xref: /external/curl/lib/url.c

/***************************************************************************
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 *
 * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2018, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel (at) 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 https://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.
 *
 ***************************************************************************/

#include "curl_setup.h"

#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
#include <netinet/in.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
#include <netdb.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_NET_IF_H
#include <net/if.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
#include <sys/param.h>
#endif

#ifdef __VMS
#include <in.h>
#include <inet.h>
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UN_H
#include <sys/un.h>
#endif

#ifndef HAVE_SOCKET
#error "We can't compile without socket() support!"
#endif

#include <limits.h>

#ifdef USE_LIBIDN2
#include <idn2.h>

#elif defined(USE_WIN32_IDN)
/* prototype for curl_win32_idn_to_ascii() */
bool curl_win32_idn_to_ascii(const char *in, char **out);
#endif  /* USE_LIBIDN2 */

#include "urldata.h"
#include "netrc.h"

#include "formdata.h"
#include "mime.h"
#include "vtls/vtls.h"
#include "hostip.h"
#include "transfer.h"
#include "sendf.h"
#include "progress.h"
#include "cookie.h"
#include "strcase.h"
#include "strerror.h"
#include "escape.h"
#include "strtok.h"
#include "share.h"
#include "content_encoding.h"
#include "http_digest.h"
#include "http_negotiate.h"
#include "select.h"
#include "multiif.h"
#include "easyif.h"
#include "speedcheck.h"
#include "warnless.h"
#include "non-ascii.h"
#include "inet_pton.h"
#include "getinfo.h"

/* And now for the protocols */
#include "ftp.h"
#include "dict.h"
#include "telnet.h"
#include "tftp.h"
#include "http.h"
#include "http2.h"
#include "file.h"
#include "curl_ldap.h"
#include "ssh.h"
#include "imap.h"
#include "url.h"
#include "connect.h"
#include "inet_ntop.h"
#include "http_ntlm.h"
#include "curl_ntlm_wb.h"
#include "socks.h"
#include "curl_rtmp.h"
#include "gopher.h"
#include "http_proxy.h"
#include "conncache.h"
#include "multihandle.h"
#include "pipeline.h"
#include "dotdot.h"
#include "strdup.h"
#include "setopt.h"

/* The last 3 #include files should be in this order */
#include "curl_printf.h"
#include "curl_memory.h"
#include "memdebug.h"

static void conn_free(struct connectdata *conn);
static void free_fixed_hostname(struct hostname *host);
static void signalPipeClose(struct curl_llist *pipeline, bool pipe_broke);
static CURLcode parse_url_login(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                struct connectdata *conn,
                                char **userptr, char **passwdptr,
                                char **optionsptr);
static unsigned int get_protocol_family(unsigned int protocol);

/* Some parts of the code (e.g. chunked encoding) assume this buffer has at
 * more than just a few bytes to play with. Don't let it become too small or
 * bad things will happen.
 */
#if READBUFFER_SIZE < READBUFFER_MIN
# error READBUFFER_SIZE is too small
#endif


/*
 * Protocol table.
 */

static const struct Curl_handler * const protocols[] = {

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_HTTP
  &Curl_handler_http,
#endif

#if defined(USE_SSL) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP)
  &Curl_handler_https,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_FTP
  &Curl_handler_ftp,
#endif

#if defined(USE_SSL) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_FTP)
  &Curl_handler_ftps,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_TELNET
  &Curl_handler_telnet,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_DICT
  &Curl_handler_dict,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_LDAP
  &Curl_handler_ldap,
#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_LDAPS) && \
    ((defined(USE_OPENLDAP) && defined(USE_SSL)) || \
     (!defined(USE_OPENLDAP) && defined(HAVE_LDAP_SSL)))
  &Curl_handler_ldaps,
#endif
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_FILE
  &Curl_handler_file,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_TFTP
  &Curl_handler_tftp,
#endif

#if defined(USE_LIBSSH2) || defined(USE_LIBSSH)
  &Curl_handler_scp,
#endif

#if defined(USE_LIBSSH2) || defined(USE_LIBSSH)
  &Curl_handler_sftp,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_IMAP
  &Curl_handler_imap,
#ifdef USE_SSL
  &Curl_handler_imaps,
#endif
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_POP3
  &Curl_handler_pop3,
#ifdef USE_SSL
  &Curl_handler_pop3s,
#endif
#endif

#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_SMB) && defined(USE_NTLM) && \
   (CURL_SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T > 4) && \
   (!defined(USE_WINDOWS_SSPI) || defined(USE_WIN32_CRYPTO))
  &Curl_handler_smb,
#ifdef USE_SSL
  &Curl_handler_smbs,
#endif
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_SMTP
  &Curl_handler_smtp,
#ifdef USE_SSL
  &Curl_handler_smtps,
#endif
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_RTSP
  &Curl_handler_rtsp,
#endif

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_GOPHER
  &Curl_handler_gopher,
#endif

#ifdef USE_LIBRTMP
  &Curl_handler_rtmp,
  &Curl_handler_rtmpt,
  &Curl_handler_rtmpe,
  &Curl_handler_rtmpte,
  &Curl_handler_rtmps,
  &Curl_handler_rtmpts,
#endif

  (struct Curl_handler *) NULL
};

/*
 * Dummy handler for undefined protocol schemes.
 */

static const struct Curl_handler Curl_handler_dummy = {
  "<no protocol>",                      /* scheme */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* setup_connection */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* do_it */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* done */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* do_more */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* connect_it */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* connecting */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* doing */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* proto_getsock */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* doing_getsock */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* domore_getsock */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* perform_getsock */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* disconnect */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* readwrite */
  ZERO_NULL,                            /* connection_check */
  0,                                    /* defport */
  0,                                    /* protocol */
  PROTOPT_NONE                          /* flags */
};

void Curl_freeset(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  /* Free all dynamic strings stored in the data->set substructure. */
  enum dupstring i;
  for(i = (enum dupstring)0; i < STRING_LAST; i++) {
    Curl_safefree(data->set.str[i]);
  }

  if(data->change.referer_alloc) {
    Curl_safefree(data->change.referer);
    data->change.referer_alloc = FALSE;
  }
  data->change.referer = NULL;
  if(data->change.url_alloc) {
    Curl_safefree(data->change.url);
    data->change.url_alloc = FALSE;
  }
  data->change.url = NULL;

  Curl_mime_cleanpart(&data->set.mimepost);
}

/*
 * This is the internal function curl_easy_cleanup() calls. This should
 * cleanup and free all resources associated with this sessionhandle.
 *
 * NOTE: if we ever add something that attempts to write to a socket or
 * similar here, we must ignore SIGPIPE first. It is currently only done
 * when curl_easy_perform() is invoked.
 */

CURLcode Curl_close(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  struct Curl_multi *m;

  if(!data)
    return CURLE_OK;

  Curl_expire_clear(data); /* shut off timers */

  m = data->multi;

  if(m)
    /* This handle is still part of a multi handle, take care of this first
       and detach this handle from there. */
    curl_multi_remove_handle(data->multi, data);

  if(data->multi_easy)
    /* when curl_easy_perform() is used, it creates its own multi handle to
       use and this is the one */
    curl_multi_cleanup(data->multi_easy);

  /* Destroy the timeout list that is held in the easy handle. It is
     /normally/ done by curl_multi_remove_handle() but this is "just in
     case" */
  Curl_llist_destroy(&data->state.timeoutlist, NULL);

  data->magic = 0; /* force a clear AFTER the possibly enforced removal from
                      the multi handle, since that function uses the magic
                      field! */

  if(data->state.rangestringalloc)
    free(data->state.range);

  /* Free the pathbuffer */
  Curl_safefree(data->state.pathbuffer);
  data->state.path = NULL;

  /* freed here just in case DONE wasn't called */
  Curl_free_request_state(data);

  /* Close down all open SSL info and sessions */
  Curl_ssl_close_all(data);
  Curl_safefree(data->state.first_host);
  Curl_safefree(data->state.scratch);
  Curl_ssl_free_certinfo(data);

  /* Cleanup possible redirect junk */
  free(data->req.newurl);
  data->req.newurl = NULL;

  if(data->change.referer_alloc) {
    Curl_safefree(data->change.referer);
    data->change.referer_alloc = FALSE;
  }
  data->change.referer = NULL;

  if(data->change.url_alloc) {
    Curl_safefree(data->change.url);
    data->change.url_alloc = FALSE;
  }
  data->change.url = NULL;

  Curl_safefree(data->state.buffer);
  Curl_safefree(data->state.headerbuff);

  Curl_flush_cookies(data, 1);

  Curl_digest_cleanup(data);

  Curl_safefree(data->info.contenttype);
  Curl_safefree(data->info.wouldredirect);

  /* this destroys the channel and we cannot use it anymore after this */
  Curl_resolver_cleanup(data->state.resolver);

  Curl_http2_cleanup_dependencies(data);
  Curl_convert_close(data);

  /* No longer a dirty share, if it exists */
  if(data->share) {
    Curl_share_lock(data, CURL_LOCK_DATA_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_ACCESS_SINGLE);
    data->share->dirty--;
    Curl_share_unlock(data, CURL_LOCK_DATA_SHARE);
  }

  /* destruct wildcard structures if it is needed */
  Curl_wildcard_dtor(&data->wildcard);
  Curl_freeset(data);
  free(data);
  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Initialize the UserDefined fields within a Curl_easy.
 * This may be safely called on a new or existing Curl_easy.
 */
CURLcode Curl_init_userdefined(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  struct UserDefined *set = &data->set;
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;

  set->out = stdout; /* default output to stdout */
  set->in_set = stdin;  /* default input from stdin */
  set->err  = stderr;  /* default stderr to stderr */

  /* use fwrite as default function to store output */
  set->fwrite_func = (curl_write_callback)fwrite;

  /* use fread as default function to read input */
  set->fread_func_set = (curl_read_callback)fread;
  set->is_fread_set = 0;
  set->is_fwrite_set = 0;

  set->seek_func = ZERO_NULL;
  set->seek_client = ZERO_NULL;

  /* conversion callbacks for non-ASCII hosts */
  set->convfromnetwork = ZERO_NULL;
  set->convtonetwork   = ZERO_NULL;
  set->convfromutf8    = ZERO_NULL;

  set->filesize = -1;        /* we don't know the size */
  set->postfieldsize = -1;   /* unknown size */
  set->maxredirs = -1;       /* allow any amount by default */

  set->httpreq = HTTPREQ_GET; /* Default HTTP request */
  set->rtspreq = RTSPREQ_OPTIONS; /* Default RTSP request */
  set->ftp_use_epsv = TRUE;   /* FTP defaults to EPSV operations */
  set->ftp_use_eprt = TRUE;   /* FTP defaults to EPRT operations */
  set->ftp_use_pret = FALSE;  /* mainly useful for drftpd servers */
  set->ftp_filemethod = FTPFILE_MULTICWD;

  set->dns_cache_timeout = 60; /* Timeout every 60 seconds by default */

  /* Set the default size of the SSL session ID cache */
  set->general_ssl.max_ssl_sessions = 5;

  set->proxyport = 0;
  set->proxytype = CURLPROXY_HTTP; /* defaults to HTTP proxy */
  set->httpauth = CURLAUTH_BASIC;  /* defaults to basic */
  set->proxyauth = CURLAUTH_BASIC; /* defaults to basic */

  /* SOCKS5 proxy auth defaults to username/password + GSS-API */
  set->socks5auth = CURLAUTH_BASIC | CURLAUTH_GSSAPI;

  /* make libcurl quiet by default: */
  set->hide_progress = TRUE;  /* CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS changes these */

  Curl_mime_initpart(&set->mimepost, data);

  /*
   * libcurl 7.10 introduced SSL verification *by default*! This needs to be
   * switched off unless wanted.
   */
  set->ssl.primary.verifypeer = TRUE;
  set->ssl.primary.verifyhost = TRUE;
#ifdef USE_TLS_SRP
  set->ssl.authtype = CURL_TLSAUTH_NONE;
#endif
  set->ssh_auth_types = CURLSSH_AUTH_DEFAULT; /* defaults to any auth
                                                      type */
  set->ssl.primary.sessionid = TRUE; /* session ID caching enabled by
                                        default */
  set->proxy_ssl = set->ssl;

  set->new_file_perms = 0644;    /* Default permissions */
  set->new_directory_perms = 0755; /* Default permissions */

  /* for the *protocols fields we don't use the CURLPROTO_ALL convenience
     define since we internally only use the lower 16 bits for the passed
     in bitmask to not conflict with the private bits */
  set->allowed_protocols = CURLPROTO_ALL;
  set->redir_protocols = CURLPROTO_ALL &  /* All except FILE, SCP and SMB */
                          ~(CURLPROTO_FILE | CURLPROTO_SCP | CURLPROTO_SMB |
                            CURLPROTO_SMBS);

#if defined(HAVE_GSSAPI) || defined(USE_WINDOWS_SSPI)
  /*
   * disallow unprotected protection negotiation NEC reference implementation
   * seem not to follow rfc1961 section 4.3/4.4
   */
  set->socks5_gssapi_nec = FALSE;
#endif

  /* This is our preferred CA cert bundle/path since install time */
#if defined(CURL_CA_BUNDLE)
  result = Curl_setstropt(&set->str[STRING_SSL_CAFILE_ORIG], CURL_CA_BUNDLE);
  if(result)
    return result;

  result = Curl_setstropt(&set->str[STRING_SSL_CAFILE_PROXY], CURL_CA_BUNDLE);
  if(result)
    return result;
#endif
#if defined(CURL_CA_PATH)
  result = Curl_setstropt(&set->str[STRING_SSL_CAPATH_ORIG], CURL_CA_PATH);
  if(result)
    return result;

  result = Curl_setstropt(&set->str[STRING_SSL_CAPATH_PROXY], CURL_CA_PATH);
  if(result)
    return result;
#endif

  set->wildcard_enabled = FALSE;
  set->chunk_bgn      = ZERO_NULL;
  set->chunk_end      = ZERO_NULL;

  /* tcp keepalives are disabled by default, but provide reasonable values for
   * the interval and idle times.
   */
  set->tcp_keepalive = FALSE;
  set->tcp_keepintvl = 60;
  set->tcp_keepidle = 60;
  set->tcp_fastopen = FALSE;
  set->tcp_nodelay = TRUE;

  set->ssl_enable_npn = TRUE;
  set->ssl_enable_alpn = TRUE;

  set->expect_100_timeout = 1000L; /* Wait for a second by default. */
  set->sep_headers = TRUE; /* separated header lists by default */
  set->buffer_size = READBUFFER_SIZE;

  Curl_http2_init_userset(set);
  return result;
}

/**
 * Curl_open()
 *
 * @param curl is a pointer to a sessionhandle pointer that gets set by this
 * function.
 * @return CURLcode
 */

CURLcode Curl_open(struct Curl_easy **curl)
{
  CURLcode result;
  struct Curl_easy *data;

  /* Very simple start-up: alloc the struct, init it with zeroes and return */
  data = calloc(1, sizeof(struct Curl_easy));
  if(!data) {
    /* this is a very serious error */
    DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: calloc of Curl_easy failed\n"));
    return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  data->magic = CURLEASY_MAGIC_NUMBER;

  result = Curl_resolver_init(&data->state.resolver);
  if(result) {
    DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: resolver_init failed\n"));
    free(data);
    return result;
  }

  /* We do some initial setup here, all those fields that can't be just 0 */

  data->state.buffer = malloc(READBUFFER_SIZE + 1);
  if(!data->state.buffer) {
    DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: malloc of buffer failed\n"));
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }
  else {
    data->state.headerbuff = malloc(HEADERSIZE);
    if(!data->state.headerbuff) {
      DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: malloc of headerbuff failed\n"));
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
    else {
      result = Curl_init_userdefined(data);

      data->state.headersize = HEADERSIZE;
      Curl_convert_init(data);
      Curl_initinfo(data);

      /* most recent connection is not yet defined */
      data->state.lastconnect = NULL;

      data->progress.flags |= PGRS_HIDE;
      data->state.current_speed = -1; /* init to negative == impossible */
      data->set.fnmatch = ZERO_NULL;
      data->set.maxconnects = DEFAULT_CONNCACHE_SIZE; /* for easy handles */

      Curl_http2_init_state(&data->state);
    }
  }

  if(result) {
    Curl_resolver_cleanup(data->state.resolver);
    free(data->state.buffer);
    free(data->state.headerbuff);
    Curl_freeset(data);
    free(data);
    data = NULL;
  }
  else
    *curl = data;

  return result;
}

#ifdef USE_RECV_BEFORE_SEND_WORKAROUND
static void conn_reset_postponed_data(struct connectdata *conn, int num)
{
  struct postponed_data * const psnd = &(conn->postponed[num]);
  if(psnd->buffer) {
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->allocated_size > 0);
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->recv_size <= psnd->allocated_size);
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->recv_size ?
                (psnd->recv_processed < psnd->recv_size) :
                (psnd->recv_processed == 0));
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->bindsock != CURL_SOCKET_BAD);
    free(psnd->buffer);
    psnd->buffer = NULL;
    psnd->allocated_size = 0;
    psnd->recv_size = 0;
    psnd->recv_processed = 0;
#ifdef DEBUGBUILD
    psnd->bindsock = CURL_SOCKET_BAD; /* used only for DEBUGASSERT */
#endif /* DEBUGBUILD */
  }
  else {
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->allocated_size == 0);
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->recv_size == 0);
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->recv_processed == 0);
    DEBUGASSERT(psnd->bindsock == CURL_SOCKET_BAD);
  }
}

static void conn_reset_all_postponed_data(struct connectdata *conn)
{
  conn_reset_postponed_data(conn, 0);
  conn_reset_postponed_data(conn, 1);
}
#else  /* ! USE_RECV_BEFORE_SEND_WORKAROUND */
/* Use "do-nothing" macro instead of function when workaround not used */
#define conn_reset_all_postponed_data(c) do {} WHILE_FALSE
#endif /* ! USE_RECV_BEFORE_SEND_WORKAROUND */

static void conn_free(struct connectdata *conn)
{
  if(!conn)
    return;

  /* possible left-overs from the async name resolvers */
  Curl_resolver_cancel(conn);

  /* close the SSL stuff before we close any sockets since they will/may
     write to the sockets */
  Curl_ssl_close(conn, FIRSTSOCKET);
  Curl_ssl_close(conn, SECONDARYSOCKET);

