1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/usr.bin/nc/socks.c b/src/usr.bin/nc/socks.c
index c665ea731a..ca67c6df59 100644
--- a/src/usr.bin/nc/socks.c
+++ b/src/usr.bin/nc/socks.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: socks.c,v 1.12 2005/05/19 08:40:59 djm Exp $  */
+/*      $OpenBSD: socks.c,v 1.13 2005/05/20 11:06:58 djm Exp $  */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1999 Niklas Hallqvist.  All rights reserved.
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ socks_connect(const char *host, const char *port,
         if (proxyfd < 0)
                 return (-1);
 
-        serveraddr = decode_addr(host);
+        /* HTTP proxies should use hostnames. (XXX so can SOCKS5) */
+        if (socksv != -1)
+                serveraddr = decode_addr(host);
         serverport = decode_port(port);
 
         if (socksv == 5) {