Index: class.t3lib_div.php
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--- class.t3lib_div.php (revision 158)
+++ class.t3lib_div.php (working copy)
@@ -2979,6 +2979,36 @@
         *************************/

        /**
+        * Checks the proxy blacklist, if found, returns true
+        *
+        * @param string $url   The URL to be checked (host will be extracted from here)
+        * @return boolean
+        */
+       protected static function inProxyBlackList($url) {
+               if (!isset($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlProxyBlackList'])) return false;
+
+               $urlParts = parse_url($url);
+               if (!isset($urlParts['host']) || empty($urlParts['host'])) return false;
+
+               $hostParts = array_reverse(self::trimExplode('.', $urlParts['host'], 1));
+               foreach(explode(',', $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlProxyBlackList']) as $hostName) {
+                       $parts = array_reverse(self::trimExplode(".", $hostName, 1));
+
+                       $partsMatch = 0;
+                       foreach($parts as $index => $hostNamePart) {
+                               if ($hostParts[$index] == $hostNamePart) $partsMatch++;
+                               else if ($hostNamePart == '*') {
+                                       $partsMatch += 99;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if ($partsMatch >= count($hostParts)) return true;
+               }
+
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       /**
         * Reads the file or url $url and returns the content
         * If you are having trouble with proxys when reading URLs you can configure your way out of that with settings like $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['curlUse'] etc.
         * Usage: 83
@@ -3029,7 +3059,7 @@
                        }

                                // (Proxy support implemented by Arco <arco@appeltaart.mine.nu>)
-                       if ($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlProxyServer']) {
+                       if (!self::inProxyBlacklist($url) && $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlProxyServer']) {
                                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlProxyServer']);

                                if ($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlProxyTunnel']) {