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make Listen parameter a comma-seperated list of addresses.
[ngircd-alex.git] / src / ngircd / conn.c
index 7a131f5ec80b0dd2bdc95526e20daf21000677d8..7c4c8d23782cc995fc11c41baeee9041e0ae1416 100644 (file)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "portab.h"
 #include "io.h"
 
-static char UNUSED id[] = "$Id: conn.c,v 1.217 2007/11/25 18:42:37 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>
@@ -86,10 +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, struct in_addr *dest));
+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(( const char *listen_addr, UINT16 Port ));
 
 static array My_Listeners;
 static array My_ConnArray;
@@ -144,10 +143,28 @@ cb_connserver(int sock, UNUSED short what)
                            Conf_Server[Conf_GetServer(idx)].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])) {
+                       /* 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);
 }
@@ -255,7 +272,7 @@ Conn_Exit( void )
 
 
 static unsigned int
-ports_initlisteners(array *a, void (*func)(int,short))
+ports_initlisteners(array *a, const char *listen_addr, void (*func)(int,short))
 {
        unsigned int created = 0;
        size_t len;
@@ -264,15 +281,15 @@ ports_initlisteners(array *a, void (*func)(int,short))
 
        len = array_length(a, sizeof (UINT16));
        port = array_start(a);
-       while(len--) {
-               fd = NewListener( *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;
@@ -280,7 +297,6 @@ ports_initlisteners(array *a, void (*func)(int,short))
                created++;
                port++;
        }
-
        return created;
 }
 
@@ -289,16 +305,39 @@ GLOBAL unsigned int
 Conn_InitListeners( void )
 {
        /* Initialize ports on which the server should accept connections */
-
-       unsigned int created;
+       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;
        }
 
-       created = ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, cb_listen);
+       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, ",");
+
+       while (listen_addr) {
+               ngt_TrimStr(listen_addr);
+               if (*listen_addr)
+                       created += ports_initlisteners(&Conf_ListenPorts, listen_addr, 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 */
 
@@ -327,70 +366,68 @@ Conn_ExitListeners( void )
 } /* Conn_ExitListeners */
 
 
-static void
-InitSinaddr(struct sockaddr_in *addr, UINT16 Port)
+static bool
+InitSinaddrListenAddr(ng_ipaddr_t *addr, const char *listen_addrstr, UINT16 Port)
 {
-       struct in_addr inaddr;
-
-       memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
-       memset( &inaddr, 0, sizeof(inaddr));
+       bool ret;
 
-       addr->sin_family = AF_INET;
-       addr->sin_port = htons(Port);
-       inaddr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
-       addr->sin_addr = inaddr;
+       ret = ng_ipaddr_init(addr, listen_addrstr, Port);
+       if (!ret) {
+               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;
 }
 
 
-static bool
-InitSinaddrListenAddr(struct sockaddr_in *addr, UINT16 Port)
+static void
+set_v6_only(int af, int sock)
 {
-       struct in_addr inaddr;
-
-       InitSinaddr(addr, Port);
+#if defined(IPV6_V6ONLY) && defined(WANT_IPV6)
+       int on = 1;
 
-       if (!Conf_ListenAddress[0])
-               return true;
-
-       if (!ngt_IPStrToBin(Conf_ListenAddress, &inaddr)) {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't bind to %s:%u: can't convert ip address \"%s\"",
-                               Conf_ListenAddress, Port, Conf_ListenAddress);
-               return false;
-       }
+       if (af != AF_INET6)
+               return;
 
-       addr->sin_addr = inaddr;
-       return true;
+       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(const char *listen_addr, UINT16 Port)
 {
        /* Create new listening socket on specified port */
-
-       struct sockaddr_in addr;
-       int sock;
+       ng_ipaddr_t addr;
+       int sock, af;
 #ifdef ZEROCONF
        char name[CLIENT_ID_LEN], *info;
 #endif
+       if (!InitSinaddrListenAddr(&addr, listen_addr, Port))
+               return -1;
 
-       InitSinaddrListenAddr(&addr, Port);
-
-       addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-       addr.sin_port = htons( Port );
-
-       sock = socket( PF_INET, 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;
        }
 
-       if( ! Init_Socket( sock )) return -1;
+       set_v6_only(af, sock);
 
-       if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, (socklen_t)sizeof(addr)) != 0) {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't bind socket (port %d) : %s!", Port, strerror( errno ));
-               close( 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;
        }
 
@@ -407,8 +444,7 @@ 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 );
+       Log(LOG_INFO, "Now listening on [%s]:%d (socket %d).", ng_ipaddr_tostr(&addr), Port, sock);
 
 #ifdef ZEROCONF
        /* Get best server description text */
@@ -709,6 +745,7 @@ 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;
@@ -736,9 +773,9 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
        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,
-           ntohs(My_Connections[Idx].addr.sin_port));
+           LogMsg ? LogMsg : FwdMsg, My_Connections[Idx].host, port);
 
