1 rocksock socket library (C) rofl0r
2 ==================================
4 rocksock is a powerful (mostly) blocking networking library
6 it was designed for small size, robustness, simplicity,
7 static linking and fine-grained error reporting and
9 programming in a blocking way is much simpler, but can lead to
10 near infinite blocking. rocksock addresses this by providing
11 timeouts so the app doesn't get into a completely blocked
12 state and can react properly on any exceptional condition.
13 making the app fit for SSL only requires enabling one flag, and
14 SOCKS/HTTP proxy support is built-in as well.
18 - supports SSL (optional, currently using openssl or cyassl backend)
19 - supports chaining of socks4/4a/5 proxies a la proxychains.
20 the maximum number of proxies can be configured at compiletime.
21 using a single proxy works as well, of course.
22 - no global state (except for ssl init routines)
23 - error reporting mechanism, showing the exact type
24 - supports DNS resolving (can be turned off for smaller size)
25 - does not use malloc, and in the DNS-less profile, does not use
26 any libc functions that could call it.
27 (malloc typically adds at least 20KB to the binary size if
29 of course once you build it with ssl support, ssl will definitely
31 you need to add NO_DNS_SUPPORT to your CFLAGS
32 so nothing that can call malloc gets pulled in, if you want a
33 minimal static binary (in that case you have to pass ipv4
34 addresses in dotted notation).
35 - optionally uses [libulz](https://github.com/rofl0r/libulz),
36 a lightweight C library, featuring things like
37 a snprintf replacement which doesnt include code for float
39 this can make a statically linked binary a couple dozen KB
40 smaller if no particularly bloated libc internals are being
41 used in other parts of linked-in code.
42 so if you use any SSL implementation, you won't gain anything
47 for a "default" build, for example for a distribution, just
48 use ./configure && make as usual.
50 advanced/customized build using RcB:
52 write your app, include the rocksock header using
53 a relative pathname, and then use the build tool
54 [rcb](https://github.com/rofl0r/rcb) on your main
55 C file, supplying all config options as CFLAGS. rcb will then
56 automatically find all required translation units and throw them
57 at once at the compiler, giving perfect opportunities for link-time
60 typical tree structure:
69 /* tiny program to see if a specific port on a specific host
70 is open for usage in shellscripts or similar. */
71 #include "../rocksock/rocksock.h"
75 static void usage(void) {
76 dprintf(2, "usage: prog ip port\n");
80 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
81 if(argc != 3) usage();
84 rocksock_set_timeout(&s, 5000);
85 int ret = rocksock_connect(&s, argv[1], atoi(argv[2]), 0);
93 $ CFLAGS="-DUSE_SSL -flto -O3 -s -static" rcb main.c