diff --git a/socket/include/socket.h b/socket/include/socket.h
index 5e54946..2b44b0e 100644
--- a/socket/include/socket.h
+++ b/socket/include/socket.h
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
-#ifdef IBM
-#endif
-#ifdef APL
-#endif
 #ifdef LIN
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
@@ -44,6 +41,8 @@ class Socket
 
 #ifdef LIN
     void logSSL();
+    void *getSinAddr(addrinfo *addr);
+    in_addr_t resolveHost(const char *host);
 #endif
 
   public:
diff --git a/socket/socket.cpp b/socket/socket.cpp
index 0c06785..6c7860a 100644
--- a/socket/socket.cpp
+++ b/socket/socket.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Socket::Socket(std::string url, std::function<void(const std::string)> toLog)
   memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
   sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
   sa.sin_addr.s_addr =
-      inet_addr("136.243.123.153"); // address of german-airlines.de
+      resolveHost("german-airlines.de"); // address of german-airlines.de
   sa.sin_port = htons(443);
   socklen_t socklen = sizeof(sa);
   if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, socklen)) {
@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ Socket::Socket(std::string url, std::function<void(const std::string)> toLog)
 
 Socket::~Socket()
 {
-  // PLATFORM AGNOSTIC
 #ifdef IBM
   // WSA DEINIT
   int a = 0;
 #endif
+#ifdef LIN
+  close(sock);
+  SSL_shutdown(ssl);
+  SSL_free(ssl);
+#endif
 }
 
 void Socket::sendData(data d)
@@ -102,4 +106,53 @@ void Socket::logSSL()
     toLog(str);
   }
 }
+
+void *Socket::getSinAddr(addrinfo *addr)
+{
+  switch (addr->ai_family) {
+    case AF_INET:
+      return &(reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in *>(addr->ai_addr)->sin_addr);
+    case AF_INET6:
+      return &(reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in6 *>(addr->ai_addr)->sin6_addr);
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+in_addr_t Socket::resolveHost(const char *host)
+{
+  addrinfo hints = {};
+  hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
+  hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+  hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+
+  addrinfo *res;
+
+  int ret = getaddrinfo(host, NULL, &hints, &res);
+  if (ret != 0) {
+    std::ostringstream msg;
+    msg << "getaddrinfo() failed: " << gai_strerror(ret);
+    toLog(msg.str());
+
+    return 0;
+  } else {
+    std::ostringstream msg;
+    msg << res->ai_canonname;
+    toLog(msg.str());
+
+    in_addr_t retVal = 0;
+
+    for (addrinfo *addr = res; addr != NULL; addr = addr->ai_next) {
+      if (addr->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+        retVal =
+            (reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in *>(addr->ai_addr))->sin_addr.s_addr;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    freeaddrinfo(res);
+    return retVal;
+  }
+}
 #endif
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