java.net.Inet4Address.isLoopbackAddress() is inconsistent with rfc1122

Name: dfR10049 Date: 01/17/2001



isLoopbackAddress() method of Inet4Address class is inconsistent with rfc1122.

rfc1122, section 3.2.1.3 states :


   ...
            (g) { 127, <any> }

                 Internal host loopback address. Addresses of this form
                 MUST NOT appear outside a host.
   ...

So, any address like 127.x.x.x is loopback address. (That does not imply that
all of these interfaces should be present)
In the current implementation only 127.0.0.1 is treated as loopback address.

Inet4Address.java (SCCS version: 1.3):
 
   ...
    private static final int loopback = 2130706433; /* 127.0.0.1 */
    public boolean isLoopbackAddress() {
return address == loopback;
    }
  ...

This implementation is inconsistent with rfc1122

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