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#!/usr/bin/env perl
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# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2007, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
# are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.
#
# $Id$
###########################################################################
# These should be the only variables that might be needed to get edited:

#use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday );
require "getpart.pm"; # array functions
require "valgrind.pm"; # valgrind report parser
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my $HOSTIP="127.0.0.1";
my $HOST6IP="[::1]";

my $base = 8990; # base port number

my $HTTPPORT; # HTTP server port
my $HTTP6PORT; # HTTP IPv6 server port
my $HTTPSPORT; # HTTPS server port
my $FTPPORT; # FTP server port
my $TFTPPORT; # TFTP
my $TFTP6PORT; # TFTP
my $CURL="../src/curl"; # what curl executable to run on the tests
my $DBGCURL=$CURL; #"../src/.libs/curl";  # alternative for debugging
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my $LOGDIR="log";
my $LIBDIR="./libtest";
my $SERVERIN="$LOGDIR/server.input"; # what curl sent the server
my $SERVER2IN="$LOGDIR/server2.input"; # what curl sent the second server
my $CURLLOG="$LOGDIR/curl.log"; # all command lines run
my $FTPDCMD="$LOGDIR/ftpserver.cmd"; # copy ftp server instructions here

# Normally, all test cases should be run, but at times it is handy to
# simply run a particular one:
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my $TESTCASES="all";

# To run specific test cases, set them like:
# $TESTCASES="1 2 3 7 8";

#######################################################################
# No variables below this point should need to be modified
#

my $HTTP6PIDFILE=".http6.pid";
my $HTTPSPIDFILE=".https.pid";
my $TFTPPIDFILE=".tftpd.pid";
my $TFTP6PIDFILE=".tftp6.pid";
# invoke perl like this:
my $perl="perl -I$srcdir";
# this gets set if curl is compiled with debugging:
my $curl_debug=0;
# name of the file that the memory debugging creates:

# the path to the script that analyzes the memory debug output file:
my $memanalyze="$perl $srcdir/memanalyze.pl";
my $stunnel = checkcmd("stunnel4") || checkcmd("stunnel");
my $valgrind = checkcmd("valgrind");
my $ftpchecktime; # time it took to verify our test FTP server

my $valgrind_tool;
if($valgrind) {
    # since valgrind 2.1.x, '--tool' option is mandatory
    # use it, if it is supported by the version installed on the system
    system("valgrind --help 2>&1 | grep -- --tool > /dev/null 2>&1");
    if (($? >> 8)==0) {
        $valgrind_tool="--tool=memcheck ";
    }
    if($l =~ /^\#\!/) {
        # The first line starts with "#!" which implies a shell-script.
        # This means libcurl is built shared and curl is a wrapper-script
        # Disable valgrind in this setup
        $valgrind=0;
    }

    # valgrind 3 renamed the --logfile option to --log-file!!!
    my $ver=`valgrind --version`;
    # cut off all but digits and dots
    $ver =~ s/[^0-9.]//g;

    if($ver >= 3) {
        $valgrind_logfile="--log-file";
    }
my $ssl_version; # set if libcurl is built with SSL support
my $large_file;  # set if libcurl is built with large file support
my $has_idn;     # set if libcurl is built with IDN support
my $http_ipv6;   # set if HTTP server has IPv6 support
my $ftp_ipv6;    # set if FTP server has IPv6 support
my $tftp_ipv6;   # set if TFTP server has IPv6 support
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my $has_ipv6;    # set if libcurl is built with IPv6 support
my $has_libz;    # set if libcurl is built with libz support
my $has_getrlimit;  # set if system has getrlimit()
my $has_ntlm;    # set if libcurl is built with NTLM support

my $has_openssl; # built with a lib using an OpenSSL-like API
my $has_gnutls;  # built with GnuTLS
my $has_nss;     # built with NSS
my $has_yassl;   # built with yassl

my $ssllib;      # name of the lib we use (for human presentation)
my $has_crypto;  # set if libcurl is built with cryptographic support
my $has_textaware; # set if running on a system that has a text mode concept
  # on files. Windows for example
my @protocols;   # array of supported protocols
my $skipped=0;  # number of tests skipped; reported in main loop
my %skipped;    # skipped{reason}=counter, reasons for skip
my @teststat;   # teststat[testnum]=reason, reasons for skip
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#######################################################################
# variables the command line options may set
#

