Caching behaviour of InetAddress

[John Pritchard]

a) The java.net cache is replicating the NSCD (OS caching), which are the
appropriate layer for this kind of caching.

b) If a security policy requires a kind of caching, then the replaceable and
extensible security manager architecture should be used for this.


On 2/18/08, Andreas Plesner Jacobsen <apj.lists at code3.dk> wrote:
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> Actually, I think it's worth debating whether or not InetAddress should
> cache lookups at all, I think it's more fitting to delegate that to the
> underlying OS.
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