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Conn_Write(): Make sure there is a client when detecting its type
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index 4772fd34628b660f8f517fcb1edc30515b0c283e..5f3c18afd0108fe8eb115c236257cc3c2879bcd7 100644 (file)
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2007 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors.
  *
  * 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
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  * Please read the file COPYING, README and AUTHORS for more information.
- *
- * Connection management
  */
 
+#undef DEBUG_BUFFER
 
 #define CONN_MODULE
 
 #include "portab.h"
+#include "conf-ssl.h"
 #include "io.h"
 
-static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.221 2008/02/26 22:04:17 fw Exp $";
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Connection management
+ */
 
 #include "imp.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #ifdef PROTOTYPES
-#      include <stdarg.h>
+# include <stdarg.h>
 #else
-#      include <varargs.h>
+# include <varargs.h>
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.221 2008/02/26 22:04:17 fw Exp $";
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IP_H
+# ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_SYSTM_H
+#  include <netinet/in_systm.h>
+# endif
 # include <netinet/ip.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -51,47 +57,54 @@ static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.221 2008/02/26 22:04:17 fw Exp $";
 
 #include "array.h"
 #include "defines.h"
-#include "resolve.h"
 
 #include "exp.h"
 #include "conn.h"
 
 #include "imp.h"
 #include "ngircd.h"
+#include "array.h"
 #include "client.h"
+#include "class.h"
 #include "conf.h"
+#include "conn-ssl.h"
 #include "conn-zip.h"
 #include "conn-func.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "ng_ipaddr.h"
 #include "parse.h"
+#include "resolve.h"
 #include "tool.h"
 
-#ifdef ZEROCONF
-# include "rendezvous.h"
-#endif
-
 #include "exp.h"
 
 
 #define SERVER_WAIT (NONE - 1)
 
+#define MAX_COMMANDS 3
+#define MAX_COMMANDS_SERVER 10
+#define MAX_COMMANDS_SERVICE MAX_COMMANDS_SERVER
+
 
 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 ));
-static bool Handle_Buffer PARAMS(( CONN_ID Idx ));
+static unsigned int Handle_Buffer PARAMS(( CONN_ID Idx ));
 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, ng_ipaddr_t *dest ));
 static void Simple_Message PARAMS(( int Sock, const char *Msg ));
-static int NewListener PARAMS(( int af, const UINT16 Port ));
+static int NewListener PARAMS(( const char *listen_addr, UINT16 Port ));
+static void Account_Connection PARAMS((void));
+
 
 static array My_Listeners;
 static array My_ConnArray;
+static size_t NumConnections, NumConnectionsMax, NumConnectionsAccepted;
 
 #ifdef TCPWRAP
 int allow_severity = LOG_INFO;
@@ -100,36 +113,89 @@ int deny_severity = LOG_ERR;
 
 static void server_login PARAMS((CONN_ID idx));
 
-static void cb_Read_Resolver_Result PARAMS(( int sock, UNUSED short what));
-static void cb_Connect_to_Server PARAMS(( int sock, UNUSED short what));
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+extern struct SSLOptions Conf_SSLOptions;
+static void cb_connserver_login_ssl PARAMS((int sock, short what));
+static void cb_clientserver_ssl PARAMS((int sock, short what));
+#endif
+static void cb_Read_Resolver_Result PARAMS((int sock, UNUSED short what));
+static void cb_Connect_to_Server PARAMS((int sock, UNUSED short what));
 static void cb_clientserver PARAMS((int sock, short what));
 
+
+/**
+ * IO callback for listening sockets: handle new connections. This callback
+ * gets called when a new non-SSL connection should be accepted.
+ *
+ * @param sock         Socket descriptor.
+ * @param irrelevant   (ignored IO specification)
+ */
 static void
 cb_listen(int sock, short irrelevant)
 {
        (void) irrelevant;
-       New_Connection( sock );
+       (void) New_Connection(sock);
 }
 
 
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+/**
+ * IO callback for listening SSL sockets: handle new connections. This callback
+ * gets called when a new SSL-enabled connection should be accepted.
+ *
+ * @param sock         Socket descriptor.
+ * @param irrelevant   (ignored IO specification)
+ */
+static void
+cb_listen_ssl(int sock, short irrelevant)
+{
+       int fd;
+
+       (void) irrelevant;
+       fd = New_Connection(sock);
+       if (fd < 0)
+               return;
+       io_event_setcb(My_Connections[fd].sock, cb_clientserver_ssl);
+}
+#endif
+
+
+/**
+ * IO callback for new outgoing non-SSL server connections.
+ *
+ * @param sock Socket descriptor.
+ * @param what IO specification (IO_WANTREAD/IO_WANTWRITE/...).
+ */
 static void
 cb_connserver(int sock, UNUSED short what)
 {
-       int res, err;
+       int res, err, server;
        socklen_t sock_len;
        CONN_ID idx = Socket2Index( sock );
+
        if (idx <= NONE) {
                LogDebug("cb_connserver wants to write on unknown socket?!");
                io_close(sock);
                return;
        }
 
-       assert( what & IO_WANTWRITE);
+       assert(what & IO_WANTWRITE);
+
+       /* Make sure that the server is still configured; it could have been
+        * removed in the meantime! */
+       server = Conf_GetServer(idx);
+       if (server < 0) {
+               Log(LOG_ERR, "Connection on socket %d to \"%s\" aborted!",
+                   sock, My_Connections[idx].host);
+               Conn_Close(idx, "Connection aborted!", NULL, false);
+               return;
+       }
 
        /* connect() finished, get result. */
-       sock_len = sizeof( err );
-       res = getsockopt( My_Connections[idx].sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &err, &sock_len );
-       assert( sock_len == sizeof( err ));
+       sock_len = (socklen_t)sizeof(err);
+       res = getsockopt(My_Connections[idx].sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR,
+                        &err, &sock_len );
+       assert(sock_len == sizeof(err));
 
        /* Error while connecting? */
        if ((res != 0) || (err != 0)) {
@@ -139,42 +205,52 @@ cb_connserver(int sock, UNUSED short what)
                else
                        Log(LOG_CRIT,
                            "Can't connect socket to \"%s:%d\" (connection %d): %s!",
-                           My_Connections[idx].host,
-                           Conf_Server[Conf_GetServer(idx)].port,
+                           My_Connections[idx].host, Conf_Server[server].port,
                            idx, strerror(err));
 
-               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])) {
+               if (ng_ipaddr_af(&Conf_Server[server].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]));
+                       New_Server(server, &Conf_Server[server].dst_addr[0]);
+                       /* connection to dst_addr[0] is now in progress, so
+                        * remove this address... */
+                       Conf_Server[server].dst_addr[0] =
+                               Conf_Server[server].dst_addr[1];
+                       memset(&Conf_Server[server].dst_addr[1], 0,
+                              sizeof(Conf_Server[server].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));
+       /* connect() succeeded, remove all additional addresses */
+       memset(&Conf_Server[server].dst_addr, 0,
+              sizeof(Conf_Server[server].dst_addr));
+
        Conn_OPTION_DEL( &My_Connections[idx], CONN_ISCONNECTING );
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+       if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[idx], CONN_SSL_CONNECT )) {
+               io_event_setcb( sock, cb_connserver_login_ssl );
+               io_event_add( sock, IO_WANTWRITE|IO_WANTREAD );
+               return;
+       }
+#endif
        server_login(idx);
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Login to a remote server.
+ *
+ * @param idx  Connection index.
+ */
 static void
 server_login(CONN_ID idx)
 {
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Connection %d with \"%s:%d\" established. Now logging in ...", idx,
-                       My_Connections[idx].host, Conf_Server[Conf_GetServer( idx )].port );
+       Log(LOG_INFO,
+           "Connection %d (socket %d) with \"%s:%d\" established. Now logging in ...",
+           idx, My_Connections[idx].sock, My_Connections[idx].host,
+           Conf_Server[Conf_GetServer(idx)].port);
 
        io_event_setcb( My_Connections[idx].sock, cb_clientserver);
        io_event_add( My_Connections[idx].sock, IO_WANTREAD|IO_WANTWRITE);
@@ -185,44 +261,131 @@ server_login(CONN_ID idx)
 }
 
 
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+/**
+ * IO callback for new outgoing SSL-enabled server connections.
+ *
+ * @param sock         Socket descriptor.
+ * @param unused       (ignored IO specification)
+ */
+static void
+cb_connserver_login_ssl(int sock, short unused)
+{
+       CONN_ID idx = Socket2Index(sock);
+
+       assert(idx >= 0);
+       if (idx < 0) {
+               io_close(sock);
+               return;
+       }
+       (void) unused;
+       switch (ConnSSL_Connect( &My_Connections[idx])) {
+       case 1: break;
+       case 0: LogDebug("ConnSSL_Connect: not ready");
+               return;
+       case -1:
+               Log(LOG_ERR, "SSL connection on socket %d failed!", sock);
+               Conn_Close(idx, "Can't connect!", NULL, false);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       Log( LOG_INFO, "SSL connection %d with \"%s:%d\" established.", idx,
+                       My_Connections[idx].host, Conf_Server[Conf_GetServer( idx )].port );
+
+       server_login(idx);
+}
+#endif
+
+
+/**
+ * IO callback for established non-SSL client and server connections.
+ *
+ * @param sock Socket descriptor.
+ * @param what IO specification (IO_WANTREAD/IO_WANTWRITE/...).
+ */
 static void
 cb_clientserver(int sock, short what)
 {
-       CONN_ID idx = Socket2Index( sock );
-       if (idx <= NONE) {
-#ifdef DEBUG
-               Log(LOG_WARNING, "WTF: cb_clientserver wants to write on unknown socket?!");
+       CONN_ID idx = Socket2Index(sock);
+
+       assert(idx >= 0);
+
+       if (idx < 0) {
+               io_close(sock);
+               return;
+       }
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+       if (what & IO_WANTREAD
+           || (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[idx], CONN_SSL_WANT_WRITE))) {
+               /* if TLS layer needs to write additional data, call
+                * Read_Request() instead so that SSL/TLS can continue */
+               Read_Request(idx);
+       }
+#else
+       if (what & IO_WANTREAD)
+               Read_Request(idx);
 #endif
+       if (what & IO_WANTWRITE)
+               Handle_Write(idx);
+}
+
+
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+/**
+ * IO callback for established SSL-enabled client and server connections.
+ *
+ * @param sock Socket descriptor.
+ * @param what IO specification (IO_WANTREAD/IO_WANTWRITE/...).
+ */
+static void
+cb_clientserver_ssl(int sock, short what)
+{
+       CONN_ID idx = Socket2Index(sock);
+
+       assert(idx >= 0);
+
+       if (idx < 0) {
                io_close(sock);
                return;
        }
 