  /* close possibly still open sockets */
  if(CURL_SOCKET_BAD != conn->sock[SECONDARYSOCKET])
    Curl_closesocket(conn, conn->sock[SECONDARYSOCKET]);
  if(CURL_SOCKET_BAD != conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET])
    Curl_closesocket(conn, conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET]);
  if(CURL_SOCKET_BAD != conn->tempsock[0])
    Curl_closesocket(conn, conn->tempsock[0]);
  if(CURL_SOCKET_BAD != conn->tempsock[1])
    Curl_closesocket(conn, conn->tempsock[1]);

#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_NTLM) && \
    defined(NTLM_WB_ENABLED)
  Curl_ntlm_wb_cleanup(conn);
#endif

  Curl_safefree(conn->user);
  Curl_safefree(conn->passwd);
  Curl_safefree(conn->oauth_bearer);
  Curl_safefree(conn->options);
  Curl_safefree(conn->http_proxy.user);
  Curl_safefree(conn->socks_proxy.user);
  Curl_safefree(conn->http_proxy.passwd);
  Curl_safefree(conn->socks_proxy.passwd);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.uagent);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.userpwd);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.accept_encoding);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.te);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.rangeline);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.ref);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.host);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.cookiehost);
  Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.rtsp_transport);
  Curl_safefree(conn->trailer);
  Curl_safefree(conn->host.rawalloc); /* host name buffer */
  Curl_safefree(conn->conn_to_host.rawalloc); /* host name buffer */
  Curl_safefree(conn->secondaryhostname);
  Curl_safefree(conn->http_proxy.host.rawalloc); /* http proxy name buffer */
  Curl_safefree(conn->socks_proxy.host.rawalloc); /* socks proxy name buffer */
  Curl_safefree(conn->master_buffer);
  Curl_safefree(conn->connect_state);

  conn_reset_all_postponed_data(conn);

  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->send_pipe, NULL);
  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->recv_pipe, NULL);

  Curl_safefree(conn->localdev);
  Curl_free_primary_ssl_config(&conn->ssl_config);
  Curl_free_primary_ssl_config(&conn->proxy_ssl_config);

#ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
  Curl_safefree(conn->unix_domain_socket);
#endif

#ifdef USE_SSL
  Curl_safefree(conn->ssl_extra);
#endif
  free(conn); /* free all the connection oriented data */
}

/*
 * Disconnects the given connection. Note the connection may not be the
 * primary connection, like when freeing room in the connection cache or
 * killing of a dead old connection.
 *
 * This function MUST NOT reset state in the Curl_easy struct if that
 * isn't strictly bound to the life-time of *this* particular connection.
 *
 */

CURLcode Curl_disconnect(struct connectdata *conn, bool dead_connection)
{
  struct Curl_easy *data;
  if(!conn)
    return CURLE_OK; /* this is closed and fine already */
  data = conn->data;

  if(!data) {
    DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "DISCONNECT without easy handle, ignoring\n"));
    return CURLE_OK;
  }

  /*
   * If this connection isn't marked to force-close, leave it open if there
   * are other users of it
   */
  if(!conn->bits.close &&
     (conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size)) {
    DEBUGF(infof(data, "Curl_disconnect, usecounter: %d\n",
                 conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size));
    return CURLE_OK;
  }

  if(conn->dns_entry != NULL) {
    Curl_resolv_unlock(data, conn->dns_entry);
    conn->dns_entry = NULL;
  }

  Curl_hostcache_prune(data); /* kill old DNS cache entries */

#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_NTLM)
  /* Cleanup NTLM connection-related data */
  Curl_http_ntlm_cleanup(conn);
#endif

  if(conn->handler->disconnect)
    /* This is set if protocol-specific cleanups should be made */
    conn->handler->disconnect(conn, dead_connection);

    /* unlink ourselves! */
  infof(data, "Closing connection %ld\n", conn->connection_id);
  Curl_conncache_remove_conn(conn, TRUE);

  free_fixed_hostname(&conn->host);
  free_fixed_hostname(&conn->conn_to_host);
  free_fixed_hostname(&conn->http_proxy.host);
  free_fixed_hostname(&conn->socks_proxy.host);

  Curl_ssl_close(conn, FIRSTSOCKET);

  /* Indicate to all handles on the pipe that we're dead */
  if(Curl_pipeline_wanted(data->multi, CURLPIPE_ANY)) {
    signalPipeClose(&conn->send_pipe, TRUE);
    signalPipeClose(&conn->recv_pipe, TRUE);
  }

  conn_free(conn);

  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * This function should return TRUE if the socket is to be assumed to
 * be dead. Most commonly this happens when the server has closed the
 * connection due to inactivity.
 */
static bool SocketIsDead(curl_socket_t sock)
{
  int sval;
  bool ret_val = TRUE;

  sval = SOCKET_READABLE(sock, 0);
  if(sval == 0)
    /* timeout */
    ret_val = FALSE;

  return ret_val;
}

/*
 * IsPipeliningPossible()
 *
 * Return a bitmask with the available pipelining and multiplexing options for
 * the given requested connection.
 */
static int IsPipeliningPossible(const struct Curl_easy *handle,
                                const struct connectdata *conn)
{
  int avail = 0;

  /* If a HTTP protocol and pipelining is enabled */
  if((conn->handler->protocol & PROTO_FAMILY_HTTP) &&
     (!conn->bits.protoconnstart || !conn->bits.close)) {

    if(Curl_pipeline_wanted(handle->multi, CURLPIPE_HTTP1) &&
       (handle->set.httpversion != CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0) &&
       (handle->set.httpreq == HTTPREQ_GET ||
        handle->set.httpreq == HTTPREQ_HEAD))
      /* didn't ask for HTTP/1.0 and a GET or HEAD */
      avail |= CURLPIPE_HTTP1;

    if(Curl_pipeline_wanted(handle->multi, CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX) &&
       (handle->set.httpversion >= CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2))
      /* allows HTTP/2 */
      avail |= CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX;
  }
  return avail;
}

int Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(struct Curl_easy *handle,
                                  struct curl_llist *pipeline)
{
  if(pipeline) {
    struct curl_llist_element *curr;

    curr = pipeline->head;
    while(curr) {
      if(curr->ptr == handle) {
        Curl_llist_remove(pipeline, curr, NULL);
        return 1; /* we removed a handle */
      }
      curr = curr->next;
    }
  }

  return 0;
}

#if 0 /* this code is saved here as it is useful for debugging purposes */
static void Curl_printPipeline(struct curl_llist *pipeline)
{
  struct curl_llist_element *curr;

  curr = pipeline->head;
  while(curr) {
    struct Curl_easy *data = (struct Curl_easy *) curr->ptr;
    infof(data, "Handle in pipeline: %s\n", data->state.path);
    curr = curr->next;
  }
}
#endif

static struct Curl_easy* gethandleathead(struct curl_llist *pipeline)
{
  struct curl_llist_element *curr = pipeline->head;
  if(curr) {
    return (struct Curl_easy *) curr->ptr;
  }

  return NULL;
}

/* remove the specified connection from all (possible) pipelines and related
   queues */
void Curl_getoff_all_pipelines(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               struct connectdata *conn)
{
  bool recv_head = (conn->readchannel_inuse &&
                    Curl_recvpipe_head(data, conn));
  bool send_head = (conn->writechannel_inuse &&
                    Curl_sendpipe_head(data, conn));

  if(Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &conn->recv_pipe) && recv_head)
    Curl_pipeline_leave_read(conn);
  if(Curl_removeHandleFromPipeline(data, &conn->send_pipe) && send_head)
    Curl_pipeline_leave_write(conn);
}

static void signalPipeClose(struct curl_llist *pipeline, bool pipe_broke)
{
  struct curl_llist_element *curr;

  if(!pipeline)
    return;

  curr = pipeline->head;
  while(curr) {
    struct curl_llist_element *next = curr->next;
    struct Curl_easy *data = (struct Curl_easy *) curr->ptr;

#ifdef DEBUGBUILD /* debug-only code */
    if(data->magic != CURLEASY_MAGIC_NUMBER) {
      /* MAJOR BADNESS */
      infof(data, "signalPipeClose() found BAAD easy handle\n");
    }
#endif

    if(pipe_broke)
      data->state.pipe_broke = TRUE;
    Curl_multi_handlePipeBreak(data);
    Curl_llist_remove(pipeline, curr, NULL);
    curr = next;
  }
}

static bool
proxy_info_matches(const struct proxy_info* data,
                   const struct proxy_info* needle)
{
  if((data->proxytype == needle->proxytype) &&
     (data->port == needle->port) &&
     Curl_safe_strcasecompare(data->host.name, needle->host.name))
    return TRUE;

  return FALSE;
}

/*
 * This function checks if the given connection is dead and extracts it from
 * the connection cache if so.
 *
 * When this is called as a Curl_conncache_foreach() callback, the connection
 * cache lock is held!
 *
 * Returns TRUE if the connection was dead and extracted.
 */
static bool extract_if_dead(struct connectdata *conn,
                            struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  size_t pipeLen = conn->send_pipe.size + conn->recv_pipe.size;
  if(!pipeLen && !conn->inuse) {
    /* The check for a dead socket makes sense only if there are no
       handles in pipeline and the connection isn't already marked in
       use */
    bool dead;

    if(conn->handler->connection_check) {
      /* The protocol has a special method for checking the state of the
         connection. Use it to check if the connection is dead. */
      unsigned int state;

      state = conn->handler->connection_check(conn, CONNCHECK_ISDEAD);
      dead = (state & CONNRESULT_DEAD);
    }
    else {
      /* Use the general method for determining the death of a connection */
      dead = SocketIsDead(conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET]);
    }

    if(dead) {
      conn->data = data;
      infof(data, "Connection %ld seems to be dead!\n", conn->connection_id);
      Curl_conncache_remove_conn(conn, FALSE);
      return TRUE;
    }
  }
  return FALSE;
}

struct prunedead {
  struct Curl_easy *data;
  struct connectdata *extracted;
};

/*
 * Wrapper to use extract_if_dead() function in Curl_conncache_foreach()
 *
 */
static int call_extract_if_dead(struct connectdata *conn, void *param)
{
  struct prunedead *p = (struct prunedead *)param;
  if(extract_if_dead(conn, p->data)) {
    /* stop the iteration here, pass back the connection that was extracted */
    p->extracted = conn;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0; /* continue iteration */
}

/*
 * This function scans the connection cache for half-open/dead connections,
 * closes and removes them.
 * The cleanup is done at most once per second.
 */
static void prune_dead_connections(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  struct curltime now = Curl_now();
  time_t elapsed = Curl_timediff(now, data->state.conn_cache->last_cleanup);

  if(elapsed >= 1000L) {
    struct prunedead prune;
    prune.data = data;
    prune.extracted = NULL;
    while(Curl_conncache_foreach(data, data->state.conn_cache, &prune,
                                 call_extract_if_dead)) {
      /* disconnect it */
      (void)Curl_disconnect(prune.extracted, /* dead_connection */TRUE);
    }
    data->state.conn_cache->last_cleanup = now;
  }
}


static size_t max_pipeline_length(struct Curl_multi *multi)
{
  return multi ? multi->max_pipeline_length : 0;
}


/*
 * Given one filled in connection struct (named needle), this function should
 * detect if there already is one that has all the significant details
 * exactly the same and thus should be used instead.
 *
 * If there is a match, this function returns TRUE - and has marked the
 * connection as 'in-use'. It must later be called with ConnectionDone() to
 * return back to 'idle' (unused) state.
 *
 * The force_reuse flag is set if the connection must be used, even if
 * the pipelining strategy wants to open a new connection instead of reusing.
 */
static bool
ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
                 struct connectdata *needle,
                 struct connectdata **usethis,
                 bool *force_reuse,
                 bool *waitpipe)
{
  struct connectdata *check;
  struct connectdata *chosen = 0;
  bool foundPendingCandidate = FALSE;
  int canpipe = IsPipeliningPossible(data, needle);
  struct connectbundle *bundle;

#ifdef USE_NTLM
  bool wantNTLMhttp = ((data->state.authhost.want &
                      (CURLAUTH_NTLM | CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB)) &&
                      (needle->handler->protocol & PROTO_FAMILY_HTTP));
  bool wantProxyNTLMhttp = (needle->bits.proxy_user_passwd &&
                           ((data->state.authproxy.want &
                           (CURLAUTH_NTLM | CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB)) &&
                           (needle->handler->protocol & PROTO_FAMILY_HTTP)));
#endif

  *force_reuse = FALSE;
  *waitpipe = FALSE;

  /* We can't pipeline if the site is blacklisted */
  if((canpipe & CURLPIPE_HTTP1) &&
     Curl_pipeline_site_blacklisted(data, needle))
    canpipe &= ~ CURLPIPE_HTTP1;

  /* Look up the bundle with all the connections to this particular host.
     Locks the connection cache, beware of early returns! */
  bundle = Curl_conncache_find_bundle(needle, data->state.conn_cache);
  if(bundle) {
    /* Max pipe length is zero (unlimited) for multiplexed connections */
    size_t max_pipe_len = (bundle->multiuse != BUNDLE_MULTIPLEX)?
      max_pipeline_length(data->multi):0;
    size_t best_pipe_len = max_pipe_len;
    struct curl_llist_element *curr;

    infof(data, "Found bundle for host %s: %p [%s]\n",
          (needle->bits.conn_to_host ? needle->conn_to_host.name :
           needle->host.name), (void *)bundle,
          (bundle->multiuse == BUNDLE_PIPELINING ?
           "can pipeline" :
           (bundle->multiuse == BUNDLE_MULTIPLEX ?
            "can multiplex" : "serially")));

    /* We can't pipeline if we don't know anything about the server */
    if(canpipe) {
      if(bundle->multiuse <= BUNDLE_UNKNOWN) {
        if((bundle->multiuse == BUNDLE_UNKNOWN) && data->set.pipewait) {
          infof(data, "Server doesn't support multi-use yet, wait\n");
          *waitpipe = TRUE;
          Curl_conncache_unlock(needle);
          return FALSE; /* no re-use */
        }

        infof(data, "Server doesn't support multi-use (yet)\n");
        canpipe = 0;
      }
      if((bundle->multiuse == BUNDLE_PIPELINING) &&
         !Curl_pipeline_wanted(data->multi, CURLPIPE_HTTP1)) {
        /* not asked for, switch off */
        infof(data, "Could pipeline, but not asked to!\n");
        canpipe = 0;
      }
      else if((bundle->multiuse == BUNDLE_MULTIPLEX) &&
              !Curl_pipeline_wanted(data->multi, CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX)) {
        infof(data, "Could multiplex, but not asked to!\n");
        canpipe = 0;
      }
    }

    curr = bundle->conn_list.head;
    while(curr) {
      bool match = FALSE;
      size_t pipeLen;

      /*
       * Note that if we use a HTTP proxy in normal mode (no tunneling), we
       * check connections to that proxy and not to the actual remote server.
       */
      check = curr->ptr;
      curr = curr->next;

      if(extract_if_dead(check, data)) {
        /* disconnect it */
        (void)Curl_disconnect(check, /* dead_connection */TRUE);
        continue;
      }

      pipeLen = check->send_pipe.size + check->recv_pipe.size;

      if(canpipe) {
        if(check->bits.protoconnstart && check->bits.close)
          continue;

        if(!check->bits.multiplex) {
          /* If not multiplexing, make sure the connection is fine for HTTP/1
             pipelining */
          struct Curl_easy* sh = gethandleathead(&check->send_pipe);
          struct Curl_easy* rh = gethandleathead(&check->recv_pipe);
          if(sh) {
            if(!(IsPipeliningPossible(sh, check) & CURLPIPE_HTTP1))
              continue;
          }
          else if(rh) {
            if(!(IsPipeliningPossible(rh, check) & CURLPIPE_HTTP1))
              continue;
          }
        }
      }
      else {
        if(pipeLen > 0) {
          /* can only happen within multi handles, and means that another easy
             handle is using this connection */
          continue;
        }

        if(Curl_resolver_asynch()) {
          /* ip_addr_str[0] is NUL only if the resolving of the name hasn't
             completed yet and until then we don't re-use this connection */
          if(!check->ip_addr_str[0]) {
            infof(data,
                  "Connection #%ld is still name resolving, can't reuse\n",
                  check->connection_id);
            continue;
          }
        }

        if((check->sock[FIRSTSOCKET] == CURL_SOCKET_BAD) ||
           check->bits.close) {
          if(!check->bits.close)
            foundPendingCandidate = TRUE;
          /* Don't pick a connection that hasn't connected yet or that is going
             to get closed. */
          infof(data, "Connection #%ld isn't open enough, can't reuse\n",
                check->connection_id);
#ifdef DEBUGBUILD
          if(check->recv_pipe.size > 0) {
            infof(data,
                  "BAD! Unconnected #%ld has a non-empty recv pipeline!\n",
                  check->connection_id);
          }
#endif
          continue;
        }
      }

#ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
      if(needle->unix_domain_socket) {
        if(!check->unix_domain_socket)
          continue;
        if(strcmp(needle->unix_domain_socket, check->unix_domain_socket))
          continue;
        if(needle->abstract_unix_socket != check->abstract_unix_socket)
          continue;
      }
      else if(check->unix_domain_socket)
        continue;
#endif

      if((needle->handler->flags&PROTOPT_SSL) !=
         (check->handler->flags&PROTOPT_SSL))
        /* don't do mixed SSL and non-SSL connections */
        if(get_protocol_family(check->handler->protocol) !=
           needle->handler->protocol || !check->tls_upgraded)
          /* except protocols that have been upgraded via TLS */
          continue;

      if(needle->bits.httpproxy != check->bits.httpproxy ||
         needle->bits.socksproxy != check->bits.socksproxy)
        continue;

      if(needle->bits.socksproxy && !proxy_info_matches(&needle->socks_proxy,
                                                        &check->socks_proxy))
        continue;

      if(needle->bits.conn_to_host != check->bits.conn_to_host)
        /* don't mix connections that use the "connect to host" feature and
         * connections that don't use this feature */
        continue;

      if(needle->bits.conn_to_port != check->bits.conn_to_port)
        /* don't mix connections that use the "connect to port" feature and
         * connections that don't use this feature */
        continue;

      if(needle->bits.httpproxy) {
        if(!proxy_info_matches(&needle->http_proxy, &check->http_proxy))
          continue;

        if(needle->bits.tunnel_proxy != check->bits.tunnel_proxy)
          continue;

        if(needle->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTPS) {
          /* use https proxy */
          if(needle->handler->flags&PROTOPT_SSL) {
            /* use double layer ssl */
            if(!Curl_ssl_config_matches(&needle->proxy_ssl_config,
                                        &check->proxy_ssl_config))
              continue;
            if(check->proxy_ssl[FIRSTSOCKET].state != ssl_connection_complete)
              continue;
          }
          else {
            if(!Curl_ssl_config_matches(&needle->ssl_config,
                                        &check->ssl_config))
              continue;
            if(check->ssl[FIRSTSOCKET].state != ssl_connection_complete)
              continue;
          }
        }
      }

      if(!canpipe && check->inuse)
        /* this request can't be pipelined but the checked connection is
           already in use so we skip it */
        continue;

      if((check->inuse) && (check->data->multi != needle->data->multi))
        /* this could be subject for pipeline/multiplex use, but only
           if they belong to the same multi handle */
        continue;

      if(needle->localdev || needle->localport) {
        /* If we are bound to a specific local end (IP+port), we must not
           re-use a random other one, although if we didn't ask for a
           particular one we can reuse one that was bound.

