diff -r de7efc0bb1a5 -r 7fc4c8b08e49 jdk/test/java/net/Socks/SocksIPv6Test.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 7100957
+ * @summary Java doesn't correctly handle the SOCKS protocol when used over IPv6.
+ * @run testng SocksIPv6Test
+ */
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.net.Authenticator;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.lang.Override;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.*;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.*;
+
+public class SocksIPv6Test {
+
+    private HttpServer server;
+    private SocksServer socks;
+    private String response = "Hello.";
+    private static boolean shouldRun = false;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        shouldRun = ensureInet6AddressFamily() && ensureIPv6OnLoopback();
+
+        server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(0), 0);
+        server.createContext("/", ex -> {
+            ex.sendResponseHeaders(200, response.length());
+            try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
+                    new OutputStreamWriter(ex.getResponseBody(), "UTF-8"))) {
+                writer.write(response);
+            }
+            ex.close();
+        });
+        server.start();
+
+        socks = new SocksServer(0, false);
+        socks.addUser("user", "pass");
+        socks.start();
+
+        Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
+            @Override
+            protected java.net.PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
+                return new java.net.PasswordAuthentication(
+                        "user", "pass".toCharArray());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private boolean ensureIPv6OnLoopback() throws Exception {
+        boolean ipv6 = false;
+
+        List<NetworkInterface> nics = Collections.list(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces());
+        for (NetworkInterface nic : nics) {
+            if (!nic.isLoopback()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            List<InetAddress> addrs = Collections.list(nic.getInetAddresses());
+            for (InetAddress addr : addrs) {
+                if (addr instanceof Inet6Address) {
+                    ipv6 = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!ipv6)
+            System.out.println("IPv6 is not enabled on loopback. Skipping test suite.");
+        return ipv6;
+    }
+
+    private boolean ensureInet6AddressFamily() throws IOException {
+        try (ServerSocket s = new ServerSocket()) {
+            s.bind(new InetSocketAddress("::1", 0));
+            return true;
+        } catch (SocketException e) {
+            System.out.println("Inet 6 address family is not available. Skipping test suite.");
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Test(groups = "unit")
+    public void testSocksOverIPv6() throws Exception {
+        if (!shouldRun) return;
+
+        Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.SOCKS, new InetSocketAddress("::1",
+                socks.getPort()));
+        URL url = new URL("http://[::1]:" + server.getAddress().getPort());
+        java.net.URLConnection conn = url.openConnection(proxy);
+        String actual = "";
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
+                new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()))) {
+            actual = reader.readLine();
+        }
+        assertEquals(actual, response);
+    }
+
+    @Test(groups = "unit")
+    public void testSocksOverIPv6Hostname() throws Exception {
+        if (!shouldRun) return;
+
+        String ipv6Hostname = InetAddress.getByName("::1").getHostName();
+        String ipv4Hostname = InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1").getHostName();
+
+        if (ipv6Hostname.equals(InetAddress.getByName("::1").getHostAddress())) {
+            System.out.println("Unable to get the hostname of the IPv6 loopback "
+                    + "address. Skipping test case.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (ipv6Hostname.equals(ipv4Hostname)) {
+            System.out.println("IPv6 and IPv4 loopback addresses map to the"
+                    + " same hostname. Skipping test case.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.SOCKS, new InetSocketAddress(ipv6Hostname,
+                socks.getPort()));
+        URL url = new URL("http://" + ipv6Hostname + ":" + server.getAddress().getPort());
+        java.net.URLConnection conn = url.openConnection(proxy);
+        String actual = "";
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
+                new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()))) {
+            actual = reader.readLine();
+        }
+        assertEquals(actual, response);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public void tearDown() {
+        if (server != null) {
+            server.stop(1);
+        }
+        if (socks != null) {
+            socks.terminate();
+        }
+    }
+}