# -*- perl -*- # # Net::Server - bdpO - Extensible Perl internet server # # $Id: Server.pm,v 1.1 2004/04/19 17:50:29 dasenbro Exp $ # # Copyright (C) 2001-2003 # Paul T Seamons (paul at seamons.com) # http://seamons.com/ # Rob Brown (bbb at cpan.org) # # This package may be distributed under the terms of either the # GNU General Public License # or the # Perl Artistic License # # All rights reserved. # # Please read the perldoc Net::Server # ################################################################ package Net::Server; use strict; use vars qw( $VERSION ); use Socket qw( inet_aton inet_ntoa AF_INET AF_UNIX SOCK_DGRAM SOCK_STREAM ); use IO::Socket (); use IO::Select (); use POSIX (); use Fcntl (); use Net::Server::Proto (); use Net::Server::Daemonize qw(check_pid_file create_pid_file get_uid get_gid set_uid set_gid safe_fork ); $VERSION = '0.87'; ### program flow sub run { ### pass package or object my $self = ref($_[0]) ? shift() : (bless {}, shift()); ### need a place to store properties $self->{server} = {} unless defined($self->{server}) && ref($self->{server}); ### save for a HUP $self->{server}->{commandline} = [ $0, @ARGV ] unless defined $self->{server}->{commandline}; ### prepare to cache configuration parameters $self->{server}->{conf_file_args} = undef; $self->{server}->{configure_args} = undef; $self->configure_hook; # user customizable hook $self->configure(@_); # allow for reading of commandline, # program, and configuration file parameters $self->post_configure; # verification of passed parameters $self->post_configure_hook; # user customizable hook $self->pre_bind; # finalize ports to be bound ### get rid of cached config parameters delete $self->{server}->{conf_file_args}; delete $self->{server}->{configure_args}; $self->bind; # connect to port(s) # setup selection handle for multi port $self->post_bind_hook; # user customizable hook $self->post_bind; # allow for chrooting, # becoming a different user and group $self->pre_loop_hook; # user customizable hook $self->loop; # repeat accept/process cycle ### routines inside a standard $self->loop # $self->accept # wait for client connection # $self->run_client_connection # process client # $self->done # indicate if connection is done $self->server_close; # close the server and release the port # this will run pre_server_close_hook # close_children # post_child_cleanup_hook # and either exit or run restart_close_hook exit; } ### standard connection flow sub run_client_connection { my $self = shift; $self->post_accept; # prepare client for processing $self->get_client_info; # determines information about peer and local $self->post_accept_hook; # user customizable hook if( $self->allow_deny # do allow/deny check on client info && $self->allow_deny_hook ){ # user customizable hook $self->process_request; # This is where the core functionality # of a Net::Server should be. This is the # only method necessary to override. }else{ $self->request_denied_hook; # user customizable hook } $self->post_process_request_hook; # user customizable hook $self->post_process_request; # clean up client connection, etc } ###----------------------------------------------------------### ### any pre-initialization stuff sub configure_hook {} ### set up the object a little bit better sub configure { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $template = undef; local @_ = @_; # fix some issues under old perls on alpha systems ### allow for a template to be passed if( $_[0] && ref($_[0]) ){ $template = shift; } ### do command line $self->process_args( \@ARGV, $template ) if defined @ARGV; ### do startup file args ### cache a reference for multiple calls later my $args = undef; if( $prop->{configure_args} && ref($prop->{configure_args}) ){ $args = $prop->{configure_args}; }else{ $args = $prop->{configure_args} = \@_; } $self->process_args( $args, $template ) if defined $args; ### do a config file if( defined $prop->{conf_file} ){ $self->process_conf( $prop->{conf_file}, $template ); } } ### make sure it has been configured properly sub post_configure { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### set the log level if( !defined $prop->{log_level} || $prop->{log_level} !~ /^\d+$/ ){ $prop->{log_level} = 2; } $prop->{log_level} = 4 if $prop->{log_level} > 4; ### log to STDERR if( ! defined($prop->{log_file}) ){ $prop->{log_file} = ''; ### log to syslog }elsif( $prop->{log_file} eq 'Sys::Syslog' ){ my $logsock = defined($prop->{syslog_logsock}) ? $prop->{syslog_logsock} : 'unix'; $prop->{syslog_logsock} = ($logsock =~ /^(unix|inet)$/) ? $1 : 'unix'; my $ident = defined($prop->{syslog_ident}) ? $prop->{syslog_ident} : 'net_server'; $prop->{syslog_ident} = ($ident =~ /^(\w+)$/) ? $1 : 'net_server'; my $opt = defined($prop->{syslog_logopt}) ? $prop->{syslog_logopt} : 'pid'; $prop->{syslog_logopt} = ($opt =~ /^((cons|ndelay|nowait|pid)($|\|))*/) ? $1 : 'pid'; my $fac = defined($prop->{syslog_facility}) ? $prop->{syslog_facility} : 'daemon'; $prop->{syslog_facility} = ($fac =~ /^((\w+)($|\|))*/) ? $1 : 'daemon'; require Sys::Syslog; Sys::Syslog::setlogsock($prop->{syslog_logsock}) || die "Syslog err [$!]"; if( ! Sys::Syslog::openlog($prop->{syslog_ident}, $prop->{syslog_logopt}, $prop->{syslog_facility}) ){ die "Couldn't open syslog [$!]" if $prop->{syslog_logopt} ne 'ndelay'; } ### open a logging file }elsif( $prop->{log_file} ){ die "Unsecure filename \"$prop->{log_file}\"" unless $prop->{log_file} =~ m|^([\w\.\-/]+)$|; $prop->{log_file} = $1; open(_SERVER_LOG, ">>$prop->{log_file}") or die "Couldn't open log file \"$prop->{log_file}\" [$!]