           This comparison is a bit rough and too strict. Since the input
           parameters can be specified in numerous ways and still end up the
           same it would take a lot of processing to make it really accurate.
           Instead, this matching will assume that re-uses of bound connections
           will most likely also re-use the exact same binding parameters and
           missing out a few edge cases shouldn't hurt anyone very much.
        */
        if((check->localport != needle->localport) ||
           (check->localportrange != needle->localportrange) ||
           (needle->localdev &&
            (!check->localdev || strcmp(check->localdev, needle->localdev))))
          continue;
      }

      if(!(needle->handler->flags & PROTOPT_CREDSPERREQUEST)) {
        /* This protocol requires credentials per connection,
           so verify that we're using the same name and password as well */
        if(strcmp(needle->user, check->user) ||
           strcmp(needle->passwd, check->passwd)) {
          /* one of them was different */
          continue;
        }
      }

      if(!needle->bits.httpproxy || (needle->handler->flags&PROTOPT_SSL) ||
         needle->bits.tunnel_proxy) {
        /* The requested connection does not use a HTTP proxy or it uses SSL or
           it is a non-SSL protocol tunneled or it is a non-SSL protocol which
           is allowed to be upgraded via TLS */

        if((strcasecompare(needle->handler->scheme, check->handler->scheme) ||
            (get_protocol_family(check->handler->protocol) ==
             needle->handler->protocol && check->tls_upgraded)) &&
           (!needle->bits.conn_to_host || strcasecompare(
            needle->conn_to_host.name, check->conn_to_host.name)) &&
           (!needle->bits.conn_to_port ||
             needle->conn_to_port == check->conn_to_port) &&
           strcasecompare(needle->host.name, check->host.name) &&
           needle->remote_port == check->remote_port) {
          /* The schemes match or the the protocol family is the same and the
             previous connection was TLS upgraded, and the hostname and host
             port match */
          if(needle->handler->flags & PROTOPT_SSL) {
            /* This is a SSL connection so verify that we're using the same
               SSL options as well */
            if(!Curl_ssl_config_matches(&needle->ssl_config,
                                        &check->ssl_config)) {
              DEBUGF(infof(data,
                           "Connection #%ld has different SSL parameters, "
                           "can't reuse\n",
                           check->connection_id));
              continue;
            }
            if(check->ssl[FIRSTSOCKET].state != ssl_connection_complete) {
              foundPendingCandidate = TRUE;
              DEBUGF(infof(data,
                           "Connection #%ld has not started SSL connect, "
                           "can't reuse\n",
                           check->connection_id));
              continue;
            }
          }
          match = TRUE;
        }
      }
      else {
        /* The requested connection is using the same HTTP proxy in normal
           mode (no tunneling) */
        match = TRUE;
      }

      if(match) {
#if defined(USE_NTLM)
        /* If we are looking for an HTTP+NTLM connection, check if this is
           already authenticating with the right credentials. If not, keep
           looking so that we can reuse NTLM connections if
           possible. (Especially we must not reuse the same connection if
           partway through a handshake!) */
        if(wantNTLMhttp) {
          if(strcmp(needle->user, check->user) ||
             strcmp(needle->passwd, check->passwd))
            continue;
        }
        else if(check->ntlm.state != NTLMSTATE_NONE) {
          /* Connection is using NTLM auth but we don't want NTLM */
          continue;
        }

        /* Same for Proxy NTLM authentication */
        if(wantProxyNTLMhttp) {
          /* Both check->http_proxy.user and check->http_proxy.passwd can be
           * NULL */
          if(!check->http_proxy.user || !check->http_proxy.passwd)
            continue;

          if(strcmp(needle->http_proxy.user, check->http_proxy.user) ||
             strcmp(needle->http_proxy.passwd, check->http_proxy.passwd))
            continue;
        }
        else if(check->proxyntlm.state != NTLMSTATE_NONE) {
          /* Proxy connection is using NTLM auth but we don't want NTLM */
          continue;
        }

        if(wantNTLMhttp || wantProxyNTLMhttp) {
          /* Credentials are already checked, we can use this connection */
          chosen = check;

          if((wantNTLMhttp &&
             (check->ntlm.state != NTLMSTATE_NONE)) ||
              (wantProxyNTLMhttp &&
               (check->proxyntlm.state != NTLMSTATE_NONE))) {
            /* We must use this connection, no other */
            *force_reuse = TRUE;
            break;
          }

          /* Continue look up for a better connection */
          continue;
        }
#endif
        if(canpipe) {
          /* We can pipeline if we want to. Let's continue looking for
             the optimal connection to use, i.e the shortest pipe that is not
             blacklisted. */

          if(pipeLen == 0) {
            /* We have the optimal connection. Let's stop looking. */
            chosen = check;
            break;
          }

          /* We can't use the connection if the pipe is full */
          if(max_pipe_len && (pipeLen >= max_pipe_len)) {
            infof(data, "Pipe is full, skip (%zu)\n", pipeLen);
            continue;
          }
#ifdef USE_NGHTTP2
          /* If multiplexed, make sure we don't go over concurrency limit */
          if(check->bits.multiplex) {
            /* Multiplexed connections can only be HTTP/2 for now */
            struct http_conn *httpc = &check->proto.httpc;
            if(pipeLen >= httpc->settings.max_concurrent_streams) {
              infof(data, "MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS reached, skip (%zu)\n",
                    pipeLen);
              continue;
            }
          }
#endif
          /* We can't use the connection if the pipe is penalized */
          if(Curl_pipeline_penalized(data, check)) {
            infof(data, "Penalized, skip\n");
            continue;
          }

          if(max_pipe_len) {
            if(pipeLen < best_pipe_len) {
              /* This connection has a shorter pipe so far. We'll pick this
                 and continue searching */
              chosen = check;
              best_pipe_len = pipeLen;
              continue;
            }
          }
          else {
            /* When not pipelining (== multiplexed), we have a match here! */
            chosen = check;
            infof(data, "Multiplexed connection found!\n");
            break;
          }
        }
        else {
          /* We have found a connection. Let's stop searching. */
          chosen = check;
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  if(chosen) {
    /* mark it as used before releasing the lock */
    chosen->inuse = TRUE;
    Curl_conncache_unlock(needle);
    *usethis = chosen;
    return TRUE; /* yes, we found one to use! */
  }
  Curl_conncache_unlock(needle);

  if(foundPendingCandidate && data->set.pipewait) {
    infof(data,
          "Found pending candidate for reuse and CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT is set\n");
    *waitpipe = TRUE;
  }

  return FALSE; /* no matching connecting exists */
}

/* after a TCP connection to the proxy has been verified, this function does
   the next magic step.

   Note: this function's sub-functions call failf()

*/
CURLcode Curl_connected_proxy(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;

  if(conn->bits.socksproxy) {
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
    /* for the secondary socket (FTP), use the "connect to host"
     * but ignore the "connect to port" (use the secondary port)
     */
    const char * const host = conn->bits.httpproxy ?
                              conn->http_proxy.host.name :
                              conn->bits.conn_to_host ?
                              conn->conn_to_host.name :
                              sockindex == SECONDARYSOCKET ?
                              conn->secondaryhostname : conn->host.name;
    const int port = conn->bits.httpproxy ? (int)conn->http_proxy.port :
                     sockindex == SECONDARYSOCKET ? conn->secondary_port :
                     conn->bits.conn_to_port ? conn->conn_to_port :
                     conn->remote_port;
    conn->bits.socksproxy_connecting = TRUE;
    switch(conn->socks_proxy.proxytype) {
    case CURLPROXY_SOCKS5:
    case CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME:
      result = Curl_SOCKS5(conn->socks_proxy.user, conn->socks_proxy.passwd,
                         host, port, sockindex, conn);
      break;

    case CURLPROXY_SOCKS4:
    case CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A:
      result = Curl_SOCKS4(conn->socks_proxy.user, host, port, sockindex,
                           conn);
      break;

    default:
      failf(conn->data, "unknown proxytype option given");
      result = CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT;
    } /* switch proxytype */
    conn->bits.socksproxy_connecting = FALSE;
#else
  (void)sockindex;
#endif /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */
  }

  return result;
}

/*
 * verboseconnect() displays verbose information after a connect
 */
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS
void Curl_verboseconnect(struct connectdata *conn)
{
  if(conn->data->set.verbose)
    infof(conn->data, "Connected to %s (%s) port %ld (#%ld)\n",
          conn->bits.socksproxy ? conn->socks_proxy.host.dispname :
          conn->bits.httpproxy ? conn->http_proxy.host.dispname :
          conn->bits.conn_to_host ? conn->conn_to_host.dispname :
          conn->host.dispname,
          conn->ip_addr_str, conn->port, conn->connection_id);
}
#endif

int Curl_protocol_getsock(struct connectdata *conn,
                          curl_socket_t *socks,
                          int numsocks)
{
  if(conn->handler->proto_getsock)
    return conn->handler->proto_getsock(conn, socks, numsocks);
  return GETSOCK_BLANK;
}

int Curl_doing_getsock(struct connectdata *conn,
                       curl_socket_t *socks,
                       int numsocks)
{
  if(conn && conn->handler->doing_getsock)
    return conn->handler->doing_getsock(conn, socks, numsocks);
  return GETSOCK_BLANK;
}

/*
 * We are doing protocol-specific connecting and this is being called over and
 * over from the multi interface until the connection phase is done on
 * protocol layer.
 */

CURLcode Curl_protocol_connecting(struct connectdata *conn,
                                  bool *done)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;

  if(conn && conn->handler->connecting) {
    *done = FALSE;
    result = conn->handler->connecting(conn, done);
  }
  else
    *done = TRUE;

  return result;
}

/*
 * We are DOING this is being called over and over from the multi interface
 * until the DOING phase is done on protocol layer.
 */

CURLcode Curl_protocol_doing(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;

  if(conn && conn->handler->doing) {
    *done = FALSE;
    result = conn->handler->doing(conn, done);
  }
  else
    *done = TRUE;

  return result;
}

/*
 * We have discovered that the TCP connection has been successful, we can now
 * proceed with some action.
 *
 */
CURLcode Curl_protocol_connect(struct connectdata *conn,
                               bool *protocol_done)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;

  *protocol_done = FALSE;

  if(conn->bits.tcpconnect[FIRSTSOCKET] && conn->bits.protoconnstart) {
    /* We already are connected, get back. This may happen when the connect
       worked fine in the first call, like when we connect to a local server
       or proxy. Note that we don't know if the protocol is actually done.

       Unless this protocol doesn't have any protocol-connect callback, as
       then we know we're done. */
    if(!conn->handler->connecting)
      *protocol_done = TRUE;

    return CURLE_OK;
  }

  if(!conn->bits.protoconnstart) {

    result = Curl_proxy_connect(conn, FIRSTSOCKET);
    if(result)
      return result;

    if(CONNECT_FIRSTSOCKET_PROXY_SSL())
      /* wait for HTTPS proxy SSL initialization to complete */
      return CURLE_OK;

    if(conn->bits.tunnel_proxy && conn->bits.httpproxy &&
       Curl_connect_ongoing(conn))
      /* when using an HTTP tunnel proxy, await complete tunnel establishment
         before proceeding further. Return CURLE_OK so we'll be called again */
      return CURLE_OK;

    if(conn->handler->connect_it) {
      /* is there a protocol-specific connect() procedure? */

      /* Call the protocol-specific connect function */
      result = conn->handler->connect_it(conn, protocol_done);
    }
    else
      *protocol_done = TRUE;

    /* it has started, possibly even completed but that knowledge isn't stored
       in this bit! */
    if(!result)
      conn->bits.protoconnstart = TRUE;
  }

  return result; /* pass back status */
}

/*
 * Helpers for IDNA conversions.
 */
static bool is_ASCII_name(const char *hostname)
{
  const unsigned char *ch = (const unsigned char *)hostname;

  while(*ch) {
    if(*ch++ & 0x80)
      return FALSE;
  }
  return TRUE;
}

/*
 * Perform any necessary IDN conversion of hostname
 */
static CURLcode fix_hostname(struct connectdata *conn, struct hostname *host)
{
  size_t len;
  struct Curl_easy *data = conn->data;

#ifndef USE_LIBIDN2
  (void)data;
  (void)conn;
#elif defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
  (void)conn;
#endif

  /* set the name we use to display the host name */
  host->dispname = host->name;

  len = strlen(host->name);
  if(len && (host->name[len-1] == '.'))
    /* strip off a single trailing dot if present, primarily for SNI but
       there's no use for it */
    host->name[len-1] = 0;

  /* Check name for non-ASCII and convert hostname to ACE form if we can */
  if(!is_ASCII_name(host->name)) {
#ifdef USE_LIBIDN2
    if(idn2_check_version(IDN2_VERSION)) {
      char *ace_hostname = NULL;
#if IDN2_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00140000
      /* IDN2_NFC_INPUT: Normalize input string using normalization form C.
         IDN2_NONTRANSITIONAL: Perform Unicode TR46 non-transitional
         processing. */
      int flags = IDN2_NFC_INPUT | IDN2_NONTRANSITIONAL;
#else
      int flags = IDN2_NFC_INPUT;
#endif
      int rc = idn2_lookup_ul((const char *)host->name, &ace_hostname, flags);
      if(rc == IDN2_OK) {
        host->encalloc = (char *)ace_hostname;
        /* change the name pointer to point to the encoded hostname */
        host->name = host->encalloc;
      }
      else {
        failf(data, "Failed to convert %s to ACE; %s\n", host->name,
              idn2_strerror(rc));
        return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
      }
    }
#elif defined(USE_WIN32_IDN)
    char *ace_hostname = NULL;

    if(curl_win32_idn_to_ascii(host->name, &ace_hostname)) {
      host->encalloc = ace_hostname;
      /* change the name pointer to point to the encoded hostname */
      host->name = host->encalloc;
    }
    else {
      failf(data, "Failed to convert %s to ACE;\n", host->name);
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }
#else
    infof(data, "IDN support not present, can't parse Unicode domains\n");
#endif
  }
  {
    char *hostp;
    for(hostp = host->name; *hostp; hostp++) {
      if(*hostp <= 32) {
        failf(data, "Host name '%s' contains bad letter", host->name);
        return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
      }
    }
  }
  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Frees data allocated by fix_hostname()
 */
static void free_fixed_hostname(struct hostname *host)
{
#if defined(USE_LIBIDN2)
  if(host->encalloc) {
    idn2_free(host->encalloc); /* must be freed with idn2_free() since this was
                                 allocated by libidn */
    host->encalloc = NULL;
  }
#elif defined(USE_WIN32_IDN)
  free(host->encalloc); /* must be freed with free() since this was
                           allocated by curl_win32_idn_to_ascii */
  host->encalloc = NULL;
#else
  (void)host;
#endif
}

static void llist_dtor(void *user, void *element)
{
  (void)user;
  (void)element;
  /* Do nothing */
}

/*
 * Allocate and initialize a new connectdata object.
 */
static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  struct connectdata *conn = calloc(1, sizeof(struct connectdata));
  if(!conn)
    return NULL;

#ifdef USE_SSL
  /* The SSL backend-specific data (ssl_backend_data) objects are allocated as
     a separate array to ensure suitable alignment.
     Note that these backend pointers can be swapped by vtls (eg ssl backend
     data becomes proxy backend data). */
  {
    size_t sslsize = Curl_ssl->sizeof_ssl_backend_data;
    char *ssl = calloc(4, sslsize);
    if(!ssl) {
      free(conn);
      return NULL;
    }
    conn->ssl_extra = ssl;
    conn->ssl[0].backend = (void *)ssl;
    conn->ssl[1].backend = (void *)(ssl + sslsize);
    conn->proxy_ssl[0].backend = (void *)(ssl + 2 * sslsize);
    conn->proxy_ssl[1].backend = (void *)(ssl + 3 * sslsize);
  }
#endif

  conn->handler = &Curl_handler_dummy;  /* Be sure we have a handler defined
                                           already from start to avoid NULL
                                           situations and checks */

  /* and we setup a few fields in case we end up actually using this struct */

  conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET] = CURL_SOCKET_BAD;     /* no file descriptor */
  conn->sock[SECONDARYSOCKET] = CURL_SOCKET_BAD; /* no file descriptor */
  conn->tempsock[0] = CURL_SOCKET_BAD; /* no file descriptor */
  conn->tempsock[1] = CURL_SOCKET_BAD; /* no file descriptor */
  conn->connection_id = -1;    /* no ID */
  conn->port = -1; /* unknown at this point */
  conn->remote_port = -1; /* unknown at this point */
#if defined(USE_RECV_BEFORE_SEND_WORKAROUND) && defined(DEBUGBUILD)
  conn->postponed[0].bindsock = CURL_SOCKET_BAD; /* no file descriptor */
  conn->postponed[1].bindsock = CURL_SOCKET_BAD; /* no file descriptor */
#endif /* USE_RECV_BEFORE_SEND_WORKAROUND && DEBUGBUILD */

