[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-679?page=all ]
Stefano Bagnara resolved JAMES-679.
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Fix Version/s: (was: 2.3.1-dev)
(was: Next Minor)
(was: Trunk)
Resolution: Fixed
Applied to trunk (next-major)
Imo we should backport this to v2.3 and next-minor branches, too.
> Make sure our container use an expiration for cached dns data
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>
> Key: JAMES-679
> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-679
> Project: James
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 2.3.0
> Reporter: Stefano Bagnara
> Assigned To: Stefano Bagnara
> Fix For: Next Major
>
>
> Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> > Stefano Bagnara wrote:
> >> but it could happen (or maybe it already happen) that some third party
> >> library we use still make use of InetAddress "flawed" methods, and the
> >> above property would save us from the possible OutOfMemory because of
> >> the unbounded cache.
> >
> > Perhaps, but I would rather vet the code, and be more careful about what we
> > use. Now that we know one of the things to look for carefully, we can
> > avoid it. The better solution is to avoid the problem, not mask it.
> >
> > --- Noel
> I agree: we avoid it in trunk because of this.
> About the "not masking" I think that even if we solved it we should better
> add the property because our users could easily make our mistakes and use
> InetAddress in their mailets. The fact that DNSServer is not part of the
> mailet apis incentivate them to use InetAdress and not the James Server
> specific service.
> So I think we should really add the ttl property.
> Either "-Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=10" in the command line or
> java.security.Security.setProperty("networkaddress.cache.ttl" , "10");
> Should work.
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