The JNDI lookup is done based on the properties passed to the Context: | Hashtable props = new Hashtable(); | props.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"jnp://xxx.yyy.zzz.xxx:1099"); | Context ctx = new InitialContext(); The PROVIDER_URL mentions the server:port where the JNDI lookup has to be done. So as long as the client which is doing this lookup has access to the xxx.yyy.zzz.xxx:1099 server/port, it can lookup the objects from the Global JNDI namespace. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4092057#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...