--- a/net/server_epoll.lua	Wed Feb 27 10:29:10 2019 +0100
+++ b/net/server_epoll.lua	Thu Sep 13 21:16:37 2018 +0200
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
 	self:on("connect");
 end
 
-local function addserver(addr, port, listeners, read_size, tls_ctx)
+local function listen(addr, port, listeners, config)
 	local conn, err = socket.bind(addr, port, cfg.tcp_backlog);
 	if not conn then return conn, err; end
 	conn:settimeout(0);
@@ -645,10 +645,10 @@
 		conn = conn;
 		created = gettime();
 		listeners = listeners;
-		read_size = read_size;
+		read_size = config and config.read_size;
 		onreadable = interface.onacceptable;
-		tls_ctx = tls_ctx;
-		tls_direct = tls_ctx and true or false;
+		tls_ctx = config and config.tls_ctx;
+		tls_direct = config and config.tls_direct;
 		sockname = addr;
 		sockport = port;
 	}, interface_mt);
@@ -657,6 +657,15 @@
 end
 
 -- COMPAT
+local function addserver(addr, port, listeners, read_size, tls_ctx)
+	return listen(addr, port, listeners, {
+		read_size = read_size;
+		tls_ctx = tls_ctx;
+		tls_direct = tls_ctx and true or false;
+	});
+end
+
+-- COMPAT
 local function wrapclient(conn, addr, port, listeners, read_size, tls_ctx)
 	local client = wrapsocket(conn, nil, read_size, listeners, tls_ctx);
 	if not client.peername then
@@ -792,6 +801,7 @@
 	addserver = addserver;
 	addclient = addclient;
 	add_task = addtimer;
+	listen = listen;
 	at = at;
 	loop = loop;
 	closeall = closeall;

--- a/net/server_event.lua	Wed Feb 27 10:29:10 2019 +0100
+++ b/net/server_event.lua	Thu Sep 13 21:16:37 2018 +0200
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 	return interface
 end
 
-local function handleserver( server, addr, port, pattern, listener, sslctx )  -- creates an server interface
+local function handleserver( server, addr, port, pattern, listener, sslctx, startssl )  -- creates an server interface
 	debug "creating server interface..."
 	local interface = {
 		_connections = 0;
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
 			interface._connections = interface._connections + 1  -- increase connection count
 			local clientinterface = handleclient( client, client_ip, client_port, interface, pattern, listener, sslctx )
 			--vdebug( "client id:", clientinterface, "startssl:", startssl )
-			if has_luasec and sslctx then
+			if has_luasec and startssl then
 				clientinterface:starttls(sslctx, true)
 			else
 				clientinterface:_start_session( true )
@@ -714,9 +714,9 @@
 	return interface
 end
 
-local function addserver( addr, port, listener, pattern, sslctx, startssl )  -- TODO: check arguments
-	--vdebug( "creating new tcp server with following parameters:", addr or "nil", port or "nil", sslctx or "nil", startssl or "nil")
-	if sslctx and not has_luasec then
+local function listen(addr, port, listener, config)
+	config = config or {}
+	if config.sslctx and not has_luasec then
 		debug "fatal error: luasec not found"
 		return nil, "luasec not found"
 	end
@@ -725,11 +725,20 @@
 		debug( "creating server socket on "..addr.." port "..port.." failed:", err )
 		return nil, err
 	end
-	local interface = handleserver( server, addr, port, pattern, listener, sslctx, startssl )  -- new server handler
+	local interface = handleserver( server, addr, port, config.read_size, listener, config.tls_ctx, config.tls_direct)  -- new server handler
 	debug( "new server created with id:", tostring(interface))
 	return interface
 end
 
+local function addserver( addr, port, listener, pattern, sslctx )  -- TODO: check arguments
+	--vdebug( "creating new tcp server with following parameters:", addr or "nil", port or "nil", sslctx or "nil", startssl or "nil")
+	return listen( addr, port, listener, {
+		read_size = pattern,
+		tls_ctx = sslctx,
+		tls_direct = not not sslctx,
+	});
+end
+
 local function wrapclient( client, ip, port, listeners, pattern, sslctx )
 	local interface = handleclient( client, ip, port, nil, pattern, listeners, sslctx )
 	interface:_start_connection(sslctx)
@@ -890,6 +899,7 @@
 	event_base = base,
 	addevent = newevent,
 	addserver = addserver,
+	listen = listen,
 	addclient = addclient,
 	wrapclient = wrapclient,
 	setquitting = setquitting,

--- a/net/server_select.lua	Wed Feb 27 10:29:10 2019 +0100
+++ b/net/server_select.lua	Thu Sep 13 21:16:37 2018 +0200
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 local closeall
 local addsocket
 local addserver
+local listen
 local addtimer
 local getserver
 local wrapserver
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
 
