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Network / TcpSocket crashes server.

« on: January 01, 2011, 03:25:59 am »

Hello everyone

I am having some issue with TcpSockets. As this is the first time that I look into network programming, it might as well be that I overlook something general about networks and sockets. However, here it is:

Imagine the following server and client interacting.

Server:

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#include <iostream>

#include <SFML/Network.hpp>

int main()
{
  sf::TcpListener listener;
  listener.Listen( 55555 );
 
  sf::TcpSocket clientSocket;
  listener.Accept( clientSocket );
 
  sf::Sleep( 1.0 );
 
  sf::Packet packet;
  packet << (float)42.0;
 
  clientSocket.Send( packet ); // server crashes here

  while( true )
  {
    std::cout << "I am a good server who likes to loop forever." << std::endl;
    sf::Sleep( 1.0 );
  }
}


Client:

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#include <iostream>

#include <SFML/Network.hpp>

int main()
{
  sf::TcpSocket socket;
  socket.Connect( sf::IpAddress::LocalHost, 55555 );
 
  std::cout << "I am an evil client who likes to quit without cleaning up!" << std::endl;
}


As already mentioned in the code, the server crashes as soon as it tries to send a packet to the client, which has terminated a long time ago.

I know that the above code for the client is far from good. However, this is not the issue here. What bothers me is that a bad client (or even an unstable one, which crashes frequently) can easily cause the server to crash as well. I do not see any possibility to use SFML's sockets in a safer way than that.

Note: Before I switched to version 2.0 I experienced the exact same problem in 1.6.