return !(isLocal(url.getHost()) || url.getProtocol().equals("file"));
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // bad url just skip it here. It should have been validated already, but the wagon lookup will deal with it
            return false;
        }
    }

    private static boolean isLocal(String host) {
        return "localhost".equals(host) || "127.0.0.1".equals(host);
    }

    /**