
+                   Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf));
                Conn_Close( Idx, "Receive buffer overflow!", NULL, false );
                return;
        }
 
-       len = read( My_Connections[Idx].sock, readbuf, sizeof readbuf -1 );
-       if( len == 0 ) {
-               Log( LOG_INFO, "%s:%d (%s) is closing the connection ...",
-                       My_Connections[Idx].host, ntohs( My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_port),
-                                       inet_ntoa( My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_addr ));
-               Conn_Close( Idx, "Socket closed!", "Client closed connection", false );
+       len = read(My_Connections[Idx].sock, readbuf, sizeof(readbuf));
+       if (len == 0) {
+               Log(LOG_INFO, "%s:%u (%s) is closing the connection ...",
+                               My_Connections[Idx].host,
+                               (unsigned int) ng_ipaddr_getport(&My_Connections[Idx].addr),
+                               ng_ipaddr_tostr(&My_Connections[Idx].addr));
+               Conn_Close(Idx,
+                          "Socket closed!", "Client closed connection",
+                          false);
                return;
        }
 
-       if( len < 0 ) {
+       if (len < 0) {
                if( errno == EAGAIN ) return;
-               Log( LOG_ERR, "Read error on connection %d (socket %d): %s!", Idx,
-                                       My_Connections[Idx].sock, strerror( errno ));
-               Conn_Close( Idx, "Read error!", "Client closed connection", false );
+               Log(LOG_ERR, "Read error on connection %d (socket %d): %s!",
+                   Idx, My_Connections[Idx].sock, strerror(errno));
+               Conn_Close(Idx, "Read error!", "Client closed connection",
+                          false);
                return;
        }
 #ifdef ZLIB
-       if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP )) {
-               if (!array_catb( &My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf, readbuf, len)) {
-                       Log( LOG_ERR, "Could not append recieved data to zip input buffer (connn %d): %d bytes!", Idx, len );
-                       Conn_Close( Idx, "Receive buffer overflow!", NULL, false );
+       if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP)) {
+               if (!array_catb(&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf, readbuf,
+                               (size_t) len)) {
+                       Log(LOG_ERR,
+                           "Could not append recieved data to zip input buffer (connn %d): %d bytes!",
+                           Idx, len);
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Receive buffer overflow!", NULL,
+                                  false);
                        return;
                }
        } else
 #endif
        {
-               readbuf[len] = 0;
-               if (!array_cats( &My_Connections[Idx].rbuf, readbuf )) {
+               if (!array_catb( &My_Connections[Idx].rbuf, readbuf, len)) {
                        Log( LOG_ERR, "Could not append recieved data to input buffer (connn %d): %d bytes!", Idx, len );
                        Conn_Close( Idx, "Receive buffer overflow!", NULL, false );
                }
@@ -1083,28 +1205,33 @@ Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
        /* Update timestamp of last data received if this connection is
         * registered as a user, server or service connection. Don't update
         * otherwise, so users have at least Conf_PongTimeout seconds time to
-        * register with the IRC server -- see Check_Connections(). */
+        * register with the IRC server -- see Check_Connections().
+        * Set "lastping", too, so we can handle time shifts backwards ... */
        c = Conn_GetClient(Idx);
        if (c && (Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_USER
                  || Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVER
-                 || Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVICE))
+                 || Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVICE)) {
                My_Connections[Idx].lastdata = time(NULL);
+               My_Connections[Idx].lastping = My_Connections[Idx].lastdata;
+       }
 
        /* Look at the data in the (read-) buffer of this connection */
        Handle_Buffer(Idx);
 } /* Read_Request */
 
