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+/*
+ *  sslproc.h: An interface to the ratbox ssld helper daemon
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007 Aaron Sethman <androsyn@ratbox.org>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007 ircd-ratbox development team
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
+ *  USA
+ *
+ *  $Id: sslproc.h 25179 2008-03-30 16:34:57Z androsyn $
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_sslproc_h
+#define INCLUDED_sslproc_h
+
+struct _ssl_ctl;
+typedef struct _ssl_ctl ssl_ctl_t;
+
+void init_ssld(void);
+int start_ssldaemon(int count, const char *ssl_cert, const char *ssl_private_key, const char *ssl_dh_params);
+ssl_ctl_t *start_ssld_accept(rb_fde_t *sslF, rb_fde_t *plainF, int id);
+ssl_ctl_t *start_ssld_connect(rb_fde_t *sslF, rb_fde_t *plainF, int id);
+void start_zlib_session(void *data);
+void send_new_ssl_certs(const char *ssl_cert, const char *ssl_private_key, const char *ssl_dh_params);
+void ssld_decrement_clicount(ssl_ctl_t *ctl);
+int get_ssld_count(void);
+
+#endif
+