my $short;
my $verbose;
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my $anyway;
my $gdbthis;      # run test case with gdb debugger
my $keepoutfiles; # keep stdout and stderr files after tests
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my $listonly;     # only list the tests
my $postmortem;   # display detailed info about failed tests
my $pwd;          # current working directory

my %run;	  # running server

# torture test variables
my $torture;
my $tortnum;
my $tortalloc;

# open and close each time to allow removal at any time
sub logmsg {
# uncomment the Time::HiRes usage for this
#    my ($seconds, $microseconds) = gettimeofday;
#    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) =
#        localtime($seconds);
    my $t;
    if(1) {
#        $t = sprintf ("%02d:%02d:%02d.%06d ", $hour, $min, $sec,
#                      $microseconds);
    }
    for(@_) {
        print "${t}$_";
    }
}

# get the name of the current user
my $USER = $ENV{USER};	# Linux
if (!$USER) {
    $USER = $ENV{USERNAME};	# Windows
    if (!$USER) {
        $USER = $ENV{LOGNAME};	# Some UNIX (I think)
    }
}

# enable memory debugging if curl is compiled with it
sub catch_zap {
    my $signame = shift;
    logmsg "runtests.pl received SIG$signame, exiting\n";
    stopservers(1);
    die "Somebody sent me a SIG$signame";
}
$SIG{INT} = \&catch_zap;
$SIG{KILL} = \&catch_zap;

##########################################################################
# Clear all possible '*_proxy' environment variables for various protocols
# to prevent them to interfere with our testing!

my $protocol;
foreach $protocol (('ftp', 'http', 'ftps', 'https', 'no')) {
    my $proxy = "${protocol}_proxy";
    # clear lowercase version
    $ENV{$proxy}=undef;
    # clear uppercase version
    $ENV{uc($proxy)}=undef;
}

# make sure we don't get affected by other variables that control our
# behaviour

$ENV{'SSL_CERT_DIR'}=undef;
$ENV{'SSL_CERT_PATH'}=undef;
$ENV{'CURL_CA_BUNDLE'}=undef;

#######################################################################
# Check if a given child process has just died. Reaps it if so.
#
sub checkdied {
    use POSIX ":sys_wait_h";
    my $pid = $_[0];
    my $rc = waitpid($pid, &WNOHANG);
    return $rc == $pid;
}

#######################################################################
# Start a new thread/process and run the given command line in there.
# Return the pids (yes plural) of the new child process to the parent.
    logmsg "startnew: $cmd\n" if ($verbose);
        logmsg "fork() failure detected\n";
        return (-1,-1);
        # Here we are the child. Run the given command.
        # Put an "exec" in front of the command so that the child process
        # keeps this child's process ID.
        exec("exec $cmd") || die "Can't exec() $cmd: $!";
        # exec() should never return back here to this process. We protect
        # ourselves by calling die() just in case something goes really bad.
        die "error: exec() has returned";

    # Ugly hack but ssh doesn't support pid files
    if ($fake) {
        logmsg "$pidfile faked with pid=$child\n" if($verbose);
	# could/should do a while connect fails sleep a bit and loop
        if (checkdied($child)) {
            logmsg "startnew: Warning: child process has failed to start\n" if($verbose);
            return (-1,-1);
        }
    while($count--) {
        if(-f $pidfile) {
            $pid2 = 0 + <PID>;
            close(PID);
            if($pid2 && kill(0, $pid2)) {
                # if $pid2 is valid, then make sure this pid is alive, as
                # otherwise it is just likely to be the _previous_ pidfile or
                # similar!
                last;
            }
        }
        if (checkdied($child)) {
            logmsg "startnew: Warning: child process has died\n" if($verbose);
            # We can't just abort waiting for the server with a
            # return (-1,-1);
            # because the server might have forked and could still start
            # up normally. Instead, just reduce the amount of time we remain
            # waiting.
            $count >>= 2;
        }
    # Return two PIDs, the one for the child process we spawned and the one
    # reported by the server itself (in case it forked again on its own).
    # Both (potentially) need to be killed at the end of the test.
    return ($child, $pid2);
#######################################################################
# Check for a command in the PATH.
#
sub checkcmd {
    my ($cmd)=@_;
    my @paths=("/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/sbin", "/usr/bin",
               "/usr/local/bin", split(":", $ENV{'PATH'}));
    for(@paths) {
        if( -x "$_/$cmd") {
            return "$_/$cmd";
        }
    }
}