."; _SERVER_LOG->autoflush(1); $prop->{chown_log_file} = 1; } ### see if a daemon is already running if( defined $prop->{pid_file} ){ if( ! eval{ check_pid_file( $prop->{pid_file} ) } ){ $self->fatal( $@ ); } } ### completetly daemonize by closing STDIN, STDOUT (should be done before fork) if( ! $prop->{_is_inet} ){ if( defined($prop->{setsid}) || length($prop->{log_file}) ){ open STDIN, '/dev/null' || die "Can't write /dev/null [$!]"; } } ### background the process if( defined($prop->{setsid}) || defined($prop->{background}) ){ my $pid = eval{ safe_fork() }; if( not defined $pid ){ $self->fatal( $@ ); } exit(0) if $pid; $self->log(2,"Process Backgrounded"); } ### completely remove myself from parent process if( defined($prop->{setsid}) ){ &POSIX::setsid(); } ### completetly daemonize by closing STDERR (should be done after fork) if( length($prop->{log_file}) ){ open STDERR, '>&_SERVER_LOG' || die "Can't open STDERR to _SERVER_LOG [$!]"; }elsif( defined($prop->{setsid}) ){ open STDERR, '>&STDOUT' || die "Can't open STDERR to STDOUT [$!]"; } ### allow for a pid file (must be done after backgrounding and chrooting) ### Remove of this pid may fail after a chroot to another location... ### however it doesn't interfere either. if( defined $prop->{pid_file} ){ if( eval{ create_pid_file( $prop->{pid_file} ) } ){ $prop->{pid_file_unlink} = 1; }else{ $self->fatal( $@ ); } } ### make sure that allow and deny look like array refs $prop->{allow} = [] unless defined($prop->{allow}) && ref($prop->{allow}); $prop->{deny} = [] unless defined($prop->{deny}) && ref($prop->{deny} ); } ### user customizable hook sub post_configure_hook {} ### make sure we have good port parameters sub pre_bind { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $ref = ref($self); no strict 'refs'; my $super = ${"${ref}::ISA"}[0]; use strict 'refs'; my $ns_type = $ref eq $super ? '' : " (type $super)"; $self->log(2,$self->log_time ." ". ref($self) .$ns_type. " starting! pid($$)"); ### set a default port, host, and proto if( ! defined( $prop->{port} ) || ! ref( $prop->{port} ) || ! @{ $prop->{port} } ){ $self->log(2,"Port Not Defined. Defaulting to '20203'\n"); $prop->{port} = [ 20203 ]; } $prop->{host} = '*' unless defined($prop->{host}); $prop->{host} = ($prop->{host}=~/^([\w\.\-\*\/]+)$/) ? $1 : $self->fatal("Unsecure host \"$prop->{host}\""); $prop->{proto} = 'tcp' unless defined($prop->{proto}); $prop->{proto} = ($prop->{proto}=~/^(\w+)$/) ? $1 : $self->fatal("Unsecure proto \"$prop->{host}\""); ### loop through the passed ports ### set up parallel arrays of hosts, ports, and protos ### port can be any of many types (tcp,udp,unix, etc) ### see perldoc Net::Server::Proto for more information foreach my $port ( @{ $prop->{port} } ){ my $obj = $self->proto_object($prop->{host}, $port, $prop->{proto}, ) || next; push @{ $prop->{sock} }, $obj; } if( @{ $prop->{sock} } < 1 ){ $self->fatal("No valid socket parameters found"); } $prop->{listen} = Socket::SOMAXCONN() unless defined($prop->{listen}) && $prop->{listen} =~ /^\d{1,3}$/; } ### method for invoking procol specific bindings sub proto_object { my $self = shift; my ($host,$port,$proto) = @_; return Net::Server::Proto->object($host,$port,$proto,$self); } ### bind to the port (This should serve all but INET) sub bind { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### connect to previously bound ports if( exists $ENV{BOUND_SOCKETS} ){ $self->restart_open_hook(); $self->log(2,"Binding open file descriptors"); ### loop through the past information and match things up foreach my $info ( split(/\n/, $ENV{BOUND_SOCKETS}) ){ my ($fd,$hup_string) = split(/\|/,$info,2); $self->fatal("Bad file descriptor") unless $fd =~ /^(\d+)$/; $fd = $1; foreach ( @{ $prop->{sock} } ){ if( $hup_string eq $_->hup_string() ){ $_->log_connect($self); $_->reconnect( $fd, $self ); last; } } } delete $ENV{BOUND_SOCKETS}; ### connect to fresh ports }else{ foreach my $sock ( @{ $prop->{sock} } ){ $sock->log_connect($self); $sock->connect( $self ); } } ### if more than one port we'll need to select on it if( @{ $prop->{port} } > 1 || $prop->{multi_port} ){ $prop->{multi_port} = 1; $prop->{select} = IO::Select->new(); foreach ( @{ $prop->{sock} } ){ $prop->{select}->add( $_ ); } }else{ $prop->{multi_port} = undef; $prop->{select} = undef; } } ### user customizable hook sub post_bind_hook {} ### secure the process and background it sub post_bind { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### figure out the group(s) to run as if( ! defined $prop->{group} ){ $self->log(1,"Group Not Defined. Defaulting to EGID '$)'\n"); $prop->{group} = $); }else{ if( $prop->{group} =~ /^(\w+( \w+)*)$/ ){ $prop->{group} = eval{ get_gid( $1 ) }; $self->fatal( $@ ) if $@; }else{ $self->fatal("Invalid group \"$prop->{group}\""); } } ### figure out the user to run as if( ! defined $prop->{user} ){ $self->log(1,"User Not Defined. Defaulting to EUID '$>'\n"); $prop->{user} = $>; }else{ if( $prop->{user} =~ /^(\w+)$/ ){ $prop->{user} = eval{ get_uid( $1 ) }; $self->fatal( $@ ) if $@; }else{ $self->fatal("Invalid user \"$prop->{user}\""); } } ### chown any files or sockets that we need to if( $prop->{group} ne $) || $prop->{user} ne $> ){ my @chown_files = (); foreach my $sock ( @{ $prop->{sock} } ){ push @chown_files, $sock->NS_unix_path if$sock->NS_proto eq 'UNIX'; } if( $prop->{pid_file_unlink} ){ push @chown_files, $prop->{pid_file}; } if( $prop->{lock_file_unlink} ){ push @chown_files, $prop->{lock_file}; } if( $prop->{chown_log_file} ){ delete $prop->{chown_log_file}; push @chown_files, $prop->{log_file}; } my $uid = $prop->{user}; my $gid = (split(/\ /,$prop->{group}))[0]; foreach my $file (@chown_files){ chown($uid,$gid,$file) or $self->fatal("Couldn't chown \"$file\" [$!]\n"); } } ### perform the chroot operation if( defined $prop->{chroot} ){ if( ! -d $prop->{chroot} ){ $self->fatal("Specified chroot \"$prop->{chroot}\" doesn't exist.\n"); }else{ $self->log(2,"Chrooting to $prop->{chroot}\n"); chroot( $prop->{chroot} ) or $self->fatal("Couldn't chroot to \"$prop->{chroot}\""); } } ### drop privileges eval{ if( $prop->{group} ne $) ){ $self->log(2,"Setting gid to \"$prop->{group}\""); set_gid( $prop->{group} ); } if( $prop->{user} ne $> ){ $self->log(2,"Setting uid to \"$prop->{user}\""); set_uid( $prop->{user} ); } }; if( $@ ){ if( $> == 0 ){ $self->fatal( $@ ); } elsif( $< == 0){ $self->log(2,"NOTICE: Effective UID changed, but Real UID is 0: $@"); }else{ $self->log(2,$@); } } ### record number of request $prop->{requests} = 0; ### set some sigs $SIG{INT} = $SIG{TERM} = $SIG{QUIT} = sub { $self->server_close; }; ### most cases, a closed pipe will take care of itself $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE'; ### catch children (mainly for Fork and PreFork but works for any chld) $SIG{CHLD} = \&sig_chld; ### catch sighup $SIG{HUP} = sub { $self->sig_hup; } } ### routine to avoid zombie children sub sig_chld { 1 while (waitpid(-1, POSIX::WNOHANG()) > 0); $SIG{CHLD} = \&sig_chld; } ### user customizable hook sub pre_loop_hook {} ### receive requests sub loop { my $self = shift; while( $self->accept ){ $self->run_client_connection; last if $self->done; } } ### wait for the connection sub accept { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $sock = undef; my $retries = 30; ### try awhile to get a defined client handle ### normally a good handle should occur every time while( $retries-- ){ ### with more than one port, use