--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/doc-files/net-properties.html Wed Sep 16 09:23:50 2009 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/doc-files/net-properties.html Fri Sep 18 10:51:44 2009 +0200
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
<LI><P>HTTP</P>
<P>The following proxy settings are used by the HTTP protocol handler.</P>
<UL>
- <LI><P><B>http.proxyHost</FONT></B> (default: <none>)<BR>
+ <LI><P><B>http.proxyHost</B> (default: <none>)<BR>
The hostname, or address, of the proxy server
</P>
<LI><P><B>http.proxyPort</B> (default: 80)<BR>
The port number of the proxy server.</P>
- <LI><P><B>http.nonProxyHosts</B> (default: <none>)<BR>
+ <LI><P><B>http.nonProxyHosts</B> (default: localhost|127.*|[::1])<BR>
Indicates the hosts that should be accessed without going
through the proxy. Typically this defines internal hosts.
The value of this property is a list of hosts,
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
will indicate that every hosts in the foo.com domain and the
localhost should be accessed directly even if a proxy server is
specified.</P>
- </UL>
+ <P>The default value excludes all common variations of the loopback address.</P>
+ </UL>
<LI><P>HTTPS<BR>This is HTTP over SSL, a secure version of HTTP
mainly used when confidentiality (like on payment sites) is needed.</P>
<P>The following proxy settings are used by the HTTPS protocol handler.</P>
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@
</P>
<LI><P><B>ftp.proxyPort</B> (default: 80)<BR>
The port number of the proxy server.</P>
- <LI><P><B>ftp.nonProxyHosts</B> (default: <none>)<BR>
+ <LI><P><B>ftp.nonProxyHosts</B> (default: localhost|127.*|[::1])<BR>
Indicates the hosts that should be accessed without going
through the proxy. Typically this defines internal hosts.
The value of this property is a list of hosts, separated by
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
will indicate that every hosts in the foo.com domain and the
localhost should be accessed directly even if a proxy server is
specified.</P>
+ <P>The default value excludes all common variations of the loopback address.</P>
</UL>
<LI><P>SOCKS<BR>This is another type of proxy. It allows for lower
level type of tunneling since it works at the TCP level. In effect,