Hi, On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:04 AM, EJP <[email protected]> wrote: > Jukka Zitting wrote: >> By default the RMI server binds itself just to a single IP address, >> > That's not correct. > > By default it binds itself to 0.0.0.0, i.e. INADDR_ANY, just like any other > listening socket does, unless you tell it otherwise by providing an > RMIServerSocketFactory that uses an explicit bind-address. > > The issue here is not the bind address but the hostname embedded in the > stub, which is controlled by java.rmi.server.hostname and which has to be > set in the presence of misconfigured DNS or /etc/hosts files or sometimes in > multi-homed hosts. As discussed in the Sun RMI FAQ item A.1.
You're right, thanks for the clarification! BR, Jukka Zitting