select to get the next one if( defined $prop->{multi_port} ){ ### anything server type specific $sock = $self->accept_multi_port; next unless $sock; # keep trying for the rest of retries ### last one if HUPed return 0 if defined $prop->{_HUP}; ### single port is bound - just accept }else{ $sock = $prop->{sock}->[0]; } ### make sure we got a good sock if( not defined $sock ){ $self->fatal("Received a bad sock!"); } ### receive a udp packet if( SOCK_DGRAM == $sock->getsockopt(Socket::SOL_SOCKET(),Socket::SO_TYPE()) ){ $prop->{client} = $sock; $prop->{udp_true} = 1; $prop->{udp_peer} = $sock->recv($prop->{udp_data}, $sock->NS_recv_len, $sock->NS_recv_flags, ); ### blocking accept per proto }else{ delete $prop->{udp_true}; $prop->{client} = $sock->accept(); } ### last one if HUPed return 0 if defined $prop->{_HUP}; ### success return 1 if defined $prop->{client}; $self->log(2,"Accept failed with $retries tries left."); ### try again in a second sleep(1); } $self->log(1,"Ran out of accept retries!"); return undef; } ### server specific hook for multi port applications ### this actually applies to all but INET sub accept_multi_port { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; if( not exists $prop->{select} ){ $self->fatal("No select property during multi_port execution."); } ### this will block until a client arrives my @waiting = $prop->{select}->can_read(); ### if no sockets, return failure return undef unless @waiting; ### choose a socket return $waiting[ rand(@waiting) ]; } ### this occurs after the request has been processed ### this is server type specific (actually applies to all by INET) sub post_accept { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### keep track of the requests $prop->{requests} ++; ### duplicate some handles and flush them ### maybe we should save these somewhere - maybe not if( defined $prop->{client} ){ *STDIN = \*{ $prop->{client} }; *STDOUT = \*{ $prop->{client} } if ! $prop->{client}->isa('IO::Socket::SSL'); STDIN->autoflush(1); STDOUT->autoflush(1); select(STDOUT); }else{ $self->log(1,"Client socket information could not be determined!"); } } ### read information about the client connection sub get_client_info { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $sock = $prop->{client}; ### handle unix style connections if( UNIVERSAL::can($sock,'NS_proto') && $sock->NS_proto eq 'UNIX' ){ my $path = $sock->NS_unix_path; $self->log(3,$self->log_time ." CONNECT UNIX Socket: \"$path\"\n"); return; } ### read information about this connection my $sockname = getsockname( STDIN ); if( $sockname ){ ($prop->{sockport}, $prop->{sockaddr}) = Socket::unpack_sockaddr_in( $sockname ); $prop->{sockaddr} = inet_ntoa( $prop->{sockaddr} ); }else{ ### does this only happen from command line? $prop->{sockaddr} = '0.0.0.0'; $prop->{sockhost} = 'inet.test'; $prop->{sockport} = 0; } ### try to get some info about the remote host my $proto_type = 'TCP'; if( $prop->{udp_true} ){ $proto_type = 'UDP'; ($prop->{peerport} ,$prop->{peeraddr}) = Socket::sockaddr_in( $prop->{udp_peer} ); }elsif( $prop->{peername} = getpeername( STDIN ) ){ ($prop->{peerport}, $prop->{peeraddr}) = Socket::unpack_sockaddr_in( $prop->{peername} ); } if( $prop->{peername} || $prop->{udp_true} ){ $prop->{peeraddr} = inet_ntoa( $prop->{peeraddr} ); if( defined $prop->{reverse_lookups} ){ $prop->{peerhost} = gethostbyaddr( inet_aton($prop->{peeraddr}), AF_INET ); } $prop->{peerhost} = '' unless defined $prop->{peerhost}; }else{ ### does this only happen from command line? $prop->{peeraddr} = '0.0.0.0'; $prop->{peerhost} = 'inet.test'; $prop->{peerport} = 0; } $self->log(3,$self->log_time ." CONNECT $proto_type Peer: \"$prop->{peeraddr}:$prop->{peerport}\"" ." Local: \"$prop->{sockaddr}:$prop->{sockport}\"\n"); } ### user customizable hook sub post_accept_hook {} ### perform basic allow/deny service sub allow_deny { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $sock = $prop->{client}; ### unix sockets are immune to this check if( UNIVERSAL::can($sock,'NS_proto') && $sock->NS_proto eq 'UNIX' ){ return 1; } ### if no allow or deny parameters are set, allow all return 1 unless @{ $prop->{allow} } || @{ $prop->{deny} }; ### if the addr or host matches a deny, reject it immediately foreach ( @{ $prop->{deny} } ){ return 0 if $prop->{peerhost} =~ /^$_$/ && defined($prop->{reverse_lookups}); return 0 if $prop->{peeraddr} =~ /^$_$/; } ### if the addr or host isn't blocked yet, allow it if it is allowed foreach ( @{ $prop->{allow} } ){ return 1 if $prop->{peerhost} =~ /^$_$/ && defined($prop->{reverse_lookups}); return 1 if $prop->{peeraddr} =~ /^$_$/; } return 0; } ### user customizable hook ### if this hook returns 1 the request is processed ### if this hook returns 0 the request is denied sub allow_deny_hook { 1 } ### user customizable hook sub request_denied_hook {} ### this is the main method to override ### this is where most of the work will occur ### A sample server is shown below. sub process_request { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### handle udp packets (udp echo server) if( $prop->{udp_true} ){ if( $prop->{udp_data} =~ /dump/ ){ require Data::Dumper; $prop->{client}->send( Data::Dumper::Dumper( $self ) , 0); }else{ $prop->{client}->send("You said \"$prop->{udp_data}\"", 0 ); } return; } ### handle tcp connections (tcp echo server) print "Welcome to \"".ref($self)."\" ($$)\n"; ### eval block needed to prevent DoS by using timeout my $timeout = 30; # give the user 30 seconds to type a line my $previous_alarm = alarm($timeout); eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "Timed Out!\n" }; while( ){ s/\r?\n$//; print ref($self),":$$: You said \"$_\"\r\n"; $self->log(5,$_); # very verbose log if( /get (\w+)/ ){ print "$1: $self->{server}->{$1}\r\n"; } if( /dump/ ){ require Data::Dumper; print Data::Dumper::Dumper( $self ); } if( /quit/ ){ last } if( /exit/ ){ $self->server_close } alarm($timeout); } }; alarm($previous_alarm); if( $@=~/timed out/i ){ print STDOUT "Timed Out.