Perl 5 version 22.4 documentation

Net::Config

NAME

Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet

SYNOPSYS

  1.     use Net::Config qw(%NetConfig);

DESCRIPTION

Net::Config holds configuration data for the modules in the libnet distribution. During installation you will be asked for these values.

The configuration data is held globally in a file in the perl installation tree, but a user may override any of these values by providing their own. This can be done by having a .libnetrc file in their home directory. This file should return a reference to a HASH containing the keys described below. For example

  1.     # .libnetrc
  2.     {
  3.         nntp_hosts => [ "my_preferred_host" ],
  4.         ph_hosts   => [ "my_ph_server" ],
  5.     }
  6.     __END__

METHODS

Net::Config defines the following methods. They are methods as they are invoked as class methods. This is because Net::Config inherits from Net::LocalCfg so you can override these methods if you want.

  • requires_firewall ( HOST )

    Attempts to determine if a given host is outside your firewall. Possible return values are.

    1.   -1  Cannot lookup hostname
    2.    0  Host is inside firewall (or there is no ftp_firewall entry)
    3.    1  Host is outside the firewall

    This is done by using hostname lookup and the local_netmask entry in the configuration data.

NetConfig VALUES

  • nntp_hosts
  • snpp_hosts
  • pop3_hosts
  • smtp_hosts
  • ph_hosts
  • daytime_hosts
  • time_hosts

    Each is a reference to an array of hostnames (in order of preference), which should be used for the given protocol

  • inet_domain

    Your internet domain name

  • ftp_firewall

    If you have an FTP proxy firewall (NOT an HTTP or SOCKS firewall) then this value should be set to the firewall hostname. If your firewall does not listen to port 21, then this value should be set to "hostname:port" (eg "hostname:99" )

  • ftp_firewall_type

    There are many different ftp firewall products available. But unfortunately there is no standard for how to traverse a firewall. The list below shows the sequence of commands that Net::FTP will use

    1.   user        Username for remote host
    2.   pass        Password for remote host
    3.   fwuser      Username for firewall
    4.   fwpass      Password for firewall
    5.   remote.host The hostname of the remote ftp server

  • There is no firewall

    1.      USER user@remote.host
    2.      PASS pass
    1.      USER fwuser
    2.      PASS fwpass
    3.      USER user@remote.host
    4.      PASS pass
    1.      USER fwuser
    2.      PASS fwpass
    3.      SITE remote.site
    4.      USER user
    5.      PASS pass
    1.      USER fwuser
    2.      PASS fwpass
    3.      OPEN remote.site
    4.      USER user
    5.      PASS pass
    1.      USER user@fwuser@remote.site
    2.      PASS pass@fwpass
    1.      USER fwuser@remote.site
    2.      PASS fwpass
    3.      USER user
    4.      PASS pass
    1.      USER user@remote.host
    2.      PASS pass
    3.      AUTH fwuser
    4.      RESP fwpass
  • ftp_ext_passive
  • ftp_int_passive

    FTP servers can work in passive or active mode. Active mode is when you want to transfer data you have to tell the server the address and port to connect to. Passive mode is when the server provide the address and port and you establish the connection.

    With some firewalls active mode does not work as the server cannot connect to your machine (because you are behind a firewall) and the firewall does not re-write the command. In this case you should set ftp_ext_passive to a true value.

    Some servers are configured to only work in passive mode. If you have one of these you can force Net::FTP to always transfer in passive mode; when not going via a firewall, by setting ftp_int_passive to a true value.

  • local_netmask

    A reference to a list of netmask strings in the form "134.99.4.0/24" . These are used by the requires_firewall function to determine if a given host is inside or outside your firewall.

The following entries are used during installation & testing on the libnet package

  • test_hosts

    If true then make test may attempt to connect to hosts given in the configuration.

  • test_exists

    If true then Configure will check each hostname given that it exists