 
+/**
+ * Handle data in connection read-buffer.
+ * @return true if a reuqest was handled, false otherwise (and on errors).
+ */
 static bool
-Handle_Buffer( CONN_ID Idx )
+Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
 {
-       /* Handle Data in Connections Read-Buffer.
-        * Return true if a reuqest was handled, false otherwise (also returned on errors). */
 #ifndef STRICT_RFC
        char *ptr1, *ptr2;
 #endif
        char *ptr;
-       int len, delta;
+       size_t len, delta;
        bool result;
        time_t starttime;
 #ifdef ZLIB
@@ -1115,130 +1242,147 @@ Handle_Buffer( CONN_ID Idx )
        result = false;
        for (;;) {
                /* Check penalty */
-               if( My_Connections[Idx].delaytime > starttime) return result;
+               if (My_Connections[Idx].delaytime > starttime)
+                       return result;
 #ifdef ZLIB
-               /* unpack compressed data */
-               if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP ))
-                       if( ! Unzip_Buffer( Idx )) return false;
+               /* Unpack compressed data, if compression is in use */
+               if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP)) {
+                       if (!Unzip_Buffer(Idx))
+                               return false;
+               }
 #endif
 
                if (0 == array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf))
                        break;
 
-               if (!array_cat0_temporary(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)) /* make sure buf is NULL terminated */
+               /* Make sure that the buffer is NULL terminated */
+               if (!array_cat0_temporary(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf))
                        return false;
 
-               /* A Complete Request end with CR+LF, see RFC 2812. */
-               ptr = strstr( array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), "\r\n" );
+               /* RFC 2812, section "2.3 Messages", 5th paragraph:
+                * "IRC messages are always lines of characters terminated
+                * with a CR-LF (Carriage Return - Line Feed) pair [...]". */
+               delta = 2;
+               ptr = strstr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), "\r\n");
 
-               if( ptr ) delta = 2; /* complete request */
 #ifndef STRICT_RFC
-               else {
-                       /* Check for non-RFC-compliant request (only CR or LF)? Unfortunately,
-                        * there are quite a few clients that do this (incl. "mIRC" :-( */
-                       ptr1 = strchr( array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\r' );
-                       ptr2 = strchr( array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\n' );
+               if (!ptr) {
+                       /* Check for non-RFC-compliant request (only CR or
+                        * LF)? Unfortunately, there are quite a few clients
+                        * out there that do this -- incl. "mIRC" :-( */
                        delta = 1;
-                       if( ptr1 && ptr2 ) ptr = ptr1 > ptr2 ? ptr2 : ptr1;
-                       else if( ptr1 ) ptr = ptr1;
-                       else if( ptr2 ) ptr = ptr2;
+                       ptr1 = strchr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\r');
+                       ptr2 = strchr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\n');
+                       if (ptr1 && ptr2)
+                               ptr = ptr1 > ptr2 ? ptr2 : ptr1;
+                       else if (ptr1)
+                               ptr = ptr1;
+                       else if (ptr2)
+                               ptr = ptr2;
                }
 #endif
 
-               if( ! ptr )
+               if (!ptr)
                        break;
 
-               /* End of request found */
+               /* Complete (=line terminated) request found, handle it! */
                *ptr = '\0';
 
-               len = ( ptr - (char*) array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)) + delta;
+               len = ptr - (char *)array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) + delta;
 
-               if( len < 0 || len > ( COMMAND_LEN - 1 )) {
-                       /* Request must not exceed 512 chars (incl. CR+LF!), see
-                        * RFC 2812. Disconnect Client if this happens. */
-                       Log( LOG_ERR, "Request too long (connection %d): %d bytes (max. %d expected)!",
-                                               Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), COMMAND_LEN - 1 );
-                       Conn_Close( Idx, NULL, "Request too long", true );
+               if (len > (COMMAND_LEN - 1)) {
+                       /* Request must not exceed 512 chars (incl. CR+LF!),
+                        * see RFC 2812. Disconnect Client if this happens. */
+                       Log(LOG_ERR,
+                           "Request too long (connection %d): %d bytes (max. %d expected)!",
+                           Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf),
+                           COMMAND_LEN - 1);
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, NULL, "Request too long", true);
                        return false;
                }
 