\r\n"; return; } } ### user customizable hook sub post_process_request_hook {} ### this is server type specific functions after the process sub post_process_request { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### don't do anything for udp return if $prop->{udp_true}; ### close the client socket handle close($prop->{client}); } ### determine if I am done with a request ### in the base type, we are never done until a SIG occurs sub done { my $self = shift; $self->{server}->{done} = shift if @_; return $self->{server}->{done}; } ### fork off a child process to handle dequeuing sub run_dequeue { my $self = shift; my $pid = fork; ### trouble if( not defined $pid ){ $self->fatal("Bad fork [$!]"); ### parent }elsif( $pid ){ $self->{server}->{children}->{$pid}->{status} = 'dequeue'; ### child }else{ $self->dequeue(); exit; } } ### sub process which could be implemented to ### perform tasks such as clearing a mail queue. ### currently only supported in PreFork sub dequeue {} ### user customizable hook sub pre_server_close_hook {} ### this happens when the server reaches the end sub server_close{ my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### allow for customizable closing $self->pre_server_close_hook(); $SIG{INT} = 'DEFAULT'; $self->log(2,$self->log_time . " Server closing!"); ### if this is a child process, signal the parent and close ### normally the child shouldn't, but if they do... ### otherwise the parent continues with the shutdown ### this is safe for non standard forked child processes ### as they will not have server_close as a handler if( defined($prop->{ppid}) && $prop->{ppid} != $$ ){ if( ! defined $prop->{no_close_by_child} ){ kill(2,$prop->{ppid}); exit; } } ### shut down children if any if( defined $prop->{children} ){ $self->close_children(); } ### allow for additional cleanup phase $self->post_child_cleanup_hook(); ### remove files if( defined $prop->{lock_file} && -e $prop->{lock_file} && defined $prop->{lock_file_unlink} ){ unlink $prop->{lock_file} || warn "Couldn't unlink \"$prop->{lock_file}\" [$!]"; } if( defined $prop->{pid_file} && -e $prop->{pid_file} && defined $prop->{pid_file_unlink} ){ unlink $prop->{pid_file} || warn "Couldn't unlink \"$prop->{pid_file}\" [$!]"; } ### HUP process if( defined $prop->{_HUP} ){ $self->restart_close_hook(); $self->hup_server; } exit; } ### SIG INT the children ### This method is only used by forking servers (ie Fork, PreFork) sub close_children { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; return unless defined $prop->{children} && %{ $prop->{children} }; while ( %{ $prop->{children} } ){ my $pid = each %{ $prop->{children} }; ### if it is killable, kill it if( ! defined($pid) || kill(15,$pid) || ! kill(0,$pid) ){ $self->delete_child( $pid ); } } ### need to wait off the children ### eventually this should probably use &check_sigs 1 while (waitpid(-1,POSIX::WNOHANG()) > 0); } sub post_child_cleanup_hook {} ### handle sig hup ### this will prepare the server for a restart via exec sub sig_hup { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### prepare for exec my $i = 0; my @fd = (); $prop->{_HUP} = []; foreach my $sock ( @{ $prop->{sock} } ){ ### duplicate the sock my $fd = POSIX::dup($sock->fileno()) or $self->fatal("Can't dup socket [$!]"); ### hold on to the socket copy until exec $prop->{_HUP}->[$i] = IO::Socket::INET->new(); $prop->{_HUP}->[$i]->fdopen( $fd, 'w' ) or $self->fatal("Can't open to file descriptor [$!]"); ### turn off the FD_CLOEXEC bit to allow reuse on exec $prop->{_HUP}->[$i]->fcntl( Fcntl::F_SETFD(), my $flags = "" ); ### save host,port,proto, and file descriptor push @fd, $fd .'|'. $sock->hup_string; ### remove anything that may be blocking $sock->close(); $i++; } ### remove any blocking obstacle if( defined $prop->{select} ){ delete $prop->{select}; } $ENV{BOUND_SOCKETS} = join("\n",@fd); } ### restart the server using prebound sockets sub hup_server { my $self = shift; $self->log(0,$self->log_time()." HUP'ing server"); exec @{ $self->{server}->{commandline} }; } ### this hook occurs if a server has been HUP'ed ### it occurs just before opening to the fileno's sub restart_open_hook {} ### this hook occurs if a server has been HUP'ed ### it occurs just before exec'ing the server sub restart_close_hook {} ###----------------------------------------------------------### ### what to do when all else fails sub fatal { my $self = shift; my $error = shift; my ($package,$file,$line) = caller; $self->fatal_hook($error, $package, $file, $line); $self->log(0, $self->log_time ." ". $error ."\n at line $line in file $file"); $self->server_close; } ### user customizable hook sub fatal_hook {} ###----------------------------------------------------------### ### how internal levels map to syslog levels $Net::Server::syslog_map = {0 => 'err', 1 => 'warning', 2 => 'notice', 3 => 'info', 4 => 'debug'}; ### record output sub log { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $level = shift; return unless $prop->{log_level}; return unless $level <= $prop->{log_level}; ### log only to syslog if setup to do syslog if( $prop->{log_file} eq 'Sys::Syslog' ){ $level = $level!~/^\d+$/ ? $level : $Net::Server::syslog_map->{$level} ; Sys::Syslog::syslog($level,@_); return; } $self->write_to_log_hook($level,@_); } ### standard log routine, this could very easily be ### overridden with a syslog call sub write_to_log_hook { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $level = shift; local $_ = shift || ''; chomp; s/([^\n\ -\~])/sprintf("%%%02X",ord($1))/eg; if( $prop->{log_file} ){ print _SERVER_LOG $_, "\n"; }elsif( defined($prop->{setsid}) ){ # do nothing }else{ my $old = select(STDERR); print $_. "\n"; select($old); } } ### default time format sub log_time { my ($sec,$min,$hour,$day,$mon,$year) = localtime; return sprintf("%04d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d", $year+1900, $mon+1, $day, $hour, $min, $sec); } ###----------------------------------------------------------### ### set up default structure sub options { my $self = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; my $ref = shift; foreach ( qw(port allow deny) ){ $prop->{$_} = [] unless exists $prop->{$_}; $ref->{$_} = $prop->{$_}; } foreach ( qw(conf_file user group chroot log_level log_file pid_file background setsid host proto listen reverse_lookups syslog_logsock syslog_ident syslog_logopt syslog_facility no_close_by_child ) ){ $ref->{$_} = \$prop->{$_}; } } ### routine for parsing commandline, module, and conf file ### possibly should use Getopt::Long but this ### method has the benefit of leaving unused arguments in @ARGV sub process_args { my $self = shift; my $ref = shift; my $template = shift; # allow for custom passed in template ### if no template is passed, obtain our own if( ! $template || ! ref($template) ){ $template = {}; $self->options( $template ); } foreach (my $i=0 ; $i < @$ref ; $i++ ){ if( $ref->[$i] =~ /^(?:--)?(\w+)([=\ ](\S+))?