splay_tree_t *config_tree;
        FILE *fp;
-       char *pubname = NULL, *hcfname = NULL;
+       char *pubname = NULL;
        char *p;
 
-       xasprintf(&hcfname, "%s" SLASH "hosts" SLASH "%s", confbase, n->name);
-
        init_configuration(&config_tree);
-       if(!read_config_file(config_tree, hcfname))
+       if(!read_host_config(config_tree, n->name))
                goto exit;
 
        /* First, check for simple ECDSAPublicKey statement */
 
 exit:
        exit_configuration(&config_tree);
-       free(hcfname);
        free(pubname);
        return n->ecdsa;
 }
                //      continue;
                #endif
 
-               char *fname;
-               xasprintf(&fname, "%s" SLASH "hosts" SLASH "%s", confbase, ent->d_name);
-
                splay_tree_t *config_tree;
                init_configuration(&config_tree);
                read_config_options(config_tree, ent->d_name);
-               read_config_file(config_tree, fname);
-               free(fname);
+               read_host_config(config_tree, ent->d_name);
 
                if(!n) {
                        n = new_node();
 */
 static bool setup_myself(void) {
        char *name, *hostname, *cipher, *digest, *type;
-       char *fname = NULL;
        char *address = NULL;
 
        if(!(name = get_name())) {
        myself->connection = new_connection();
        myself->name = name;
        myself->connection->name = xstrdup(name);
-       xasprintf(&fname, "%s" SLASH "hosts" SLASH "%s", confbase, name);
-       read_config_options(config_tree, name);
-       read_config_file(config_tree, fname);
-       free(fname);
+       read_host_config(config_tree, name);
 
        if(!get_config_string(lookup_config(config_tree, "Port"), &myport))
                myport = xstrdup("655");