-               if (len <= 2) { /* request was empty (only '\r\n') */
-                       array_moveleft(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf, 1, delta); /* delta is either 1 or 2 */
+               if (len <= delta) {
+                       /* Request is empty (only '\r\n', '\r' or '\n');
+                        * delta is 2 ('\r\n') or 1 ('\r' or '\n'), see above */
+                       array_moveleft(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf, 1, len);
                        break;
                }
+
 #ifdef ZLIB
                /* remember if stream is already compressed */
                old_z = My_Connections[Idx].options & CONN_ZIP;
 #endif
 
                My_Connections[Idx].msg_in++;
-               if (!Parse_Request(Idx, (char*)array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) ))
+               if (!Parse_Request
+                   (Idx, (char *)array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)))
                        return false;
 
                result = true;
 
                array_moveleft(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf, 1, len);
                LogDebug("Connection %d: %d bytes left in read buffer.",
-                   Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf));
+                        Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf));
 #ifdef ZLIB
-               if(( ! old_z ) && ( My_Connections[Idx].options & CONN_ZIP ) &&
-                               ( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) > 0 ))
-               {
-                       /* The last Command activated Socket-Compression.
-                        * Data that was read after that needs to be copied to Unzip-buf
-                        * for decompression */
-                       if( array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)> ZREADBUFFER_LEN ) {
-                               Log( LOG_ALERT, "Connection %d: No space left in unzip buf (need %u bytes)!",
-                                                               Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf ));
-                               return false;
-                       }
-                       if (!array_copy( &My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf, &My_Connections[Idx].rbuf ))
+               if ((!old_z) && (My_Connections[Idx].options & CONN_ZIP) &&
+                   (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) > 0)) {
+                       /* The last command activated socket compression.
+                        * Data that was read after that needs to be copied
+                        * to the unzip buffer for decompression: */
+                       if (!array_copy
+                           (&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf,
+                            &My_Connections[Idx].rbuf))
                                return false;
 
                        array_trunc(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf);
-                       LogDebug("Moved already received data (%u bytes) to uncompression buffer.",
-                                                               array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf));
+                       LogDebug
+                           ("Moved already received data (%u bytes) to uncompression buffer.",
+                            array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf));
                }
-#endif /* ZLIB */
+#endif
        }
        return result;
 } /* Handle_Buffer */
 
 
 static void
-Check_Connections( void )
+Check_Connections(void)
 {
        /* check if connections are alive. if not, play PING-PONG first.
         * if this doesn't help either, disconnect client. */
        CLIENT *c;
        CONN_ID i;
 
-       for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
+       for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
                if (My_Connections[i].sock < 0)
                        continue;
 
-               c = Conn_GetClient( i );
-               if( c && (( Client_Type( c ) == CLIENT_USER ) || ( Client_Type( c ) == CLIENT_SERVER ) || ( Client_Type( c ) == CLIENT_SERVICE )))
-               {
+               c = Conn_GetClient(i);
+               if (c && ((Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_USER)
+                         || (Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVER)
+                         || (Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVICE))) {
                        /* connected User, Server or Service */
-                       if( My_Connections[i].lastping > My_Connections[i].lastdata ) {
-                               /* we already sent a ping */
-                               if( My_Connections[i].lastping < time( NULL ) - Conf_PongTimeout ) {
+                       if (My_Connections[i].lastping >
+                           My_Connections[i].lastdata) {
+                               /* We already sent a ping */
+                               if (My_Connections[i].lastping <
+                                   time(NULL) - Conf_PongTimeout) {
                                        /* Timeout */
-                                       LogDebug("Connection %d: Ping timeout: %d seconds.",
-                                                                       i, Conf_PongTimeout );
-                                       Conn_Close( i, NULL, "Ping timeout", true );
+                                       LogDebug
+                                           ("Connection %d: Ping timeout: %d seconds.",
+                                            i, Conf_PongTimeout);
+                                       Conn_Close(i, NULL, "Ping timeout",
+                                                  true);
                                }
+                       } else if (My_Connections[i].lastdata <
+                                  time(NULL) - Conf_PingTimeout) {
+                               /* We need to send a PING ... */
+                               LogDebug("Connection %d: sending PING ...", i);
+                               My_Connections[i].lastping = time(NULL);
+                               Conn_WriteStr(i, "PING :%s",
+                                             Client_ID(Client_ThisServer()));
                        }
-                       else if( My_Connections[i].lastdata < time( NULL ) - Conf_PingTimeout ) {
-                               /* we need to sent a PING */
-                               LogDebug("Connection %d: sending PING ...", i );
-                               My_Connections[i].lastping = time( NULL );
-                               Conn_WriteStr( i, "PING :%s", Client_ID( Client_ThisServer( )));
-                       }
-               }
-               else
-               {
+               } else {
                        /* The connection is not fully established yet, so
                         * we don't do the PING-PONG game here but instead
                         * disconnect the client after "a short time" if it's
@@ -1246,7 +1390,9 @@ Check_Connections( void )
 