  /* Default protocol-independent behavior doesn't support persistent
     connections, so we set this to force-close. Protocols that support
     this need to set this to FALSE in their "curl_do" functions. */
  connclose(conn, "Default to force-close");

  /* Store creation time to help future close decision making */
  conn->created = Curl_now();

  conn->data = data; /* Setup the association between this connection
                        and the Curl_easy */

  conn->http_proxy.proxytype = data->set.proxytype;
  conn->socks_proxy.proxytype = CURLPROXY_SOCKS4;

#ifdef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY

  conn->bits.proxy = FALSE;
  conn->bits.httpproxy = FALSE;
  conn->bits.socksproxy = FALSE;
  conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd = FALSE;
  conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = FALSE;

#else /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */

  /* note that these two proxy bits are now just on what looks to be
     requested, they may be altered down the road */
  conn->bits.proxy = (data->set.str[STRING_PROXY] &&
                      *data->set.str[STRING_PROXY]) ? TRUE : FALSE;
  conn->bits.httpproxy = (conn->bits.proxy &&
                          (conn->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTP ||
                           conn->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0 ||
                           conn->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTPS)) ?
                           TRUE : FALSE;
  conn->bits.socksproxy = (conn->bits.proxy &&
                           !conn->bits.httpproxy) ? TRUE : FALSE;

  if(data->set.str[STRING_PRE_PROXY] && *data->set.str[STRING_PRE_PROXY]) {
    conn->bits.proxy = TRUE;
    conn->bits.socksproxy = TRUE;
  }

  conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd =
    (data->set.str[STRING_PROXYUSERNAME]) ? TRUE : FALSE;
  conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = data->set.tunnel_thru_httpproxy;

#endif /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */

  conn->bits.user_passwd = (data->set.str[STRING_USERNAME]) ? TRUE : FALSE;
  conn->bits.ftp_use_epsv = data->set.ftp_use_epsv;
  conn->bits.ftp_use_eprt = data->set.ftp_use_eprt;

  conn->ssl_config.verifystatus = data->set.ssl.primary.verifystatus;
  conn->ssl_config.verifypeer = data->set.ssl.primary.verifypeer;
  conn->ssl_config.verifyhost = data->set.ssl.primary.verifyhost;
  conn->proxy_ssl_config.verifystatus =
    data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.verifystatus;
  conn->proxy_ssl_config.verifypeer = data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.verifypeer;
  conn->proxy_ssl_config.verifyhost = data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.verifyhost;

  conn->ip_version = data->set.ipver;

#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_NTLM) && \
    defined(NTLM_WB_ENABLED)
  conn->ntlm_auth_hlpr_socket = CURL_SOCKET_BAD;
  conn->ntlm_auth_hlpr_pid = 0;
  conn->challenge_header = NULL;
  conn->response_header = NULL;
#endif

  if(Curl_pipeline_wanted(data->multi, CURLPIPE_HTTP1) &&
     !conn->master_buffer) {
    /* Allocate master_buffer to be used for HTTP/1 pipelining */
    conn->master_buffer = calloc(MASTERBUF_SIZE, sizeof(char));
    if(!conn->master_buffer)
      goto error;
  }

  /* Initialize the pipeline lists */
  Curl_llist_init(&conn->send_pipe, (curl_llist_dtor) llist_dtor);
  Curl_llist_init(&conn->recv_pipe, (curl_llist_dtor) llist_dtor);

#ifdef HAVE_GSSAPI
  conn->data_prot = PROT_CLEAR;
#endif

  /* Store the local bind parameters that will be used for this connection */
  if(data->set.str[STRING_DEVICE]) {
    conn->localdev = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_DEVICE]);
    if(!conn->localdev)
      goto error;
  }
  conn->localportrange = data->set.localportrange;
  conn->localport = data->set.localport;

  /* the close socket stuff needs to be copied to the connection struct as
     it may live on without (this specific) Curl_easy */
  conn->fclosesocket = data->set.fclosesocket;
  conn->closesocket_client = data->set.closesocket_client;

  return conn;
  error:

  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->send_pipe, NULL);
  Curl_llist_destroy(&conn->recv_pipe, NULL);

  free(conn->master_buffer);
  free(conn->localdev);
#ifdef USE_SSL
  free(conn->ssl_extra);
#endif
  free(conn);
  return NULL;
}

static CURLcode findprotocol(struct Curl_easy *data,
                             struct connectdata *conn,
                             const char *protostr)
{
  const struct Curl_handler * const *pp;
  const struct Curl_handler *p;

  /* Scan protocol handler table and match against 'protostr' to set a few
     variables based on the URL. Now that the handler may be changed later
     when the protocol specific setup function is called. */
  for(pp = protocols; (p = *pp) != NULL; pp++) {
    if(strcasecompare(p->scheme, protostr)) {
      /* Protocol found in table. Check if allowed */
      if(!(data->set.allowed_protocols & p->protocol))
        /* nope, get out */
        break;

      /* it is allowed for "normal" request, now do an extra check if this is
         the result of a redirect */
      if(data->state.this_is_a_follow &&
         !(data->set.redir_protocols & p->protocol))
        /* nope, get out */
        break;

      /* Perform setup complement if some. */
      conn->handler = conn->given = p;

      /* 'port' and 'remote_port' are set in setup_connection_internals() */
      return CURLE_OK;
    }
  }


  /* The protocol was not found in the table, but we don't have to assign it
     to anything since it is already assigned to a dummy-struct in the
     create_conn() function when the connectdata struct is allocated. */
  failf(data, "Protocol \"%s\" not supported or disabled in " LIBCURL_NAME,
        protostr);

  return CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL;
}

/*
 * Parse URL and fill in the relevant members of the connection struct.
 */
static CURLcode parseurlandfillconn(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                    struct connectdata *conn,
                                    bool *prot_missing,
                                    char **userp, char **passwdp,
                                    char **optionsp)
{
  char *at;
  char *fragment;
  char *path = data->state.path;
  char *query;
  int i;
  int rc;
  const char *protop = "";
  CURLcode result;
  bool rebuild_url = FALSE;
  bool url_has_scheme = FALSE;
  char protobuf[16];

  *prot_missing = FALSE;

  /* We might pass the entire URL into the request so we need to make sure
   * there are no bad characters in there.*/
  if(strpbrk(data->change.url, "\r\n")) {
    failf(data, "Illegal characters found in URL");
    return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
  }

  /*************************************************************
   * Parse the URL.
   *
   * We need to parse the url even when using the proxy, because we will need
   * the hostname and port in case we are trying to SSL connect through the
   * proxy -- and we don't know if we will need to use SSL until we parse the
   * url ...
   ************************************************************/
  if(data->change.url[0] == ':') {
    failf(data, "Bad URL, colon is first character");
    return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
  }

  /* MSDOS/Windows style drive prefix, eg c: in c:foo */
#define STARTS_WITH_DRIVE_PREFIX(str) \
  ((('a' <= str[0] && str[0] <= 'z') || \
    ('A' <= str[0] && str[0] <= 'Z')) && \
   (str[1] == ':'))

  /* MSDOS/Windows style drive prefix, optionally with
   * a '|' instead of ':', followed by a slash or NUL */
#define STARTS_WITH_URL_DRIVE_PREFIX(str) \
  ((('a' <= (str)[0] && (str)[0] <= 'z') || \
    ('A' <= (str)[0] && (str)[0] <= 'Z')) && \
   ((str)[1] == ':' || (str)[1] == '|') && \
   ((str)[2] == '/' || (str)[2] == '\\' || (str)[2] == 0))

  /* Don't mistake a drive letter for a scheme if the default protocol is file.
     curld --proto-default file c:/foo/bar.txt */
  if(STARTS_WITH_DRIVE_PREFIX(data->change.url) &&
     data->set.str[STRING_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL] &&
     strcasecompare(data->set.str[STRING_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL], "file")) {
    ; /* do nothing */
  }
  else { /* check for a scheme */
    for(i = 0; i < 16 && data->change.url[i]; ++i) {
      if(data->change.url[i] == '/')
        break;
      if(data->change.url[i] == ':') {
        url_has_scheme = TRUE;
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  /* handle the file: scheme */
  if((url_has_scheme && strncasecompare(data->change.url, "file:", 5)) ||
     (!url_has_scheme && data->set.str[STRING_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL] &&
      strcasecompare(data->set.str[STRING_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL], "file"))) {
    if(url_has_scheme)
      rc = sscanf(data->change.url, "%*15[^\n/:]:%[^\n]", path);
    else
      rc = sscanf(data->change.url, "%[^\n]", path);

    if(rc != 1) {
      failf(data, "Bad URL");
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }

    if(url_has_scheme && path[0] == '/' && path[1] == '/' &&
       path[2] == '/' && path[3] == '/') {
      /* This appears to be a UNC string (usually indicating a SMB share).
       * We don't do SMB in file: URLs. (TODO?)
       */
      failf(data, "SMB shares are not supported in file: URLs.");
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }

    /* Extra handling URLs with an authority component (i.e. that start with
     * "file://")
     *
     * We allow omitted hostname (e.g. file:/<path>) -- valid according to
     * RFC 8089, but not the (current) WHAT-WG URL spec.
     */
    if(url_has_scheme && path[0] == '/' && path[1] == '/') {
      /* swallow the two slashes */
      char *ptr = &path[2];

      /*
       * According to RFC 8089, a file: URL can be reliably dereferenced if:
       *
       *  o it has no/blank hostname, or
       *
       *  o the hostname matches "localhost" (case-insensitively), or
       *
       *  o the hostname is a FQDN that resolves to this machine.
       *
       * For brevity, we only consider URLs with empty, "localhost", or
       * "127.0.0.1" hostnames as local.
       *
       * Additionally, there is an exception for URLs with a Windows drive
       * letter in the authority (which was accidentally omitted from RFC 8089
       * Appendix E, but believe me, it was meant to be there. --MK)
       */
      if(ptr[0] != '/' && !STARTS_WITH_URL_DRIVE_PREFIX(ptr)) {
        /* the URL includes a host name, it must match "localhost" or
           "127.0.0.1" to be valid */
        if(!checkprefix("localhost/", ptr) &&
           !checkprefix("127.0.0.1/", ptr)) {
          failf(data, "Invalid file://hostname/, "
                      "expected localhost or 127.0.0.1 or none");
          return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
        }
        ptr += 9; /* now points to the slash after the host */
      }

      /*
       * RFC 8089, Appendix D, Section D.1, says:
       *
       * > In a POSIX file system, the root of the file system is represented
       * > as a directory with a zero-length name, usually written as "/"; the
       * > presence of this root in a file URI can be taken as given by the
       * > initial slash in the "path-absolute" rule.
       *
       * i.e. the first slash is part of the path.
       *
       * However in RFC 1738 the "/" between the host (or port) and the
       * URL-path was NOT part of the URL-path.  Any agent that followed the
       * older spec strictly, and wanted to refer to a file with an absolute
       * path, would have included a second slash.  So if there are two
       * slashes, swallow one.
       */
      if('/' == ptr[1]) /* note: the only way ptr[0]!='/' is if ptr[1]==':' */
        ptr++;

      /* This cannot be done with strcpy, as the memory chunks overlap! */
      memmove(path, ptr, strlen(ptr) + 1);
    }

#if !defined(MSDOS) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
    /* Don't allow Windows drive letters when not in Windows.
     * This catches both "file:/c:" and "file:c:" */
    if(('/' == path[0] && STARTS_WITH_URL_DRIVE_PREFIX(&path[1])) ||
       STARTS_WITH_URL_DRIVE_PREFIX(path)) {
      failf(data, "File drive letters are only accepted in MSDOS/Windows.");
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }
#else
    /* If the path starts with a slash and a drive letter, ditch the slash */
    if('/' == path[0] && STARTS_WITH_URL_DRIVE_PREFIX(&path[1])) {
      /* This cannot be done with strcpy, as the memory chunks overlap! */
      memmove(path, &path[1], strlen(&path[1]) + 1);
    }
#endif

    protop = "file"; /* protocol string */
    *prot_missing = !url_has_scheme;
  }
  else {
    /* clear path */
    char slashbuf[4];
    path[0] = 0;

    rc = sscanf(data->change.url,
                "%15[^\n/:]:%3[/]%[^\n/?#]%[^\n]",
                protobuf, slashbuf, conn->host.name, path);
    if(2 == rc) {
      failf(data, "Bad URL");
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }
    if(3 > rc) {

      /*
       * The URL was badly formatted, let's try the browser-style _without_
       * protocol specified like 'http://'.
       */
      rc = sscanf(data->change.url, "%[^\n/?#]%[^\n]", conn->host.name, path);
      if(1 > rc) {
        /*
         * We couldn't even get this format.
         * djgpp 2.04 has a sscanf() bug where 'conn->host.name' is
         * assigned, but the return value is EOF!
         */
#if defined(__DJGPP__) && (DJGPP_MINOR == 4)
        if(!(rc == -1 && *conn->host.name))
#endif
        {
          failf(data, "<url> malformed");
          return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
        }
      }

      /*
       * Since there was no protocol part specified in the URL use the
       * user-specified default protocol. If we weren't given a default make a
       * guess by matching some protocols against the host's outermost
       * sub-domain name. Finally if there was no match use HTTP.
       */

      protop = data->set.str[STRING_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL];
      if(!protop) {
        /* Note: if you add a new protocol, please update the list in
         * lib/version.c too! */
        if(checkprefix("FTP.", conn->host.name))
          protop = "ftp";
        else if(checkprefix("DICT.", conn->host.name))
          protop = "DICT";
        else if(checkprefix("LDAP.", conn->host.name))
          protop = "LDAP";
        else if(checkprefix("IMAP.", conn->host.name))
          protop = "IMAP";
        else if(checkprefix("SMTP.", conn->host.name))
          protop = "smtp";
        else if(checkprefix("POP3.", conn->host.name))
          protop = "pop3";
        else
          protop = "http";
      }

      *prot_missing = TRUE; /* not given in URL */
    }
    else {
      size_t s = strlen(slashbuf);
      protop = protobuf;
      if(s != 2) {
        infof(data, "Unwillingly accepted illegal URL using %d slash%s!\n",
              s, s>1?"es":"");

        if(data->change.url_alloc)
          free(data->change.url);
        /* repair the URL to use two slashes */
        data->change.url = aprintf("%s://%s%s",
                                   protobuf, conn->host.name, path);
        if(!data->change.url)
          return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
        data->change.url_alloc = TRUE;
      }
    }
  }

  /* We search for '?' in the host name (but only on the right side of a
   * @-letter to allow ?-letters in username and password) to handle things
   * like http://example.com?param= (notice the missing '/').
   */
  at = strchr(conn->host.name, '@');
  if(at)
    query = strchr(at + 1, '?');
  else
    query = strchr(conn->host.name, '?');

  if(query) {
    /* We must insert a slash before the '?'-letter in the URL. If the URL had
       a slash after the '?', that is where the path currently begins and the
       '?string' is still part of the host name.

       We must move the trailing part from the host name and put it first in
       the path. And have it all prefixed with a slash.
    */

    size_t hostlen = strlen(query);
    size_t pathlen = strlen(path);

    /* move the existing path plus the zero byte forward, to make room for
       the host-name part */
    memmove(path + hostlen + 1, path, pathlen + 1);

     /* now copy the trailing host part in front of the existing path */
    memcpy(path + 1, query, hostlen);

    path[0]='/'; /* prepend the missing slash */
    rebuild_url = TRUE;

    *query = 0; /* now cut off the hostname at the ? */
  }
  else if(!path[0]) {
    /* if there's no path set, use a single slash */
    strcpy(path, "/");
    rebuild_url = TRUE;
  }

  /* If the URL is malformatted (missing a '/' after hostname before path) we
   * insert a slash here. The only letters except '/' that can start a path is
   * '?' and '#' - as controlled by the two sscanf() patterns above.
   */
  if(path[0] != '/') {
    /* We need this function to deal with overlapping memory areas. We know
       that the memory area 'path' points to is 'urllen' bytes big and that
       is bigger than the path. Use +1 to move the zero byte too. */
    memmove(&path[1], path, strlen(path) + 1);
    path[0] = '/';
    rebuild_url = TRUE;
  }
  else if(!data->set.path_as_is) {
    /* sanitise paths and remove ../ and ./ sequences according to RFC3986 */
    char *newp = Curl_dedotdotify(path);
    if(!newp)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

    if(strcmp(newp, path)) {
      rebuild_url = TRUE;
      free(data->state.pathbuffer);
      data->state.pathbuffer = newp;
      data->state.path = newp;
      path = newp;
    }
    else
      free(newp);
  }

  /*
   * "rebuild_url" means that one or more URL components have been modified so
   * we need to generate an updated full version.  We need the corrected URL
   * when communicating over HTTP proxy and we don't know at this point if
   * we're using a proxy or not.
   */
  if(rebuild_url) {
    char *reurl;

    size_t plen = strlen(path); /* new path, should be 1 byte longer than
                                   the original */
    size_t prefixlen = strlen(conn->host.name);

    if(!*prot_missing) {
      size_t protolen = strlen(protop);

      if(curl_strnequal(protop, data->change.url, protolen))
        prefixlen += protolen;
      else {
        failf(data, "<url> malformed");
        return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
      }

      if(curl_strnequal("://", &data->change.url[protolen], 3))
        prefixlen += 3;
      /* only file: is allowed to omit one or both slashes */
      else if(curl_strnequal("file:", data->change.url, 5))
        prefixlen += 1 + (data->change.url[5] == '/');
      else {
        failf(data, "<url> malformed");
        return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
      }
    }

    reurl = malloc(prefixlen + plen + 1);
    if(!reurl)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

    /* copy the prefix */
    memcpy(reurl, data->change.url, prefixlen);

    /* append the trailing piece + zerobyte */
    memcpy(&reurl[prefixlen], path, plen + 1);

    /* possible free the old one */
    if(data->change.url_alloc) {
      Curl_safefree(data->change.url);
      data->change.url_alloc = FALSE;
    }

    infof(data, "Rebuilt URL to: %s\n", reurl);

    data->change.url = reurl;
    data->change.url_alloc = TRUE; /* free this later */
  }

  result = findprotocol(data, conn, protop);
  if(result)
    return result;

