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<TITLE>Networking Properties</TITLE> |
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Networking Properties</H1> |
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<P ALIGN=LEFT>There are a few standard system properties used to |
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alter the mechanisms and behavior of the various classes of the |
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java.net package. Some are checked only once at startup of the VM, |
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and therefore are best set using the -D option of the java command, |
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while others have a more dynamic nature and can also be changed using |
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the <a href="../../lang/System.html#setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)">System.setProperty()</a> API. The purpose of this document is to list |
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and detail all of these properties.</P> |
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<P>If there is no special note, a property value is checked every time it is used.</P> |
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<a name="Ipv4IPv6"></a> |
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<H2>IPv4 / IPv6</H2> |
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<LI><P><B>java.net.preferIPv4Stack</B> (default: false)<BR> |
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If IPv6 is available on the operating system the |
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underlying native socket will be, by default, an IPv6 socket which |
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lets applications connect to, and accept connections from, both |
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IPv4 and IPv6 hosts. However, in the case an application would |
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rather use IPv4 only sockets, then this property can be set to <B>true</B>. |
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The implication is that it will not be possible for the application |
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to communicate with IPv6 only hosts.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>java.net.preferIPv6Addresses</B> (default: false)<BR> |
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When dealing with a host which has both IPv4 |
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and IPv6 addresses, and if IPv6 is available on the operating |
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system, the default behavior is to prefer using IPv4 addresses over |
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IPv6 ones. This is to ensure backward compatibility, for example |
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applications that depend on the representation of an IPv4 address |
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(e.g. 192.168.1.1). This property can be set to <B>true</B> to |
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change that preference and use IPv6 addresses over IPv4 ones where |
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possible.</P> |
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</UL> |
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<P>Both of these properties are checked only once, at startup.</P> |
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<a name="Proxies"></a> |
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<H2>Proxies</H2> |
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<P>A proxy server allows indirect connection to network services and |
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is used mainly for security (to get through firewalls) and |
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performance reasons (proxies often do provide caching mechanisms). |
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The following properties allow for configuration of the various type |
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of proxies.</P> |
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<UL> |
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<LI><P>HTTP</P> |
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<P>The following proxy settings are used by the HTTP protocol handler.</P> |
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<UL> |
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<LI><P><B>http.proxyHost</B> (default: <none>)<BR> |
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The hostname, or address, of the proxy server |
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<LI><P><B>http.proxyPort</B> (default: 80)<BR> |
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The port number of the proxy server.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.nonProxyHosts</B> (default: localhost|127.*|[::1])<BR> |
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through the proxy. Typically this defines internal hosts. |
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The value of this property is a list of hosts, |
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separated by the '|' character. In addition the wildcard |
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character '*' can be used for pattern matching. For example |
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<code>-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=”*.foo.com|localhost”</code> |
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will indicate that every hosts in the foo.com domain and the |
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localhost should be accessed directly even if a proxy server is |
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specified.</P> |
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<P>The default value excludes all common variations of the loopback address.</P> |
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<LI><P>HTTPS<BR>This is HTTP over SSL, a secure version of HTTP |
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mainly used when confidentiality (like on payment sites) is needed.</P> |
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<P>The following proxy settings are used by the HTTPS protocol handler.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>https.proxyHost</B>(default: <none>)<BR> |
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The hostname, or address, of the proxy server |
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<LI><P><B>https.proxyPort</B> (default: 443)<BR> |
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The port number of the proxy server.</P> |
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<P>The HTTPS protocol handler will use the same nonProxyHosts |
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property as the HTTP protocol.</P> |
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<LI><P>FTP</P> |
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<P>The following proxy settings are used by the FTP protocol handler.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>ftp.proxyHost</B>(default: <none>)<BR> |
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The hostname, or address, of the proxy server |
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<LI><P><B>ftp.proxyPort</B> (default: 80)<BR> |
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The port number of the proxy server.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>ftp.nonProxyHosts</B> (default: localhost|127.*|[::1])<BR> |
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through the proxy. Typically this defines internal hosts. |
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The value of this property is a list of hosts, separated by |
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the '|' character. In addition the wildcard character |
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'*' can be used for pattern matching. For example |
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<code>-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=”*.foo.com|localhost”</code> |
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will indicate that every hosts in the foo.com domain and the |
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localhost should be accessed directly even if a proxy server is |
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specified.</P> |
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<P>The default value excludes all common variations of the loopback address.</P> |
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<LI><P>SOCKS<BR>This is another type of proxy. It allows for lower |
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level type of tunneling since it works at the TCP level. In effect, |
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in the Java(tm) platform setting a SOCKS proxy server will result in |
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all TCP connections to go through that proxy, unless other proxies |
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are specified. If SOCKS is supported by a Java SE implementation, the |
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following properties will be used:</P> |
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<LI><P><B>socksProxyHost</B> (default: <none>)<BR> |
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The hostname, or address, of the proxy server.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>socksProxyPort</B> (default: 1080)<BR> |
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The port number of the proxy server.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>socksProxyVersion</B> (default: 5)<BR> |
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The version of the SOCKS protocol supported by the server. The |
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default is <code>5</code> indicating SOCKS V5, alternatively |
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<code>4</code> can be specified for SOCKS V4. Setting the property |
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to values other than these leads to unspecified behavior.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>java.net.socks.username</B> (default: <none>)<BR> |
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Username to use if the SOCKSv5 server asks for authentication |
