Low-level socket connection

axic · Jan 7, 2010 · bbf1bec · bbf1bec
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diff --git a/lib/whois/client.rb b/lib/whois/client.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #++
 
 
-require 'socket'
 require 'timeout'
 
 

diff --git a/lib/whois/server/adapters/base.rb b/lib/whois/server/adapters/base.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@
 
 require 'whois/answer/part'
 require 'whois/answer'
+require 'socket'
 
 
 module Whois
   class Server
     module Adapters
 
       class Base
+        include Socket::Constants
 
         # Default Whois request port.
         DEFAULT_WHOIS_PORT = 43
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ def with_buffer(&block)
             # @buffer = []
             # result
           end
-          
+
           # Store an answer part in <tt>@buffer</tt>.
           def append_to_buffer(response, host)
             @buffer << ::Whois::Answer::Part.new(response, host)
@@ -80,11 +82,13 @@ def query_the_socket(qstring, host, port = nil)
         private
 
           def ask_the_socket(qstring, host, port)
-            client = TCPSocket.open(host, port)
+            socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP)
-            client.write("#{qstring}\r\n")  # I could use put(foo) and forget the \n
+            sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in(port, host)
-            client.read                     # but write/read is more symmetric than puts/read
+            socket.connect(sockaddr)
+            socket.write("#{qstring}\r\n")  # I could use put(foo) and forget the \n
+            socket.read                     # but write/read is more symmetric than puts/read
           ensure                            # and I really want to use read instead of gets.
-            client.close if client          # If != client something went wrong.
+            socket.close if socket          # If != socket something went wrong.
           end
 
       end