there are these lines in chan_sip.c in function process_sdp if (pedanticsipchecking) { c = get_sdp_iterate(&destiterator, req, "c"); if (!ast_strlen_zero(c)) { if (sscanf(c, "IN IP4 %256s", host) != 1) { ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid secondary host in c= line, '%s'\n", c); } else { /* XXX This could block for a long time, and block the main thread! XXX */ hp = ast_gethostbyname(host, &ahp); if (!hp) { ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to lookup host in secondary c= line, '%s'\n", c); } } } } I think they are unnecessary because a few lines before in the same function there are these lines: c = get_sdp_iterate(&destiterator, req, "c"); if (ast_strlen_zero(m) || ast_strlen_zero(c)) { ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Insufficient information for SDP (m = '%s', c = '%s')\n", m, c); add_to_list(p->cid_num, "Insufficient information for SDP (m = '%s', c = '%s')\n", m, c); return -1; } if (sscanf(c, "IN IP4 %256s", host) != 1) { ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid host in c= line, '%s'\n", c); add_to_list(p->cid_num, "Invalid host in c= line, '%s'\n", c); return -1; } /* XXX This could block for a long time, and block the main thread! XXX */ hp = ast_gethostbyname(host, &ahp); if (!hp) { ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to lookup host in c= line, '%s'\n", c); add_to_list(p->cid_num, "Unable to lookup host in c= line, '%s'\n", c); return -1; } Than means that all things that are checked in the "pedanticsipchecking block" have been checked already before.