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and no java.net.Authenticator instance was found.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>java.net.socks.password</B> (default: <none>)<BR> |
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Password to use if the SOCKSv5 server asks for authentication |
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and no java.net.Authenticator instance was found.</P> |
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<P>Note that if no authentication is provided with either the above |
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properties or an Authenticator, and the proxy requires one, then |
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the <B>user.name</B> property will be used with no password.</P> |
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</UL> |
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<LI><P><B>java.net.useSystemProxies</B> (default: false)<BR> |
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On recent Windows systems and on Gnome 2.x systems it is possible to |
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tell the java.net stack, setting this property to <B>true</B>, to use |
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the system proxy settings (both these systems let you set proxies |
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globally through their user interface). Note that this property is |
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checked only once at startup.</P> |
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</UL> |
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<a name="MiscHTTP"></a> |
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<H2>Misc HTTP properties</H2> |
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<LI><P><B>http.agent</B> (default: “Java/<version>”)<BR> |
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Defines the string sent in the User-Agent request header in http |
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requests. Note that the string “Java/<version>” will |
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be appended to the one provided in the property (e.g. if |
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-Dhttp.agent=”foobar” is used, the User-Agent header will |
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contain “foobar Java/1.5.0” if the version of the VM is |
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1.5.0). This property is checked only once at startup.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.keepalive</B> (default: true)<BR> |
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Indicates if persistent connections should be supported. They improve |
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performance by allowing the underlying socket connection to be reused |
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for multiple http requests. If this is set to true then persistent |
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connections will be requested with HTTP 1.1 servers.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.maxConnections</B> (default: 5)<BR> |
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If HTTP keepalive is enabled (see above) this value determines the |
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maximum number of idle connections that will be simultaneously kept |
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alive, per destination.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.maxRedirects</B> (default: 20)<BR> |
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This integer value determines the maximum number, for a given request, |
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of HTTP redirects that will be automatically followed by the |
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protocol handler.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.auth.digest.validateServer</B> (default: false)</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.auth.digest.validateProxy</B> (default: false)</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.auth.digest.cnonceRepeat</B> (default: 5)</P> |
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<P>These 3 properties modify the behavior of the HTTP digest |
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authentication mechanism. Digest authentication provides a limited |
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ability for the server to authenticate itself to the client (i.e. |
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By proving it knows the user's password). However not all HTTP |
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servers support this capability and by default it is turned off. The |
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first two properties can be set to true to enforce this check for |
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authentication with either an origin or proxy server, respectively.</P> |
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<P>It is usually not necessary to change the third property. It |
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determines how many times a cnonce value is re-used. This can be |
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useful when the MD5-sess algorithm is being used. Increasing this |
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value reduces the computational overhead on both client and server |
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by reducing the amount of material that has to be hashed for each |
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HTTP request.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>http.auth.ntlm.domain</B> (default: <none>)<BR> |
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NTLM is another authentication scheme. It uses the |
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java.net.Authenticator class to acquire usernames and passwords when |
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they are needed. However NTLM also needs the NT domain name. There are |
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3 options for specifying that domain:</P> |
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<LI><P>Do not specify it. In some environments the domain is |
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actually not required and the application does not have to specify |
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it.</P> |
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<LI><P>The domain name can be encoded within the username by |
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prefixing the domain name, followed by a back-slash '\' before the |
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username. With this method existing applications that use the |
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authenticator class do not need to be modified, as long as users |
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are made aware that this notation must be used.</P> |
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<LI><P>If a domain name is not specified as in method 2) and these |
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property is defined, then its value will be used a the domain |
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name.</P> |
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<P>All these properties are checked only once at startup.</P> |
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<a name="AddressCache"></a> |
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<H2>Address Cache</H2> |
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<P>The java.net package, when doing name resolution, uses an address |
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cache for both security and performance reasons. Any address |
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resolution attempt, be it forward (name to IP address) or reverse (IP |
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address to name), will have its result cached, whether it was |
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successful or not, so that subsequent identical requests will not |
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have to access the naming service. These properties allow for some |
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tuning on how the cache is operating.</P> |
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<UL> |
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<LI><P><B>networkaddress.cache.ttl</B> (default: see below)<BR> |
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Value is an integer corresponding to the number of seconds successful |
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name lookups will be kept in the cache. A value of -1, or any other |
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negative value for that matter, indicates a “cache forever” |
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policy, while a value of 0 (zero) means no caching. The default value |
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is -1 (forever) if a security manager is installed, and implementation |
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specific when no security manager is installed.</P> |
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<LI><P><B>networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl</B> (default: 10)<BR> |
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Value is an integer corresponding to the number of seconds an |
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unsuccessful name lookup will be kept in the cache. A value of -1, |
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or any negative value, means “cache forever”, while a |
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value of 0 (zero) means no caching.</P> |
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<P>Since these 2 properties are part of the security policy, they are |
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not set by either the -D option or the System.setProperty() API, |
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instead they are set in the JRE security policy file <code>lib/security/java.security</code>.</P> |
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