+       switch (ConnSSL_Accept(&My_Connections[idx])) {
+       case 1:
+               break;  /* OK */
+       case 0:
+               return; /* EAGAIN: callback will be invoked again by IO layer */
+       default:
+               Conn_Close(idx, "SSL accept error, closing socket", "SSL accept error", false);
+               return;
+       }
        if (what & IO_WANTREAD)
-               Read_Request( idx );
+               Read_Request(idx);
 
        if (what & IO_WANTWRITE)
-               Handle_Write( idx );
+               Handle_Write(idx);
+
+       io_event_setcb(sock, cb_clientserver);  /* SSL handshake completed */
 }
+#endif
 
 
+/**
+ * Initialize connecion module.
+ */
 GLOBAL void
 Conn_Init( void )
 {
-       /* Modul initialisieren: statische Strukturen "ausnullen". */
-
        CONN_ID i;
 
        /* Speicher fuer Verbindungs-Pool anfordern */
        Pool_Size = CONNECTION_POOL;
-       if( Conf_MaxConnections > 0 )
-       {
-               /* konfiguriertes Limit beachten */
-               if( Pool_Size > Conf_MaxConnections ) Pool_Size = Conf_MaxConnections;
-       }
-       
+       if ((Conf_MaxConnections > 0) &&
+               (Pool_Size > Conf_MaxConnections))
+                       Pool_Size = Conf_MaxConnections;
+
        if (!array_alloc(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION), (size_t)Pool_Size)) {
-               Log( LOG_EMERG, "Can't allocate memory! [Conn_Init]" );
-               exit( 1 );
+               Log(LOG_EMERG, "Can't allocate memory! [Conn_Init]");
+               exit(1);
        }
 
        /* FIXME: My_Connetions/Pool_Size is needed by other parts of the
@@ -230,33 +393,29 @@ Conn_Init( void )
        My_Connections = (CONNECTION*) array_start(&My_ConnArray);
 
        LogDebug("Allocated connection pool for %d items (%ld bytes).",
-               array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof( CONNECTION )), array_bytes(&My_ConnArray));
+               array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION)),
+               array_bytes(&My_ConnArray));
 
-       assert( array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof( CONNECTION )) >= (size_t) Pool_Size);
+       assert(array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION)) >= (size_t)Pool_Size);
        
        array_free( &My_Listeners );
 
-       /* Connection-Struktur initialisieren */
-       for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) Init_Conn_Struct( i );
-
-       /* Global write counter */
-       WCounter = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++)
+               Init_Conn_Struct(i);
 } /* Conn_Init */
 
 
+/**
+ * Clean up connection module.
+ */
 GLOBAL void
 Conn_Exit( void )
 {
-       /* Modul abmelden: alle noch offenen Connections
-        * schliessen und freigeben. */
-
        CONN_ID idx;
 
-       LogDebug("Shutting down all connections ..." );
-
        Conn_ExitListeners();
 
-       /* Sockets schliessen */
+       LogDebug("Shutting down all connections ..." );
        for( idx = 0; idx < Pool_Size; idx++ ) {
                if( My_Connections[idx].sock > NONE ) {
                        Conn_Close( idx, NULL, NGIRCd_SignalRestart ?
@@ -271,8 +430,34 @@ Conn_Exit( void )
 } /* Conn_Exit */
 
 
+/**
+ * Close all sockets (file descriptors) of open connections.
+ * This is useful in forked child processes, for example, to make sure that
+ * they don't hold connections open that the main process wants to close.
+ */
+GLOBAL void
+Conn_CloseAllSockets(int ExceptOf)
+{
+       CONN_ID idx;
+
+       for(idx = 0; idx < Pool_Size; idx++) {
+               if(My_Connections[idx].sock > NONE &&
+                  My_Connections[idx].sock != ExceptOf)
+                       close(My_Connections[idx].sock);
+       }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Initialize listening ports.
+ *
+ * @param a            Array containing the ports the daemon should listen on.
+ * @param listen_addr  Address the socket should listen on (can be "0.0.0.0").
+ * @param func         IO callback function to register.
+ * @returns            Number of listening sockets created.
+ */
 static unsigned int
-ports_initlisteners(array *a, int af, void (*func)(int,short))
+ports_initlisteners(array *a, const char *listen_addr, void (*func)(int,short))
 {
        unsigned int created = 0;
        size_t len;
@@ -281,15 +466,15 @@ ports_initlisteners(array *a, int af, void (*func)(int,short))
 
        len = array_length(a, sizeof (UINT16));
        port = array_start(a);
-       while(len--) {
-               fd = NewListener(af, *port);
+       while (len--) {
+               fd = NewListener(listen_addr, *port);
                if (fd < 0) {
                        port++;
                        continue;
                }
                if (!io_event_create( fd, IO_WANTREAD, func )) {
                        Log( LOG_ERR, "io_event_create(): Could not add listening fd %d (port %u): %s!",
-                                                       fd, (unsigned int) *port, strerror(errno));
+                                               fd, (unsigned int) *port, strerror(errno));
                        close(fd);
                        port++;
                        continue;
@@ -297,46 +482,67 @@ ports_initlisteners(array *a, int af, void (*func)(int,short))
                created++;
                port++;
        }
-
        return created;
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Initialize all listening sockets.
+ *
+ * @returns    Number of created listening sockets
+ */
 GLOBAL unsigned int
 Conn_InitListeners( void )
 {
        /* Initialize ports on which the server should accept connections */
-
        unsigned int created = 0;
+       char *copy, *listen_addr;
 
-       if (!io_library_init(CONNECTION_POOL)) {
-               Log(LOG_EMERG, "Cannot initialize IO routines: %s", strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
+       assert(Conf_ListenAddress);
+
+       /* can't use Conf_ListenAddress directly, see below */
+       copy = strdup(Conf_ListenAddress);
+       if (!copy) {
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Cannot copy %s: %s", Conf_ListenAddress, strerror(errno));
+               return 0;
        }
+       listen_addr = strtok(copy, ",");
 
-#ifdef WANT_IPV6
-       if (Conf_ListenIPv6)
-               created = ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, AF_INET6, cb_listen);
+       while (listen_addr) {
+               ngt_TrimStr(listen_addr);
+               if (*listen_addr) {
+                       created += ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, listen_addr, cb_listen);
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+                       created += ports_initlisteners(&Conf_SSLOptions.ListenPorts, listen_addr, cb_listen_ssl);
 #endif
-       if (Conf_ListenIPv4)
-               created += ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, AF_INET, cb_listen);
+               }
+
+               listen_addr = strtok(NULL, ",");
+       }
+
+       /* Can't free() Conf_ListenAddress here: on REHASH, if the config file
+        * cannot be re-loaded, we'd end up with a NULL Conf_ListenAddress.
+        * Instead, free() takes place in conf.c, before the config file
+        * is being parsed. */
+       free(copy);
 
        return created;
 } /* Conn_InitListeners */
 
 
+/**
+ * Shut down all listening sockets.
+ */
 GLOBAL void
 Conn_ExitListeners( void )
 {
        /* Close down all listening sockets */
        int *fd;
        size_t arraylen;
-#ifdef ZEROCONF
-       Rendezvous_UnregisterListeners( );
-#endif
 
        arraylen = array_length(&My_Listeners, sizeof (int));
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Shutting down all listening sockets (%d total)...", arraylen );
+       Log(LOG_INFO,
+           "Shutting down all listening sockets (%d total) ...", arraylen);
        fd = array_start(&My_Listeners);
        while(arraylen--) {
                assert(fd != NULL);
@@ -349,31 +555,37 @@ Conn_ExitListeners( void )
 } /* Conn_ExitListeners */
 
 
+/**
+ * Bind a socket to a specific (source) address.
+ *
+ * @param addr                 Address structure.
+ * @param listen_addrstr       Source address as string.
+ * @param Port                 Port number.
+ * @returns                    true on success, false otherwise.
+ */
 static bool
-InitSinaddrListenAddr(int af, ng_ipaddr_t *addr, UINT16 Port)
+InitSinaddrListenAddr(ng_ipaddr_t *addr, const char *listen_addrstr, 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);
+               assert(listen_addrstr);
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Can't bind to [%s]:%u: can't convert ip address \"%s\"",
+                                               listen_addrstr, Port, listen_addrstr);
        }
        return ret;
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Set a socket to "IPv6 only". If the given socket doesn't belong to the
+ * AF_INET6 family, or the operating system doesn't support this functionality,
+ * this function retruns silently.
+ *
+ * @param af   Address family of the socket.
+ * @param sock Socket handle.
+ */
 static void
 set_v6_only(int af, int sock)
 {
@@ -383,7 +595,7 @@ set_v6_only(int af, int sock)
        if (af != AF_INET6)
                return;
 