  /*
   * Parse the login details from the URL and strip them out of
   * the host name
   */
  result = parse_url_login(data, conn, userp, passwdp, optionsp);
  if(result)
    return result;

  if(conn->host.name[0] == '[') {
    /* This looks like an IPv6 address literal.  See if there is an address
       scope if there is no location header */
    char *percent = strchr(conn->host.name, '%');
    if(percent) {
      unsigned int identifier_offset = 3;
      char *endp;
      unsigned long scope;
      if(strncmp("%25", percent, 3) != 0) {
        infof(data,
              "Please URL encode %% as %%25, see RFC 6874.\n");
        identifier_offset = 1;
      }
      scope = strtoul(percent + identifier_offset, &endp, 10);
      if(*endp == ']') {
        /* The address scope was well formed.  Knock it out of the
           hostname. */
        memmove(percent, endp, strlen(endp) + 1);
        conn->scope_id = (unsigned int)scope;
      }
      else {
        /* Zone identifier is not numeric */
#if defined(HAVE_NET_IF_H) && defined(IFNAMSIZ) && defined(HAVE_IF_NAMETOINDEX)
        char ifname[IFNAMSIZ + 2];
        char *square_bracket;
        unsigned int scopeidx = 0;
        strncpy(ifname, percent + identifier_offset, IFNAMSIZ + 2);
        /* Ensure nullbyte termination */
        ifname[IFNAMSIZ + 1] = '\0';
        square_bracket = strchr(ifname, ']');
        if(square_bracket) {
          /* Remove ']' */
          *square_bracket = '\0';
          scopeidx = if_nametoindex(ifname);
          if(scopeidx == 0) {
            infof(data, "Invalid network interface: %s; %s\n", ifname,
                  strerror(errno));
          }
        }
        if(scopeidx > 0) {
          char *p = percent + identifier_offset + strlen(ifname);

          /* Remove zone identifier from hostname */
          memmove(percent, p, strlen(p) + 1);
          conn->scope_id = scopeidx;
        }
        else
#endif /* HAVE_NET_IF_H && IFNAMSIZ */
          infof(data, "Invalid IPv6 address format\n");
      }
    }
  }

  if(data->set.scope_id)
    /* Override any scope that was set above.  */
    conn->scope_id = data->set.scope_id;

  /* Remove the fragment part of the path. Per RFC 2396, this is always the
     last part of the URI. We are looking for the first '#' so that we deal
     gracefully with non conformant URI such as http://example.com#foo#bar. */
  fragment = strchr(path, '#');
  if(fragment) {
    *fragment = 0;

    /* we know the path part ended with a fragment, so we know the full URL
       string does too and we need to cut it off from there so it isn't used
       over proxy */
    fragment = strchr(data->change.url, '#');
    if(fragment)
      *fragment = 0;
  }

  /*
   * So if the URL was A://B/C#D,
   *   protop is A
   *   conn->host.name is B
   *   data->state.path is /C
   */
  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * If we're doing a resumed transfer, we need to setup our stuff
 * properly.
 */
static CURLcode setup_range(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  struct UrlState *s = &data->state;
  s->resume_from = data->set.set_resume_from;
  if(s->resume_from || data->set.str[STRING_SET_RANGE]) {
    if(s->rangestringalloc)
      free(s->range);

    if(s->resume_from)
      s->range = aprintf("%" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_TU "-", s->resume_from);
    else
      s->range = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_SET_RANGE]);

    s->rangestringalloc = (s->range) ? TRUE : FALSE;

    if(!s->range)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

    /* tell ourselves to fetch this range */
    s->use_range = TRUE;        /* enable range download */
  }
  else
    s->use_range = FALSE; /* disable range download */

  return CURLE_OK;
}


/*
 * setup_connection_internals() -
 *
 * Setup connection internals specific to the requested protocol in the
 * Curl_easy. This is inited and setup before the connection is made but
 * is about the particular protocol that is to be used.
 *
 * This MUST get called after proxy magic has been figured out.
 */
static CURLcode setup_connection_internals(struct connectdata *conn)
{
  const struct Curl_handler * p;
  CURLcode result;
  struct Curl_easy *data = conn->data;

  /* in some case in the multi state-machine, we go back to the CONNECT state
     and then a second (or third or...) call to this function will be made
     without doing a DISCONNECT or DONE in between (since the connection is
     yet in place) and therefore this function needs to first make sure
     there's no lingering previous data allocated. */
  Curl_free_request_state(data);

  memset(&data->req, 0, sizeof(struct SingleRequest));
  data->req.maxdownload = -1;

  conn->socktype = SOCK_STREAM; /* most of them are TCP streams */

  /* Perform setup complement if some. */
  p = conn->handler;

  if(p->setup_connection) {
    result = (*p->setup_connection)(conn);

    if(result)
      return result;

    p = conn->handler;              /* May have changed. */
  }

  if(conn->port < 0)
    /* we check for -1 here since if proxy was detected already, this
       was very likely already set to the proxy port */
    conn->port = p->defport;

  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Curl_free_request_state() should free temp data that was allocated in the
 * Curl_easy for this single request.
 */

void Curl_free_request_state(struct Curl_easy *data)
{
  Curl_safefree(data->req.protop);
  Curl_safefree(data->req.newurl);
}


#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
/****************************************************************
* Checks if the host is in the noproxy list. returns true if it matches
* and therefore the proxy should NOT be used.
****************************************************************/
static bool check_noproxy(const char *name, const char *no_proxy)
{
  /* no_proxy=domain1.dom,host.domain2.dom
   *   (a comma-separated list of hosts which should
   *   not be proxied, or an asterisk to override
   *   all proxy variables)
   */
  size_t tok_start;
  size_t tok_end;
  const char *separator = ", ";
  size_t no_proxy_len;
  size_t namelen;
  char *endptr;

  if(no_proxy && no_proxy[0]) {
    if(strcasecompare("*", no_proxy)) {
      return TRUE;
    }

    /* NO_PROXY was specified and it wasn't just an asterisk */

    no_proxy_len = strlen(no_proxy);
    endptr = strchr(name, ':');
    if(endptr)
      namelen = endptr - name;
    else
      namelen = strlen(name);

    for(tok_start = 0; tok_start < no_proxy_len; tok_start = tok_end + 1) {
      while(tok_start < no_proxy_len &&
            strchr(separator, no_proxy[tok_start]) != NULL) {
        /* Look for the beginning of the token. */
        ++tok_start;
      }

      if(tok_start == no_proxy_len)
        break; /* It was all trailing separator chars, no more tokens. */

      for(tok_end = tok_start; tok_end < no_proxy_len &&
            strchr(separator, no_proxy[tok_end]) == NULL; ++tok_end)
        /* Look for the end of the token. */
        ;

      /* To match previous behaviour, where it was necessary to specify
       * ".local.com" to prevent matching "notlocal.com", we will leave
       * the '.' off.
       */
      if(no_proxy[tok_start] == '.')
        ++tok_start;

      if((tok_end - tok_start) <= namelen) {
        /* Match the last part of the name to the domain we are checking. */
        const char *checkn = name + namelen - (tok_end - tok_start);
        if(strncasecompare(no_proxy + tok_start, checkn,
                           tok_end - tok_start)) {
          if((tok_end - tok_start) == namelen || *(checkn - 1) == '.') {
            /* We either have an exact match, or the previous character is a .
             * so it is within the same domain, so no proxy for this host.
             */
            return TRUE;
          }
        }
      } /* if((tok_end - tok_start) <= namelen) */
    } /* for(tok_start = 0; tok_start < no_proxy_len;
         tok_start = tok_end + 1) */
  } /* NO_PROXY was specified and it wasn't just an asterisk */

  return FALSE;
}

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_HTTP
/****************************************************************
* Detect what (if any) proxy to use. Remember that this selects a host
* name and is not limited to HTTP proxies only.
* The returned pointer must be freed by the caller (unless NULL)
****************************************************************/
static char *detect_proxy(struct connectdata *conn)
{
  char *proxy = NULL;

  /* If proxy was not specified, we check for default proxy environment
   * variables, to enable i.e Lynx compliance:
   *
   * http_proxy=http://some.server.dom:port/
   * https_proxy=http://some.server.dom:port/
   * ftp_proxy=http://some.server.dom:port/
   * no_proxy=domain1.dom,host.domain2.dom
   *   (a comma-separated list of hosts which should
   *   not be proxied, or an asterisk to override
   *   all proxy variables)
   * all_proxy=http://some.server.dom:port/
   *   (seems to exist for the CERN www lib. Probably
   *   the first to check for.)
   *
   * For compatibility, the all-uppercase versions of these variables are
   * checked if the lowercase versions don't exist.
   */
  char proxy_env[128];
  const char *protop = conn->handler->scheme;
  char *envp = proxy_env;
  char *prox;

  /* Now, build <protocol>_proxy and check for such a one to use */
  while(*protop)
    *envp++ = (char)tolower((int)*protop++);

  /* append _proxy */
  strcpy(envp, "_proxy");

  /* read the protocol proxy: */
  prox = curl_getenv(proxy_env);

  /*
   * We don't try the uppercase version of HTTP_PROXY because of
   * security reasons:
   *
   * When curl is used in a webserver application
   * environment (cgi or php), this environment variable can
   * be controlled by the web server user by setting the
   * http header 'Proxy:' to some value.
   *
   * This can cause 'internal' http/ftp requests to be
   * arbitrarily redirected by any external attacker.
   */
  if(!prox && !strcasecompare("http_proxy", proxy_env)) {
    /* There was no lowercase variable, try the uppercase version: */
    Curl_strntoupper(proxy_env, proxy_env, sizeof(proxy_env));
    prox = curl_getenv(proxy_env);
  }

  if(prox)
    proxy = prox; /* use this */
  else {
    proxy = curl_getenv("all_proxy"); /* default proxy to use */
    if(!proxy)
      proxy = curl_getenv("ALL_PROXY");
  }

  return proxy;
}
#endif /* CURL_DISABLE_HTTP */

/*
 * If this is supposed to use a proxy, we need to figure out the proxy
 * host name, so that we can re-use an existing connection
 * that may exist registered to the same proxy host.
 */
static CURLcode parse_proxy(struct Curl_easy *data,
                            struct connectdata *conn, char *proxy,
                            curl_proxytype proxytype)
{
  char *prox_portno;
  char *endofprot;

  /* We use 'proxyptr' to point to the proxy name from now on... */
  char *proxyptr;
  char *portptr;
  char *atsign;
  long port = -1;
  char *proxyuser = NULL;
  char *proxypasswd = NULL;
  bool sockstype;

  /* We do the proxy host string parsing here. We want the host name and the
   * port name. Accept a protocol:// prefix
   */

  /* Parse the protocol part if present */
  endofprot = strstr(proxy, "://");
  if(endofprot) {
    proxyptr = endofprot + 3;
    if(checkprefix("https", proxy))
      proxytype = CURLPROXY_HTTPS;
    else if(checkprefix("socks5h", proxy))
      proxytype = CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME;
    else if(checkprefix("socks5", proxy))
      proxytype = CURLPROXY_SOCKS5;
    else if(checkprefix("socks4a", proxy))
      proxytype = CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A;
    else if(checkprefix("socks4", proxy) || checkprefix("socks", proxy))
      proxytype = CURLPROXY_SOCKS4;
    else if(checkprefix("http:", proxy))
      ; /* leave it as HTTP or HTTP/1.0 */
    else {
      /* Any other xxx:// reject! */
      failf(data, "Unsupported proxy scheme for \'%s\'", proxy);
      return CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT;
    }
  }
  else
    proxyptr = proxy; /* No xxx:// head: It's a HTTP proxy */

#ifdef USE_SSL
  if(!Curl_ssl->support_https_proxy)
#endif
    if(proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTPS) {
      failf(data, "Unsupported proxy \'%s\', libcurl is built without the "
                  "HTTPS-proxy support.", proxy);
      return CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN;
    }

  sockstype = proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME ||
              proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS5 ||
              proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A ||
              proxytype == CURLPROXY_SOCKS4;

  /* Is there a username and password given in this proxy url? */
  atsign = strchr(proxyptr, '@');
  if(atsign) {
    CURLcode result =
      Curl_parse_login_details(proxyptr, atsign - proxyptr,
                               &proxyuser, &proxypasswd, NULL);
    if(result)
      return result;
    proxyptr = atsign + 1;
  }

  /* start scanning for port number at this point */
  portptr = proxyptr;

  /* detect and extract RFC6874-style IPv6-addresses */
  if(*proxyptr == '[') {
    char *ptr = ++proxyptr; /* advance beyond the initial bracket */
    while(*ptr && (ISXDIGIT(*ptr) || (*ptr == ':') || (*ptr == '.')))
      ptr++;
    if(*ptr == '%') {
      /* There might be a zone identifier */
      if(strncmp("%25", ptr, 3))
        infof(data, "Please URL encode %% as %%25, see RFC 6874.\n");
      ptr++;
      /* Allow unreserved characters as defined in RFC 3986 */
      while(*ptr && (ISALPHA(*ptr) || ISXDIGIT(*ptr) || (*ptr == '-') ||
                     (*ptr == '.') || (*ptr == '_') || (*ptr == '~')))
        ptr++;
    }
    if(*ptr == ']')
      /* yeps, it ended nicely with a bracket as well */
      *ptr++ = 0;
    else
      infof(data, "Invalid IPv6 address format\n");
    portptr = ptr;
    /* Note that if this didn't end with a bracket, we still advanced the
     * proxyptr first, but I can't see anything wrong with that as no host
     * name nor a numeric can legally start with a bracket.
     */
  }

  /* Get port number off proxy.server.com:1080 */
  prox_portno = strchr(portptr, ':');
  if(prox_portno) {
    char *endp = NULL;

    *prox_portno = 0x0; /* cut off number from host name */
    prox_portno ++;
    /* now set the local port number */
    port = strtol(prox_portno, &endp, 10);
    if((endp && *endp && (*endp != '/') && (*endp != ' ')) ||
       (port < 0) || (port > 65535)) {
      /* meant to detect for example invalid IPv6 numerical addresses without
         brackets: "2a00:fac0:a000::7:13". Accept a trailing slash only
         because we then allow "URL style" with the number followed by a
         slash, used in curl test cases already. Space is also an acceptable
         terminating symbol. */
      infof(data, "No valid port number in proxy string (%s)\n",
            prox_portno);
    }
    else
      conn->port = port;
  }
  else {
    if(proxyptr[0]=='/') {
      /* If the first character in the proxy string is a slash, fail
         immediately. The following code will otherwise clear the string which
         will lead to code running as if no proxy was set! */
      Curl_safefree(proxyuser);
      Curl_safefree(proxypasswd);
      return CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY;
    }

    /* without a port number after the host name, some people seem to use
       a slash so we strip everything from the first slash */
    atsign = strchr(proxyptr, '/');
    if(atsign)
      *atsign = '\0'; /* cut off path part from host name */

    if(data->set.proxyport)
      /* None given in the proxy string, then get the default one if it is
         given */
      port = data->set.proxyport;
    else {
      if(proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTPS)
        port = CURL_DEFAULT_HTTPS_PROXY_PORT;
      else
        port = CURL_DEFAULT_PROXY_PORT;
    }
  }

  if(*proxyptr) {
    struct proxy_info *proxyinfo =
      sockstype ? &conn->socks_proxy : &conn->http_proxy;
    proxyinfo->proxytype = proxytype;

    if(proxyuser) {
      /* found user and password, rip them out.  note that we are unescaping
         them, as there is otherwise no way to have a username or password
         with reserved characters like ':' in them. */
      Curl_safefree(proxyinfo->user);
      proxyinfo->user = curl_easy_unescape(data, proxyuser, 0, NULL);
      Curl_safefree(proxyuser);

      if(!proxyinfo->user) {
        Curl_safefree(proxypasswd);
        return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      }

      Curl_safefree(proxyinfo->passwd);
      if(proxypasswd && strlen(proxypasswd) < MAX_CURL_PASSWORD_LENGTH)
        proxyinfo->passwd = curl_easy_unescape(data, proxypasswd, 0, NULL);
      else
        proxyinfo->passwd = strdup("");
      Curl_safefree(proxypasswd);

      if(!proxyinfo->passwd)
        return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

      conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd = TRUE; /* enable it */
    }

    if(port >= 0) {
      proxyinfo->port = port;
      if(conn->port < 0 || sockstype || !conn->socks_proxy.host.rawalloc)
        conn->port = port;
    }

    /* now, clone the cleaned proxy host name */
    Curl_safefree(proxyinfo->host.rawalloc);
    proxyinfo->host.rawalloc = strdup(proxyptr);
    proxyinfo->host.name = proxyinfo->host.rawalloc;

    if(!proxyinfo->host.rawalloc)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  Curl_safefree(proxyuser);
  Curl_safefree(proxypasswd);

  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Extract the user and password from the authentication string
 */
static CURLcode parse_proxy_auth(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                 struct connectdata *conn)
{
  char proxyuser[MAX_CURL_USER_LENGTH]="";
  char proxypasswd[MAX_CURL_PASSWORD_LENGTH]="";
  CURLcode result;

  if(data->set.str[STRING_PROXYUSERNAME] != NULL) {
    strncpy(proxyuser, data->set.str[STRING_PROXYUSERNAME],
            MAX_CURL_USER_LENGTH);
    proxyuser[MAX_CURL_USER_LENGTH-1] = '\0';   /*To be on safe side*/
  }
  if(data->set.str[STRING_PROXYPASSWORD] != NULL) {
    strncpy(proxypasswd, data->set.str[STRING_PROXYPASSWORD],
            MAX_CURL_PASSWORD_LENGTH);
    proxypasswd[MAX_CURL_PASSWORD_LENGTH-1] = '\0'; /*To be on safe side*/
  }

  result = Curl_urldecode(data, proxyuser, 0, &conn->http_proxy.user, NULL,
                          FALSE);
  if(!result)
    result = Curl_urldecode(data, proxypasswd, 0, &conn->http_proxy.passwd,
                            NULL, FALSE);
  return result;
}

/* create_conn helper to parse and init proxy values. to be called after unix
   socket init but before any proxy vars are evaluated. */
static CURLcode create_conn_helper_init_proxy(struct connectdata *conn)
{
  char *proxy = NULL;
  char *socksproxy = NULL;
  char *no_proxy = NULL;
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  struct Curl_easy *data = conn->data;