#######################################################################
# Memory allocation test and failure torture testing.
#
sub torture {
    my $testcmd = shift;
    my $gdbline = shift;
    # remove memdump first to be sure we get a new nice and clean one
    unlink($memdump);
    # First get URL from test server, ignore the output/result
    system($testcmd);
    logmsg " CMD: $testcmd\n" if($verbose);
    # memanalyze -v is our friend, get the number of allocations made
    my @out = `$memanalyze -v $memdump`;
    for(@out) {
        if(/^Allocations: (\d+)/) {
            $count = $1;
            last;
        logmsg " found no allocs to make fail\n";
    logmsg " $count allocations to make fail\n";
    for ( 1 .. $count ) {
        my $limit = $_;
        my $fail;
        my $dumped_core;
        if($tortalloc && ($tortalloc != $limit)) {
        logmsg "Fail alloc no: $limit\r" if($verbose);
        # make the memory allocation function number $limit return failure
        $ENV{'CURL_MEMLIMIT'} = $limit;
        # remove memdump first to be sure we get a new nice and clean one
        unlink($memdump);
        logmsg "**> Alloc number $limit is now set to fail <**\n" if($gdbthis);
        # Now clear the variable again
        $ENV{'CURL_MEMLIMIT'} = undef;

        if(-r "core") {
            # there's core file present now!
            $dumped_core = 1;
            $fail = 2;
        }

        # verify that it returns a proper error code, doesn't leak memory
        # and doesn't core dump
        if($ret & 255) {
            logmsg " system() returned $ret\n";
            $fail=1;
        }
        else {
            my @memdata=`$memanalyze $memdump`;
            my $leak=0;
            for(@memdata) {
                if($_ ne "") {
                    # well it could be other memory problems as well, but
                    # we call it leak for short here
                    $leak=1;
                logmsg "** MEMORY FAILURE\n";
                logmsg @memdata;
                logmsg `$memanalyze -l $memdump`;
            logmsg " Failed on alloc number $limit in test.\n",
            " invoke with -t$limit to repeat this single case.\n";
            stopservers($verbose);
    logmsg "torture OK\n";
#######################################################################
# stop the given test server (pid)
sub stopserver {
    my ($pid) = @_;
    if(not defined $pid || $pid <= 0) {
        return; # whad'da'ya wanna'da with no pid ?
    # It might be more than one pid
    # Send each one a SIGTERM to gracefully kill it
    my @pids = split(/\s+/, $pid);
    for (@pids) {
        chomp($_);
        if($_ =~ /^(\d+)$/) {
            if(($1 > 0) && kill(0, $1)) {
                if($verbose) {
                    logmsg "RUN: Test server pid $1 signalled to die\n";
                kill(15, $1); # die!
                push @killed, $1;
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        }

    # Give each process killed up to a few seconds to die, then send
    # a SIGKILL to finish it off for good.
    for (@killed) {
        my $count = 5; # wait for this many seconds for server to die
	while($count--) {
            if (!kill(0, $_) || checkdied($_)) {
                last;
            }
            sleep(1);
        }
        if ($count < 0) {
            logmsg "RUN: forcing pid $_ to die with SIGKILL\n";
            kill(9, $_); # die!
        }
    }
#######################################################################
# Verify that the server that runs on $ip, $port is our server.  This also
# implies that we can speak with it, as there might be occasions when the
# server runs fine but we cannot talk to it ("Failed to connect to ::1: Can't
# assign requested address" #

sub verifyhttp {
    my ($proto, $ip, $port) = @_;
    my $cmd = "$CURL -m$server_response_maxtime -o log/verifiedserver -ksvg \"$proto://$ip:$port/verifiedserver\" 2>log/verifyhttp";
    my $pid;