-       if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &on, sizeof(on)))
+       if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &on, (socklen_t)sizeof(on)))
                Log(LOG_ERR, "Could not set IPV6_V6ONLY: %s", strerror(errno));
 #else
        (void)af;
@@ -392,27 +604,30 @@ set_v6_only(int af, int sock)
 }
 
 
-/* return new listening port file descriptor or -1 on failure */
+/**
+ * Initialize new listening port.
+ *
+ * @param listen_addr  Local address to bind the socet to (can be 0.0.0.0).
+ * @param Port         Port number on which the new socket should be listening.
+ * @returns            file descriptor of the socket or -1 on failure.
+ */
 static int
-NewListener(int af, const UINT16 Port)
+NewListener(const char *listen_addr, UINT16 Port)
 {
        /* Create new listening socket on specified port */
        ng_ipaddr_t addr;
-       int sock;
-#ifdef ZEROCONF
-       char name[CLIENT_ID_LEN], *info;
-#endif
-       if (!InitSinaddrListenAddr(af, &addr, Port))
+       int sock, af;
+
+       if (!InitSinaddrListenAddr(&addr, listen_addr, Port))
                return -1;
 
-       sock = socket(ng_ipaddr_af(&addr), SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+       af = ng_ipaddr_af(&addr);
+       sock = socket(af, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        if( sock < 0 ) {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket (af %d) : %s!", af, strerror(errno));
                return -1;
        }
 
-       af = ng_ipaddr_af(&addr);
-
        set_v6_only(af, sock);
 
        if (!Init_Socket(sock))
@@ -438,165 +653,214 @@ NewListener(int af, const UINT16 Port)
                return -1;
        }
 
-#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);
+       Log(LOG_INFO, "Now listening on [%s]:%d (socket %d).",
+           ng_ipaddr_tostr(&addr), Port, sock);
+       return sock;
+} /* NewListener */
 
-#ifdef ZEROCONF
-       /* Get best server description text */
-       if( ! Conf_ServerInfo[0] ) info = Conf_ServerName;
-       else
-       {
-               /* Use server info string */
-               info = NULL;
-               if( Conf_ServerInfo[0] == '[' )
-               {
-                       /* Cut off leading hostname part in "[]" */
-                       info = strchr( Conf_ServerInfo, ']' );
-                       if( info )
-                       {
-                               info++;
-                               while( *info == ' ' ) info++;
-                       }
-               }
-               if( ! info ) info = Conf_ServerInfo;
+
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+
+/**
+ * Check if SSL library needs to read SSL-protocol related data.
+ *
+ * SSL/TLS connections require extra treatment:
+ * When either CONN_SSL_WANT_WRITE or CONN_SSL_WANT_READ is set, we
+ * need to take care of that first, before checking read/write buffers.
+ * For instance, while we might have data in our write buffer, the
+ * TLS/SSL protocol might need to read internal data first for TLS/SSL
+ * writes to succeed.
+ *
+ * If this function returns true, such a condition is met and we have
+ * to reverse the condition (check for read even if we've data to write,
+ * do not check for read but writeability even if write-buffer is empty).
+ *
+ * @param c    Connection to check.
+ * @returns    true if SSL-library has to read protocol data.
+ */
+static bool
+SSL_WantRead(const CONNECTION *c)
+{
+       if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(c, CONN_SSL_WANT_READ)) {
+               io_event_add(c->sock, IO_WANTREAD);
+               return true;
        }
+       return false;
+}
 
-       /* Add port number to description if non-standard */
-       if (Port != 6667)
-               snprintf(name, sizeof name, "%s (port %u)", info,
-                        (unsigned int)Port);
-       else
-               strlcpy(name, info, sizeof name);
+/**
+ * Check if SSL library needs to write SSL-protocol related data.
+ *
+ * Please see description of SSL_WantRead() for full description!
+ *
+ * @param c    Connection to check.
+ * @returns    true if SSL-library has to write protocol data.
+ */
+static bool
+SSL_WantWrite(const CONNECTION *c)
+{
+       if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(c, CONN_SSL_WANT_WRITE)) {
+               io_event_add(c->sock, IO_WANTWRITE);
+               return true;
+       }
+       return false;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static inline bool
+SSL_WantRead(UNUSED const CONNECTION *c)
+{ return false; }
+
+static inline bool
+SSL_WantWrite(UNUSED const CONNECTION *c)
+{ return false; }
 
-       /* Register service */
-       Rendezvous_Register( name, MDNS_TYPE, Port );
 #endif
-       return sock;
-} /* NewListener */
 
 
+/**
+ * "Main Loop": Loop until shutdown or restart is signalled.
+ *
+ * This function loops until a shutdown or restart of ngIRCd is signalled and
+ * calls io_dispatch() to check for readable and writable sockets every second.
+ * It checks for status changes on pending connections (e. g. when a hostname
+ * has been resolved), checks for "penalties" and timeouts, and handles the
+ * input buffers.
+ */
 GLOBAL void
-Conn_Handler( void )
+Conn_Handler(void)
 {
-       /* "Main Loop.": Loop until a signal (for shutdown or restart) arrives.
-        * Call io_dispatch() to check for read/writeable sockets every second
-        * Wait for status change on pending connections (e.g: when the hostname has been resolved)
-        * check for penalty/timeouts
-        * handle input buffers
-        */
        int i;
-       unsigned int wdatalen;
+       unsigned int wdatalen, bytes_processed;
        struct timeval tv;
        time_t t;
-       bool timeout;
 
-       while(( ! NGIRCd_SignalQuit ) && ( ! NGIRCd_SignalRestart )) {
-               timeout = true;
-
-#ifdef ZEROCONF
-               Rendezvous_Handler( );
-#endif
-
-               /* Should the configuration be reloaded? */
-               if (NGIRCd_SignalRehash) {
-                       NGIRCd_Rehash( );
-               }
+       while (!NGIRCd_SignalQuit && !NGIRCd_SignalRestart) {
+               t = time(NULL);
 
                /* Check configured servers and established links */
-               Check_Servers( );
-               Check_Connections( );
-
-               t = time( NULL );
-
-               /* noch volle Lese-Buffer suchen */
-               for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
-                       if(( My_Connections[i].sock > NONE ) && ( array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].rbuf) > 0 ) &&
-                        ( My_Connections[i].delaytime < t ))
-                       {
-                               /* Kann aus dem Buffer noch ein Befehl extrahiert werden? */
-                               if (Handle_Buffer( i )) timeout = false;
+               Check_Servers();
+               Check_Connections();
+
+               /* Expire outdated class/list items */
+               Class_Expire();
+
+               /* Look for non-empty read buffers ... */
+               for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+                       if ((My_Connections[i].sock > NONE)
+                           && (array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].rbuf) > 0)
+                           && (My_Connections[i].delaytime <= t)) {
+                               /* ... and try to handle the received data */
+                               bytes_processed = Handle_Buffer(i);
+                               /* if we processed data, and there might be
+                                * more commands in the input buffer, do not
+                                * try to read any more data now */
+                               if (bytes_processed &&
+                                   array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].rbuf) > 2) {
+                                       LogDebug
+                                           ("Throttling connection %d: command limit reached!",
+                                            i);
+                                       Conn_SetPenalty(i, 1);
+                               }
                        }
                }
 
-               /* noch volle Schreib-Puffer suchen */
-               for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
-                       if ( My_Connections[i].sock <= NONE )
+               /* Look for non-empty write buffers ... */
+               for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+                       if (My_Connections[i].sock <= NONE)
                                continue;
 
                        wdatalen = (unsigned int)array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].wbuf);
-
 #ifdef ZLIB
-                       if (( wdatalen > 0 ) || ( array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].zip.wbuf)> 0 ))
+                       if (wdatalen > 0 ||
+                           array_bytes(&My_Connections[i].zip.wbuf) > 0)
 #else
-                       if ( wdatalen > 0 )
+                       if (wdatalen > 0)
 #endif
                        {
-                               /* Socket der Verbindung in Set aufnehmen */
-                               io_event_add( My_Connections[i].sock, IO_WANTWRITE );
+                               if (SSL_WantRead(&My_Connections[i]))
+                                       continue;
+                               io_event_add(My_Connections[i].sock,
+                                            IO_WANTWRITE);
                        }
                }
 
-               /* von welchen Sockets koennte gelesen werden? */
-               for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
-                       if ( My_Connections[i].sock <= NONE )
+               /* Check from which sockets we possibly could read ... */
+               for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+                       if (My_Connections[i].sock <= NONE)
                                continue;
-
-                       if (Resolve_INPROGRESS(&My_Connections[i].res_stat)) {
-                               /* wait for completion of Resolver Sub-Process */
-                               io_event_del( My_Connections[i].sock, IO_WANTREAD );
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+                       if (SSL_WantWrite(&My_Connections[i]))
+                               continue; /* TLS/SSL layer needs to write data; deal with this first */
+#endif
+                       if (Proc_InProgress(&My_Connections[i].proc_stat)) {
+                               /* Wait for completion of forked subprocess
+                                * and ignore the socket in the meantime ... */
+                               io_event_del(My_Connections[i].sock,
+                                            IO_WANTREAD);
                                continue;
                        }
 
-                       if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[i], CONN_ISCONNECTING ))
-                               continue;       /* wait for completion of connect() */
+                       if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[i], CONN_ISCONNECTING))
+                               /* Wait for completion of connect() ... */
+                               continue;
 
