diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl
index 9ede1633..c190ce95 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ if (!defined($session)) {
 ## map ifdescr to ifindex - should look at being able to cache this value
 
 if (defined $ifdescr || defined $iftype) {
-	# escape "/" in ifdescr - very common in the Cisco world
 	if (defined $iftype) {
 		$status=fetch_ifindex($snmpIfType, $iftype);
 	} else {
+		# escape "/" in ifdescr - very common in the Cisco world
 		$ifdescr =~ s/\//\\\//g;
 		$status=fetch_ifindex($snmpIfDescr, $ifdescr);  # if using on device with large number of interfaces
 		                                                # recommend use of SNMP v2 (get-bulk)
diff --git a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
index 13d8bc3b..485bf3be 100644
--- a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
 				timeout_interval = atoi (optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'H':									/* host */
-			host_or_die(optarg);
 			hostname = optarg;
 			break;
 		case 'p': /* port number */
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
 		if (c <= argc) {
 			die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: You must provide a host name\n"), progname);
 		}
-		host_or_die(argv[c]);
 		hostname = argv[c++];
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index 0b712665..34fb4f01 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -1453,8 +1453,8 @@ redir (char *pos, char *status_line)
       !strncmp(server_address, addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH) &&
       (host_name && !strncmp(host_name, addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH)) &&
       !strcmp(server_url, url))
-    die (STATE_WARNING,
-         _("HTTP WARNING - redirection creates an infinite loop - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"),
+    die (STATE_CRITICAL,
+         _("HTTP CRITICAL - redirection creates an infinite loop - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"),
          type, addr, i, url, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
 
   strcpy (server_type, type);