NAME

       BIO_s_accept, BIO_set_accept_name, BIO_set_accept_port, BIO_get_accept_name, BIO_get_accept_port,
       BIO_new_accept, BIO_set_nbio_accept, BIO_set_accept_bios, BIO_get_peer_name, BIO_get_peer_port,
       BIO_get_accept_ip_family, BIO_set_accept_ip_family, BIO_set_bind_mode, BIO_get_bind_mode, BIO_do_accept -
       accept BIO

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/bio.h>

        const BIO_METHOD *BIO_s_accept(void);

        long BIO_set_accept_name(BIO *b, char *name);
        char *BIO_get_accept_name(BIO *b);

        long BIO_set_accept_port(BIO *b, char *port);
        char *BIO_get_accept_port(BIO *b);

        BIO *BIO_new_accept(char *host_port);

        long BIO_set_nbio_accept(BIO *b, int n);
        long BIO_set_accept_bios(BIO *b, char *bio);

        char *BIO_get_peer_name(BIO *b);
        char *BIO_get_peer_port(BIO *b);
        long BIO_get_accept_ip_family(BIO *b);
        long BIO_set_accept_ip_family(BIO *b, long family);

        long BIO_set_bind_mode(BIO *b, long mode);
        long BIO_get_bind_mode(BIO *b);

        int BIO_do_accept(BIO *b);

DESCRIPTION

       BIO_s_accept() returns the accept BIO method. This is a wrapper round the platform's TCP/IP socket accept
       routines.

       Using accept BIOs, TCP/IP connections can be accepted and data transferred using only BIO routines. In
       this way any platform specific operations are hidden by the BIO abstraction.

       Read and write operations on an accept BIO will perform I/O on the underlying connection. If no
       connection is established and the port (see below) is set up properly then the BIO waits for an incoming
       connection.

       Accept BIOs support BIO_puts() but not BIO_gets().

       If the close flag is set on an accept BIO then any active connection on that chain is shutdown and the
       socket closed when the BIO is freed.

       Calling BIO_reset() on an accept BIO will close any active connection and reset the BIO into a state
       where it awaits another incoming connection.

       BIO_get_fd() and BIO_set_fd() can be called to retrieve or set the accept socket. See BIO_s_fd(3)

       BIO_set_accept_name() uses the string name to set the accept name. The name is represented as a string of
       the form "host:port", where "host" is the interface to use and "port" is the port.  The host can be "*"
       or empty which is interpreted as meaning any interface.  If the host is an IPv6 address, it has to be
       enclosed in brackets, for example "[::1]:https".  "port" has the same syntax as the port specified in
       BIO_set_conn_port() for connect BIOs, that is it can be a numerical port string or a string to lookup
       using getservbyname() and a string table.

       BIO_set_accept_port() uses the string port to set the accept port.  "port" has the same syntax as the
       port specified in BIO_set_conn_port() for connect BIOs, that is it can be a numerical port string or a
       string to lookup using getservbyname() and a string table.

       BIO_new_accept() combines BIO_new() and BIO_set_accept_name() into a single call: that is it creates a
       new accept BIO with port host_port.

       BIO_set_nbio_accept() sets the accept socket to blocking mode (the default) if n is 0 or non blocking
       mode if n is 1.

       BIO_set_accept_bios() can be used to set a chain of BIOs which will be duplicated and prepended to the
       chain when an incoming connection is received. This is useful if, for example, a buffering or SSL BIO is
       required for each connection. The chain of BIOs must not be freed after this call, they will be
       automatically freed when the accept BIO is freed.

       BIO_set_bind_mode() and BIO_get_bind_mode() set and retrieve the current bind mode. If BIO_BIND_NORMAL
       (the default) is set then another socket cannot be bound to the same port. If BIO_BIND_REUSEADDR is set
       then other sockets can bind to the same port. If BIO_BIND_REUSEADDR_IF_UNUSED is set then and attempt is
       first made to use BIO_BIN_NORMAL, if this fails and the port is not in use then a second attempt is made
       using BIO_BIND_REUSEADDR.

       BIO_do_accept() serves two functions. When it is first called, after the accept BIO has been setup, it
       will attempt to create the accept socket and bind an address to it. Second and subsequent calls to
       BIO_do_accept() will await an incoming connection, or request a retry in non blocking mode.

