BIP 0031: pong message

[novacoin.git] / src / main.cpp

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index dea60f0..fbe9232 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ using namespace boost;
 // Global state
 //
 
-// Name of client reported in the 'version' message. Report the same name
-// for both bitcoind and bitcoin-qt, to make it harder for attackers to
-// target servers or GUI users specifically.
-const std::string CLIENT_NAME("Satoshi");
-
 CCriticalSection cs_setpwalletRegistered;
 set<CWallet*> setpwalletRegistered;
 
@@ -1827,7 +1822,7 @@ FILE* OpenBlockFile(unsigned int nFile, unsigned int nBlockPos, const char* pszM
 {
     if (nFile == -1)
         return NULL;
-    FILE* file = fopen(strprintf("%s/blk%04d.dat", GetDataDir().c_str(), nFile).c_str(), pszMode);
+    FILE* file = fopen((GetDataDir() / strprintf("blk%04d.dat", nFile)).string().c_str(), pszMode);
     if (!file)
         return NULL;
     if (nBlockPos != 0 && !strchr(pszMode, 'a') && !strchr(pszMode, 'w'))
@@ -2657,6 +2652,23 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
 
     else if (strCommand == "ping")
     {
+        if (pfrom->nVersion > BIP0031_VERSION)
+        {
+            uint64 nonce = 0;
+            vRecv >> nonce;
+            // Echo the message back with the nonce. This allows for two useful features:
+            //
+            // 1) A remote node can quickly check if the connection is operational
+            // 2) Remote nodes can measure the latency of the network thread. If this node
+            //    is overloaded it won't respond to pings quickly and the remote node can
+            //    avoid sending us more work, like chain download requests.
+            //
+            // The nonce stops the remote getting confused between different pings: without
+            // it, if the remote node sends a ping once per second and this node takes 5
+            // seconds to respond to each, the 5th ping the remote sends would appear to
+            // return very quickly.
+            pfrom->PushMessage("pong", nonce);
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -2819,9 +2831,14 @@ bool SendMessages(CNode* pto, bool fSendTrickle)
         if (pto->nVersion == 0)
             return true;
 
-        // Keep-alive ping
-        if (pto->nLastSend && GetTime() - pto->nLastSend > 30 * 60 && pto->vSend.empty())
-            pto->PushMessage("ping");
+        // Keep-alive ping. We send a nonce of zero because we don't use it anywhere 
+        // right now.
+        if (pto->nLastSend && GetTime() - pto->nLastSend > 30 * 60 && pto->vSend.empty()) {
+            if (pto->nVersion > BIP0031_VERSION)
+                pto->PushMessage("ping", 0);
+            else
+                pto->PushMessage("ping");
+        }
 
         // Resend wallet transactions that haven't gotten in a block yet
         ResendWalletTransactions();