-                       if( My_Connections[i].delaytime > t ) {
-                               /* Fuer die Verbindung ist eine "Penalty-Zeit" gesetzt */
-                               io_event_del( My_Connections[i].sock, IO_WANTREAD );
+                       if (My_Connections[i].delaytime > t) {
+                               /* There is a "penalty time" set: ignore socket! */
+                               io_event_del(My_Connections[i].sock,
+                                            IO_WANTREAD);
                                continue;
                        }
-                       io_event_add( My_Connections[i].sock, IO_WANTREAD );
+
+                       io_event_add(My_Connections[i].sock, IO_WANTREAD);
                }
 
-               /* (re-)set timeout - tv_sec/usec are undefined after io_dispatch() returns */
+               /* Set the timeout for reading from the network to 1 second,
+                * which is the granularity with witch we handle "penalty
+                * times" for example.
+                * Note: tv_sec/usec are undefined(!) after io_dispatch()
+                * returns, so we have to set it beforce each call to it! */
                tv.tv_usec = 0;
-               tv.tv_sec = timeout ? 1 : 0;
-
-               /* wait for activity */
-               i = io_dispatch( &tv );
-               if (i == -1 && errno != EINTR ) {
-                       Log(LOG_EMERG, "Conn_Handler(): io_dispatch(): %s!", strerror(errno));
-                       Log(LOG_ALERT, "%s exiting due to fatal errors!", PACKAGE_NAME);
-                       exit( 1 );
+               tv.tv_sec = 1;
+
+               /* Wait for activity ... */
+               i = io_dispatch(&tv);
+               if (i == -1 && errno != EINTR) {
+                       Log(LOG_EMERG, "Conn_Handler(): io_dispatch(): %s!",
+                           strerror(errno));
+                       Log(LOG_ALERT, "%s exiting due to fatal errors!",
+                           PACKAGE_NAME);
+                       exit(1);
                }
        }
 
-       if( NGIRCd_SignalQuit ) Log( LOG_NOTICE|LOG_snotice, "Server going down NOW!" );
-       else if( NGIRCd_SignalRestart ) Log( LOG_NOTICE|LOG_snotice, "Server restarting NOW!" );
+       if (NGIRCd_SignalQuit)
+               Log(LOG_NOTICE | LOG_snotice, "Server going down NOW!");
+       else if (NGIRCd_SignalRestart)
+               Log(LOG_NOTICE | LOG_snotice, "Server restarting NOW!");
 } /* Conn_Handler */
 
 
 /**
  * Write a text string into the socket of a connection.
+ *
  * This function automatically appends CR+LF to the string and validates that
  * the result is a valid IRC message (oversized messages are shortened, for
  * example). Then it calls the Conn_Write() function to do the actual sending.
- * @param Idx Index fo the connection.
- * @param Format Format string, see printf().
- * @return true on success, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * @param Idx          Index fo the connection.
+ * @param Format       Format string, see printf().
+ * @returns            true on success, false otherwise.
  */
 #ifdef PROTOTYPES
 GLOBAL bool
-Conn_WriteStr( CONN_ID Idx, char *Format, ... )
+Conn_WriteStr(CONN_ID Idx, const char *Format, ...)
 #else
 GLOBAL bool 
-Conn_WriteStr( Idx, Format, va_alist )
+Conn_WriteStr(Idx, Format, va_alist)
 CONN_ID Idx;
-char *Format;
+const char *Format;
 va_dcl
 #endif
 {
@@ -657,36 +921,40 @@ va_dcl
 
 /**
  * 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.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Index of the connection.
+ * @param Data pointer to the data.
+ * @param Len  length of Data.
+ * @returns    true on success, false otherwise.
  */
 static bool
 Conn_Write( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, size_t Len )
 {
        CLIENT *c;
-       size_t writebuf_limit = WRITEBUFFER_LEN;
+       size_t writebuf_limit = WRITEBUFFER_MAX_LEN;
        assert( Idx > NONE );
        assert( Data != NULL );
        assert( Len > 0 );
 
-       c = Conn_GetClient(Idx);
-       assert( c != NULL);
-
-       /* 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;
-
        /* 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 ) {
+       if (My_Connections[Idx].sock <= NONE) {
                LogDebug("Skipped write on closed socket (connection %d).", Idx);
                return false;
        }
 
+       /* Make sure that there still exists a CLIENT structure associated
+        * with this connection and check if this is a server or not: */
+       c = Conn_GetClient(Idx);
+       if (c) {
+               /* 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;
+       } else
+               LogDebug("Write on socket without client (connection %d)!?", Idx);
+
 #ifdef ZLIB
        if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP )) {
                /* Compressed link:
@@ -702,7 +970,7 @@ Conn_Write( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, size_t Len )
                /* Uncompressed link:
                 * Check if outbound buffer has enough space for the data. */
                if (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf) + Len >=
-                   writebuf_limit) {
+                   WRITEBUFFER_FLUSH_LEN) {
                        /* Buffer is full, flush it. Handle_Write deals with
                         * low-level errors, if any. */
                        if (!Handle_Write(Idx))
@@ -714,10 +982,10 @@ Conn_Write( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, size_t Len )
                if (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf) + Len >=
                    writebuf_limit) {
                        Log(LOG_NOTICE,
-                           "Write buffer overflow (connection %d, size %lu byte)!",
-                           Idx,
+                           "Write buffer space exhausted (connection %d, limit is %lu bytes, %lu bytes new, %lu bytes pending)",
+                           Idx, writebuf_limit, Len,
                            (unsigned long)array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf));
-                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Write buffer overflow!", NULL, false);
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Write buffer space exhausted", NULL, false);
                        return false;
                }
 
@@ -735,14 +1003,24 @@ Conn_Write( CONN_ID Idx, char *Data, size_t Len )
 } /* Conn_Write */
 
 
+/**
+ * Shut down a connection.
+ *
+ * @param Idx          Connection index.
+ * @param LogMsg       Message to write to the log or NULL. If no LogMsg
+ *                     is given, the FwdMsg is logged.
+ * @param FwdMsg       Message to forward to remote servers.
+ * @param InformClient If true, inform the client on the connection which is
+ *                     to be shut down of the reason (FwdMsg) and send
+ *                     connection statistics before disconnecting it.
+ */
 GLOBAL void
-Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
+Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, const char *LogMsg, const char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
 {
-       /* Close connection. Open pipes of asyncronous resolver
+       /* Close connection. Open pipes of asynchronous resolver
         * sub-processes are closed down. */
 
        CLIENT *c;
-       char *txt;
        double in_k, out_k;
        UINT16 port;
 #ifdef ZLIB
@@ -765,13 +1043,6 @@ 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";
-
        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);
@@ -792,11 +1063,11 @@ 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!) */
+               /* Send ERROR to client (see RFC 2812, section 3.1.7) */
                if (FwdMsg)
                        Conn_WriteStr(Idx, "ERROR :%s", FwdMsg);
                else
-                       Conn_WriteStr(Idx, "ERROR :Closing connection.");
+                       Conn_WriteStr(Idx, "ERROR :Closing connection");
        }
 
        /* Try to write out the write buffer. Note: Handle_Write() eventually
@@ -807,7 +1078,12 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
 
        /* Search client, if any (re-check!) */
        c = Conn_GetClient( Idx );
-
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+       if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_SSL )) {
+               Log(LOG_INFO, "SSL connection %d shutting down ...", Idx);
+               ConnSSL_Free(&My_Connections[Idx]);
+       }
+#endif
        /* Shut down socket */
        if (! io_close(My_Connections[Idx].sock)) {
                /* Oops, we can't close the socket!? This is ... ugly! */
@@ -855,10 +1131,6 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
                    in_k, out_k);
        }
 
-       /* cancel running resolver */
-       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 );
 
@@ -878,36 +1150,76 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
        /* Clean up connection structure (=free it) */
        Init_Conn_Struct( Idx );
 
-       LogDebug("Shutdown of connection %d completed.", Idx );
+       assert(NumConnections > 0);
+       if (NumConnections)
+               NumConnections--;
+       LogDebug("Shutdown of connection %d completed, %ld connection%s left.",
+                Idx, NumConnections, NumConnections != 1 ? "s" : "");
 } /* Conn_Close */
 
 
-GLOBAL void
-Conn_SyncServerStruct( void )
+/**
+ * Get current number of connections.
+ *
+ * @returns    Number of current connections.
+ */
+GLOBAL long
+Conn_Count(void)
+{
+       return NumConnections;
+} /* Conn_Count */
+
+
+/**
+ * Get number of maximum simultaneous connections.
+ *
+ * @returns    Number of maximum simultaneous connections.
+ */
+GLOBAL long
+Conn_CountMax(void)
 {
-       /* Synchronize server structures (connection IDs):
-        * connections <-> configuration */
+       return NumConnectionsMax;
+} /* Conn_CountMax */
 
+
+/**
+ * Get number of connections accepted since the daemon startet.
+ *
+ * @returns    Number of connections accepted.
+ */
+GLOBAL long
+Conn_CountAccepted(void)
+{
+       return NumConnectionsAccepted;
+} /* Conn_CountAccepted */
+
+
+/**
+ * Synchronize established connections and configured server structures
+ * after a configuration update and store the correct connection IDs, if any.
+ */
+GLOBAL void
+Conn_SyncServerStruct(void)
+{
        CLIENT *client;
        CONN_ID i;
        int c;
 
-       for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
-               /* Established connection? */
-               if (My_Connections[i].sock < 0)
+       for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+               if (My_Connections[i].sock == NONE)
                        continue;
 
