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    Default Problem when excluding clients from connecting to QTcpServer

    I wanted to exclude certain clients from connecting to a QTcpServer. In my server, I use the following code:

    Qt Code:
    1. void Server::incomingConnection(int socketDescriptor)
    2. {
    3. socket_ = new QTcpSocket(this);
    4.  
    5. //Only perform a host look-up, do NOT establish a connection
    6. if (!socket_->setSocketDescriptor(socketDescriptor, QAbstractSocket::HostLookupState))
    7. {
    8. emit error(socket_->error());
    9. return;
    10. }
    11.  
    12. QString name = socket_->peerName();
    13.  
    14. if (socket_->peerName() == QString("A certain hostname"))
    15. {
    16. emit finished();
    17. socket_->close();
    18. return;
    19. }
    20.  
    21. //Close socket anyway to be able to establish a connection
    22. socket_->close();
    23.  
    24. if (!socket_->setSocketDescriptor(socketDescriptor))
    25. {
    26. emit error(socket_->error());
    27. return;
    28. }
    29. }
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    On the client side:

    Qt Code:
    1. void Client::establishConnection()
    2. {
    3. foreach(QString server, servers_)
    4. {
    5. socket_->connectToHost(server, port_);
    6.  
    7. if (socket_->waitForConnected(100))
    8. {
    9. connect(socket_, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readyRead()));
    10.  
    11. emit connectionEstablished(server);
    12.  
    13. break;
    14. }
    15. }
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    Now it seems that waitForConnected returns true when only performing the host look-up. I do not want a connection to be established at the client side, if there is no real connection. This does not seem to be the behavior one would expect.

    I can off course check of the socket is open afterwards, but shouldn't waitForConnected() only return true when a complete connection has been established?

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    Default Re: Problem when excluding clients from connecting to QTcpServer

    You should establish a connection and close it immediately. The connection is already established when incomingConnection() is called. The way you are trying to validate the client is... weird You can't create and close sockets as you want and expect the connection not to suffer on that.

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    Default Re: Problem when excluding clients from connecting to QTcpServer

    If so, then why is it possible to set the descriptor with the state QAbstractSocket::HostLookupState? I thought that was the perfect way to prevent a connection from being established .

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    Default Re: Problem when excluding clients from connecting to QTcpServer

    Because you might set an arbitrary descriptor on a socket, so Qt doesn't know what state it is in. But this exact descriptor is in the connecting state when you get it (so you can't make a step back).

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    Default Re: Problem when excluding clients from connecting to QTcpServer

    Ok, good to know .

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