$/ && exists $template->{$1} ){ my ($key,$val) = ($1,$3); splice( @$ref, $i, 1 ); if( not defined($val) ){ die ("Odd number of args passed to process_args. Fatal.\n") if $i > $#$ref; $val = splice( @$ref, $i, 1 ); } $i--; $val =~ s/%([A-F0-9])/chr(hex($1))/eig; if( ref $template->{$key} eq 'ARRAY' ){ push( @{ $template->{$key} }, $val ); }else{ $ { $template->{$key} } = $val; } } } } ### routine for loading conf file parameters ### cache the args temporarily to handle multiple calls sub process_conf { my $self = shift; my $file = shift; my $template = shift; $template = undef if ! $template || ! ref($template); my @args = (); if( ! $self->{server}->{conf_file_args} ){ $file = ($file =~ m|^([\w\.\-\/\\\:]+)$|) ? $1 : $self->fatal("Unsecure filename \"$file\""); if( not open(_CONF,"<$file") ){ $self->fatal("Couldn't open conf \"$file\" [$!]"); } while(<_CONF>){ push( @args, "$1=$2") if m/^\s*((?:--)?\w+)[=:]?\s*(\S+)/; } close(_CONF); $self->{server}->{conf_file_args} = \@args; } $self->process_args( $self->{server}->{conf_file_args}, $template ); } ### remove a child from the children hash. Not to be called by user. ### if UNIX sockets are in use the socket is removed from the select object. sub delete_child { my $self = shift; my $pid = shift; my $prop = $self->{server}; ### prefork server check to clear child communication if( $prop->{child_communication} ){ $prop->{child_select}->remove( $prop->{children}->{$pid}->{sock} ); $prop->{children}->{$pid}->{sock}->close(); } delete $prop->{children}->{$pid}; } ###----------------------------------------------------------### sub get_property { my $self = shift; my $key = shift; $self->{server} = {} unless defined $self->{server}; return $self->{server}->{$key} if exists $self->{server}->{$key}; return undef; } sub set_property { my $self = shift; my $key = shift; $self->{server} = {} unless defined $self->{server}; $self->{server}->{$key} = shift; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Net::Server - Extensible, general Perl server engine =head1 SYNOPSIS #!/usr/bin/perl -w -T package MyPackage; use Net::Server; @ISA = qw(Net::Server); sub process_request { #...code... } MyPackage->run(port => 160); exit; =head1 OBTAINING Visit http://seamons.com/ for the latest version. =head1 FEATURES * Single Server Mode * Inetd Server Mode * Preforking Simple Mode (PreForkSimple) * Preforking Managed Mode (PreFork) * Forking Mode * Multiplexing Mode using a single process * Multi port accepts on Single, Preforking, and Forking modes * Simultaneous accept/recv on tcp, udp, and unix sockets * Safe signal handling in Fork/PreFork avoids perl signal trouble * User customizable hooks * Chroot ability after bind * Change of user and group after bind * Basic allow/deny access control * Customized logging (choose Syslog, log_file, or STDERR) * HUP able server (clean restarts via sig HUP) * Dequeue ability in all Fork and PreFork modes. * Taint clean * Written in Perl * Protection against buffer overflow * Clean process flow * Extensibility =head1 DESCRIPTION C is an extensible, generic Perl server engine. C combines the good properties from C (0.34), C (1.03), and C (1.0), and also from various concepts in the Apache Webserver. C attempts to be a generic server as in C and C. It includes with it the ability to run as an inetd process (C), a single connection server (C or C), a forking server (C), a preforking server which maintains a constant number of preforked children (C), or as a managed preforking server which maintains the number of children based on server load (C). In all but the inetd type, the server provides the ability to connect to one or to multiple server ports. C uses ideologies of C in order to provide extensibility. The additional server types are made possible via "personalities" or sub classes of the C. By moving the multiple types of servers out of the main C class, the C concept is easily extended to other types (in the near future, we would like to add a "Thread" personality). C borrows several concepts from the Apache Webserver. C uses "hooks" to allow custom servers such as SMTP, HTTP, POP3, etc. to be layered over the base C class. In addition the C class borrows concepts of min_start_servers, max_servers, and min_waiting servers. C also uses the concept of an flock serialized accept when accepting on multiple ports (PreFork can choose between flock, IPC::Semaphore, and pipe to control serialization). =head1 PERSONALITIES C is built around a common class (Net::Server) and is extended using sub classes, or C. Each personality inherits, overrides, or enhances the base methods of the base class. Included with the Net::Server package are several basic personalities, each of which has their own use. =over 4 =item Fork Found in the module Net/Server/Fork.pm (see L). This server binds to one or more ports and then waits for a connection. When a client request is received, the parent forks a child, which then handles the client and exits. This is good for moderately hit services. =item INET Found in the module Net/Server/INET.pm (see L). This server is designed to be used with inetd. The C, C, C, and C are all overridden as these services are taken care of by the INET daemon. =item MultiType Found in the module Net/Server/MultiType.pm (see L). This server has no server functionality of its own. It is designed for servers which need a simple way to easily switch between different personalities. Multiple C parameters may be given and Net::Server::MultiType will cycle through until it finds a class that it can use. =item Multiplex Found in the module Net/Server/Multiplex.pm (see L). This server binds to one or more ports. It uses IO::Multiplex to multiplex between waiting for new connections and waiting for input on currently established connections. This personality is designed to run as one process without forking. The C method is never used but the C callback is used instead (see also L). See examples/samplechat.pl for an example using most of the features of Net::Server::Multiplex. =item PreForkSimple Found in the module Net/Server/PreFork.pm (see L). This server binds to one or more ports and then forks C child process. The server will make sure that at any given time there are always C available to receive a client request. Each of these children will process up to C client connections. This type is good for a heavily hit site that can dedicate max_server processes no matter what the load. It should scale well for most applications. Multi port accept is accomplished using either flock, IPC::Semaphore, or pipe to serialize the