-               /* Server connection? */
-               client = Conn_GetClient( i );
-               if(( ! client ) || ( Client_Type( client ) != CLIENT_SERVER )) continue;
+               /* Server link? */
+               client = Conn_GetClient(i);
+               if (!client || Client_Type(client) != CLIENT_SERVER)
+                       continue;
 
-               for( c = 0; c < MAX_SERVERS; c++ )
-               {
+               for (c = 0; c < MAX_SERVERS; c++) {
                        /* Configured server? */
-                       if( ! Conf_Server[c].host[0] ) continue;
+                       if (!Conf_Server[c].host[0])
+                               continue;
 
-                       /* Duplicate? */
-                       if( strcmp( Conf_Server[c].name, Client_ID( client )) == 0 )
+                       if (strcasecmp(Conf_Server[c].name, Client_ID(client)) == 0)
                                Conf_Server[c].conn_id = i;
                }
        }
@@ -916,6 +1228,9 @@ Conn_SyncServerStruct( void )
 
 /**
  * Send out data of write buffer; connect new sockets.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index.
+ * @returns    true on success, false otherwise.
  */
 static bool
 Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
@@ -950,13 +1265,21 @@ Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
                return true;
        }
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_BUFFER
        LogDebug
            ("Handle_Write() called for connection %d, %ld bytes pending ...",
             Idx, wdatalen);
+#endif
 
-       len = write(My_Connections[Idx].sock,
-                   array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf), wdatalen );
-
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+       if ( Conn_OPTION_ISSET( &My_Connections[Idx], CONN_SSL )) {
+               len = ConnSSL_Write(&My_Connections[Idx], array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf), wdatalen);
+       } else
+#endif
+       {
+               len = write(My_Connections[Idx].sock,
+                           array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].wbuf), wdatalen );
+       }
        if( len < 0 ) {
                if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)
                        return true;
@@ -974,6 +1297,11 @@ Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
 } /* Handle_Write */
 
 
+/**
+ * Count established connections to a specific IP address.
+ *
+ * @returns    Number of established connections.
+ */
 static int
 Count_Connections(ng_ipaddr_t *a)
 {
@@ -990,140 +1318,194 @@ Count_Connections(ng_ipaddr_t *a)
 } /* Count_Connections */
 
 
+/**
+ * Initialize new client connection on a listening socket.
+ *
+ * @param Sock Listening socket descriptor.
+ * @returns    Accepted socket descriptor or -1 on error.
+ */
 static int
-New_Connection( int Sock )
+New_Connection(int Sock)
 {
-       /* Neue Client-Verbindung von Listen-Socket annehmen und
-        * CLIENT-Struktur anlegen. */
-
 #ifdef TCPWRAP
        struct request_info req;
 #endif
        ng_ipaddr_t new_addr;
        char ip_str[NG_INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
-       int new_sock, new_sock_len, new_Pool_Size;
+       int new_sock, new_sock_len, identsock;
        CLIENT *c;
        long cnt;
 
-       assert( Sock > NONE );
-       /* Connection auf Listen-Socket annehmen */
-       new_sock_len = (int)sizeof(new_addr);
+       assert(Sock > NONE);
 
+       LogDebug("Accepting new connection on socket %d ...", Sock);
+
+       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;
        }
+       NumConnectionsAccepted++;
 
        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);
+               return -1;
        }
 
 #ifdef TCPWRAP
        /* Validate socket using TCP Wrappers */
-       request_init( &req, RQ_DAEMON, PACKAGE_NAME, RQ_FILE, new_sock, RQ_CLIENT_SIN, &new_addr, NULL );
+       request_init(&req, RQ_DAEMON, PACKAGE_NAME, RQ_FILE, new_sock,
+                    RQ_CLIENT_SIN, &new_addr, NULL);
        fromhost(&req);
        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 );
+               Log(deny_severity,
+                   "Refused connection from %s (by TCP Wrappers)!", ip_str);
+               Simple_Message(new_sock, "ERROR :Connection refused");
+               close(new_sock);
                return -1;
        }
 #endif
 
-       /* Socket initialisieren */
-       if (!Init_Socket( new_sock ))
+       if (!Init_Socket(new_sock))
                return -1;
 
+       /* Check global connection limit */
+       if ((Conf_MaxConnections > 0) &&
+           (NumConnections >= (size_t) Conf_MaxConnections)) {
+               Log(LOG_ALERT, "Can't accept connection: limit (%d) reached!",
+                   Conf_MaxConnections);
+               Simple_Message(new_sock, "ERROR :Connection limit reached");
+               close(new_sock);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        /* Check IP-based connection limit */
        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!", ip_str, cnt);
-               Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR :Connection refused, too many connections from your IP address!" );
-               close( new_sock );
+               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;
        }
 
-       if( new_sock >= Pool_Size ) {
-               new_Pool_Size = new_sock + 1;
-               /* No free Connection Structures, check if we may accept further connections */
-               if ((( Conf_MaxConnections > 0) && Pool_Size >= Conf_MaxConnections) ||
-                       (new_Pool_Size < Pool_Size))
-               {
-                       Log( LOG_ALERT, "Can't accept connection: limit (%d) reached!", Pool_Size );
-                       Simple_Message( new_sock, "ERROR :Connection limit reached" );
-                       close( new_sock );
-                       return -1;
-               }
-
+       if (new_sock >= Pool_Size) {
                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 );
+                                (size_t) new_sock)) {
+                       Log(LOG_EMERG,
+                           "Can't allocate memory! [New_Connection]");
+                       Simple_Message(new_sock, "ERROR: Internal error");
+                       close(new_sock);
                        return -1;
                }
                LogDebug("Bumped connection pool to %ld items (internal: %ld items, %ld bytes)",
-                       new_sock, array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION)), array_bytes(&My_ConnArray));
+                        new_sock, array_length(&My_ConnArray,
+                        sizeof(CONNECTION)), array_bytes(&My_ConnArray));
 
                /* Adjust pointer to new block */
                My_Connections = array_start(&My_ConnArray);
-               while (Pool_Size < new_Pool_Size)
+               while (Pool_Size <= new_sock)
                        Init_Conn_Struct(Pool_Size++);
        }
 
        /* register callback */
-       if (!io_event_create( new_sock, IO_WANTREAD, cb_clientserver)) {
-               Log(LOG_ALERT, "Can't accept connection: io_event_create failed!");
+       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!");
+       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");
                io_close(new_sock);
                return -1;
        }
 
-       Init_Conn_Struct( new_sock );
+       Init_Conn_Struct(new_sock);
        My_Connections[new_sock].sock = new_sock;
        My_Connections[new_sock].addr = new_addr;
        My_Connections[new_sock].client = c;
 
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Accepted connection %d from %s:%d on socket %d.", new_sock,
-                       ip_str, ng_ipaddr_getport(&new_addr), Sock);
-
-       /* Hostnamen ermitteln */
-       strlcpy(My_Connections[new_sock].host, ip_str, sizeof(My_Connections[new_sock].host));
+       /* Set initial hostname to IP address. This becomes overwritten when
+        * the DNS lookup is enabled and succeeds, but is used otherwise. */
+       if (ng_ipaddr_af(&new_addr) != AF_INET)
+               snprintf(My_Connections[new_sock].host,
+                        sizeof(My_Connections[new_sock].host), "[%s]", ip_str);
+       else
+               strlcpy(My_Connections[new_sock].host, ip_str,
+                       sizeof(My_Connections[new_sock].host));
 
        Client_SetHostname(c, My_Connections[new_sock].host);
 
-       if (!Conf_NoDNS)
-               Resolve_Addr(&My_Connections[new_sock].res_stat, &new_addr,
-                       My_Connections[new_sock].sock, cb_Read_Resolver_Result);
+       Log(LOG_INFO, "Accepted connection %d from %s:%d on socket %d.",
+           new_sock, My_Connections[new_sock].host,
+           ng_ipaddr_getport(&new_addr), Sock);
 
-       Conn_SetPenalty(new_sock, 4);
+       identsock = new_sock;
+#ifdef IDENTAUTH
+       if (!Conf_Ident)
+               identsock = -1;
+#endif
+       if (Conf_DNS) {
+               if (Conf_NoticeAuth) {
+#ifdef IDENTAUTH
+                       if (Conf_Ident)
+                               (void)Conn_WriteStr(new_sock,
+                                       "NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname and checking ident");
+                       else
+#endif
+                               (void)Conn_WriteStr(new_sock,
+                                       "NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname");
+               }
+               Resolve_Addr(&My_Connections[new_sock].proc_stat, &new_addr,
+                            identsock, cb_Read_Resolver_Result);
+       }
+
+       Account_Connection();
        return new_sock;
 } /* New_Connection */
 
 
+/**
+ * Update global connection counters.
+ */
+static void
+Account_Connection(void)
+{
+       NumConnections++;
+       if (NumConnections > NumConnectionsMax)
+               NumConnectionsMax = NumConnections;
+       LogDebug("Total number of connections now %lu (max %lu).",
+                NumConnections, NumConnectionsMax);
+} /* Account_Connection */
+
+
+/**
+ * Translate socket handle into connection index.
+ *
+ * @param Sock Socket handle.
+ * @returns    Connecion index or NONE, if no connection could be found.
+ */
 static CONN_ID
 Socket2Index( int Sock )
 {
-       /* zum Socket passende Connection suchen */
-
        assert( Sock >= 0 );
 
        if( Sock >= Pool_Size || My_Connections[Sock].sock != Sock ) {
-               /* die Connection wurde vermutlich (wegen eines
-                * Fehlers) bereits wieder abgebaut ... */
+               /* the Connection was already closed again, likely due to
+                * an error. */
                LogDebug("Socket2Index: can't get connection for socket %d!", Sock);
                return NONE;
        }
@@ -1134,12 +1516,16 @@ Socket2Index( int Sock )
 /**
  * Read data from the network to the read buffer. If an error occures,
  * the socket of this connection will be shut down.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index.
  */
 static void
 Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
 {
        ssize_t len;
+       static const unsigned int maxbps = COMMAND_LEN / 2;
        char readbuf[READBUFFER_LEN];
+       time_t t;
        CLIENT *c;
        assert( Idx > NONE );
        assert( My_Connections[Idx].sock > NONE );
@@ -1153,12 +1539,17 @@ Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
        {
                /* Read buffer is full */
                Log(LOG_ERR,
-                   "Receive buffer overflow (connection %d): %d bytes!",
+                   "Receive buffer space exhausted (connection %d): %d bytes",
                    Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf));
-               Conn_Close( Idx, "Receive buffer overflow!", NULL, false );
+               Conn_Close(Idx, "Receive buffer space exhausted", NULL, false);
                return;
        }
 