  /*************************************************************
   * Extract the user and password from the authentication string
   *************************************************************/
  if(conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd) {
    result = parse_proxy_auth(data, conn);
    if(result)
      goto out;
  }

  /*************************************************************
   * Detect what (if any) proxy to use
   *************************************************************/
  if(data->set.str[STRING_PROXY]) {
    proxy = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_PROXY]);
    /* if global proxy is set, this is it */
    if(NULL == proxy) {
      failf(data, "memory shortage");
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto out;
    }
  }

  if(data->set.str[STRING_PRE_PROXY]) {
    socksproxy = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_PRE_PROXY]);
    /* if global socks proxy is set, this is it */
    if(NULL == socksproxy) {
      failf(data, "memory shortage");
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto out;
    }
  }

  if(!data->set.str[STRING_NOPROXY]) {
    no_proxy = curl_getenv("no_proxy");
    if(!no_proxy)
      no_proxy = curl_getenv("NO_PROXY");
  }

  if(check_noproxy(conn->host.name, data->set.str[STRING_NOPROXY] ?
      data->set.str[STRING_NOPROXY] : no_proxy)) {
    Curl_safefree(proxy);
    Curl_safefree(socksproxy);
  }
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_HTTP
  else if(!proxy && !socksproxy)
    /* if the host is not in the noproxy list, detect proxy. */
    proxy = detect_proxy(conn);
#endif /* CURL_DISABLE_HTTP */

  Curl_safefree(no_proxy);

#ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
  /* For the time being do not mix proxy and unix domain sockets. See #1274 */
  if(proxy && conn->unix_domain_socket) {
    free(proxy);
    proxy = NULL;
  }
#endif

  if(proxy && (!*proxy || (conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_NONETWORK))) {
    free(proxy);  /* Don't bother with an empty proxy string or if the
                     protocol doesn't work with network */
    proxy = NULL;
  }
  if(socksproxy && (!*socksproxy ||
                    (conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_NONETWORK))) {
    free(socksproxy);  /* Don't bother with an empty socks proxy string or if
                          the protocol doesn't work with network */
    socksproxy = NULL;
  }

  /***********************************************************************
   * If this is supposed to use a proxy, we need to figure out the proxy host
   * name, proxy type and port number, so that we can re-use an existing
   * connection that may exist registered to the same proxy host.
   ***********************************************************************/
  if(proxy || socksproxy) {
    if(proxy) {
      result = parse_proxy(data, conn, proxy, conn->http_proxy.proxytype);
      Curl_safefree(proxy); /* parse_proxy copies the proxy string */
      if(result)
        goto out;
    }

    if(socksproxy) {
      result = parse_proxy(data, conn, socksproxy,
                           conn->socks_proxy.proxytype);
      /* parse_proxy copies the socks proxy string */
      Curl_safefree(socksproxy);
      if(result)
        goto out;
    }

    if(conn->http_proxy.host.rawalloc) {
#ifdef CURL_DISABLE_HTTP
      /* asking for a HTTP proxy is a bit funny when HTTP is disabled... */
      result = CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL;
      goto out;
#else
      /* force this connection's protocol to become HTTP if compatible */
      if(!(conn->handler->protocol & PROTO_FAMILY_HTTP)) {
        if((conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_PROXY_AS_HTTP) &&
           !conn->bits.tunnel_proxy)
          conn->handler = &Curl_handler_http;
        else
          /* if not converting to HTTP over the proxy, enforce tunneling */
          conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = TRUE;
      }
      conn->bits.httpproxy = TRUE;
#endif
    }
    else {
      conn->bits.httpproxy = FALSE; /* not a HTTP proxy */
      conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = FALSE; /* no tunneling if not HTTP */
    }

    if(conn->socks_proxy.host.rawalloc) {
      if(!conn->http_proxy.host.rawalloc) {
        /* once a socks proxy */
        if(!conn->socks_proxy.user) {
          conn->socks_proxy.user = conn->http_proxy.user;
          conn->http_proxy.user = NULL;
          Curl_safefree(conn->socks_proxy.passwd);
          conn->socks_proxy.passwd = conn->http_proxy.passwd;
          conn->http_proxy.passwd = NULL;
        }
      }
      conn->bits.socksproxy = TRUE;
    }
    else
      conn->bits.socksproxy = FALSE; /* not a socks proxy */
  }
  else {
    conn->bits.socksproxy = FALSE;
    conn->bits.httpproxy = FALSE;
  }
  conn->bits.proxy = conn->bits.httpproxy || conn->bits.socksproxy;

  if(!conn->bits.proxy) {
    /* we aren't using the proxy after all... */
    conn->bits.proxy = FALSE;
    conn->bits.httpproxy = FALSE;
    conn->bits.socksproxy = FALSE;
    conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd = FALSE;
    conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = FALSE;
  }

out:

  free(socksproxy);
  free(proxy);
  return result;
}
#endif /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */

/*
 * parse_url_login()
 *
 * Parse the login details (user name, password and options) from the URL and
 * strip them out of the host name
 *
 * Inputs: data->set.use_netrc (CURLOPT_NETRC)
 *         conn->host.name
 *
 * Outputs: (almost :- all currently undefined)
 *          conn->bits.user_passwd  - non-zero if non-default passwords exist
 *          user                    - non-zero length if defined
 *          passwd                  - non-zero length if defined
 *          options                 - non-zero length if defined
 *          conn->host.name         - remove user name and password
 */
static CURLcode parse_url_login(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                struct connectdata *conn,
                                char **user, char **passwd, char **options)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  char *userp = NULL;
  char *passwdp = NULL;
  char *optionsp = NULL;

  /* At this point, we're hoping all the other special cases have
   * been taken care of, so conn->host.name is at most
   *    [user[:password][;options]]@]hostname
   *
   * We need somewhere to put the embedded details, so do that first.
   */

  char *ptr = strchr(conn->host.name, '@');
  char *login = conn->host.name;

  DEBUGASSERT(!**user);
  DEBUGASSERT(!**passwd);
  DEBUGASSERT(!**options);
  DEBUGASSERT(conn->handler);

  if(!ptr)
    goto out;

  /* We will now try to extract the
   * possible login information in a string like:
   * ftp://user:password@ftp.my.site:8021/README */
  conn->host.name = ++ptr;

  /* So the hostname is sane.  Only bother interpreting the
   * results if we could care.  It could still be wasted
   * work because it might be overtaken by the programmatically
   * set user/passwd, but doing that first adds more cases here :-(
   */

  if(data->set.use_netrc == CURL_NETRC_REQUIRED)
    goto out;

  /* We could use the login information in the URL so extract it. Only parse
     options if the handler says we should. */
  result =
    Curl_parse_login_details(login, ptr - login - 1,
                             &userp, &passwdp,
                             (conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_URLOPTIONS)?
                             &optionsp:NULL);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  if(userp) {
    char *newname;

    /* We have a user in the URL */
    conn->bits.userpwd_in_url = TRUE;
    conn->bits.user_passwd = TRUE; /* enable user+password */

    /* Decode the user */
    result = Curl_urldecode(data, userp, 0, &newname, NULL, FALSE);
    if(result) {
      goto out;
    }

    free(*user);
    *user = newname;
  }

  if(passwdp) {
    /* We have a password in the URL so decode it */
    char *newpasswd;
    result = Curl_urldecode(data, passwdp, 0, &newpasswd, NULL, FALSE);
    if(result) {
      goto out;
    }

    free(*passwd);
    *passwd = newpasswd;
  }

  if(optionsp) {
    /* We have an options list in the URL so decode it */
    char *newoptions;
    result = Curl_urldecode(data, optionsp, 0, &newoptions, NULL, FALSE);
    if(result) {
      goto out;
    }

    free(*options);
    *options = newoptions;
  }


  out:

  free(userp);
  free(passwdp);
  free(optionsp);

  return result;
}

/*
 * Curl_parse_login_details()
 *
 * This is used to parse a login string for user name, password and options in
 * the following formats:
 *
 *   user
 *   user:password
 *   user:password;options
 *   user;options
 *   user;options:password
 *   :password
 *   :password;options
 *   ;options
 *   ;options:password
 *
 * Parameters:
 *
 * login    [in]     - The login string.
 * len      [in]     - The length of the login string.
 * userp    [in/out] - The address where a pointer to newly allocated memory
 *                     holding the user will be stored upon completion.
 * passdwp  [in/out] - The address where a pointer to newly allocated memory
 *                     holding the password will be stored upon completion.
 * optionsp [in/out] - The address where a pointer to newly allocated memory
 *                     holding the options will be stored upon completion.
 *
 * Returns CURLE_OK on success.
 */
CURLcode Curl_parse_login_details(const char *login, const size_t len,
                                  char **userp, char **passwdp,
                                  char **optionsp)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  char *ubuf = NULL;
  char *pbuf = NULL;
  char *obuf = NULL;
  const char *psep = NULL;
  const char *osep = NULL;
  size_t ulen;
  size_t plen;
  size_t olen;

  /* Attempt to find the password separator */
  if(passwdp) {
    psep = strchr(login, ':');

    /* Within the constraint of the login string */
    if(psep >= login + len)
      psep = NULL;
  }

  /* Attempt to find the options separator */
  if(optionsp) {
    osep = strchr(login, ';');

    /* Within the constraint of the login string */
    if(osep >= login + len)
      osep = NULL;
  }

  /* Calculate the portion lengths */
  ulen = (psep ?
          (size_t)(osep && psep > osep ? osep - login : psep - login) :
          (osep ? (size_t)(osep - login) : len));
  plen = (psep ?
          (osep && osep > psep ? (size_t)(osep - psep) :
                                 (size_t)(login + len - psep)) - 1 : 0);
  olen = (osep ?
          (psep && psep > osep ? (size_t)(psep - osep) :
                                 (size_t)(login + len - osep)) - 1 : 0);

  /* Allocate the user portion buffer */
  if(userp && ulen) {
    ubuf = malloc(ulen + 1);
    if(!ubuf)
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  /* Allocate the password portion buffer */
  if(!result && passwdp && plen) {
    pbuf = malloc(plen + 1);
    if(!pbuf) {
      free(ubuf);
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
  }

  /* Allocate the options portion buffer */
  if(!result && optionsp && olen) {
    obuf = malloc(olen + 1);
    if(!obuf) {
      free(pbuf);
      free(ubuf);
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
  }

  if(!result) {
    /* Store the user portion if necessary */
    if(ubuf) {
      memcpy(ubuf, login, ulen);
      ubuf[ulen] = '\0';
      Curl_safefree(*userp);
      *userp = ubuf;
    }

    /* Store the password portion if necessary */
    if(pbuf) {
      memcpy(pbuf, psep + 1, plen);
      pbuf[plen] = '\0';
      Curl_safefree(*passwdp);
      *passwdp = pbuf;
    }

    /* Store the options portion if necessary */
    if(obuf) {
      memcpy(obuf, osep + 1, olen);
      obuf[olen] = '\0';
      Curl_safefree(*optionsp);
      *optionsp = obuf;
    }
  }

  return result;
}

/*************************************************************
 * Figure out the remote port number and fix it in the URL
 *
 * No matter if we use a proxy or not, we have to figure out the remote
 * port number of various reasons.
 *
 * To be able to detect port number flawlessly, we must not confuse them
 * IPv6-specified addresses in the [0::1] style. (RFC2732)
 *
 * The conn->host.name is currently [user:passwd@]host[:port] where host
 * could be a hostname, IPv4 address or IPv6 address.
 *
 * The port number embedded in the URL is replaced, if necessary.
 *************************************************************/
static CURLcode parse_remote_port(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                  struct connectdata *conn)
{
  char *portptr;
  char endbracket;

  /* Note that at this point, the IPv6 address cannot contain any scope
     suffix as that has already been removed in the parseurlandfillconn()
     function */
  if((1 == sscanf(conn->host.name, "[%*45[0123456789abcdefABCDEF:.]%c",
                  &endbracket)) &&
     (']' == endbracket)) {
    /* this is a RFC2732-style specified IP-address */
    conn->bits.ipv6_ip = TRUE;

    conn->host.name++; /* skip over the starting bracket */
    portptr = strchr(conn->host.name, ']');
    if(portptr) {
      *portptr++ = '\0'; /* zero terminate, killing the bracket */
      if(*portptr) {
        if (*portptr != ':') {
          failf(data, "IPv6 closing bracket followed by '%c'", *portptr);
          return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
        }
      }
      else
        portptr = NULL; /* no port number available */
    }
  }
  else {
#ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
    struct in6_addr in6;
    if(Curl_inet_pton(AF_INET6, conn->host.name, &in6) > 0) {
      /* This is a numerical IPv6 address, meaning this is a wrongly formatted
         URL */
      failf(data, "IPv6 numerical address used in URL without brackets");
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }
#endif

    portptr = strchr(conn->host.name, ':');
  }

  if(data->set.use_port && data->state.allow_port) {
    /* if set, we use this and ignore the port possibly given in the URL */
    conn->remote_port = (unsigned short)data->set.use_port;
    if(portptr)
      *portptr = '\0'; /* cut off the name there anyway - if there was a port
                      number - since the port number is to be ignored! */
    if(conn->bits.httpproxy) {
      /* we need to create new URL with the new port number */
      char *url;
      char type[12]="";

      if(conn->bits.type_set)
        snprintf(type, sizeof(type), ";type=%c",
                 data->set.prefer_ascii?'A':
                 (data->set.ftp_list_only?'D':'I'));

      /*
       * This synthesized URL isn't always right--suffixes like ;type=A are
       * stripped off. It would be better to work directly from the original
       * URL and simply replace the port part of it.
       */
      url = aprintf("%s://%s%s%s:%hu%s%s%s", conn->given->scheme,
                    conn->bits.ipv6_ip?"[":"", conn->host.name,
                    conn->bits.ipv6_ip?"]":"", conn->remote_port,
                    data->state.slash_removed?"/":"", data->state.path,
                    type);
      if(!url)
        return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

      if(data->change.url_alloc) {
        Curl_safefree(data->change.url);
        data->change.url_alloc = FALSE;
      }

      data->change.url = url;
      data->change.url_alloc = TRUE;
    }
  }
  else if(portptr) {
    /* no CURLOPT_PORT given, extract the one from the URL */

    char *rest;
    long port;

    port = strtol(portptr + 1, &rest, 10);  /* Port number must be decimal */

    if((port < 0) || (port > 0xffff)) {
      /* Single unix standard says port numbers are 16 bits long */
      failf(data, "Port number out of range");
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }

    if(rest[0]) {
      failf(data, "Port number ended with '%c'", rest[0]);
      return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    }

    if(rest != &portptr[1]) {
      *portptr = '\0'; /* cut off the name there */
      conn->remote_port = curlx_ultous(port);
    }
    else {
      /* Browser behavior adaptation. If there's a colon with no digits after,
         just cut off the name there which makes us ignore the colon and just
         use the default port. Firefox and Chrome both do that. */
      *portptr = '\0';
    }
  }

  /* only if remote_port was not already parsed off the URL we use the
     default port number */
  if(conn->remote_port < 0)
    conn->remote_port = (unsigned short)conn->given->defport;

  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Override the login details from the URL with that in the CURLOPT_USERPWD
 * option or a .netrc file, if applicable.
 */
static CURLcode override_login(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               struct connectdata *conn,
                               char **userp, char **passwdp, char **optionsp)
{
  if(data->set.str[STRING_USERNAME]) {
    free(*userp);
    *userp = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_USERNAME]);
    if(!*userp)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  if(data->set.str[STRING_PASSWORD]) {
    free(*passwdp);
    *passwdp = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_PASSWORD]);
    if(!*passwdp)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  if(data->set.str[STRING_OPTIONS]) {
    free(*optionsp);
    *optionsp = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_OPTIONS]);
    if(!*optionsp)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  conn->bits.netrc = FALSE;
  if(data->set.use_netrc != CURL_NETRC_IGNORED) {
    int ret = Curl_parsenetrc(conn->host.name,
                              userp, passwdp,
                              data->set.str[STRING_NETRC_FILE]);
    if(ret > 0) {
      infof(data, "Couldn't find host %s in the "
            DOT_CHAR "netrc file; using defaults\n",
            conn->host.name);
    }
    else if(ret < 0) {
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
    else {
      /* set bits.netrc TRUE to remember that we got the name from a .netrc
         file, so that it is safe to use even if we followed a Location: to a
         different host or similar. */
      conn->bits.netrc = TRUE;

      conn->bits.user_passwd = TRUE; /* enable user+password */
    }
  }

  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Set the login details so they're available in the connection
 */
static CURLcode set_login(struct connectdata *conn,
                          const char *user, const char *passwd,
                          const char *options)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;

  /* If our protocol needs a password and we have none, use the defaults */
  if((conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_NEEDSPWD) && !conn->bits.user_passwd) {
    /* Store the default user */
    conn->user = strdup(CURL_DEFAULT_USER);

    /* Store the default password */
    if(conn->user)
      conn->passwd = strdup(CURL_DEFAULT_PASSWORD);
    else
      conn->passwd = NULL;

    /* This is the default password, so DON'T set conn->bits.user_passwd */
  }
  else {
    /* Store the user, zero-length if not set */
    conn->user = strdup(user);

    /* Store the password (only if user is present), zero-length if not set */
    if(conn->user)
      conn->passwd = strdup(passwd);
    else
      conn->passwd = NULL;
  }

  if(!conn->user || !conn->passwd)
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

  /* Store the options, null if not set */
  if(!result && options[0]) {
    conn->options = strdup(options);

    if(!conn->options)
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  return result;
}

/*
 * Parses a "host:port" string to connect to.
 * The hostname and the port may be empty; in this case, NULL is returned for
 * the hostname and -1 for the port.
 */
static CURLcode parse_connect_to_host_port(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                           const char *host,
                                           char **hostname_result,
                                           int *port_result)
{
  char *host_dup;
  char *hostptr;
  char *host_portno;
  char *portptr;
  int port = -1;

#if defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
  (void) data;
#endif

  *hostname_result = NULL;
  *port_result = -1;

  if(!host || !*host)
    return CURLE_OK;

  host_dup = strdup(host);
  if(!host_dup)
    return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;

  hostptr = host_dup;

  /* start scanning for port number at this point */
  portptr = hostptr;

