[ipv6] RFR: 8223214: Inet6AddressImpl.loopbackAddress() should choose loopback address that is available

[Alan Bateman]

On 06/05/2019 18:31, Arthur Eubanks wrote:
> I added a test that set an empty SecurityManager and called 
> InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress(). It passed, there were no permission 
> issues.
> Then I looked at the code around NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress(), 
> and I don't see anything related to security managers, either in 
> NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress() or the native code it calls. There 
> is also no documentation on permission issues, unlike some of the 
> other methods in NetworkInterface (e.g. 
> NetworkInterface.getInetAddresses()). So it looks like there are no 
> security manager issues here?
>
My apologies, I was thinking NetworkInterface.getInetAddresses() which 
is specified to not leak local address. With 
NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress then you've already got a reference to 
the InetAddress so it's not an issue.

-Alan.