Interface nsITLSServerSocketType

Hierarchy

Properties

port: number

Returns the port of this server socket.

serverCert: nsIX509Cert

serverCert

The server's certificate that is presented to the client during the TLS handshake. This is required to be set before calling |asyncListen|.

Methods

  • Increases the reference count for this interface. The associated instance will not be deleted unless the reference count is returned to zero.

    Returns

    The resulting reference count.

    Returns number

  • Parameters

    • aIID: object
    • Optional aInstancePtr: object

    Returns any

  • A run time mechanism for interface discovery.

    Returns

    NS_OK if the interface is supported by the associated instance, NS_NOINTERFACE if it is not.

    aInstancePtr must not be null.

    Parameters

    • aIID: object

      [in] A requested interface IID

    • aInstancePtr: object

      [out] A pointer to an interface pointer to receive the result.

    Returns void

  • Decreases the reference count for this interface. Generally, if the reference count returns to zero, the associated instance is deleted.

    Returns

    The resulting reference count.

    Returns number

  • asyncListen

    This method puts the server socket in the listening state. It will asynchronously listen for and accept client connections. The listener will be notified once for each client connection that is accepted. The listener's onSocketAccepted method will be called on the same thread that called asyncListen (the calling thread must have a nsIEventTarget).

    The listener will be passed a reference to an already connected socket transport (nsISocketTransport). See below for more details.

    Parameters

    • aListener: nsIServerSocketListener

      The listener to be notified when client connections are accepted.

    Returns void

  • close

    This method closes a server socket. This does not affect already connected client sockets (i.e., the nsISocketTransport instances created from this server socket). This will cause the onStopListening event to asynchronously fire with a status of NS_BINDING_ABORTED.

    Returns void

  • Returns the address to which this server socket is bound. Since a server socket may be bound to multiple network devices, this address may not necessarily be specific to a single network device. In the case of an IP socket, the IP address field would be zerod out to indicate a server socket bound to all network devices. Therefore, this method cannot be used to determine the IP address of the local system. See nsIDNSService::myHostName if this is what you need.

    Returns PRNetAddr

  • @}

    init

    This method initializes a server socket.

    Parameters

    • aPort: number

      The port of the server socket. Pass -1 to indicate no preference, and a port will be selected automatically.

    • aLoopbackOnly: boolean

      If true, the server socket will only respond to connections on the local loopback interface. Otherwise, it will accept connections from any interface. To specify a particular network interface, use initWithAddress.

    • aBackLog: number

      The maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to. This parameter may be silently limited by the operating system. Pass -1 to use the default value.

    Returns void

  • Similar to init(), but initializes a server socket that supports both IPv4 and IPv6.

    Parameters

    • aPort: number
    • aBackLog: number

    Returns void

  • the same as init(), but initializes an IPv6 server socket

    Parameters

    • aPort: number
    • aLoopbackOnly: boolean
    • aBackLog: number

    Returns void

  • initSpecialConnection

    This method initializes a server socket and offers the ability to have that socket not get terminated if Gecko is set offline.

    Parameters

    • aPort: number

      The port of the server socket. Pass -1 to indicate no preference, and a port will be selected automatically.

    • aFlags: nsServerSocketFlag

      Flags for the socket.

    • aBackLog: number

      The maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to. This parameter may be silently limited by the operating system. Pass -1 to use the default value.

    Returns void

  • initWithAbstractAddress

    This mehtod is a flavor of initWithFilename method. This initializes a UNIX domain socket that uses abstract socket address. This socket type is only supported on Linux and Android.

    On systems that don't support this type's UNIX domain sockets at all, this returns NS_ERROR_SOCKET_ADDRESS_NOT_SUPPORTED.

    Parameters

    • aName: string

      The abstract socket address which the socket should be created.

    • aBacklog: number

      The maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to.

    Returns void

  • initWithAddress

    This method initializes a server socket, and binds it to a particular local address (and hence a particular local network interface).

    Parameters

    • aAddr: PRNetAddrPtr

      The address to which this server socket should be bound.

    • aBackLog: number

      The maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to. This parameter may be silently limited by the operating system. Pass -1 to use the default value.

    Returns void

  • initWithFilename

    This method initializes a Unix domain or "local" server socket. Such a socket has a name in the filesystem, like an ordinary file. To connect, a client supplies the socket's filename, and the usual permission checks on socket apply.

    This makes Unix domain sockets useful for communication between the programs being run by a specific user on a single machine: the operating system takes care of authentication, and the user's home directory or profile directory provide natural per-user rendezvous points.

    Since Unix domain sockets are always local to the machine, they are not affected by the nsIIOService's 'offline' flag.

    The system-level socket API may impose restrictions on the length of the filename that are stricter than those of the underlying filesystem. If the file name is too long, this returns NS_ERROR_FILE_NAME_TOO_LONG.

    All components of the path prefix of |aPath| must name directories; otherwise, this returns NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_DIRECTORY.

    This call requires execute permission on all directories containing the one in which the socket is to be created, and write and execute permission on the directory itself. Otherwise, this returns NS_ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

    This call creates the socket's directory entry. There must not be any existing entry with the given name. If there is, this returns NS_ERROR_SOCKET_ADDRESS_IN_USE.

    On systems that don't support Unix domain sockets at all, this returns NS_ERROR_SOCKET_ADDRESS_NOT_SUPPORTED.

    Parameters

    • aPath: nsIFile

      nsIFile The file name at which the socket should be created.

    • aPermissions: number

      unsigned long Unix-style permission bits to be applied to the new socket.

      Note about permissions: Linux's unix(7) man page claims that some BSD-derived systems ignore permissions on UNIX-domain sockets; NetBSD's bind(2) man page agrees, but says it does check now (dated 2005). POSIX has required 'connect' to fail if write permission on the socket itself is not granted since 2003 (Issue 6). NetBSD says that the permissions on the containing directory (execute) have always applied, so creating sockets in appropriately protected directories should be secure on both old and new systems.

    • aBacklog: number

    Returns void

  • setRequestClientCertificate

    Whether the server should request and/or require a client auth certificate from the client. Defaults to REQUEST_NEVER. See the possible options above. This should be set before calling |asyncListen| if you wish to change the default.

    Parameters

    • aRequestClientCert: number

    Returns void

  • setSessionTickets

    Whether the server should support session tickets. Defaults to true. This should be set before calling |asyncListen| if you wish to change the default.

    Parameters

    • aSessionTickets: boolean

    Returns void

  • setVersionRange

    The server's TLS versions that is used by the TLS handshake. This is required to be set before calling |asyncListen|.

    aMinVersion and aMaxVersion is a TLS version value from |nsITLSClientStatus| constants.

    Parameters

    • aMinVersion: number
    • aMaxVersion: number

    Returns void

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