  /* detect and extract RFC6874-style IPv6-addresses */
  if(*hostptr == '[') {
#ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
    char *ptr = ++hostptr; /* advance beyond the initial bracket */
    while(*ptr && (ISXDIGIT(*ptr) || (*ptr == ':') || (*ptr == '.')))
      ptr++;
    if(*ptr == '%') {
      /* There might be a zone identifier */
      if(strncmp("%25", ptr, 3))
        infof(data, "Please URL encode %% as %%25, see RFC 6874.\n");
      ptr++;
      /* Allow unreserved characters as defined in RFC 3986 */
      while(*ptr && (ISALPHA(*ptr) || ISXDIGIT(*ptr) || (*ptr == '-') ||
                     (*ptr == '.') || (*ptr == '_') || (*ptr == '~')))
        ptr++;
    }
    if(*ptr == ']')
      /* yeps, it ended nicely with a bracket as well */
      *ptr++ = '\0';
    else
      infof(data, "Invalid IPv6 address format\n");
    portptr = ptr;
    /* Note that if this didn't end with a bracket, we still advanced the
     * hostptr first, but I can't see anything wrong with that as no host
     * name nor a numeric can legally start with a bracket.
     */
#else
    failf(data, "Use of IPv6 in *_CONNECT_TO without IPv6 support built-in!");
    free(host_dup);
    return CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN;
#endif
  }

  /* Get port number off server.com:1080 */
  host_portno = strchr(portptr, ':');
  if(host_portno) {
    char *endp = NULL;
    *host_portno = '\0'; /* cut off number from host name */
    host_portno++;
    if(*host_portno) {
      long portparse = strtol(host_portno, &endp, 10);
      if((endp && *endp) || (portparse < 0) || (portparse > 65535)) {
        infof(data, "No valid port number in connect to host string (%s)\n",
              host_portno);
        hostptr = NULL;
        port = -1;
      }
      else
        port = (int)portparse; /* we know it will fit */
    }
  }

  /* now, clone the cleaned host name */
  if(hostptr) {
    *hostname_result = strdup(hostptr);
    if(!*hostname_result) {
      free(host_dup);
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
  }

  *port_result = port;

  free(host_dup);
  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
 * Parses one "connect to" string in the form:
 * "HOST:PORT:CONNECT-TO-HOST:CONNECT-TO-PORT".
 */
static CURLcode parse_connect_to_string(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                        struct connectdata *conn,
                                        const char *conn_to_host,
                                        char **host_result,
                                        int *port_result)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  const char *ptr = conn_to_host;
  int host_match = FALSE;
  int port_match = FALSE;

  *host_result = NULL;
  *port_result = -1;

  if(*ptr == ':') {
    /* an empty hostname always matches */
    host_match = TRUE;
    ptr++;
  }
  else {
    /* check whether the URL's hostname matches */
    size_t hostname_to_match_len;
    char *hostname_to_match = aprintf("%s%s%s",
                                      conn->bits.ipv6_ip ? "[" : "",
                                      conn->host.name,
                                      conn->bits.ipv6_ip ? "]" : "");
    if(!hostname_to_match)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    hostname_to_match_len = strlen(hostname_to_match);
    host_match = strncasecompare(ptr, hostname_to_match,
                                 hostname_to_match_len);
    free(hostname_to_match);
    ptr += hostname_to_match_len;

    host_match = host_match && *ptr == ':';
    ptr++;
  }

  if(host_match) {
    if(*ptr == ':') {
      /* an empty port always matches */
      port_match = TRUE;
      ptr++;
    }
    else {
      /* check whether the URL's port matches */
      char *ptr_next = strchr(ptr, ':');
      if(ptr_next) {
        char *endp = NULL;
        long port_to_match = strtol(ptr, &endp, 10);
        if((endp == ptr_next) && (port_to_match == conn->remote_port)) {
          port_match = TRUE;
          ptr = ptr_next + 1;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  if(host_match && port_match) {
    /* parse the hostname and port to connect to */
    result = parse_connect_to_host_port(data, ptr, host_result, port_result);
  }

  return result;
}

/*
 * Processes all strings in the "connect to" slist, and uses the "connect
 * to host" and "connect to port" of the first string that matches.
 */
static CURLcode parse_connect_to_slist(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                       struct connectdata *conn,
                                       struct curl_slist *conn_to_host)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  char *host = NULL;
  int port = -1;

  while(conn_to_host && !host && port == -1) {
    result = parse_connect_to_string(data, conn, conn_to_host->data,
                                     &host, &port);
    if(result)
      return result;

    if(host && *host) {
      conn->conn_to_host.rawalloc = host;
      conn->conn_to_host.name = host;
      conn->bits.conn_to_host = TRUE;

      infof(data, "Connecting to hostname: %s\n", host);
    }
    else {
      /* no "connect to host" */
      conn->bits.conn_to_host = FALSE;
      Curl_safefree(host);
    }

    if(port >= 0) {
      conn->conn_to_port = port;
      conn->bits.conn_to_port = TRUE;
      infof(data, "Connecting to port: %d\n", port);
    }
    else {
      /* no "connect to port" */
      conn->bits.conn_to_port = FALSE;
      port = -1;
    }

    conn_to_host = conn_to_host->next;
  }

  return result;
}

/*************************************************************
 * Resolve the address of the server or proxy
 *************************************************************/
static CURLcode resolve_server(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               struct connectdata *conn,
                               bool *async)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  timediff_t timeout_ms = Curl_timeleft(data, NULL, TRUE);

  /*************************************************************
   * Resolve the name of the server or proxy
   *************************************************************/
  if(conn->bits.reuse)
    /* We're reusing the connection - no need to resolve anything, and
       fix_hostname() was called already in create_conn() for the re-use
       case. */
    *async = FALSE;

  else {
    /* this is a fresh connect */
    int rc;
    struct Curl_dns_entry *hostaddr;

#ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
    if(conn->unix_domain_socket) {
      /* Unix domain sockets are local. The host gets ignored, just use the
       * specified domain socket address. Do not cache "DNS entries". There is
       * no DNS involved and we already have the filesystem path available */
      const char *path = conn->unix_domain_socket;

      hostaddr = calloc(1, sizeof(struct Curl_dns_entry));
      if(!hostaddr)
        result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      else {
        bool longpath = FALSE;
        hostaddr->addr = Curl_unix2addr(path, &longpath,
                                        conn->abstract_unix_socket);
        if(hostaddr->addr)
          hostaddr->inuse++;
        else {
          /* Long paths are not supported for now */
          if(longpath) {
            failf(data, "Unix socket path too long: '%s'", path);
            result = CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST;
          }
          else
            result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
          free(hostaddr);
          hostaddr = NULL;
        }
      }
    }
    else
#endif
    if(!conn->bits.proxy) {
      struct hostname *connhost;
      if(conn->bits.conn_to_host)
        connhost = &conn->conn_to_host;
      else
        connhost = &conn->host;

      /* If not connecting via a proxy, extract the port from the URL, if it is
       * there, thus overriding any defaults that might have been set above. */
      if(conn->bits.conn_to_port)
        conn->port = conn->conn_to_port;
      else
        conn->port = conn->remote_port;

      /* Resolve target host right on */
      rc = Curl_resolv_timeout(conn, connhost->name, (int)conn->port,
                               &hostaddr, timeout_ms);
      if(rc == CURLRESOLV_PENDING)
        *async = TRUE;

      else if(rc == CURLRESOLV_TIMEDOUT)
        result = CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT;

      else if(!hostaddr) {
        failf(data, "Couldn't resolve host '%s'", connhost->dispname);
        result =  CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST;
        /* don't return yet, we need to clean up the timeout first */
      }
    }
    else {
      /* This is a proxy that hasn't been resolved yet. */

      struct hostname * const host = conn->bits.socksproxy ?
        &conn->socks_proxy.host : &conn->http_proxy.host;

      /* resolve proxy */
      rc = Curl_resolv_timeout(conn, host->name, (int)conn->port,
                               &hostaddr, timeout_ms);

      if(rc == CURLRESOLV_PENDING)
        *async = TRUE;

      else if(rc == CURLRESOLV_TIMEDOUT)
        result = CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT;

      else if(!hostaddr) {
        failf(data, "Couldn't resolve proxy '%s'", host->dispname);
        result = CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY;
        /* don't return yet, we need to clean up the timeout first */
      }
    }
    DEBUGASSERT(conn->dns_entry == NULL);
    conn->dns_entry = hostaddr;
  }

  return result;
}

/*
 * Cleanup the connection just allocated before we can move along and use the
 * previously existing one.  All relevant data is copied over and old_conn is
 * ready for freeing once this function returns.
 */
static void reuse_conn(struct connectdata *old_conn,
                       struct connectdata *conn)
{
  free_fixed_hostname(&old_conn->http_proxy.host);
  free_fixed_hostname(&old_conn->socks_proxy.host);

  free(old_conn->http_proxy.host.rawalloc);
  free(old_conn->socks_proxy.host.rawalloc);

  /* free the SSL config struct from this connection struct as this was
     allocated in vain and is targeted for destruction */
  Curl_free_primary_ssl_config(&old_conn->ssl_config);
  Curl_free_primary_ssl_config(&old_conn->proxy_ssl_config);

  conn->data = old_conn->data;

  /* get the user+password information from the old_conn struct since it may
   * be new for this request even when we re-use an existing connection */
  conn->bits.user_passwd = old_conn->bits.user_passwd;
  if(conn->bits.user_passwd) {
    /* use the new user name and password though */
    Curl_safefree(conn->user);
    Curl_safefree(conn->passwd);
    conn->user = old_conn->user;
    conn->passwd = old_conn->passwd;
    old_conn->user = NULL;
    old_conn->passwd = NULL;
  }

  conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd = old_conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd;
  if(conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd) {
    /* use the new proxy user name and proxy password though */
    Curl_safefree(conn->http_proxy.user);
    Curl_safefree(conn->socks_proxy.user);
    Curl_safefree(conn->http_proxy.passwd);
    Curl_safefree(conn->socks_proxy.passwd);
    conn->http_proxy.user = old_conn->http_proxy.user;
    conn->socks_proxy.user = old_conn->socks_proxy.user;
    conn->http_proxy.passwd = old_conn->http_proxy.passwd;
    conn->socks_proxy.passwd = old_conn->socks_proxy.passwd;
    old_conn->http_proxy.user = NULL;
    old_conn->socks_proxy.user = NULL;
    old_conn->http_proxy.passwd = NULL;
    old_conn->socks_proxy.passwd = NULL;
  }

  /* host can change, when doing keepalive with a proxy or if the case is
     different this time etc */
  free_fixed_hostname(&conn->host);
  free_fixed_hostname(&conn->conn_to_host);
  Curl_safefree(conn->host.rawalloc);
  Curl_safefree(conn->conn_to_host.rawalloc);
  conn->host = old_conn->host;
  conn->conn_to_host = old_conn->conn_to_host;
  conn->conn_to_port = old_conn->conn_to_port;
  conn->remote_port = old_conn->remote_port;

  /* persist connection info in session handle */
  Curl_persistconninfo(conn);

  conn_reset_all_postponed_data(old_conn); /* free buffers */

  /* re-use init */
  conn->bits.reuse = TRUE; /* yes, we're re-using here */

  Curl_safefree(old_conn->user);
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->passwd);
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->http_proxy.user);
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->socks_proxy.user);
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->http_proxy.passwd);
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->socks_proxy.passwd);
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->localdev);

  Curl_llist_destroy(&old_conn->send_pipe, NULL);
  Curl_llist_destroy(&old_conn->recv_pipe, NULL);

  Curl_safefree(old_conn->master_buffer);

#ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
  Curl_safefree(old_conn->unix_domain_socket);
#endif
}

/**
 * create_conn() sets up a new connectdata struct, or re-uses an already
 * existing one, and resolves host name.
 *
 * if this function returns CURLE_OK and *async is set to TRUE, the resolve
 * response will be coming asynchronously. If *async is FALSE, the name is
 * already resolved.
 *
 * @param data The sessionhandle pointer
 * @param in_connect is set to the next connection data pointer
 * @param async is set TRUE when an async DNS resolution is pending
 * @see Curl_setup_conn()
 *
 * *NOTE* this function assigns the conn->data pointer!
 */

static CURLcode create_conn(struct Curl_easy *data,
                            struct connectdata **in_connect,
                            bool *async)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  struct connectdata *conn;
  struct connectdata *conn_temp = NULL;
  size_t urllen;
  char *user = NULL;
  char *passwd = NULL;
  char *options = NULL;
  bool reuse;
  bool prot_missing = FALSE;
  bool connections_available = TRUE;
  bool force_reuse = FALSE;
  bool waitpipe = FALSE;
  size_t max_host_connections = Curl_multi_max_host_connections(data->multi);
  size_t max_total_connections = Curl_multi_max_total_connections(data->multi);

  *async = FALSE;

  /*************************************************************
   * Check input data
   *************************************************************/

  if(!data->change.url) {
    result = CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
    goto out;
  }

  /* First, split up the current URL in parts so that we can use the
     parts for checking against the already present connections. In order
     to not have to modify everything at once, we allocate a temporary
     connection data struct and fill in for comparison purposes. */
  conn = allocate_conn(data);

  if(!conn) {
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto out;
  }

  /* We must set the return variable as soon as possible, so that our
     parent can cleanup any possible allocs we may have done before
     any failure */
  *in_connect = conn;

  /* This initing continues below, see the comment "Continue connectdata
   * initialization here" */

  /***********************************************************
   * We need to allocate memory to store the path in. We get the size of the
   * full URL to be sure, and we need to make it at least 256 bytes since
   * other parts of the code will rely on this fact
   ***********************************************************/
#define LEAST_PATH_ALLOC 256
  urllen = strlen(data->change.url);
  if(urllen < LEAST_PATH_ALLOC)
    urllen = LEAST_PATH_ALLOC;

  /*
   * We malloc() the buffers below urllen+2 to make room for 2 possibilities:
   * 1 - an extra terminating zero
   * 2 - an extra slash (in case a syntax like "www.host.com?moo" is used)
   */

  Curl_safefree(data->state.pathbuffer);
  data->state.path = NULL;

  data->state.pathbuffer = malloc(urllen + 2);
  if(NULL == data->state.pathbuffer) {
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY; /* really bad error */
    goto out;
  }
  data->state.path = data->state.pathbuffer;

  conn->host.rawalloc = malloc(urllen + 2);
  if(NULL == conn->host.rawalloc) {
    Curl_safefree(data->state.pathbuffer);
    data->state.path = NULL;
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto out;
  }

  conn->host.name = conn->host.rawalloc;
  conn->host.name[0] = 0;

  user = strdup("");
  passwd = strdup("");
  options = strdup("");
  if(!user || !passwd || !options) {
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto out;
  }

  result = parseurlandfillconn(data, conn, &prot_missing, &user, &passwd,
                               &options);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  /*************************************************************
   * No protocol part in URL was used, add it!
   *************************************************************/
  if(prot_missing) {
    /* We're guessing prefixes here and if we're told to use a proxy or if
       we're gonna follow a Location: later or... then we need the protocol
       part added so that we have a valid URL. */
    char *reurl;
    char *ch_lower;

    reurl = aprintf("%s://%s", conn->handler->scheme, data->change.url);

    if(!reurl) {
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto out;
    }

    /* Change protocol prefix to lower-case */
    for(ch_lower = reurl; *ch_lower != ':'; ch_lower++)
      *ch_lower = (char)TOLOWER(*ch_lower);

    if(data->change.url_alloc) {
      Curl_safefree(data->change.url);
      data->change.url_alloc = FALSE;
    }

    data->change.url = reurl;
    data->change.url_alloc = TRUE; /* free this later */
  }

  /*************************************************************
   * If the protocol can't handle url query strings, then cut
   * off the unhandable part
   *************************************************************/
  if((conn->given->flags&PROTOPT_NOURLQUERY)) {
    char *path_q_sep = strchr(conn->data->state.path, '?');
    if(path_q_sep) {
      /* according to rfc3986, allow the query (?foo=bar)
         also on protocols that can't handle it.

         cut the string-part after '?'
      */

      /* terminate the string */
      path_q_sep[0] = 0;
    }
  }

  if(data->set.str[STRING_BEARER]) {
    conn->oauth_bearer = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_BEARER]);
    if(!conn->oauth_bearer) {
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto out;
    }
  }

#ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
  if(data->set.str[STRING_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH]) {
    conn->unix_domain_socket = strdup(data->set.str[STRING_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH]);
    if(conn->unix_domain_socket == NULL) {
      result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
      goto out;
    }
    conn->abstract_unix_socket = data->set.abstract_unix_socket;
  }
#endif

  /* After the unix socket init but before the proxy vars are used, parse and
     initialize the proxy vars */
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
  result = create_conn_helper_init_proxy(conn);
  if(result)
    goto out;
#endif

  /*************************************************************
   * If the protocol is using SSL and HTTP proxy is used, we set
   * the tunnel_proxy bit.
   *************************************************************/
  if((conn->given->flags&PROTOPT_SSL) && conn->bits.httpproxy)
    conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = TRUE;

  /*************************************************************
   * Figure out the remote port number and fix it in the URL
   *************************************************************/
  result = parse_remote_port(data, conn);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  /* Check for overridden login details and set them accordingly so they
     they are known when protocol->setup_connection is called! */
  result = override_login(data, conn, &user, &passwd, &options);
  if(result)
    goto out;
  result = set_login(conn, user, passwd, options);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  /*************************************************************
   * Process the "connect to" linked list of hostname/port mappings.
   * Do this after the remote port number has been fixed in the URL.
   *************************************************************/
  result = parse_connect_to_slist(data, conn, data->set.connect_to);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  /*************************************************************
   * IDN-fix the hostnames
   *************************************************************/
  result = fix_hostname(conn, &conn->host);
  if(result)
    goto out;
  if(conn->bits.conn_to_host) {
    result = fix_hostname(conn, &conn->conn_to_host);
    if(result)
      goto out;
  }
  if(conn->bits.httpproxy) {
    result = fix_hostname(conn, &conn->http_proxy.host);
    if(result)
      goto out;
  }
  if(conn->bits.socksproxy) {
    result = fix_hostname(conn, &conn->socks_proxy.host);
    if(result)
      goto out;
  }

  /*************************************************************
   * Check whether the host and the "connect to host" are equal.
   * Do this after the hostnames have been IDN-fixed.
   *************************************************************/
  if(conn->bits.conn_to_host &&
     strcasecompare(conn->conn_to_host.name, conn->host.name)) {
    conn->bits.conn_to_host = FALSE;
  }

  /*************************************************************
   * Check whether the port and the "connect to port" are equal.
   * Do this after the remote port number has been fixed in the URL.
   *************************************************************/
  if(conn->bits.conn_to_port && conn->conn_to_port == conn->remote_port) {
    conn->bits.conn_to_port = FALSE;
  }

  /*************************************************************
   * If the "connect to" feature is used with an HTTP proxy,
   * we set the tunnel_proxy bit.
   *************************************************************/
  if((conn->bits.conn_to_host || conn->bits.conn_to_port) &&
      conn->bits.httpproxy)
    conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = TRUE;

  /*************************************************************
   * Setup internals depending on protocol. Needs to be done after
   * we figured out what/if proxy to use.
   *************************************************************/
  result = setup_connection_internals(conn);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  conn->recv[FIRSTSOCKET] = Curl_recv_plain;
  conn->send[FIRSTSOCKET] = Curl_send_plain;
  conn->recv[SECONDARYSOCKET] = Curl_recv_plain;
  conn->send[SECONDARYSOCKET] = Curl_send_plain;

  conn->bits.tcp_fastopen = data->set.tcp_fastopen;

  /***********************************************************************
   * file: is a special case in that it doesn't need a network connection
   ***********************************************************************/
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_FILE
  if(conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_NONETWORK) {
    bool done;
    /* this is supposed to be the connect function so we better at least check
       that the file is present here! */
    DEBUGASSERT(conn->handler->connect_it);
    result = conn->handler->connect_it(conn, &done);

    /* Setup a "faked" transfer that'll do nothing */
    if(!result) {
      conn->data = data;
      conn->bits.tcpconnect[FIRSTSOCKET] = TRUE; /* we are "connected */

      Curl_conncache_add_conn(data->state.conn_cache, conn);

      /*
       * Setup whatever necessary for a resumed transfer
       */
      result = setup_range(data);
      if(result) {
        DEBUGASSERT(conn->handler->done);
        /* we ignore the return code for the protocol-specific DONE */
        (void)conn->handler->done(conn, result, FALSE);
        goto out;
      }

      Curl_setup_transfer(conn, -1, -1, FALSE, NULL, /* no download */
                          -1, NULL); /* no upload */
    }

    /* since we skip do_init() */
    Curl_init_do(data, conn);

    goto out;
  }
#endif

  /* Get a cloned copy of the SSL config situation stored in the
     connection struct. But to get this going nicely, we must first make
     sure that the strings in the master copy are pointing to the correct
     strings in the session handle strings array!

