[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBAS-8540) Modify AS 6 and the AS 6 testsuite to work with IPv6 addresses

[Richard Achmatowicz (JIRA)]

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Richard Achmatowicz commented on JBAS-8540:
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The effects of these changes on the user of JBoss AS 6 - AS 6 can now be used with both IPv4 addreses or global IPv6 addresses

Notes:
(i) run.sh still includes a system property java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true to force the use of an IPv4 stack
(ii) to use IPv6 addresses with the AS when starting with run.sh, users need to edit run.sh to remove the IPv4 stack preference and supply the property java.net.preferIPv4Stack=false and java.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true. This will force the use of an IPv6 stack with preference for IPv6 addresses when resolving from DNS (e.g. for localhost)
(iii) the use of an IPv6 stack with IPv4 addresses is possible by coding java.net.preferIPv4Stack=false and java.net.preferIPv6Addresses=false. These are in fact the defaults when no system properties are specified. However, for AS 6, use of this configuration of stack and addresses leads to a known issue with promiscuous traffic (JBAS-8741). So for the time being, this ought to be avoided and the IPv4 stack used.



> Modify AS 6 and the AS 6 testsuite to work with IPv6 addresses
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBAS-8540
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBAS-8540
>             Project: JBoss Application Server
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>    Affects Versions: 6.0.0.M4
>         Environment: All certified platforms.
>            Reporter: Richard Achmatowicz
>            Assignee: Richard Achmatowicz
>             Fix For: 6.0.0.Final
>
>         Attachments: apply-patches.txt, diffA-109571to109712.txt, diffB-109713to109834.txt, diffC-109879to109953.txt
>
>
> Modify AS 6 and the AS 6 testsuite to work with IPv6 addresses.
> The end result should be:
> (i) AS 6 boots cleanly with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
> (ii) the AS testsuite and its test cases run cleanly against IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
> This task does not aim to certify that AS 6 is IPv6-compatible or ready. Such a certification may require the development of additional test cases to verify specific features relating to IPv6. For a discussion of such issues, see https://docspace.corp.redhat.com/docs/DOC-47796.
> This work is a precursor to making AS 7 IPv6 compatible.
>  

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