[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Reopened: (JBAS-8741) Linux multicast issue using IPv4 addresses and IPv6 stack

[Jason Greene (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBAS-8741?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Jason Greene reopened JBAS-8741:
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Due to feedback from the community, I have split the AS7 and AS6 projects and reopened all unscheduled AS6 issues that are a year or less old. This will make it easier community members to find and work on them.

Future releases beyond 6.1 can be done provided a community member steps up to coordinate them.

> Linux multicast issue using IPv4 addresses and IPv6 stack 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBAS-8741
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBAS-8741
>             Project: Legacy JBoss Application Server 6 
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Integration
>    Affects Versions: 6.0.0.M4
>         Environment: Linux only
>            Reporter: Richard Achmatowicz
>            Assignee: Shelly McGowan
>             Fix For: No Release
>
>
> When starting the AS, we have the following three possible combinations of addresses / stacks:
> (i) IPv4 addresses with IPv4 stack (java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true)
> (ii) IPv6 addresses with IPv6 stack (java.net.preferIPv4Stack=false, java.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true)
> (iii) IPv4 addresses with IPv6 stack ( java.net.preferIPv4Stack=false, java.net.preferIPv6Addresses=false)
> The stack preference is specified by defining the above system properties; the addresses are specified as inputs to the -b and -u options of run.sh.
> Many versions of the AS force an IPv4 stack by setting java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true in run.sh when on Linux.
> There is an issue associated when using the combination IPv4 address / IPv6 stack. The issue is made up of two facts:
> Fact 1: When we initlaize a multicast socket for group communication, we can initialise it in one of two ways:
> (i) binding the multicast socket to a multicast address and port (known as "binding to mulicast")
> (ii) binding a multicast socket to a port only
> When using an IPv4 address on an IPv6 socket, we cannot bind to multicast.
> Fact 2: On certain versions of Linux, HPUX and MacOSX there is a known problem, the promiscuous traffic problem, wherein 
> two distinct clusters X and Y can see and be influenced by each other's messages, if the multicast address they use are different, but
> they use the same multicast ports. 
> A general description of the promiscuous traffic can be found here: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/PromiscuousTraffic
> The promiscuous traffic problem can be solved on Linux by binding to multicast.
> Problem: when running with an IPv4 multicast address on an IPv6 stack on Linux, we cannot bind to multicast, and so
> we have the promiscuous traffic problem oif we use this address / stack combination.

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