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+       if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[Idx], CONN_SSL))
+               len = ConnSSL_Read( &My_Connections[Idx], readbuf, sizeof(readbuf));
+       else
+#endif
        len = read(My_Connections[Idx].sock, readbuf, sizeof(readbuf));
        if (len == 0) {
                Log(LOG_INFO, "%s:%u (%s) is closing the connection ...",
@@ -1184,9 +1575,9 @@ Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
                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!",
+                           "Could not append recieved data to zip input buffer (connection %d): %d bytes!",
                            Idx, len);
-                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Receive buffer overflow!", NULL,
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Receive buffer space exhausted", NULL,
                                   false);
                        return;
                }
@@ -1194,61 +1585,107 @@ Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
 #endif
        {
                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 );
+                       Log(LOG_ERR,
+                           "Could not append recieved data to input buffer (connection %d): %d bytes!",
+                           Idx, len);
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, "Receive buffer space exhausted", NULL, false );
                }
        }
 
        /* Update connection statistics */
        My_Connections[Idx].bytes_in += len;
+       My_Connections[Idx].bps += Handle_Buffer(Idx);
+
+       /* Make sure that there is still a valid client registered */
+       c = Conn_GetClient(Idx);
+       if (!c)
+               return;
 
        /* 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().
-        * 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)) {
-               My_Connections[Idx].lastdata = time(NULL);
-               My_Connections[Idx].lastping = My_Connections[Idx].lastdata;
+        * Update "lastping", too, if time shifted backwards ... */
+       if (Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_USER
+           || Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVER
+           || Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_SERVICE) {
+               t = time(NULL);
+               if (My_Connections[Idx].lastdata != t)
+                       My_Connections[Idx].bps = 0;
+
+               My_Connections[Idx].lastdata = t;
+               if (My_Connections[Idx].lastping > t)
+                       My_Connections[Idx].lastping = t;
        }
 
        /* Look at the data in the (read-) buffer of this connection */
-       Handle_Buffer(Idx);
+       if (Client_Type(c) != CLIENT_SERVER
+           && Client_Type(c) != CLIENT_UNKNOWNSERVER
+           && Client_Type(c) != CLIENT_SERVICE
+           && My_Connections[Idx].bps >= maxbps) {
+               LogDebug("Throttling connection %d: BPS exceeded! (%u >= %u)",
+                        Idx, My_Connections[Idx].bps, maxbps);
+               Conn_SetPenalty(Idx, 1);
+       }
 } /* Read_Request */
 
 
 /**
- * Handle data in connection read-buffer.
- * @return true if a reuqest was handled, false otherwise (and on errors).
+ * Handle all data in the connection read-buffer.
+ *
+ * Data is processed until no complete command is left in the read buffer,
+ * or MAX_COMMANDS[_SERVER|_SERVICE] commands were processed.
+ * When a fatal error occurs, the connection is shut down.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Index of the connection.
+ * @returns    Number of bytes processed.
  */
-static bool
+static unsigned int
 Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
 {
 #ifndef STRICT_RFC
-       char *ptr1, *ptr2;
+       char *ptr1, *ptr2, *first_eol;
 #endif
        char *ptr;
        size_t len, delta;
-       bool result;
        time_t starttime;
 #ifdef ZLIB
        bool old_z;
 #endif
+       unsigned int i, maxcmd = MAX_COMMANDS, len_processed = 0;
+       CLIENT *c;
 
+       c = Conn_GetClient(Idx);
        starttime = time(NULL);
-       result = false;
-       for (;;) {
+
+       assert(c != NULL);
+
+       /* Servers do get special command limits, so they can process
+        * all the messages that are required while peering. */
+       switch (Client_Type(c)) {
+           case CLIENT_SERVER:
+               /* Allow servers to send more commands in the first 10 secods
+                * to speed up server login and network synchronisation. */
+               if (starttime - Client_StartTime(c) < 10)
+                       maxcmd = MAX_COMMANDS_SERVER * 5;
+               else
+                       maxcmd = MAX_COMMANDS_SERVER;
+               break;
+           case CLIENT_SERVICE:
+               maxcmd = MAX_COMMANDS_SERVICE; break;
+       }
+
+       for (i=0; i < maxcmd; i++) {
                /* Check penalty */
                if (My_Connections[Idx].delaytime > starttime)
-                       return result;
+                       return 0;
 #ifdef ZLIB
                /* Unpack compressed data, if compression is in use */
                if (Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[Idx], CONN_ZIP)) {
+                       /* When unzipping fails, Unzip_Buffer() shuts
+                        * down the connection itself */
                        if (!Unzip_Buffer(Idx))
-                               return false;
+                               return 0;
                }
 #endif
 
@@ -1256,8 +1693,12 @@ Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
                        break;
 
                /* Make sure that the buffer is NULL terminated */
-               if (!array_cat0_temporary(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf))
-                       return false;
+               if (!array_cat0_temporary(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)) {
+                       Conn_Close(Idx, NULL,
+                                  "Can't allocate memory [Handle_Buffer]",
+                                  true);
+                       return 0;
+               }
 
                /* RFC 2812, section "2.3 Messages", 5th paragraph:
                 * "IRC messages are always lines of characters terminated
@@ -1266,19 +1707,28 @@ Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
                ptr = strstr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), "\r\n");
 
 #ifndef STRICT_RFC
-               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;
-                       ptr1 = strchr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\r');
-                       ptr2 = strchr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\n');
+               /* Check for non-RFC-compliant request (only CR or LF)?
+                * Unfortunately, there are quite a few clients out there
+                * that do this -- e. g. mIRC, BitchX, and Trillian :-( */
+               ptr1 = strchr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\r');
+               ptr2 = strchr(array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf), '\n');
+               if (ptr) {
+                       /* Check if there is a single CR or LF _before_ the
+                        * corerct CR+LF line terminator:  */
+                       first_eol = ptr1 < ptr2 ? ptr1 : ptr2;
+                       if (first_eol < ptr) {
+                               /* Single CR or LF before CR+LF found */
+                               ptr = first_eol;
+                               delta = 1;
+                       }
+               } else if (ptr1 || ptr2) {
+                       /* No CR+LF terminated command found, but single
+                        * CR or LF found ... */
                        if (ptr1 && ptr2)
-                               ptr = ptr1 > ptr2 ? ptr2 : ptr1;
-                       else if (ptr1)
-                               ptr = ptr1;
-                       else if (ptr2)
-                               ptr = ptr2;
+                               ptr = ptr1 < ptr2 ? ptr1 : ptr2;
+                       else
+                               ptr = ptr1 ? ptr1 : ptr2;
+                       delta = 1;
                }
 #endif
 
@@ -1298,16 +1748,16 @@ Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
                            Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf),
                            COMMAND_LEN - 1);
                        Conn_Close(Idx, NULL, "Request too long", true);
-                       return false;
+                       return 0;
                }
 
+               len_processed += (unsigned int)len;
                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;
+                       continue;
                }
-
 #ifdef ZLIB
                /* remember if stream is already compressed */
                old_z = My_Connections[Idx].options & CONN_ZIP;
@@ -1316,13 +1766,13 @@ Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
                My_Connections[Idx].msg_in++;
                if (!Parse_Request
                    (Idx, (char *)array_start(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)))
-                       return false;
-
-               result = true;
+                       return 0; /* error -> connection has been closed */
 
                array_moveleft(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf, 1, len);
+#ifdef DEBUG_BUFFER
                LogDebug("Connection %d: %d bytes left in read buffer.",
                         Idx, array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf));
+#endif
 #ifdef ZLIB
                if ((!old_z) && (My_Connections[Idx].options & CONN_ZIP) &&
                    (array_bytes(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf) > 0)) {
@@ -1331,8 +1781,12 @@ Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
                         * to the unzip buffer for decompression: */
                        if (!array_copy
                            (&My_Connections[Idx].zip.rbuf,
-                            &My_Connections[Idx].rbuf))
-                               return false;
+                            &My_Connections[Idx].rbuf)) {
+                               Conn_Close(Idx, NULL,
+                                          "Can't allocate memory [Handle_Buffer]",
+                                          true);
+                               return 0;
+                       }
 
                        array_trunc(&My_Connections[Idx].rbuf);
                        LogDebug
@@ -1341,17 +1795,21 @@ Handle_Buffer(CONN_ID Idx)
                }
 #endif
        }
-       return result;
+       return len_processed;
 } /* Handle_Buffer */
 