                        if (My_Connections[i].lastdata <
                            time(NULL) - Conf_PongTimeout) {
-                               LogDebug("Unregistered connection %d timed out ...", i);
+                               LogDebug
+                                   ("Unregistered connection %d timed out ...",
+                                    i);
                                Conn_Close(i, NULL, "Timeout", false);
                        }
                }
@@ -1273,7 +1419,7 @@ Check_Servers( void )
                if( Conf_Server[i].group > NONE ) {
                        for (n = 0; n < MAX_SERVERS; n++) {
                                if (n == i) continue;
-                               if ((Conf_Server[n].conn_id > NONE) &&
+                               if ((Conf_Server[n].conn_id != NONE) &&
                                        (Conf_Server[n].group == Conf_Server[i].group))
                                                break;
                        }
@@ -1287,6 +1433,7 @@ Check_Servers( void )
 
                /* Okay, try to connect now */
                Conf_Server[i].lasttry = time_now;
+               Conf_Server[i].conn_id = SERVER_WAIT;
                assert(Resolve_Getfd(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat) < 0);
                Resolve_Name(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat, Conf_Server[i].host, cb_Connect_to_Server);
        }
@@ -1294,55 +1441,54 @@ Check_Servers( void )
 
 
 static void
-New_Server( int Server )
+New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
 {
        /* Establish new server link */
-
-       struct sockaddr_in new_addr;
-       struct in_addr inaddr;
-       int res, new_sock;
+       char ip_str[NG_INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+       int af_dest, res, new_sock;
        CLIENT *c;
 
        assert( Server > NONE );
 
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Establishing connection to \"%s\", %s, port %d ... ", Conf_Server[Server].host,
-                                                       Conf_Server[Server].ip, Conf_Server[Server].port );
-
-#ifdef HAVE_INET_ATON
-       if( inet_aton( Conf_Server[Server].ip, &inaddr ) == 0 )
-#else
-       memset( &inaddr, 0, sizeof( inaddr ));
-       inaddr.s_addr = inet_addr( Conf_Server[Server].ip );
-       if( inaddr.s_addr == (unsigned)-1 )
-#endif
-       {
-               Log( LOG_ERR, "Can't connect to \"%s\": can't convert ip address %s!",
-                               Conf_Server[Server].host, Conf_Server[Server].ip );
+       if (!ng_ipaddr_tostr_r(dest, ip_str)) {
+               Log(LOG_WARNING, "New_Server: Could not convert IP to string");
                return;
        }
 
-       memset( &new_addr, 0, sizeof( new_addr ));
-       new_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-       new_addr.sin_addr = inaddr;
-       new_addr.sin_port = htons( Conf_Server[Server].port );
+       Log( LOG_INFO, "Establishing connection to \"%s\", %s, port %d ... ",
+                       Conf_Server[Server].host, ip_str, Conf_Server[Server].port );
 
