Traditionally JBoss AS (backed by the JNP naming server) hasn't allowed access to objects bound in java: JNDI namespace outside of the server JVM. For example, if someone does a java:DefaultDS lookup from a remote JVM, it's bound to fail with a NameNotFoundException. However, with the introduction of "Global JNDI naming scheme" in EJB3.1 spec, which mandates binding of EJBs under the java:global/ namespace, accessing the beans under java:global/ namespace from outside server JVM becomes necessary. From what I understand, the java: namespace handling (i.e. not allowing it to be accessed outside the JVM) is a JBoss specific implementation detail and the spec doesn't mandate that (haven't found a documentation which says otherwise). Is there a way, we can make available the resources under java: namespace to be available to remote clients, in AS6? I understand that this might break existing functionality and applications, so probably we could pass a property through the InitialContext constructor (or jndi.properties) during a EJB lookup (or any other lookup for that matter) which would explicitly allow access to this namespace remotely. Is this something that could be introduced in the naming server implementation? Or any other better way to handle this? P.S: Looking at the naming server code, I _think_ I might have a very hackish way of providing a remotely accessible java:global/ namespace, from within the EJB3 jndi binding code. I haven't tried it though and would preferably avoid doing it in the EJB3 code. -Jaikiran