NOTES

       When an accept BIO is at the end of a chain it will await an incoming connection before processing I/O
       calls. When an accept BIO is not at then end of a chain it passes I/O calls to the next BIO in the chain.

       When a connection is established a new socket BIO is created for the connection and appended to the
       chain. That is the chain is now accept->socket. This effectively means that attempting I/O on an initial
       accept socket will await an incoming connection then perform I/O on it.

       If any additional BIOs have been set using BIO_set_accept_bios() then they are placed between the socket
       and the accept BIO, that is the chain will be accept->otherbios->socket.

       If a server wishes to process multiple connections (as is normally the case) then the accept BIO must be
       made available for further incoming connections. This can be done by waiting for a connection and then
       calling:

        connection = BIO_pop(accept);

       After this call connection will contain a BIO for the recently established connection and accept will now
       be a single BIO again which can be used to await further incoming connections.  If no further connections
       will be accepted the accept can be freed using BIO_free().

       If only a single connection will be processed it is possible to perform I/O using the accept BIO itself.
       This is often undesirable however because the accept BIO will still accept additional incoming
       connections. This can be resolved by using BIO_pop() (see above) and freeing up the accept BIO after the
       initial connection.

       If the underlying accept socket is non-blocking and BIO_do_accept() is called to await an incoming
       connection it is possible for BIO_should_io_special() with the reason BIO_RR_ACCEPT. If this happens then
       it is an indication that an accept attempt would block: the application should take appropriate action to
       wait until the underlying socket has accepted a connection and retry the call.

       BIO_set_accept_name(), BIO_get_accept_name(), BIO_set_accept_port(), BIO_get_accept_port(),
       BIO_set_nbio_accept(), BIO_set_accept_bios(), BIO_get_peer_name(), BIO_get_peer_port(),
       BIO_get_accept_ip_family(), BIO_set_accept_ip_family(), BIO_set_bind_mode(), BIO_get_bind_mode() and
       BIO_do_accept() are macros.

RETURN VALUES

       BIO_do_accept(), BIO_set_accept_name(), BIO_set_accept_port(), BIO_set_nbio_accept(),
       BIO_set_accept_bios(), BIO_set_accept_ip_family(), and BIO_set_bind_mode() return 1 for success and 0 or
       -1 for failure.

       BIO_get_accept_name() returns the accept name or NULL on error.  BIO_get_peer_name() returns the peer
       name or NULL on error.

       BIO_get_accept_port() returns the accept port as a string or NULL on error.  BIO_get_peer_port() returns
       the peer port as a string or NULL on error.  BIO_get_accept_ip_family() returns the IP family or -1 on
       error.

       BIO_get_bind_mode() returns the set of BIO_BIND flags, or -1 on failure.

       BIO_new_accept() returns a BIO or NULL on error.

EXAMPLE

       This example accepts two connections on port 4444, sends messages down each and finally closes both down.

        BIO *abio, *cbio, *cbio2;

        /* First call to BIO_accept() sets up accept BIO */
        abio = BIO_new_accept("4444");
        if (BIO_do_accept(abio) <= 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up accept\n");
            ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
            exit(1);
        }

        /* Wait for incoming connection */
        if (BIO_do_accept(abio) <= 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error accepting connection\n");
            ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
            exit(1);
        }
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection 1 established\n");

        /* Retrieve BIO for connection */
        cbio = BIO_pop(abio);
        BIO_puts(cbio, "Connection 1: Sending out Data on initial connection\n");
        fprintf(stderr, "Sent out data on connection 1\n");

        /* Wait for another connection */
        if (BIO_do_accept(abio) <= 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error accepting connection\n");
            ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
            exit(1);
        }
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection 2 established\n");

        /* Close accept BIO to refuse further connections */
        cbio2 = BIO_pop(abio);
        BIO_free(abio);
        BIO_puts(cbio2, "Connection 2: Sending out Data on second\n");
        fprintf(stderr, "Sent out data on connection 2\n");

        BIO_puts(cbio, "Connection 1: Second connection established\n");

        /* Close the two established connections */
        BIO_free(cbio);
        BIO_free(cbio2);

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