Connect to a SOCKSv5 server and request a connection to an external destination.
Standard C Library (libc.a)
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <socks5_api.h>
int socks5tcp_connect (Socket, Dst, DstLen, Svr, SvrLen) int Socket; struct sockaddr *Dst; size_t DstLen; struct sockaddr *Svr; size_t SrvLen;
The socks5tcp_connect subroutine requests a connection to Dst from the SOCKSv5 server specified in Svr. If successful, Dst and Svr will be overwritten with the actual addresses of the external connection and subsequent writes to and reads from Socket will be relayed through Svr.
Socket must be an open socket descriptor of type SOCK_STREAM; Dst and Svr may be either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
Socket | Specifies the unique name of the socket. |
Dst | Specifies the external address of the target socket to which the SOCKSv5 server will attempt to connect. |
DstLength | Specifies the length of the address structure in Dst. |
Svr | If non-NULL, specifies the address of the SOCKSv5 server to use to request the relayed connection. |
SvrLength | Specifies the length of the address structure in Svr. |
Upon successful completion, the socks5tcp_connect subroutine returns a value of 0, and modifies Dst and Svr to reflect the actual endpoints of the created external socket.
If the socks5tcp_connect subroutine is unsuccessful, the system handler performs the following functions:
The socks5tcp_connect subroutine is unsuccessful if any of the following errors occurs:
EBADF | The Socket parameter is not valid. |
ENOTSOCK | The Socket parameter refers to a file, not a socket. |
EADDRNOTAVAIL | The specified address is not available from the local machine. |
EAFNOSUPPORT | The addresses in the specified address family cannot be used with this socket. |
EISCONN | The socket is already connected. |
ETIMEDOUT | The establishment of a connection timed out before a connection was made. |
ECONNREFUSED | The attempt to connect was rejected. |
ENETUNREACH | No route to the network or host is present. |
EADDRINUSE | The specified address is already in use. |
EFAULT | The Address parameter is not in a writable part of the user address space. |
EINPROGRESS | The socket is marked as nonblocking. The connection cannot be immediately completed. The application program can select the socket for writing during the connection process. |
EINVAL | One or more of the specified arguments is invalid. |
ENETDOWN | The specified physical network is down. |
ENOSPC | There is no space left on a device or system table. |
ENOTCONN | The socket could not be connected. |
The socks5tcp_connect subroutine is unsuccessful if any of the following errors occurs:
S5_ESRVFAIL | General SOCKSv5 server failure. |
S5_EPERM | SOCKSv5 server ruleset rejection. |
S5_ENETUNREACH | SOCKSv5 server could not reach target network. |
S5_EHOSTUNREACH | SOCKSv5 server could not reach target host. |
S5_ECONNREFUSED | SOCKSv5 server connection request refused by target host. |
S5_ETIMEDOUT | SOCKSv5 server connection failure due to TTL expiry. |
S5_EOPNOTSUPP | Command not supported by SOCKSv5 server. |
S5_EAFNOSUPPORT | Address family not supported by SOCKSv5 server. |
S5_ENOSERV | No server found. |
The following program fragment illustrates the use of the socks5tcp_connect subroutine by a client to request a connection from a server's socket.
struct sockaddr_in svr; struct sockaddr_in6 dst; . . . socks5tcp_connect(s,(struct sockaddr*)&dst, sizeof(dst), (struct sockaddr *)&svr, sizeof(svr));
The socks5tcp_connect subroutine is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.
The socket applications can be compiled with COMPAT_43 defined. This will make the sockaddr structure BSD 4.3 compatible. For more details refer to socket.h.
The socks5_getserv subroutine, /etc/socks5c.conf file, connect subroutine, accept subroutine, bind subroutine, getsockname subroutine, send subroutine, socket subroutine.
Initiating UNIX Stream Connections Example Program, Sockets Overview, and Understanding Socket Connections in AIX Version 4.3 Communications Programming Concepts.