FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
JRE 1.5.0_14 (client)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows XP 2002 sp2

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
OAS 10.1.2 hosting EJB components

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When executing an application using webstart version 1.6.0_05 where the client is using JRE 1.5.0_14, if the application tries to perform a remote EJB lookup, a NamingException is returned, caused by a SocketException.

This problem is occurring where the user is on a different network domain to the server instance.

This error is only returned using this combination of webstart version and JRE version - downgrading webstart to 1.6.0_03 or downgrading to JRE 1.5.0_05 stops the error occurring and the lookup continues without a problem.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Launch a webstart application which uses a remote EJB lookup with webstart version 1.6.0_05 and JRE 1.5.0_14

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The RMI InitialContext lookup returns the expected value
ACTUAL -
Stack trace produced in console window (see error message input on this bug report)

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
javax.naming.NamingException: Lookup error: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server; nested exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server [Root exception is java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server]
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext.lookup(RMIContext.java:168)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at com.evotecoai.esma.EsmaHelper.initBeans(EsmaHelper.java:1115)
at com.evotecoai.esma.EsmaHelper.<init>(EsmaHelper.java:148)
at com.evotecoai.esma.EsmaHelper.createInstance(EsmaHelper.java:950)
at com.evotec.aplus.loader.APlusLoader.main(APlusLoader.java:424)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.readSocksReply(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.connect(RMIConnection.java:2346)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.lookup(RMIConnection.java:1800)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIServer.lookup(RMIServer.java:676)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext.lookup(RMIContext.java:149)
... 14 more
javax.naming.NamingException: Lookup error: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server; nested exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server [Root exception is java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server]
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext.lookup(RMIContext.java:168)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at com.evotecoai.esma.EsmaHelper.initBeans(EsmaHelper.java:1115)
at com.evotecoai.esma.EsmaHelper.<init>(EsmaHelper.java:148)
at com.evotecoai.esma.EsmaHelper.createInstance(EsmaHelper.java:950)
at com.evotec.aplus.loader.APlusLoader.main(APlusLoader.java:424)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.readSocksReply(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.connect(RMIConnection.java:2346)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.lookup(RMIConnection.java:1800)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIServer.lookup(RMIServer.java:676)
at com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext.lookup(RMIContext.java:149)
... 14 more


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Changing webstart version to 1.6.0_03 or changing JRE to version 1.5.0_05 seems to work.

Release Regression From : 6u3
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was not reproducible. Since then there has been a regression.