     Keep in mind that the pointers in the master copy are pointing to strings
     that will be freed as part of the Curl_easy struct, but all cloned
     copies will be separately allocated.
  */
  data->set.ssl.primary.CApath = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CAPATH_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.CApath = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CAPATH_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.primary.CAfile = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CAFILE_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.CAfile = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CAFILE_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.primary.random_file = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_RANDOM_FILE];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.random_file =
    data->set.str[STRING_SSL_RANDOM_FILE];
  data->set.ssl.primary.egdsocket = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_EGDSOCKET];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.egdsocket = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_EGDSOCKET];
  data->set.ssl.primary.cipher_list =
    data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CIPHER_LIST_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.cipher_list =
    data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CIPHER_LIST_PROXY];

  data->set.ssl.CRLfile = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CRLFILE_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.CRLfile = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_CRLFILE_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.issuercert = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.issuercert = data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.cert = data->set.str[STRING_CERT_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.cert = data->set.str[STRING_CERT_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.cert_type = data->set.str[STRING_CERT_TYPE_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.cert_type = data->set.str[STRING_CERT_TYPE_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.key = data->set.str[STRING_KEY_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.key = data->set.str[STRING_KEY_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.key_type = data->set.str[STRING_KEY_TYPE_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.key_type = data->set.str[STRING_KEY_TYPE_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.key_passwd = data->set.str[STRING_KEY_PASSWD_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.key_passwd = data->set.str[STRING_KEY_PASSWD_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.primary.clientcert = data->set.str[STRING_CERT_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.clientcert = data->set.str[STRING_CERT_PROXY];
#ifdef USE_TLS_SRP
  data->set.ssl.username = data->set.str[STRING_TLSAUTH_USERNAME_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.username = data->set.str[STRING_TLSAUTH_USERNAME_PROXY];
  data->set.ssl.password = data->set.str[STRING_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD_ORIG];
  data->set.proxy_ssl.password = data->set.str[STRING_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD_PROXY];
#endif

  if(!Curl_clone_primary_ssl_config(&data->set.ssl.primary,
     &conn->ssl_config)) {
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto out;
  }

  if(!Curl_clone_primary_ssl_config(&data->set.proxy_ssl.primary,
                                    &conn->proxy_ssl_config)) {
    result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    goto out;
  }

  prune_dead_connections(data);

  /*************************************************************
   * Check the current list of connections to see if we can
   * re-use an already existing one or if we have to create a
   * new one.
   *************************************************************/

  /* reuse_fresh is TRUE if we are told to use a new connection by force, but
     we only acknowledge this option if this is not a re-used connection
     already (which happens due to follow-location or during a HTTP
     authentication phase). */
  if(data->set.reuse_fresh && !data->state.this_is_a_follow)
    reuse = FALSE;
  else
    reuse = ConnectionExists(data, conn, &conn_temp, &force_reuse, &waitpipe);

  /* If we found a reusable connection that is now marked as in use, we may
     still want to open a new connection if we are pipelining. */
  if(reuse && !force_reuse && IsPipeliningPossible(data, conn_temp)) {
    size_t pipelen = conn_temp->send_pipe.size + conn_temp->recv_pipe.size;
    if(pipelen > 0) {
      infof(data, "Found connection %ld, with requests in the pipe (%zu)\n",
            conn_temp->connection_id, pipelen);

      if(Curl_conncache_bundle_size(conn_temp) < max_host_connections &&
         Curl_conncache_size(data) < max_total_connections) {
        /* We want a new connection anyway */
        reuse = FALSE;

        infof(data, "We can reuse, but we want a new connection anyway\n");
        Curl_conncache_return_conn(conn_temp);
      }
    }
  }

  if(reuse) {
    /*
     * We already have a connection for this, we got the former connection
     * in the conn_temp variable and thus we need to cleanup the one we
     * just allocated before we can move along and use the previously
     * existing one.
     */
    reuse_conn(conn, conn_temp);
#ifdef USE_SSL
    free(conn->ssl_extra);
#endif
    free(conn);          /* we don't need this anymore */
    conn = conn_temp;
    *in_connect = conn;

    infof(data, "Re-using existing connection! (#%ld) with %s %s\n",
          conn->connection_id,
          conn->bits.proxy?"proxy":"host",
          conn->socks_proxy.host.name ? conn->socks_proxy.host.dispname :
          conn->http_proxy.host.name ? conn->http_proxy.host.dispname :
                                       conn->host.dispname);
  }
  else {
    /* We have decided that we want a new connection. However, we may not
       be able to do that if we have reached the limit of how many
       connections we are allowed to open. */

    if(conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_ALPN_NPN) {
      /* The protocol wants it, so set the bits if enabled in the easy handle
         (default) */
      if(data->set.ssl_enable_alpn)
        conn->bits.tls_enable_alpn = TRUE;
      if(data->set.ssl_enable_npn)
        conn->bits.tls_enable_npn = TRUE;
    }

    if(waitpipe)
      /* There is a connection that *might* become usable for pipelining
         "soon", and we wait for that */
      connections_available = FALSE;
    else {
      /* this gets a lock on the conncache */
      struct connectbundle *bundle =
        Curl_conncache_find_bundle(conn, data->state.conn_cache);

      if(max_host_connections > 0 && bundle &&
         (bundle->num_connections >= max_host_connections)) {
        struct connectdata *conn_candidate;

        /* The bundle is full. Extract the oldest connection. */
        conn_candidate = Curl_conncache_extract_bundle(data, bundle);
        Curl_conncache_unlock(conn);

        if(conn_candidate) {
          /* Set the connection's owner correctly, then kill it */
          conn_candidate->data = data;
          (void)Curl_disconnect(conn_candidate, /* dead_connection */ FALSE);
        }
        else {
          infof(data, "No more connections allowed to host: %d\n",
                max_host_connections);
          connections_available = FALSE;
        }
      }
      else
        Curl_conncache_unlock(conn);

    }

    if(connections_available &&
       (max_total_connections > 0) &&
       (Curl_conncache_size(data) >= max_total_connections)) {
      struct connectdata *conn_candidate;

      /* The cache is full. Let's see if we can kill a connection. */
      conn_candidate = Curl_conncache_extract_oldest(data);

      if(conn_candidate) {
        /* Set the connection's owner correctly, then kill it */
        conn_candidate->data = data;
        (void)Curl_disconnect(conn_candidate, /* dead_connection */ FALSE);
      }
      else {
        infof(data, "No connections available in cache\n");
        connections_available = FALSE;
      }
    }

    if(!connections_available) {
      infof(data, "No connections available.\n");

      conn_free(conn);
      *in_connect = NULL;

      result = CURLE_NO_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE;
      goto out;
    }
    else {
      /* Mark the connection as used, before we add it */
      conn->inuse = TRUE;

      /*
       * This is a brand new connection, so let's store it in the connection
       * cache of ours!
       */
      Curl_conncache_add_conn(data->state.conn_cache, conn);
    }

#if defined(USE_NTLM)
    /* If NTLM is requested in a part of this connection, make sure we don't
       assume the state is fine as this is a fresh connection and NTLM is
       connection based. */
    if((data->state.authhost.picked & (CURLAUTH_NTLM | CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB)) &&
       data->state.authhost.done) {
      infof(data, "NTLM picked AND auth done set, clear picked!\n");
      data->state.authhost.picked = CURLAUTH_NONE;
      data->state.authhost.done = FALSE;
    }

    if((data->state.authproxy.picked & (CURLAUTH_NTLM | CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB)) &&
       data->state.authproxy.done) {
      infof(data, "NTLM-proxy picked AND auth done set, clear picked!\n");
      data->state.authproxy.picked = CURLAUTH_NONE;
      data->state.authproxy.done = FALSE;
    }
#endif
  }

  /* Setup and init stuff before DO starts, in preparing for the transfer. */
  Curl_init_do(data, conn);

  /*
   * Setup whatever necessary for a resumed transfer
   */
  result = setup_range(data);
  if(result)
    goto out;

  /* Continue connectdata initialization here. */

  /*
   * Inherit the proper values from the urldata struct AFTER we have arranged
   * the persistent connection stuff
   */
  conn->seek_func = data->set.seek_func;
  conn->seek_client = data->set.seek_client;

  /*************************************************************
   * Resolve the address of the server or proxy
   *************************************************************/
  result = resolve_server(data, conn, async);

out:

  free(options);
  free(passwd);
  free(user);
  return result;
}

/* Curl_setup_conn() is called after the name resolve initiated in
 * create_conn() is all done.
 *
 * Curl_setup_conn() also handles reused connections
 *
 * conn->data MUST already have been setup fine (in create_conn)
 */

CURLcode Curl_setup_conn(struct connectdata *conn,
                         bool *protocol_done)
{
  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
  struct Curl_easy *data = conn->data;

  Curl_pgrsTime(data, TIMER_NAMELOOKUP);

  if(conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_NONETWORK) {
    /* nothing to setup when not using a network */
    *protocol_done = TRUE;
    return result;
  }
  *protocol_done = FALSE; /* default to not done */

  /* set proxy_connect_closed to false unconditionally already here since it
     is used strictly to provide extra information to a parent function in the
     case of proxy CONNECT failures and we must make sure we don't have it
     lingering set from a previous invoke */
  conn->bits.proxy_connect_closed = FALSE;

  /*
   * Set user-agent. Used for HTTP, but since we can attempt to tunnel
   * basically anything through a http proxy we can't limit this based on
   * protocol.
   */
  if(data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT]) {
    Curl_safefree(conn->allocptr.uagent);
    conn->allocptr.uagent =
      aprintf("User-Agent: %s\r\n", data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT]);
    if(!conn->allocptr.uagent)
      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
  }

  data->req.headerbytecount = 0;

#ifdef CURL_DO_LINEEND_CONV
  data->state.crlf_conversions = 0; /* reset CRLF conversion counter */
#endif /* CURL_DO_LINEEND_CONV */

  /* set start time here for timeout purposes in the connect procedure, it
     is later set again for the progress meter purpose */
  conn->now = Curl_now();

  if(CURL_SOCKET_BAD == conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET]) {
    conn->bits.tcpconnect[FIRSTSOCKET] = FALSE;
    result = Curl_connecthost(conn, conn->dns_entry);
    if(result)
      return result;
  }
  else {
    Curl_pgrsTime(data, TIMER_CONNECT);    /* we're connected already */
    Curl_pgrsTime(data, TIMER_APPCONNECT); /* we're connected already */
    conn->bits.tcpconnect[FIRSTSOCKET] = TRUE;
    *protocol_done = TRUE;
    Curl_updateconninfo(conn, conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET]);
    Curl_verboseconnect(conn);
  }

  conn->now = Curl_now(); /* time this *after* the connect is done, we set
                             this here perhaps a second time */
  return result;
}

CURLcode Curl_connect(struct Curl_easy *data,
                      struct connectdata **in_connect,
                      bool *asyncp,
                      bool *protocol_done)
{
  CURLcode result;

  *asyncp = FALSE; /* assume synchronous resolves by default */

  /* call the stuff that needs to be called */
  result = create_conn(data, in_connect, asyncp);

  if(!result) {
    /* no error */
    if((*in_connect)->send_pipe.size || (*in_connect)->recv_pipe.size)
      /* pipelining */
      *protocol_done = TRUE;
    else if(!*asyncp) {
      /* DNS resolution is done: that's either because this is a reused
         connection, in which case DNS was unnecessary, or because DNS
         really did finish already (synch resolver/fast async resolve) */
      result = Curl_setup_conn(*in_connect, protocol_done);
    }
  }

  if(result == CURLE_NO_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE) {
    *in_connect = NULL;
    return result;
  }

  if(result && *in_connect) {
    /* We're not allowed to return failure with memory left allocated
       in the connectdata struct, free those here */
    Curl_disconnect(*in_connect, FALSE); /* close the connection */
    *in_connect = NULL;           /* return a NULL */
  }

  return result;
}

/*
 * Curl_init_do() inits the readwrite session. This is inited each time (in
 * the DO function before the protocol-specific DO functions are invoked) for
 * a transfer, sometimes multiple times on the same Curl_easy. Make sure
 * nothing in here depends on stuff that are setup dynamically for the
 * transfer.
 *
 * Allow this function to get called with 'conn' set to NULL.
 */

CURLcode Curl_init_do(struct Curl_easy *data, struct connectdata *conn)
{
  struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;

  conn->bits.do_more = FALSE; /* by default there's no curl_do_more() to
                                 use */

  data->state.done = FALSE; /* *_done() is not called yet */
  data->state.expect100header = FALSE;

  /* if the protocol used doesn't support wildcards, switch it off */
  if(data->state.wildcardmatch &&
     !(conn->handler->flags & PROTOPT_WILDCARD))
    data->state.wildcardmatch = FALSE;

  if(data->set.opt_no_body)
    /* in HTTP lingo, no body means using the HEAD request... */
    data->set.httpreq = HTTPREQ_HEAD;
  else if(HTTPREQ_HEAD == data->set.httpreq)
    /* ... but if unset there really is no perfect method that is the
       "opposite" of HEAD but in reality most people probably think GET
       then. The important thing is that we can't let it remain HEAD if the
       opt_no_body is set FALSE since then we'll behave wrong when getting
       HTTP. */
    data->set.httpreq = HTTPREQ_GET;

  k->start = Curl_now(); /* start time */
  k->now = k->start;   /* current time is now */
  k->header = TRUE; /* assume header */

  k->bytecount = 0;

  k->buf = data->state.buffer;
  k->hbufp = data->state.headerbuff;
  k->ignorebody = FALSE;

  Curl_speedinit(data);

  Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(data, 0);
  Curl_pgrsSetDownloadCounter(data, 0);

  return CURLE_OK;
}

/*
* get_protocol_family()
*
* This is used to return the protocol family for a given protocol.
*
* Parameters:
*
* protocol  [in]  - A single bit protocol identifier such as HTTP or HTTPS.
*
* Returns the family as a single bit protocol identifier.
*/

static unsigned int get_protocol_family(unsigned int protocol)
{
  unsigned int family;

  switch(protocol) {
  case CURLPROTO_HTTP:
  case CURLPROTO_HTTPS:
    family = CURLPROTO_HTTP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_FTP:
  case CURLPROTO_FTPS:
    family = CURLPROTO_FTP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_SCP:
    family = CURLPROTO_SCP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_SFTP:
    family = CURLPROTO_SFTP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_TELNET:
    family = CURLPROTO_TELNET;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_LDAP:
  case CURLPROTO_LDAPS:
    family = CURLPROTO_LDAP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_DICT:
    family = CURLPROTO_DICT;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_FILE:
    family = CURLPROTO_FILE;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_TFTP:
    family = CURLPROTO_TFTP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_IMAP:
  case CURLPROTO_IMAPS:
    family = CURLPROTO_IMAP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_POP3:
  case CURLPROTO_POP3S:
    family = CURLPROTO_POP3;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_SMTP:
  case CURLPROTO_SMTPS:
      family = CURLPROTO_SMTP;
      break;

  case CURLPROTO_RTSP:
    family = CURLPROTO_RTSP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_RTMP:
  case CURLPROTO_RTMPS:
    family = CURLPROTO_RTMP;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_RTMPT:
  case CURLPROTO_RTMPTS:
    family = CURLPROTO_RTMPT;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_RTMPE:
    family = CURLPROTO_RTMPE;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_RTMPTE:
    family = CURLPROTO_RTMPTE;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_GOPHER:
    family = CURLPROTO_GOPHER;
    break;

  case CURLPROTO_SMB:
  case CURLPROTO_SMBS:
    family = CURLPROTO_SMB;
    break;

  default:
      family = 0;
      break;
  }

  return family;
}