All uses of beast::Thread were previously removed from the code
base, so beast::Thread is removed. One piece of beast::Thread
needed to be preserved: the ability to set the current thread's
name. So there's now a beast::CurrentThreadName that allows the
current thread's name to be set and returned.
Thread naming is also cleaned up a bit. ThreadName.h and .cpp
are removed since beast::CurrentThreadName does a better job.
ThreadEntry is also removed, but its terminateHandler() is
preserved in TerminateHandler.cpp. The revised terminateHandler()
uses beast::CurrentThreadName to recover the name of the running
thread.
Finally, the NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS #define is removed since
it was discovered that the MacOS debugger preserves the stack
of the original throw even if the terminateHandler() rethrows.
The default SSL cipher list introduced with 0.50.0 in
commit 2c87739 was overly restrictive and resulted in
clients unable to negotiate SSL connections.
Adjust the default cipher to the more sensible:
HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:!MD5:!DSS:!3DES:!RC4:!EXPORT
Correct a bug that would not allow an SSL handshake
to properly complete if the port was configured using
the `wss` keyword.
The existing configuration includes 512 and 1024 bit DH
parameters and supports ciphers such as RC4 and 3DES and
hash algorithms like SHA-1 which are no longer considered
secure.
Going forward, use only 2048-bit DH parameters and define
a new default set of modern ciphers to use:
HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!DSS:!SHA1:!3DES:!RC4:!EXPORT:!DSS
Additionally, allow administrators who wish to have different
settings to configure custom global and per-port ciphers suites
in the configuration file using the `ssl_ciphers` directive.
Migrate tests in uniport-test.js to cpp/jtx. Handle exceptions in
WSClient and JSONRPClient constructors. Use shorter timeout
for HTTP and WS Peers when client is localhost. Add missing call to
start_timer in HTTP Peer. Add incomplete WS Upgrade request test
to prove that server timeout is working.
Beast.WebSocket provides developers with a robust WebSocket
implementation built on Boost.Asio with a consistent asynchronous
model using a modern C++ approach.
New classes are introduced to represent HTTP messages and their
associated bodies. The parser interface is reworked to use CRTP,
error codes, and trait checks.
New classes:
* basic_headers
Models field/value pairs in a HTTP message.
* message
Models a HTTP message, body behavior defined by template argument.
Parsed message carries metadata generated during parsing.
* parser
Produces parsed messages.
* empty_body, string_body, basic_streambuf_body
Classes used to represent content bodies in various ways.
New functions:
* read, async_read, write, async_write
Read and write HTTP messages on a socket.
New concepts:
* Body: Represents the HTTP Content-Body.
* Field: A HTTP header field.
* FieldSequence: A forward sequence of fields.
* Reader: Parses a Body from a stream of bytes.
* Writer: Serializes a Body to buffers.
basic_parser changes:
* add write methods which throw exceptions instead
* error_code passed via parameter instead of return value
* fold private member calls into existing callbacks
* basic_parser uses CRTP instead of virtual members
* add documentation on Derived requirements for CRTP
impl/http-parser changes:
* joyent renamed to nodejs to reflect upstream changes
New classes:
class async_completion:
Helper class for implementing asynchronous initiation functions.
See n3964:
Library Foundations for Asynchronous Operations, Revision 1
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n3964.pdf
class basic_streambuf:
Meets the requirements of Streambuf.
class buffered_readstream:
Buffers a ReadStream with a ConstBufferSequence.
class consuming_buffers:
Adapts a BufferSequence which wraps the underlying buffer
sequence and presents fewer bytes, with the retained bytes
occurring at the end of the sequence.
class handler_alloc:
A C++ Allocator the uses asio handler allocation hooks.
class static_streambuf:
An implementation of the Streambuf concept that uses a
fixed size buffer with size determined at compile-time.
class streambuf_readstream:
Buffers a ReadStream with a Streambuf.
New functions:
append_buffers()
Returns a new BufferSequence which efficiently concatenates
two or more buffer sequences together.
prepare_buffers()
Shortens a buffer sequence. The bytes excluded are at the
end of the underlying buffer sequence.
boost::asio::read_until()
A copy of boost::asio::read_until overloads, modified to work
with a beast::asio::basic_streambuf.
Debugging:
buffers_to_string()
Convert a ConstBufferSequence to a human readable string
suitable for diagnostics.
type_check.h:
Metafunctions for checking asio concepts:
AsyncReadStream, AsyncWriteStream
SyncReadStream, SyncWriteStream
ConstBufferSequence, MutableBufferSequence
Streambuf
Handler
Changes:
* All symbols moved up a namespace level.
* streambuf provides all move and copy special members,
behavior of moved from objects is well-defined.
Fixes:
* Fix basic_streambuf iterator category.
Calculate the number of file descriptors that are needed during
execution based on the configuration file, with a hard floor
of 1024, adjusting the limit if possible. Refuse to run if enough
fds are not available.
Additionally, allow administrators to limit the number of incoming
connections a configured port will accept. By default no limit is
imposed.
Replace Journal public data members with member function accessors
in order to make Journal lighter weight. The change makes a
Journal cheaper to pass by value.
Also add missing stream checks (e.g., calls to JLOG) to avoid
text processing that ultimately will not be stored in the log.
The IP address used to perform pathfinding operations is now charged an
additional resource increment for each source currency in the path set.
* NOTE: This charge is a local resource charge, not a transaction fee
charge.
