--- loncom/LWPReq.pm	2016/07/25 19:49:45	1.2
+++ loncom/LWPReq.pm	2018/09/20 14:17:01	1.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # LON-CAPA wrapper for LWP UserAgent to accommodate certification
 # verification for SSL.
 #
-# $Id: LWPReq.pm,v 1.2 2016/07/25 19:49:45 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: LWPReq.pm,v 1.3 2018/09/20 14:17:01 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use LWP::UserAgent::DNS::Hosts();
 use Apache::lonnet;
 
 sub makerequest {
-    my ($remotehostid,$request,$content,$perlvar,$timeout,$verifycert,$use_lc_ca,$debug) = @_;
+    my ($remotehostid,$request,$content,$perlvar,$timeout,$verifycert,$use_lc_ca,$islocal,$debug) = @_;
     unless (ref($perlvar) eq' HASH') {
         $perlvar = LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf');
     }
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ sub makerequest {
         if ($use_lc_ca && $remotehostname && $fn) {
             $ua->requests_redirectable(undef);
         }
+        if ($islocal) {
+            $ua->local_address('127.0.0.1');
+        }
         if ($content ne '') {
             $response = $ua->request($request,$content);
         } else {
@@ -168,6 +171,14 @@ sub makerequest {
             if ($use_lc_ca && $remotehostname && $fn) {
                 $ua->requests_redirectable(undef);
             }
+            if ($islocal) {
+                if (LWP::UserAgent->VERSION >= 5.834) {
+                    $ua->local_address('127.0.0.1');
+                } else {
+                    local @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS =
+                          (LocalAddr => '127.0.0.1');
+                }
+            }
             if ($content ne '') {
                 $response = $ua->request($request,$content);
             } else {
@@ -187,6 +198,9 @@ sub makerequest {
                     $response = $ua->request($request);
                 }
             }
+            if (($islocal) && (LWP::UserAgent->VERSION < 5.834)) {
+                local @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = ();
+            }
         }
    }
    if ($dns_set) {