 ----------------------------------// PRIVATE //--
 
-wrapserver = function( listeners, socket, ip, serverport, pattern, sslctx ) -- this function wraps a server -- FIXME Make sure FD < _maxfd
+wrapserver = function( listeners, socket, ip, serverport, pattern, sslctx, ssldirect ) -- this function wraps a server -- FIXME Make sure FD < _maxfd
 
 	if socket:getfd() >= _maxfd then
 		out_error("server.lua: Disallowed FD number: "..socket:getfd())
@@ -244,13 +245,13 @@
 		local client, err = accept( socket )	-- try to accept
 		if client then
 			local ip, clientport = client:getpeername( )
-			local handler, client, err = wrapconnection( handler, listeners, client, ip, serverport, clientport, pattern, sslctx ) -- wrap new client socket
+			local handler, client, err = wrapconnection( handler, listeners, client, ip, serverport, clientport, pattern, sslctx, ssldirect ) -- wrap new client socket
 			if err then -- error while wrapping ssl socket
 				return false
 			end
 			connections = connections + 1
 			out_put( "server.lua: accepted new client connection from ", tostring(ip), ":", tostring(clientport), " to ", tostring(serverport))
-			if dispatch and not sslctx then -- SSL connections will notify onconnect when handshake completes
+			if dispatch and not ssldirect then -- SSL connections will notify onconnect when handshake completes
 				return dispatch( handler );
 			end
 			return;
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@
 	return handler
 end
 
-wrapconnection = function( server, listeners, socket, ip, serverport, clientport, pattern, sslctx ) -- this function wraps a client to a handler object
+wrapconnection = function( server, listeners, socket, ip, serverport, clientport, pattern, sslctx, ssldirect ) -- this function wraps a client to a handler object
 
 	if socket:getfd() >= _maxfd then
 		out_error("server.lua: Disallowed FD number: "..socket:getfd()) -- PROTIP: Switch to libevent
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@
 	_socketlist[ socket ] = handler
 	_readlistlen = addsocket(_readlist, socket, _readlistlen)
 
-	if sslctx and has_luasec then
+	if sslctx and ssldirect and has_luasec then
 		out_put "server.lua: auto-starting ssl negotiation..."
 		handler.autostart_ssl = true;
 		local ok, err = handler:starttls(sslctx);
@@ -741,9 +742,13 @@
 
 ----------------------------------// PUBLIC //--
 
-addserver = function( addr, port, listeners, pattern, sslctx ) -- this function provides a way for other scripts to reg a server
+listen = function ( addr, port, listeners, config )
 	addr = addr or "*"
+	config = config or {}
 	local err
+	local sslctx = config.tls_ctx;
+	local ssldirect = config.tls_direct;
+	local pattern = config.read_size;
 	if type( listeners ) ~= "table" then
 		err = "invalid listener table"
 	elseif type ( addr ) ~= "string" then
@@ -764,7 +769,7 @@
 		out_error( "server.lua, [", addr, "]:", port, ": ", err )
 		return nil, err
 	end
-	local handler, err = wrapserver( listeners, server, addr, port, pattern, sslctx ) -- wrap new server socket
+	local handler, err = wrapserver( listeners, server, addr, port, pattern, sslctx, ssldirect ) -- wrap new server socket
 	if not handler then
 		server:close( )
 		return nil, err
@@ -777,6 +782,14 @@
 	return handler
 end
 
+addserver = function( addr, port, listeners, pattern, sslctx ) -- this function provides a way for other scripts to reg a server
+	return listen(addr, port, listeners, {
+		read_size = pattern;
+		tls_ctx = sslctx;
+		tls_direct = sslctx and true or false;
+	});
+end
+
 getserver = function ( addr, port )
 	return _server[ addr..":"..port ];
 end
@@ -985,7 +998,7 @@
 --// EXPERIMENTAL //--
 
 local wrapclient = function( socket, ip, serverport, listeners, pattern, sslctx )
-	local handler, socket, err = wrapconnection( nil, listeners, socket, ip, serverport, "clientport", pattern, sslctx )
+	local handler, socket, err = wrapconnection( nil, listeners, socket, ip, serverport, "clientport", pattern, sslctx, sslctx)
 	if not handler then return nil, err end
 	_socketlist[ socket ] = handler
 	if not sslctx then
@@ -1121,6 +1134,7 @@
 	stats = stats,
 	closeall = closeall,
 	addserver = addserver,
+	listen = listen,
 	getserver = getserver,
 	setlogger = setlogger,
 	getsettings = getsettings,