children. Serialization may also be switched on for single port in order to get around an OS that does not allow multiple children to accept at the same time. For a further discussion of serialization see L. =item PreFork Found in the module Net/Server/PreFork.pm (see L). This server binds to one or more ports and then forks C child process. The server will make sure that at any given time there are at least C but not more than C available to receive a client request, up to C. Each of these children will process up to C client connections. This type is good for a heavily hit site, and should scale well for most applications. Multi port accept is accomplished using either flock, IPC::Semaphore, or pipe to serialize the children. Serialization may also be switched on for single port in order to get around an OS that does not allow multiple children to accept at the same time. For a further discussion of serialization see L. =item Single All methods fall back to Net::Server. This personality is provided only as parallelism for Net::Server::MultiType. =back C was partially written to make it easy to add new personalities. Using separate modules built upon an open architecture allows for easy addition of new features, a separate development process, and reduced code bloat in the core module. =head1 SOCKET ACCESS Once started, the Net::Server will take care of binding to port and waiting for connections. Once a connection is received, the Net::Server will accept on the socket and will store the result (the client connection) in $self-E{server}-E{client}. This property is a Socket blessed into the the IO::Socket classes. UDP servers are slightly different in that they will perform a B instead of an B. To make programming easier, during the post_accept phase, STDIN and STDOUT are opened to the client connection. This allows for programs to be written using ESTDINE and print "out\n" to print to the client connection. UDP will require using a -Esend call. =head1 SAMPLE CODE The following is a very simple server. The main functionality occurs in the process_request method call as shown below. Notice the use of timeouts to prevent Denial of Service while reading. (Other examples of using C can, or will, be included with this distribution). #!/usr/bin/perl -w -T #--------------- file test.pl --------------- package MyPackage; use strict; use vars qw(@ISA); use Net::Server::PreFork; # any personality will do @ISA = qw(Net::Server::PreFork); MyPackage->run(); exit; ### over-ridden subs below sub process_request { my $self = shift; eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "Timed Out!\n" }; my $timeout = 30; # give the user 30 seconds to type a line my $previous_alarm = alarm($timeout); while( ){ s/\r?\n$//; print "You said \"$_\"\r\n"; alarm($timeout); } alarm($previous_alarm); }; if( $@=~/timed out/i ){ print STDOUT "Timed Out.\r\n"; return; } } 1; #--------------- file test.pl --------------- Playing this file from the command line will invoke a Net::Server using the PreFork personality. When building a server layer over the Net::Server, it is important to use features such as timeouts to prevent Denial of Service attacks. =head1 ARGUMENTS There are four possible ways to pass arguments to Net::Server. They are I, I, I, or I. Arguments consist of key value pairs. On the commandline these pairs follow the POSIX fashion of C<--key value> or C<--key=value>, and also C. In the conf file the parameter passing can best be shown by the following regular expression: ($key,$val)=~/^(\w+)\s+(\S+?)\s+$/. Passing arguments to the run method is done as follows: Crun(key1 => 'val1')>. Passing arguments via a prebuilt object can best be shown in the following code: #!/usr/bin/perl -w -T #--------------- file test2.pl --------------- package MyPackage; use strict; use vars (@ISA); use Net::Server; @ISA = qw(Net::Server); my $server = bless { key1 => 'val1', }, 'MyPackage'; $server->run(); #--------------- file test.pl --------------- All five methods for passing arguments may be used at the same time. Once an argument has been set, it is not over written if another method passes the same argument. C will look for arguments in the following order: 1) Arguments contained in the prebuilt object. 2) Arguments passed on command line. 3) Arguments passed to the run method. 4) Arguments passed via a conf file. 5) Arguments set in the configure_hook. Key/value pairs used by the server are removed by the configuration process so that server layers on top of C can pass and read their own parameters. Currently, Getopt::Long is not used. The following arguments are available in the default C or C modules. (Other personalities may use additional parameters and may optionally not use parameters from the base class.) Key Value Default conf_file "filename" undef log_level 0-4 2 log_file (filename|Sys::Syslog) undef ## syslog parameters syslog_logsock (unix|inet) unix syslog_ident "identity" "net_server" syslog_logopt (cons|ndelay|nowait|pid) pid syslog_facility \w+ daemon port \d+ 20203 host "host" "*" proto (tcp|udp|unix) "tcp" listen \d+ SOMAXCONN reverse_lookups 1 undef allow /regex/ none deny /regex/ none ## daemonization parameters pid_file "filename" undef chroot "directory" undef user (uid|username) "nobody" group (gid|group) "nobody" background 1 undef setsid 1 undef no_close_by_child (1|undef) undef ## See Net::Server::Proto::(TCP|UDP|UNIX|etc) ## for more sample parameters. =over 4 =item conf_file Filename from which to read additional key value pair arguments for starting the server. Default is undef. =item log_level Ranges from 0 to 4 in level. Specifies what level of error will be logged. "O" means logging is off. "4" means very verbose. These levels should be able to correlate to syslog levels. Default is 2. These levels correlate to syslog levels as defined by the following key/value pairs: 0=>'err', 1=>'warning', 2=>'notice', 3=>'info', 4=>'debug'. =item log_file Name of log file to be written to. If no name is given and hook is not overridden, log goes to STDERR. Default is undef. If the magic name "Sys::Syslog" is used, all logging will take place via the Sys::Syslog module. If syslog is used the parameters C, C, and C,and C may also be defined. If a C is given or if C is set, STDIN and STDOUT will automatically be opened to /dev/null and STDERR will be opened to STDOUT. This will prevent any output from ending up at the terminal. =item pid_file Filename to store pid of parent process. Generally applies only to forking