    # verify if our/any server is running on this port
    logmsg "CMD; $cmd\n" if ($verbose);
    my $res = system($cmd);

    $res >>= 8; # rotate the result
    my $data;

    if($res && $verbose) {
        open(ERR, "<log/verifyhttp");
        my @e = <ERR>;
        close(ERR);
        logmsg "RUN: curl command returned $res\n";
    open(FILE, "<log/verifiedserver");
    my @file=<FILE>;
    close(FILE);
    $data=$file[0]; # first line

    if ( $data =~ /WE ROOLZ: (\d+)/ ) {
        $pid = 0+$1;
    }
    elsif($res == 6) {
        # curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '::1'
        logmsg "RUN: failed to resolve host\n";
        logmsg "RUN: Unknown server is running on port $port\n";
        return 0;
    }
    return $pid;
}

#######################################################################
# Verify that the server that runs on $ip, $port is our server.  This also
# implies that we can speak with it, as there might be occasions when the
# server runs fine but we cannot talk to it ("Failed to connect to ::1: Can't
# assign requested address" #

sub verifyftp {
    my ($proto, $ip, $port) = @_;
    my $pid;
    my $time=time();
    my $extra;
    if($proto eq "ftps") {
    	$extra = "-k --ftp-ssl-control ";
    }
    my $cmd="$CURL -m$server_response_maxtime --silent -vg $extra\"$proto://$ip:$port/verifiedserver\" 2>log/verifyftp";
    # check if this is our server running on this port:
    my @data=`$cmd`;
    logmsg "RUN: $cmd\n" if($verbose);
    my $line;

    foreach $line (@data) {
        if ( $line =~ /WE ROOLZ: (\d+)/ ) {
            # this is our test server with a known pid!
            $pid = 0+$1;
            last;
        }
    }
    if($pid <= 0 && $data[0]) {
        # this is not a known server
        logmsg "RUN: Unknown server on our FTP port: $port\n";
    # we can/should use the time it took to verify the FTP server as a measure
    # on how fast/slow this host/FTP is.
    my $took = time()-$time;

    if($verbose) {
        logmsg "RUN: Verifying our test FTP server took $took seconds\n";
    }
    $ftpchecktime = $took?$took:1; # make sure it never is zero

#######################################################################
# STUB for verifying scp/sftp

sub verifyssh {
    my ($proto, $ip, $port) = @_;
    open(FILE, "<$SSHPIDFILE");
    my $pid=0+<FILE>;
    close(FILE);
    return $pid;
}

#######################################################################
# STUB for verifying socks

sub verifysocks {
    my ($proto, $ip, $port) = @_;
    open(FILE, "<$SOCKSPIDFILE");
    my $pid=0+<FILE>;
    close(FILE);
#######################################################################
# Verify that the server that runs on $ip, $port is our server.
# Retry during 5 seconds before giving up.
#

my %protofunc = ('http' => \&verifyhttp,
                 'https' => \&verifyhttp,
                 'ftp' => \&verifyftp,
                 'ssh' => \&verifyssh,
                 'socks' => \&verifysocks);

sub verifyserver {
    my ($proto, $ip, $port) = @_;

    my $count = 5; # try for this many seconds
    my $pid;

    while($count--) {
        my $fun = $protofunc{$proto};

        $pid = &$fun($proto, $ip, $port);

        if($pid) {
            last;
        }
        sleep(1);
    }
    return $pid;
}



#######################################################################
# start the http server
#
sub runhttpserver {
    my ($verbose, $ipv6) = @_;
    my $RUNNING;
    my $pid;
    my $pidfile = $HTTPPIDFILE;
    my $port = $HTTPPORT;
    my $ip = $HOSTIP;
    my $nameext;

    if($ipv6) {
        # if IPv6, use a different setup
        $pidfile = $HTTP6PIDFILE;
        $port = $HTTP6PORT;
        $ip = $HOST6IP;
        $nameext="-ipv6";
    }