        /* Search client, if any */
        c = Conn_GetClient( Idx );
@@ -778,7 +815,7 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
                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));
+                   port, strerror(errno));
        }
 
        /* Mark socket as invalid: */
@@ -807,8 +844,7 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
                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),
+                   Idx, My_Connections[Idx].host, port,
                    in_k, in_z_k, in_p, out_k, out_z_k, out_p);
        }
        else
@@ -816,8 +852,7 @@ Conn_Close( CONN_ID Idx, char *LogMsg, char *FwdMsg, bool InformClient )
        {
                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),
+                   Idx, My_Connections[Idx].host, port,
                    in_k, out_k);
        }
 
@@ -940,6 +975,22 @@ Handle_Write( CONN_ID Idx )
 } /* 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 )
 {
@@ -949,14 +1000,16 @@ 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 = (int)sizeof new_addr;
+       new_sock_len = (int)sizeof(new_addr);
+
        new_sock = accept(Sock, (struct sockaddr *)&new_addr,
                          (socklen_t *)&new_sock_len);
        if (new_sock < 0) {
@@ -964,14 +1017,18 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
                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;
@@ -981,13 +1038,12 @@ 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;
@@ -1029,7 +1085,7 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
                return -1;
        }
 
-       c = Client_NewLocal( new_sock, inet_ntoa( new_addr.sin_addr ), CLIENT_UNKNOWN, false );
+       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");
@@ -1043,13 +1099,12 @@ New_Connection( int Sock )
        My_Connections[new_sock].client = c;
 
        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);
 
        if (!Conf_NoDNS)
                Resolve_Addr(&My_Connections[new_sock].res_stat, &new_addr,
@@ -1107,10 +1162,10 @@ Read_Request( CONN_ID Idx )
 
        len = read(My_Connections[Idx].sock, readbuf, sizeof(readbuf));
        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));
+               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);
@@ -1166,11 +1221,13 @@ Read_Request( CONN_ID 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
@@ -1186,86 +1243,104 @@ 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 > ( 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_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 */
@@ -1367,37 +1442,44 @@ Check_Servers( void )
 
 
 static void
-New_Server( int Server , struct in_addr *dest)
+New_Server( int Server , ng_ipaddr_t *dest)
 {
        /* Establish new server link */
-       struct sockaddr_in local_addr;
-       struct sockaddr_in new_addr;
-       int res, new_sock;
+       char ip_str[NG_INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+       int af_dest, res, new_sock;
        CLIENT *c;
 
        assert( Server > NONE );
 
-       memset(&new_addr, 0, sizeof( new_addr ));
-       new_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-       new_addr.sin_addr = *dest;
-       new_addr.sin_port = htons( Conf_Server[Server].port );
-
-       new_sock = socket( PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
-       if ( new_sock < 0 ) {
-               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket: %s!", strerror( errno ));
+       if (!ng_ipaddr_tostr_r(dest, ip_str)) {
+               Log(LOG_WARNING, "New_Server: Could not convert IP to string");
                return;
        }
 
-       if( ! Init_Socket( new_sock )) 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);
+       if (new_sock < 0) {
+               Log( LOG_CRIT, "Can't create socket (af %d) : %s!", af_dest, strerror( errno ));
+               return;
+       }
 
-       /* if we fail to bind, just continue and let connect() pick a source address */
-       InitSinaddr(&local_addr, 0);
-       local_addr.sin_addr = Conf_Server[Server].bind_addr;
-       if (bind(new_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&local_addr, (socklen_t)sizeof(local_addr)))
-               Log(LOG_WARNING, "Can't bind socket to %s!", Conf_ListenAddress, strerror( errno ));
+       if (!Init_Socket(new_sock))
+               return;
 
-       res = connect(new_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&new_addr,
-                       (socklen_t)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 );
@@ -1418,8 +1500,9 @@ New_Server( int Server , struct in_addr *dest)
 
        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;
@@ -1431,7 +1514,7 @@ New_Server( int Server , struct in_addr *dest)
        /* 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 ));
@@ -1510,8 +1593,9 @@ 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;
-       struct in_addr dest_addr;
-       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);
 
@@ -1528,23 +1612,28 @@ 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);
+       assert((len % sizeof(ng_ipaddr_t)) == 0);
 
-       if (!ngt_IPStrToBin(readbuf, &dest_addr)) {
-               Log(LOG_ERR, "Can't connect to \"%s\": can't convert ip address %s!",
-                                               Conf_Server[i].host, readbuf);
-               return;
-       }
+       LogDebug("Got result from resolver: %u structs (%u bytes).", len/sizeof(ng_ipaddr_t), len);
 
-       Log( LOG_INFO, "Establishing connection to \"%s\", %s, port %d ... ",
-                       Conf_Server[i].host, readbuf, Conf_Server[i].port );
+       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, &dest_addr);
+       New_Server(i, dest_addrs);
 } /* cb_Read_Forward_Lookup */
 
 
@@ -1611,10 +1700,10 @@ 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
        }
@@ -1643,19 +1732,6 @@ 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 ) 
 {