servers. Default is none (undef). =item syslog_logsock Only available if C is equal to "Sys::Syslog". May be either "unix" of "inet". Default is "unix". See L. =item syslog_ident Only available if C is equal to "Sys::Syslog". Id to prepend on syslog entries. Default is "net_server". See L. =item syslog_logopt Only available if C is equal to "Sys::Syslog". May be either zero or more of "pid","cons","ndelay","nowait". Default is "pid". See L. =item syslog_facility Only available if C is equal to "Sys::Syslog". See L and L. Default is "daemon". =item port See L. Local port/socket on which to bind. If low port, process must start as root. If multiple ports are given, all will be bound at server startup. May be of the form C, C, C, or C, where I represents a hostname residing on the local box, where I represents either the number of the port (eg. "80") or the service designation (eg. "http"), and where I represents the protocol to be used. See L. If you are working with unix sockets, you may also specify C or C where type is SOCK_DGRAM or SOCK_STREAM. If the protocol is not specified, I will default to the C specified in the arguments. If C is not specified there it will default to "tcp". If I is not specified, I will default to C specified in the arguments. If C is not specified there it will default to "*". Default port is 20203. =item host Local host or addr upon which to bind port. If a value of '*' is given, the server will bind that port on all available addresses on the box. See L. See L. =item proto See L. Protocol to use when binding ports. See L. As of release 0.70, Net::Server supports tcp, udp, and unix. Other types will need to be added later (or custom modules extending the Net::Server::Proto class may be used). =item listen See L. Not used with udp protocol (or UNIX SOCK_DGRAM). =item reverse_lookups Specify whether to lookup the hostname of the connected IP. Information is cached in server object under C property. Default is to not use reverse_lookups (undef). =item allow/deny May be specified multiple times. Contains regex to compare to incoming peeraddr or peerhost (if reverse_lookups has been enabled). If allow or deny options are given, the incoming client must match an allow and not match a deny or the client connection will be closed. Defaults to empty array refs. =item chroot Directory to chroot to after bind process has taken place and the server is still running as root. Defaults to undef. =item user Userid or username to become after the bind process has occured. Defaults to "nobody." If you would like the server to run as root, you will have to specify C equal to "root". =item group Groupid or groupname to become after the bind process has occured. Defaults to "nobody." If you would like the server to run as root, you will have to specify C equal to "root". =item background Specifies whether or not the server should fork after the bind method to release itself from the command line. Defaults to undef. Process will also background if C is set. =item setsid Specifies whether or not the server should fork after the bind method to release itself from the command line and then run the C command to truly daemonize. Defaults to undef. If a C is given or if C is set, STDIN and STDOUT will automatically be opened to /dev/null and STDERR will be opened to STDOUT. This will prevent any output from ending up at the terminal. =item no_close_by_child Specifies whether or not a forked child process has permission or not to shutdown the entire server process. If set to 1, the child may NOT signal the parent to shutdown all children. Default is undef (not set). =back =head1 PROPERTIES All of the C listed above become properties of the server object under the same name. These properties, as well as other internal properties, are available during hooks and other method calls. The structure of a Net::Server object is shown below: $self = bless( { 'server' => { 'key1' => 'val1', # more key/vals } }, 'Net::Server' ); This structure was chosen so that all server related properties are grouped under a single key of the object hashref. This is so that other objects could layer on top of the Net::Server object class and still have a fairly clean namespace in the hashref. You may get and set properties in two ways. The suggested way is to access properties directly via my $val = $self->{server}->{key1}; Accessing the properties directly will speed the server process. A second way has been provided for object oriented types who believe in methods. The second way consists of the following methods: my $val = $self->get_property( 'key1' ); my $self->set_property( key1 => 'val1' ); Properties are allowed to be changed at any time with caution (please do not undef the sock property or you will close the client connection). =head1 CONFIGURATION FILE C allows for the use of a configuration file to read in server parameters. The format of this conf file is simple key value pairs. Comments and white space are ignored. #-------------- file test.conf -------------- ### user and group to become user somebody group everybody ### logging ? log_file /var/log/server.log log_level 3 pid_file /tmp/server.pid ### optional syslog directive ### used in place of log_file above #log_file Sys::Syslog #syslog_logsock unix #syslog_ident myserver #syslog_logopt pid|cons ### access control allow .+\.(net|com) allow domain\.com deny a.+ ### background the process? background 1 ### ports to bind (this should bind ### 127.0.0.1:20205 and localhost:20204) ### See Net::Server::Proto host 127.0.0.1 port localhost:20204 port 20205 ### reverse lookups ? # reverse_lookups on #-------------- file test.conf -------------- =head1 PROCESS FLOW The process flow is written in an open, easy to override, easy to hook, fashion. The basic flow is shown below. $self->configure_hook; $self->configure(@_); $self->post_configure; $self->post_configure_hook; $self->pre_bind; $self->bind; $self->post_bind_hook; $self->post_bind; $self->pre_loop_hook; $self->loop; ### routines inside a standard $self->loop # $self->accept; # $self->run_client_connection; # $self->done; $self->pre_server_close_hook; $self->server_close; The server then exits. During the client processing phase (C<$self-Erun_client_connection>), the following represents the program flow: $self->post_accept; $self->get_client_info; $self->post_accept_hook; if( $self->allow_deny && $self->allow_deny_hook ){ $self->process_request; }else{ $self->request_denied_hook; } $self->post_process_request_hook; $self->post_process_request; The