struct hostent *my_gethostbyname (const gchar *hostname);
SockInfo *sock_connect (const gchar *hostname, gushort port);
-SockInfo *sock_connect_cmd (const gchar *hostname, const gchar *tunnelcmd);
gint sock_connect_async (const gchar *hostname, gushort port,
SockConnectFunc func, gpointer data);
gint sock_connect_async_cancel (gint id);