diff -ur jwhois-4.0/src/utils.c jwhois-4.0-dn/src/utils.c
--- jwhois-4.0/src/utils.c	2007-06-26 03:00:20.000000000 -0400
+++ jwhois-4.0-dn/src/utils.c	2008-05-20 07:56:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 
       retlen = sizeof(retval);
       error = getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &retval, &retlen);
-      if (error < 0 || retval)
+      if (error == 0 && retval == 0)
 	{
 	  break;
 	}