process then loops and waits for the next connection. For a more in depth discussion, please read the code. During the server shutdown phase (C<$self-Eserver_close>), the following represents the program flow: $self->close_children; # if any $self->post_child_cleanup_hook; if( Restarting server ){ $self->restart_close_hook(); $self->hup_server; } exit; =head1 HOOKS C provides a number of "hooks" allowing for servers layered on top of C to respond at different levels of execution. =over 4 =item C<$self-Econfigure_hook()> This hook takes place immediately after the C<-Erun()> method is called. This hook allows for setting up the object before any built in configuration takes place. This allows for custom configurability. =item C<$self-Epost_configure_hook()> This hook occurs just after the reading of configuration parameters and initiation of logging and pid_file creation. It also occurs before the C<-Epre_bind()> and C<-Ebind()> methods are called. This hook allows for verifying configuration parameters. =item C<$self-Epost_bind_hook()> This hook occurs just after the bind process and just before any chrooting, change of user, or change of group occurs. At this point the process will still be running as the user who started the server. =item C<$self-Epre_loop_hook()> This hook occurs after chroot, change of user, and change of group has occured. It allows for preparation before looping begins. =item C<$self-Epost_accept_hook()> This hook occurs after a client has connected to the server. At this point STDIN and STDOUT are mapped to the client socket. This hook occurs before the processing of the request. =item C<$self-Eallow_deny_hook()> This hook allows for the checking of ip and host information beyond the C<$self-Eallow_deny()> routine. If this hook returns 1, the client request will be processed, otherwise, the request will be denied processing. =item C<$self-Erequest_denied_hook()> This hook occurs if either the C<$self-Eallow_deny()> or C<$self-Eallow_deny_hook()> have taken place. =item C<$self-Epost_process_request_hook()> This hook occurs after the processing of the request, but before the client connection has been closed. =item C<$self-Epre_server_close_hook()> This hook occurs before the server begins shutting down. =item C<$self-Ewrite_to_log_hook> This hook handles writing to log files. The default hook is to write to STDERR, or to the filename contained in the parameter C. The arguments passed are a log level of 0 to 4 (4 being very verbose), and a log line. If log_file is equal to "Sys::Syslog", then logging will go to Sys::Syslog and will bypass the write_to_log_hook. =item C<$self-Efatal_hook> This hook occurs when the server has encountered an unrecoverable error. Arguments passed are the error message, the package, file, and line number. The hook may close the server, but it is suggested that it simply return and use the built in shut down features. =item C<$self-Epost_child_cleanup_hook> This hook occurs in the parent server process after all children have been shut down and just before the server either restarts or exits. It is intended for additional cleanup of information. At this point pid_files and lockfiles still exist. =item C<$self-Erestart_open_hook> This hook occurs if a server has been HUPed (restarted via the HUP signal. It occurs just before reopening to the filenos of the sockets that were already opened. =item C<$self-Erestart_close_hook> This hook occurs if a server has been HUPed (restarted via the HUP signal. It occurs just before restarting the server via exec. =back =head1 RESTARTING Each of the server personalities (except for INET), support restarting via a HUP signal (see "kill -l"). When a HUP is received, the server will close children (if any), make sure that sockets are left open, and re-exec using the same commandline parameters that initially started the server. (Note: for this reason it is important that @ARGV is not modified until C<-Erun> is called. =head1 TO DO There are several tasks to perform before the alpha label can be removed from this software: =over 4 =item Use It The best way to further the status of this project is to use it. There are immediate plans to use this as a base class in implementing some mail servers and banner servers on a high hit site. =item Other Personalities Explore any other personalities =item Net::Server::HTTP, etc Create various types of servers. Possibly, port exising servers to user Net::Server as a base layer. =back =head1 FILES The following files are installed as part of this distribution. Net/Server.pm Net/Server/Fork.pm Net/Server/INET.pm Net/Server/MultiType.pm Net/Server/PreForkSimple.pm Net/Server/PreFork.pm Net/Server/Single.pm Net/Server/Daemonize.pm Net/Server/SIG.pm Net/Server/Proto.pm Net/Server/Proto/*.pm =head1 INSTALL Download and extract tarball before running these commands in its base directory: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install For RPM installation, download tarball before running these commands in your _topdir: rpm -ta SOURCES/Net-Server-*.tar.gz rpm -ih RPMS/noarch/perl-Net-Server-*.rpm =head1 AUTHOR Paul T. Seamons =head1 THANKS Thanks to Rob Brown (bbb at cpan.org) for help with miscellaneous concepts such as tracking down the serialized select via flock ala Apache and the reference to IO::Select making multiport servers possible. And for researching into allowing sockets to remain open upon exec (making HUP possible). Rob Brown is also the maintainer for Net::Server. Thanks to Jonathan J. Miner for patching a blatant problem in the reverse lookups. Thanks to Bennett Todd for pointing out a problem in Solaris 2.5.1 which does not allow multiple children to accept on the same port at the same time. Also for showing some sample code from Viktor Duchovni which now represents the semaphore option of the serialize argument in the PreFork server. Thanks to I and I from http://perlmonks.org for pointing me in the right direction for determining the protocol used on a socket connection. Thanks to Jeremy Howard for numerous suggestions and for work on Net::Server::Daemonize. Thanks to Vadim for patches to implement parent/child communication on PreFork.pm. =head1 SEE ALSO Please see also L, L, L, L, L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001, Paul T Seamons paul at seamons.com http://seamons.com/ This package may be distributed under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Perl Artistic License All rights reserved. =cut