--- ORBit2-2.14.3/linc2/src/linc-connection.c.non-local-ipv4	2006-09-10 14:43:46.000000000 -0400
+++ ORBit2-2.14.3/linc2/src/linc-connection.c	2006-09-10 14:44:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -495,27 +495,6 @@
 	CNX_UNLOCK (cnx);
 }
 
-static unsigned long
-get_inet_addr (const char *str)
-{
-        struct hostent *hp;
-        struct in_addr *addr_ptr;
-        unsigned long addr;
-
-        if (isdigit (*str)) {
-                        addr = inet_addr (str);
-                } else {
-                        if ((hp = gethostbyname (str)) != NULL) {
-
-                                addr_ptr = (struct in_addr *) hp->h_addr;
-
-                                addr = inet_addr (inet_ntoa (*addr_ptr));
-                        }
-                }
-
-        return addr;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 link_connection_do_initiate (LinkConnection        *cnx,
 			     const char            *proto_name,
@@ -535,21 +514,6 @@
 	if (!proto)
 		return FALSE;
 
-	if (host && (strcmp (proto_name, "IPv4") == 0)) {
-		
-		const char *local_host;
-		local_host = link_get_local_hostname ();
-
-		if (strcmp (host, local_host)) {
-			unsigned long inet_addr_host, inet_addr_local_host;
-			inet_addr_host = get_inet_addr (host);
-			inet_addr_local_host = get_inet_addr (local_host);
-
-			if (inet_addr_host != inet_addr_local_host)
-				return FALSE;
-		}
-	}
-
 	saddr = link_protocol_get_sockaddr (
 		proto, host, service, &saddr_len);