--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2018/09/11 17:21:07	1.1172.2.99
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2018/09/21 03:58:53	1.1172.2.100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.99 2018/09/11 17:21:07 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.100 2018/09/21 03:58:53 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2840,8 +2840,7 @@ sub absolute_url {
 sub ssi {
 
     my ($fn,%form)=@_;
-    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-    my $request;
+    my ($request,$response);
 
     $form{'no_update_last_known'}=1;
     &Apache::lonenc::check_encrypt(\$fn);
@@ -2858,7 +2857,25 @@ sub ssi {
     }
 
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
-    my $response= $ua->request($request);
+
+    if ($islocal) {
+        if (LWP::UserAgent->VERSION >= 5.834) {
+            my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+            $ua->local_address('127.0.0.1');
+            $response = $ua->request($request);
+        } else {
+            {
+                require LWP::Protocol::http;
+                local @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = (LocalAddr => '127.0.0.1');
+                my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+                $response = $ua->request($request);
+                @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = ();
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+        $response = $ua->request($request);
+    }
     if (wantarray) {
 	return ($response->content, $response);
     } else {