[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (AS7-3974) Loopback addresses in the range 127.0.0.2 - 127.255.255.255 should be supported

Loopback addresses in the range 127.0.0.2 - 127.255.255.255 should be supported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: AS7-3974 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-3974 Project: Application Server 7 Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Domain Management Affects Versions: 7.1.0.Final Environment: Linux Fedora 13 Reporter: Bela Ban Fix For: 7.1.2.Final When starting JBoss like this: "standalone.sh -b 127.0.0.2 -c standalone-ha.xml", the startup fails because 127.0.0.2 cannot be resolved. However, a loopback address should be recognized even if it doesn't resolve to an interface. The code below works for example: {code} InetAddress addr=InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.5"); boolean is_loopback=addr.isLoopback(); // should be true {code} Loopback addresses are very useful for local testing, ie. starting of multiple JBoss instances on the same box.