Re: Java Sockets and Firewalls

[Bernhard Schneck <Bernhard_Schneck () genua de>]

In message <19980602152418.20551 () spheara io360 com> you write:
> [...about using java.net.URLConnection...]
>
> I've gotten a couple of reports, (and have seen in my logs) instances
> where the UrlConnection is failing.

I've seen this when the hostname part of the URL can not be resolved
(forward and reverse?) by the browser (eg. when the internal net is
using its own (fake) root dns).

Usually, putting the name in the local hosts file (with any bogus
IP address) works fine.

\Bernhard.