 
+/**
+ * Check whether established connections are still alive or not.
+ * If not, play PING-PONG first; and if that doesn't help either,
+ * disconnect the respective peer.
+ */
 static 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;
+       char msg[64];
 
        for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
                if (My_Connections[i].sock < 0)
@@ -1371,8 +1829,8 @@ Check_Connections(void)
                                        LogDebug
                                            ("Connection %d: Ping timeout: %d seconds.",
                                             i, Conf_PongTimeout);
-                                       Conn_Close(i, NULL, "Ping timeout",
-                                                  true);
+                                       snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "Ping timeout: %d seconds", Conf_PongTimeout);
+                                       Conn_Close(i, NULL, msg, true);
                                }
                        } else if (My_Connections[i].lastdata <
                                   time(NULL) - Conf_PingTimeout) {
@@ -1400,46 +1858,60 @@ Check_Connections(void)
 } /* Check_Connections */
 
 
+/**
+ * Check if further server links should be established.
+ */
 static void
-Check_Servers( void )
+Check_Servers(void)
 {
-       /* Check if we can establish further server links */
-
        int i, n;
        time_t time_now;
 
+       time_now = time(NULL);
+
        /* Check all configured servers */
-       for( i = 0; i < MAX_SERVERS; i++ ) {
-               /* Valid outgoing server which isn't already connected or disabled? */
-               if(( ! Conf_Server[i].host[0] ) || ( ! Conf_Server[i].port > 0 ) ||
-                       ( Conf_Server[i].conn_id > NONE ) || ( Conf_Server[i].flags & CONF_SFLAG_DISABLED ))
-                               continue;
+       for (i = 0; i < MAX_SERVERS; i++) {
+               if (Conf_Server[i].conn_id != NONE)
+                       continue;       /* Already establishing or connected */
+               if (!Conf_Server[i].host[0] || !Conf_Server[i].port > 0)
+                       continue;       /* No host and/or port configured */
+               if (Conf_Server[i].flags & CONF_SFLAG_DISABLED)
+                       continue;       /* Disabled configuration entry */
+               if (Conf_Server[i].lasttry > (time_now - Conf_ConnectRetry))
+                       continue;       /* We have to wait a little bit ... */
 
                /* Is there already a connection in this group? */
-               if( Conf_Server[i].group > NONE ) {
+               if (Conf_Server[i].group > NONE) {
                        for (n = 0; n < MAX_SERVERS; n++) {
-                               if (n == i) continue;
+                               if (n == i)
+                                       continue;
                                if ((Conf_Server[n].conn_id != NONE) &&
-                                       (Conf_Server[n].group == Conf_Server[i].group))
-                                               break;
+                                   (Conf_Server[n].group == Conf_Server[i].group))
+                                       break;
                        }
-                       if (n < MAX_SERVERS) continue;
+                       if (n < MAX_SERVERS)
+                               continue;
                }
 
-               /* Check last connect attempt? */
-               time_now = time(NULL);
-               if( Conf_Server[i].lasttry > (time_now - Conf_ConnectRetry))
-                       continue;
-
                /* Okay, try to connect now */
+               Log(LOG_NOTICE,
+                   "Preparing to establish a new server link for \"%s\" ...",
+                   Conf_Server[i].name);
                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);
+               assert(Proc_GetPipeFd(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat) < 0);
+               Resolve_Name(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat, Conf_Server[i].host,
+                            cb_Connect_to_Server);
        }
 } /* Check_Servers */
 
 
+/**
+ * Establish a new outgoing server connection.
+ *
+ * @param Server       Configuration index of the server.
+ * @param dest         Destination IP address to connect to.
+ */
 static void
 New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
 {
@@ -1455,13 +1927,17 @@ New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
                return;
        }
 
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Establishing connection to \"%s\", %s, port %d ... ",
-                       Conf_Server[Server].host, ip_str, Conf_Server[Server].port );
-
        af_dest = ng_ipaddr_af(dest);
        new_sock = socket(af_dest, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+       Log(LOG_INFO,
+           "Establishing connection for \"%s\" to \"%s:%d\" (%s), socket %d ...",
+           Conf_Server[Server].name, Conf_Server[Server].host,
+           Conf_Server[Server].port, ip_str, new_sock);
+
        if (new_sock < 0) {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
+               Log(LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket (af %d): %s!",
+                   af_dest, strerror(errno));
                return;
        }
 
@@ -1493,6 +1969,12 @@ New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
                return;
        }
 
+       if (!io_event_create( new_sock, IO_WANTWRITE, cb_connserver)) {
+               Log(LOG_ALERT, "io_event_create(): could not add fd %d", strerror(errno));
+               close(new_sock);
+               return;
+       }
+
        My_Connections = array_start(&My_ConnArray);
 
        assert(My_Connections[new_sock].sock <= 0);
@@ -1503,10 +1985,12 @@ New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
        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 );
+               io_close(new_sock);
                return;
        }
 
+       /* Conn_Close() decrements this counter again */
+       Account_Connection();
        Client_SetIntroducer( c, c );
        Client_SetToken( c, TOKEN_OUTBOUND );
 
@@ -1518,22 +2002,27 @@ New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
        strlcpy( My_Connections[new_sock].host, Conf_Server[Server].host,
                                sizeof(My_Connections[new_sock].host ));
 
-       /* Register new socket */
-       if (!io_event_create( new_sock, IO_WANTWRITE, cb_connserver)) {
-               Log( LOG_ALERT, "io_event_create(): could not add fd %d", strerror(errno));
-               Conn_Close( new_sock, "io_event_create() failed", NULL, false );
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+       if (Conf_Server[Server].SSLConnect && !ConnSSL_PrepareConnect( &My_Connections[new_sock],
+                                                               &Conf_Server[Server] ))
+       {
+               Log(LOG_ALERT, "Could not initialize SSL for outgoing connection");
+               Conn_Close( new_sock, "Could not initialize SSL for outgoing connection", NULL, false );
                Init_Conn_Struct( new_sock );
                Conf_Server[Server].conn_id = NONE;
+               return;
        }
-
-       LogDebug("Registered new connection %d on socket %d.",
-                               new_sock, My_Connections[new_sock].sock );
+#endif
+       LogDebug("Registered new connection %d on socket %d (%ld in total).",
+                new_sock, My_Connections[new_sock].sock, NumConnections);
        Conn_OPTION_ADD( &My_Connections[new_sock], CONN_ISCONNECTING );
 } /* New_Server */
 
 
 /**
  * Initialize connection structure.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index.
  */
 static void
 Init_Conn_Struct(CONN_ID Idx)
@@ -1545,15 +2034,22 @@ Init_Conn_Struct(CONN_ID Idx)
        My_Connections[Idx].signon = now;
        My_Connections[Idx].lastdata = now;
        My_Connections[Idx].lastprivmsg = now;
-       Resolve_Init(&My_Connections[Idx].res_stat);
+       Proc_InitStruct(&My_Connections[Idx].proc_stat);
 } /* Init_Conn_Struct */
 
 
+/**
+ * Initialize options of a new socket.
+ *
+ * For example, we try to set socket options SO_REUSEADDR and IPTOS_LOWDELAY.
+ * The socket is automatically closed if a fatal error is encountered.
+ *
+ * @param Sock Socket handle.
+ * @returns false if socket was closed due to fatal error.
+ */
 static bool
 Init_Socket( int Sock )
 {
-       /* Initialize socket (set options) */
-
        int value;
 
        if (!io_setnonblock(Sock)) {
@@ -1571,21 +2067,29 @@ Init_Socket( int Sock )
        }
 
        /* Set type of service (TOS) */
-#if defined(IP_TOS) && defined(IPTOS_LOWDELAY)
+#if defined(IPPROTO_IP) && defined(IPTOS_LOWDELAY)
        value = IPTOS_LOWDELAY;
-       LogDebug("Setting option IP_TOS on socket %d to IPTOS_LOWDELAY (%d).", Sock, value );
-       if( setsockopt( Sock, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, &value, (socklen_t)sizeof( value )) != 0 )
-       {
-               Log( LOG_ERR, "Can't set socket option IP_TOS: %s!", strerror( errno ));
+       if (setsockopt(Sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, &value,
+                      (socklen_t) sizeof(value))) {
+               LogDebug("Can't set socket option IP_TOS: %s!",
+                        strerror(errno));
                /* ignore this error */
-       }
+       } else
+               LogDebug("IP_TOS on socket %d has been set to IPTOS_LOWDELAY.",
+                        Sock);
 #endif
 
        return true;
 } /* Init_Socket */
 
 
-
+/**
+ * Read results of a resolver sub-process and try to initiate a new server
+ * connection.
+ *
+ * @param fd           File descriptor of the pipe to the sub-process.
+ * @param events       (ignored IO specification)
+ */
 static void
 cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
 {
@@ -1594,12 +2098,13 @@ cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
        size_t len;
        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 */
+                                          condition. First result is tried immediately, rest
+                                          is saved for later if needed. */
 
        LogDebug("Resolver: Got forward lookup callback on fd %d, events %d", fd, events);
 
        for (i=0; i < MAX_SERVERS; i++) {
-                 if (Resolve_Getfd(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat) == fd )
+                 if (Proc_GetPipeFd(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat) == fd )
                          break;
        }
 
@@ -1611,23 +2116,27 @@ cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
        }
 
        /* Read result from pipe */
-       len = Resolve_Read(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat, dest_addrs, sizeof(dest_addrs));
-       if (len == 0)
+       len = Proc_Read(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat, dest_addrs, sizeof(dest_addrs));
+       Proc_Close(&Conf_Server[i].res_stat);
+       if (len == 0) {
+               /* Error resolving hostname: reset server structure */
+               Conf_Server[i].conn_id = NONE;
                return;
+       }
 
        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));
+       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");
+               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);
        }
@@ -1636,15 +2145,18 @@ cb_Connect_to_Server(int fd, UNUSED short events)
 } /* cb_Read_Forward_Lookup */
 
