The problem exists in tiger and mustang, run the attached testcase and you will get NullPointerException:


C:\redirect>"c:\progra~1\java\jdk1.6.0\bin\java.exe" -DproxyHost=scaweb1.sfbay.s
un.com -DproxyPort=8080 test
get!!!: http://games.iwon.com/games/blam/common/silent.au
response code: 304
disconnect: sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection:http://errdocs.iwon.com
get!!!: http://errdocs.iwon.com/
response code: 304
disconnect: sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection:http://errdocs.iwon.com/

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.followRedirect(HttpURLCon
nection.java:1800)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLCon
nection.java:1138)
        at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1007)
        at test.main(test.java:11)
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