-       new_sock = socket( PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
-       if ( new_sock < 0 ) {
+       af_dest = ng_ipaddr_af(dest);
+       new_sock = socket(af_dest, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+       if (new_sock < 0) {
                Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
                return;
        }
 
-       if( ! Init_Socket( new_sock )) return;
+       if (!Init_Socket(new_sock))
+               return;
 
-       res = connect( new_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&new_addr, sizeof( new_addr ));
+       /* is a bind address configured? */
+       res = ng_ipaddr_af(&Conf_Server[Server].bind_addr);
+       /* if yes, bind now. If it fails, warn and let connect() pick a source address */
+       if (res && bind(new_sock, (struct sockaddr *) &Conf_Server[Server].bind_addr,
+                               ng_ipaddr_salen(&Conf_Server[Server].bind_addr)))
+       {
+               ng_ipaddr_tostr_r(&Conf_Server[Server].bind_addr, ip_str);
+               Log(LOG_WARNING, "Can't bind socket to %s: %s!", ip_str, strerror(errno));
+       }
+       ng_ipaddr_setport(dest, Conf_Server[Server].port);
+       res = connect(new_sock, (struct sockaddr *) dest, ng_ipaddr_salen(dest));
        if(( res != 0 ) && ( errno != EINPROGRESS )) {
                Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't connect socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
                close( new_sock );
                return;
        }
-       
-       if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION), new_sock)) {
-               Log( LOG_ALERT, "Cannot allocate memory for server connection (socket %d)", new_sock);
+
+       if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION), (size_t)new_sock)) {
+               Log(LOG_ALERT,
+                   "Cannot allocate memory for server connection (socket %d)",
+                   new_sock);
                close( new_sock );
                return;
        }
@@ -1353,8 +1499,9 @@ New_Server( int Server )
 
        Init_Conn_Struct(new_sock);
 
-       c = Client_NewLocal( new_sock, inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ), CLIENT_UNKNOWNSERVER, false );
-       if( ! c ) {
+       ng_ipaddr_tostr_r(dest, ip_str);
+       c = Client_NewLocal(new_sock, ip_str, CLIENT_UNKNOWNSERVER, false);
+       if (!c) {
                Log( LOG_ALERT, "Can't establish connection: can't create client structure!" );
                close( new_sock );
                return;
@@ -1366,7 +1513,7 @@ New_Server( int Server )
        /* Register connection */
        Conf_Server[Server].conn_id = new_sock;
        My_Connections[new_sock].sock = new_sock;
-       My_Connections[new_sock].addr = new_addr;
+       My_Connections[new_sock].addr = *dest;
        My_Connections[new_sock].client = c;
        strlcpy( My_Connections[new_sock].host, Conf_Server[Server].host,
                                sizeof(My_Connections[new_sock].host ));
@@ -1385,14 +1532,17 @@ New_Server( int Server )
 } /* New_Server */
 
 
+/**
+ * Initialize connection structure.
+ */
 static void
-Init_Conn_Struct( CONN_ID Idx )
+Init_Conn_Struct(CONN_ID Idx)
 {
-       time_t now = time( NULL );
-       /* Connection-Struktur initialisieren */
+       time_t now = time(NULL);
 
-       memset( &My_Connections[Idx], 0, sizeof ( CONNECTION ));
+       memset(&My_Connections[Idx], 0, sizeof(CONNECTION));
        My_Connections[Idx].sock = -1;
+       My_Connections[Idx].signon = now;
        My_Connections[Idx].lastdata = now;
        My_Connections[Idx].lastprivmsg = now;
        Resolve_Init(&My_Connections[Idx].res_stat);
@@ -1442,7 +1592,9 @@ cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
        /* Read result of resolver sub-process from pipe and start connection */
        int i;
        size_t len;
-       char readbuf[HOST_LEN + 1];
+       ng_ipaddr_t dest_addrs[4];      /* we can handle at most 3; but we read up to
+                                          four so we can log the 'more than we can handle'
+                                          condition */
 
