RAS: Tomcat hang with 1.4.2-beta-b12 C1 on linux Redhat 7.3 smp

JDK version
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java version "1.4.2-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-beta-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-beta-b12, mixed mode)

Platform
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Linux jtg-linux4 2.4.18-3smp #1 SMP i686 unknown

Error message
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Tomcat hang after 1 day 8 hours
********** caught IOException on URL: http://jtg-linux4:3030/index.html java.net
.SocketException: Connection reset

Notes
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*We still keep the hanging process on above host and go /bt to check the test output.
*How to reproduce bug:
telnet to the hosts shown on the web for linux test machine with root/[host name] as id/passwd
goto /bt to execute script and /bs to get the running results
****take an example from jtg-it2 with vmark problem:****
telnet to jtg-it2 with root/jtg-it2 as id/passwd
execute /bs/runvmark.ksh -server
cd to /bt/xxx.xxx-server to get the results
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