Name: krC82822 Date: 04/05/2001


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

A JDWP front end initiates a socket connection by sending the string
"JDWP-Handshake" to the JVM, which then sends the same string back. I only
learned this by putting a packet-sniffing proxy server in between the front and
back ends.

This handshake does not seem to be documented in the JDWP
specification: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/jpda/jdwp-spec.html

Unless this handshake is documented, a third party cannot develop a JDWP client,
based on the spec alone, that will work with Sun's JVM.
(Review ID: 120172)
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