        LogDebug("Resolver: Got forward lookup callback on fd %d, events %d", fd, events);
 
@@ -1450,7 +1602,7 @@ cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
                  if (Resolve_Getfd(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat) == fd )
                          break;
        }
-       
+
        if( i >= MAX_SERVERS) {
                /* Ops, no matching server found?! */
                io_close( fd );
@@ -1459,16 +1611,28 @@ cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
        }
 
        /* Read result from pipe */
-       len = Resolve_Read(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat, readbuf, sizeof readbuf -1);
+       len = Resolve_Read(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat, dest_addrs, sizeof(dest_addrs));
        if (len == 0)
                return;
-       
-       readbuf[len] = '\0';
-       LogDebug("Got result from resolver: \"%s\" (%u bytes read).", readbuf, len);
-       strlcpy( Conf_Server[i].ip, readbuf, sizeof( Conf_Server[i].ip ));
 
+       assert((len % sizeof(ng_ipaddr_t)) == 0);
+
+       LogDebug("Got result from resolver: %u structs (%u bytes).", len/sizeof(ng_ipaddr_t), len);
+
+       memset(&Conf_Server[i].dst_addr, 0, sizeof(&Conf_Server[i].dst_addr));
+       if (len > sizeof(ng_ipaddr_t)) {
+               /* more than one address for this hostname, remember them
+                * in case first address is unreachable/not available */
+               len -= sizeof(ng_ipaddr_t);
+               if (len > sizeof(&Conf_Server[i].dst_addr)) {
+                       len = sizeof(&Conf_Server[i].dst_addr);
+                       Log(LOG_NOTICE, "Notice: Resolver returned more IP Addresses for host than we can handle,"
+                                       " additional addresses dropped");
+               }
+               memcpy(&Conf_Server[i].dst_addr, &dest_addrs[1], len);
+       }
        /* connect() */
-       New_Server(i);
+       New_Server(i, dest_addrs);
 } /* cb_Read_Forward_Lookup */
 
 
@@ -1535,10 +1699,10 @@ cb_Read_Resolver_Result( int r_fd, UNUSED short events )
 #ifdef IDENTAUTH
                ++identptr;
                if (*identptr) {
-                       Log( LOG_INFO, "IDENT lookup for connection %ld: \"%s\".", i, identptr);
-                       Client_SetUser( c, identptr, true );
+                       Log(LOG_INFO, "IDENT lookup for connection %d: \"%s\".", i, identptr);
+                       Client_SetUser(c, identptr, true);
                } else {
-                       Log( LOG_INFO, "IDENT lookup for connection %ld: no result.", i );
+                       Log(LOG_INFO, "IDENT lookup for connection %d: no result.", i);
                }
 #endif
        }
@@ -1567,19 +1731,6 @@ Simple_Message( int Sock, const char *Msg )
 } /* Simple_Error */
 
 
-static int
-Count_Connections( struct sockaddr_in addr_in )
-{
-       int i, cnt;
-       
-       cnt = 0;
-       for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
-               if(( My_Connections[i].sock > NONE ) && ( My_Connections[i].addr.sin_addr.s_addr == addr_in.sin_addr.s_addr )) cnt++;
-       }
-       return cnt;
-} /* Count_Connections */
-
-
 GLOBAL CLIENT *
 Conn_GetClient( CONN_ID Idx ) 
 {
@@ -1589,10 +1740,10 @@ Conn_GetClient( CONN_ID Idx )
        CONNECTION *c;
        assert( Idx >= 0 );
 
-       c = array_get(&My_ConnArray, sizeof (CONNECTION), Idx);
-       
+       c = array_get(&My_ConnArray, sizeof (CONNECTION), (size_t)Idx);
+
        assert(c != NULL);
-       
+
        return c ? c->client : NULL;
 }