RFR 8004925: java/net/Socks/SocksV4Test.java failing on all platforms

[Chris Hegarty]

On 12/12/2012 18:15, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
> Chris,
>
> According to rfc2606 TLD .invalid is reserved for cases like this one,

Yes, I came across this, but there is nothing to stop an internal DNS 
server from resolving .invalid domains. Anyway, may 
"doesnot.exist.invalid" would be sufficient.

-Chris.


>
> So, it seems to me
>
>      domainame.invalid
>
> is the best approach.
>
> -Dmitry
>
>
> On 2012-12-12 20:15, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>>
>> On 12/12/2012 14:14, Alan Bateman wrote:
>>> ....
>>>> -Chris.
>>> Would it be better if the test SocksServer had a list of knows that it
>>> always rejects? That might speed up the test too as it would avoid is
>>> trying to resolve host names or connect to hosts that don't exist.
>>
>> The UHE is thrown from the client socket connect(). The Server in this
>> case doesn't ever receive the destination address or host name. It is
>> simply replying to the initial/opening SOCKS handshake.
>>
>> The updated host name is still brittle ( if a .t TLD is ever registered!
>> ). I don't have a better alternative.
>>
>> -Chris.
>>
>>>
>>> -Alan
>>>
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