To limit the hosts, set the host name or IP address of the hosts that are allowed access. In such a case, if you specify an asterisk (*) in place of the host name and the IP address, access from all hosts is allowed. When the hosts that are allowed access are specified by the host name, the name of the host is resolved on starting the J2EE server. Note that even if the local host is not explicitly specified, the access is always allowed. Normally, for the systems that are accessed from external networks, you specify the IP address of the proxy server.

The precautions when the host that is allowed access is specified in the host name are as follows:

Notes

• You need to specify the host name resolvable in the hosts file or DNS. If the host name cannot be resolved, the server is started by the default settings.
• The host name is resolved when the J2EE server is started, and hence, longer time is taken for starting the server. The changed IP address may not be applied after starting the server.