 
+/**
+ * Read results of a resolver sub-process from the pipe and update the
+ * apropriate connection/client structure(s): hostname and/or IDENT user name.
+ *
+ * @param r_fd         File descriptor of the pipe to the sub-process.
+ * @param events       (ignored IO specification)
+ */
 static void
 cb_Read_Resolver_Result( int r_fd, UNUSED short events )
 {
-       /* Read result of resolver sub-process from pipe and update the
-        * apropriate connection/client structure(s): hostname and/or
-        * IDENT user name.*/
-
        CLIENT *c;
-       int i;
+       CONN_ID i;
        size_t len;
        char *identptr;
 #ifdef IDENTAUTH
@@ -1654,14 +2166,8 @@ cb_Read_Resolver_Result( int r_fd, UNUSED short events )
 #endif
 
        LogDebug("Resolver: Got callback on fd %d, events %d", r_fd, events );
-
-       /* Search associated connection ... */
-       for( i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++ ) {
-               if(( My_Connections[i].sock != NONE )
-                 && ( Resolve_Getfd(&My_Connections[i].res_stat) == r_fd ))
-                       break;
-       }
-       if( i >= Pool_Size ) {
+       i = Conn_GetFromProc(r_fd);
+       if (i == NONE) {
                /* Ops, none found? Probably the connection has already
                 * been closed!? We'll ignore that ... */
                io_close( r_fd );
@@ -1670,7 +2176,8 @@ cb_Read_Resolver_Result( int r_fd, UNUSED short events )
        }
 
        /* Read result from pipe */
-       len = Resolve_Read(&My_Connections[i].res_stat, readbuf, sizeof readbuf -1);
+       len = Proc_Read(&My_Connections[i].proc_stat, readbuf, sizeof readbuf -1);
+       Proc_Close(&My_Connections[i].proc_stat);
        if (len == 0)
                return;
 
@@ -1692,59 +2199,213 @@ cb_Read_Resolver_Result( int r_fd, UNUSED short events )
        c = Conn_GetClient( i );
        assert( c != NULL );
 
-       /* Only update client information of unregistered clients */
-       if( Client_Type( c ) == CLIENT_UNKNOWN ) {
-               strlcpy(My_Connections[i].host, readbuf, sizeof( My_Connections[i].host));
-               Client_SetHostname( c, readbuf);
+       /* Only update client information of unregistered clients.
+        * Note: user commands (e. g. WEBIRC) are always read _after_ reading
+        * the resolver results, so we don't have to worry to override settings
+        * from these commands here. */
+       if(Client_Type(c) == CLIENT_UNKNOWN) {
+               strlcpy(My_Connections[i].host, readbuf,
+                       sizeof(My_Connections[i].host));
+               Client_SetHostname(c, readbuf);
+               if (Conf_NoticeAuth)
+                       (void)Conn_WriteStr(i,
+                                       "NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname");
 #ifdef IDENTAUTH
                ++identptr;
                if (*identptr) {
                        Log(LOG_INFO, "IDENT lookup for connection %d: \"%s\".", i, identptr);
                        Client_SetUser(c, identptr, true);
+                       if (Conf_NoticeAuth)
+                               (void)Conn_WriteStr(i,
+                                       "NOTICE AUTH :*** Got ident response");
                } else {
                        Log(LOG_INFO, "IDENT lookup for connection %d: no result.", i);
+                       if (Conf_NoticeAuth && Conf_Ident)
+                               (void)Conn_WriteStr(i,
+                                       "NOTICE AUTH :*** No ident response");
                }
 #endif
        }
 #ifdef DEBUG
                else Log( LOG_DEBUG, "Resolver: discarding result for already registered connection %d.", i );
 #endif
-       /* Reset penalty time */
-       Conn_ResetPenalty( i );
 } /* cb_Read_Resolver_Result */
 
 
+/**
+ * Write a "simple" (error) message to a socket.
+ *
+ * The message is sent without using the connection write buffers, without
+ * compression/encryption, and even without any error reporting. It is
+ * designed for error messages of e.g. New_Connection().
+ *
+ * @param Sock Socket handle.
+ * @param Msg  Message string to send.
+ */
 static void
-Simple_Message( int Sock, const char *Msg )
+Simple_Message(int Sock, const char *Msg)
 {
        char buf[COMMAND_LEN];
        size_t len;
-       /* Write "simple" message to socket, without using compression
-        * or even the connection write buffers. Used e.g. for error
-        * messages by New_Connection(). */
-       assert( Sock > NONE );
-       assert( Msg != NULL );
-
-       strlcpy( buf, Msg, sizeof buf - 2);
-       len = strlcat( buf, "\r\n", sizeof buf);
-       (void)write(Sock, buf, len);
+
+       assert(Sock > NONE);
+       assert(Msg != NULL);
+
+       strlcpy(buf, Msg, sizeof buf - 2);
+       len = strlcat(buf, "\r\n", sizeof buf);
+       if (write(Sock, buf, len) < 0) {
+               /* Because this function most probably got called to log
+                * an error message, any write error is ignored here to
+                * avoid an endless loop. But casting the result of write()
+                * to "void" doesn't satisfy the GNU C code attribute
+                * "warn_unused_result" which is used by some versions of
+                * glibc (e.g. 2.11.1), therefore this silly error
+                * "handling" code here :-( */
+               return;
+       }
 } /* Simple_Error */
 
 
+/**
+ * Get CLIENT structure that belongs to a local connection identified by its
+ * index number. Each connection belongs to a client by definition, so it is
+ * not required that the caller checks for NULL return values.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index number.
+ * @returns    Pointer to CLIENT structure.
+ */
 GLOBAL CLIENT *
 Conn_GetClient( CONN_ID Idx ) 
 {
-       /* return Client-Structure that belongs to the local Connection Idx.
-        * If none is found, return NULL.
-        */
        CONNECTION *c;
-       assert( Idx >= 0 );
 
+       assert(Idx >= 0);
        c = array_get(&My_ConnArray, sizeof (CONNECTION), (size_t)Idx);
+       assert(c != NULL);
+       return c ? c->client : NULL;
+}
 
+/**
+ * Get PROC_STAT sub-process structure of a connection.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index number.
+ * @returns    PROC_STAT structure.
+ */
+GLOBAL PROC_STAT *
+Conn_GetProcStat(CONN_ID Idx)
+{
+       CONNECTION *c;
+
+       assert(Idx >= 0);
+       c = array_get(&My_ConnArray, sizeof (CONNECTION), (size_t)Idx);
        assert(c != NULL);
+       return &c->proc_stat;
+} /* Conn_GetProcStat */
 
-       return c ? c->client : NULL;
+
+/**
+ * Get CONN_ID from file descriptor associated to a subprocess structure.
+ *
+ * @param fd   File descriptor.
+ * @returns    CONN_ID or NONE (-1).
+ */
+GLOBAL CONN_ID
+Conn_GetFromProc(int fd)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       assert(fd > 0);
+       for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+               if ((My_Connections[i].sock != NONE)
+                   && (Proc_GetPipeFd(&My_Connections[i].proc_stat) == fd))
+                       return i;
+       }
+       return NONE;
+} /* Conn_GetFromProc */
+
+
+#ifndef STRICT_RFC
+
+GLOBAL long
+Conn_GetAuthPing(CONN_ID Idx)
+{
+       assert (Idx != NONE);
+       return My_Connections[Idx].auth_ping;
+} /* Conn_GetAuthPing */
+
+GLOBAL void
+Conn_SetAuthPing(CONN_ID Idx, long ID)
+{
+       assert (Idx != NONE);
+       My_Connections[Idx].auth_ping = ID;
+} /* Conn_SetAuthPing */
+
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef SSL_SUPPORT
+
+/**
+ * Get information about used SSL chiper.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index number.
+ * @param buf  Buffer for returned information text.
+ * @param len  Size of return buffer "buf".
+ * @returns    true on success, false otherwise.
+ */
+GLOBAL bool
+Conn_GetCipherInfo(CONN_ID Idx, char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+       if (Idx < 0)
+               return false;
+       assert(Idx < (int) array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION)));
+       return ConnSSL_GetCipherInfo(&My_Connections[Idx], buf, len);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Check if a connection is SSL-enabled or not.
+ *
+ * @param Idx  Connection index number.
+ * @return     true if connection is SSL-enabled, false otherwise.
+ */
+GLOBAL bool
+Conn_UsesSSL(CONN_ID Idx)
+{
+       if (Idx < 0)
+               return false;
+       assert(Idx < (int) array_length(&My_ConnArray, sizeof(CONNECTION)));
+       return Conn_OPTION_ISSET(&My_Connections[Idx], CONN_SSL);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+
+/**
+ * Dump internal state of the "connection module".
+ */
+GLOBAL void
+Conn_DebugDump(void)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       Log(LOG_DEBUG, "Connection status:");
+       for (i = 0; i < Pool_Size; i++) {
+               if (My_Connections[i].sock == NONE)
+                       continue;
+               Log(LOG_DEBUG,
+                   " - %d: host=%s, lastdata=%ld, lastping=%ld, delaytime=%ld, flag=%d, options=%d, bps=%d, client=%s",
+                   My_Connections[i].sock, My_Connections[i].host,
+                   My_Connections[i].lastdata, My_Connections[i].lastping,
+                   My_Connections[i].delaytime, My_Connections[i].flag,
+                   My_Connections[i].options, My_Connections[i].bps,
+                   My_Connections[i].client ? Client_ID(My_Connections[i].client) : "-");
+       }
+} /* Conn_DumpClients */
+
+#endif
+
+
 /* -eof- */