    $pid = checkserver($pidfile);

    if($pid > 0) {
        stopserver($pid);
    }
    my $dir=$ENV{'srcdir'};
    if($dir) {
        $flag .= "-d \"$dir\" ";
    }
    my $cmd="$perl $srcdir/httpserver.pl -p $pidfile $fork$flag $port $ipv6";
    my ($httppid, $pid2) =
        startnew($cmd, $pidfile,0); # start the server in a new process
    if(!kill(0, $httppid)) {
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the HTTP server\n";
        stopservers($verbose);
        return (0,0);
    # Server is up. Verify that we can speak to it.
    if(!verifyserver("http", $ip, $port)) {
        logmsg "RUN: HTTP$nameext server failed verification\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$httppid $pid2");
        return (0,0);
        logmsg "RUN: HTTP$nameext server is now running PID $httppid\n";
    return ($httppid, $pid2);
#######################################################################
# start the https server (or rather, tunnel)
#
sub runhttpsserver {
    my $STATUS;
    my $RUNNING;
    my $pid=checkserver($HTTPSPIDFILE);

    if($pid > 0) {
        # kill previous stunnel!
        stopserver($pid);
    }

    my $flag=$debugprotocol?"-v ":"";
    my $cmd="$perl $srcdir/httpsserver.pl $flag -p https -s \"$stunnel\" -d $srcdir -r $HTTPPORT $HTTPSPORT";
    my ($httpspid, $pid2) = startnew($cmd, $HTTPSPIDFILE,0);

    if(!kill(0, $httpspid)) {
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the HTTPS server\n";
        stopservers($verbose);
        return(0,0);
    # Server is up. Verify that we can speak to it.
    if(!verifyserver("https", $ip, $HTTPSPORT)) {
        logmsg "RUN: HTTPS server failed verification\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$httpspid $pid2");
        return (0,0);
        logmsg "RUN: HTTPS server is now running PID $httpspid\n";
    return ($httpspid, $pid2);
}

#######################################################################
# start the ftp server
#
sub runftpserver {
    my $STATUS;
    my $RUNNING;
    # check for pidfile
    my $pidfile = $id?$FTP2PIDFILE:$FTPPIDFILE;
    my $ip=$HOSTIP;
    my $nameext;

    if($ipv6) {
        # if IPv6, use a different setup
        $pidfile = $FTP6PIDFILE;
        $port = $FTP6PORT;
        $ip = $HOST6IP;
        $nameext="-ipv6";
    }

    my $pid = checkserver($pidfile);
    if($pid >= 0) {
        stopserver($pid);
    }
    $flag .= "-s \"$srcdir\" ";
    if($id) {
        $flag .="--id $id ";
    }
    $cmd="$perl $srcdir/ftpserver.pl --pidfile $pidfile $flag --port $port";
    unlink($pidfile);

    my ($ftppid, $pid2) = startnew($cmd, $pidfile,0);

    if(!$ftppid || !kill(0, $ftppid)) {
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the FTP$id$nameext server\n";
    # Server is up. Verify that we can speak to it.
    if(!verifyserver("ftp", $ip, $port)) {
        logmsg "RUN: FTP$id$nameext server failed verification\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$ftppid $pid2");
        return (0,0);
        logmsg "RUN: FTP$id$nameext server is now running PID $ftppid\n";
    return ($pid2, $ftppid);
#######################################################################
# start the ftps server (or rather, tunnel)
#
sub runftpsserver {
    my ($verbose, $ipv6) = @_;
    my $STATUS;
    my $RUNNING;
    my $ip = $HOSTIP;

    if(!$stunnel) {
        return 0;
    }

    if($ipv6) {
        # not complete yet
        $ip = $HOST6IP;
    }

    my $pid=checkserver($FTPSPIDFILE);

    if($pid > 0) {
        # kill previous stunnel!
        stopserver($pid);
    }

    my $flag=$debugprotocol?"-v ":"";
    my $cmd="$perl $srcdir/httpsserver.pl $flag -p ftps -s \"$stunnel\" -d $srcdir -r $FTPPORT $FTPSPORT";

    my ($ftpspid, $pid2) = startnew($cmd, $FTPSPIDFILE,0);

    if(!kill(0, $ftpspid)) {
        # it is NOT alive
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the FTPS server\n";
        stopservers($verbose);
        return(0,0);
    }

    # Server is up. Verify that we can speak to it.
    if(!verifyserver("ftps", $ip, $FTPSPORT)) {
        logmsg "RUN: FTPS server failed verification\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$ftpspid $pid2");
        return (0,0);
    }

    if($verbose) {
        logmsg "RUN: FTPS server is now running PID $ftpspid\n";
    }

    sleep(1);

    return ($ftpspid, $pid2);
}

#######################################################################
# start the tftp server
#
sub runtftpserver {
    my ($id, $verbose, $ipv6) = @_;
    my $STATUS;
    my $RUNNING;
    my $port = $TFTPPORT;
    # check for pidfile
    my $pidfile = $TFTPPIDFILE;
    my $ip=$HOSTIP;
    my $nameext;
    my $cmd;

    if($ipv6) {
        # if IPv6, use a different setup
        $pidfile = $TFTP6PIDFILE;
        $port = $TFTP6PORT;
        $ip = $HOST6IP;
        $nameext="-ipv6";
    }

    my $pid = checkserver($pidfile);
    if($pid >= 0) {
        stopserver($pid);
    }

    # start our server:
    my $flag=$debugprotocol?"-v ":"";
    $flag .= "-s \"$srcdir\" ";
    if($id) {
        $flag .="--id $id ";
    }
    if($ipv6) {
        $flag .="--ipv6 ";
    }
    $cmd="./server/tftpd --pidfile $pidfile $flag $port";
    unlink($pidfile);

    my ($tftppid, $pid2) = startnew($cmd, $pidfile,0);

    if(!$tftppid || !kill(0, $tftppid)) {
        # it is NOT alive
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the FTP$id$nameext server\n";
    }

    # Server is up. Verify that we can speak to it.
    if(!verifyserver("tftp", $ip, $port)) {
        logmsg "RUN: TFTP$id$nameext server failed verification\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$tftppid $pid2");
        return (0,0);
        logmsg "RUN: TFTP$id$nameext server is now running PID $tftppid\n";
    return ($pid2, $tftppid);
#######################################################################
# Start the scp/sftp server
#
sub runsshserver {
    my ($id, $verbose, $ipv6) = @_;
    my $ip=$HOSTIP;
    my $port = $SSHPORT;
    my $pidfile = $SSHPIDFILE;

    my $pid = checkserver($pidfile);
    if($pid > 0) {
        stopserver($pid);
    }

    my $flag=$debugprotocol?"-v ":"";
    my $cmd="$perl $srcdir/sshserver.pl $flag-u $USER -d $srcdir $port";
    my ($sshpid, $pid2) =
        startnew($cmd, $pidfile,0); # start the server in a new process

    if(!$sshpid || !kill(0, $sshpid)) {
        # it is NOT alive
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the SSH server\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$sshpid $pid2");
        return -1;
    }

    if (!verifyserver('ssh',$ip,$port)) {
        logmsg "RUN: SSH server failed verification\n";
        return (0,0);
    }
    if($verbose) {
        logmsg "RUN: SSH server is now running PID $sshpid\n";
    }

    return ($pid2, $sshpid);
}

#######################################################################
# Start the socks server
#
sub runsocksserver {
    my ($id, $verbose, $ipv6) = @_;
    my $ip=$HOSTIP;
    my $port = $SOCKSPORT;
    my $pidfile = $SOCKSPIDFILE;

    my $flag=$debugprotocol?"-v ":"";
    my $cmd="ssh -D ${HOSTIP}:$SOCKSPORT -N -F curl_ssh_config ${USER}\@${HOSTIP} -p ${SSHPORT} -vv >log/ssh.log 2>&1";
    my ($sshpid, $pid2) =
        startnew($cmd, $pidfile,1); # start the server in a new process

    if($sshpid <= 0 || !kill(0, $sshpid)) {
        # it is NOT alive
        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the SOCKS server\n";
        # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
        stopserver("$sshpid $pid2");
        return (0,0);
    }