UnknownHostException during an applet launch

Tested OS : windows
Tested Build : 

Steps to reproduce :
1. Install jre
2. In the Java control panel, enable java console
3. create .javawsrc file under home directory with the following contents :
TraceNetwork=True
TraceBasic=True
TraceDefault=True
TraceSecurity=true
TraceCache=true
TraceExtensions=true
TraceTemp=true

4. Launch any applet from java.sun.com site
Applet is launched successfully but it gives "Unknown host exception" in the java console

liveconnect: Invoking JS method: document
liveconnect: Invoking JS method: URL
basic: Referencing classloader:   xxxxx@xxxxx  , refcount=1
java.net.UnknownHostException: java.sun.com
        at java.net.Inet4AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method)
        at java.net.InetAddress$1.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:849)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1200)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1153)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1083)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1019)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:969)
        at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.getHostIP(Cache.java:1611)
        at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.createHostEntry(Cache.java:1637)
        at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.updateHostIPFile(Cache.java:1171)
        at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.updateHostIPFile(AppletViewer.java:1595)
        at sun.applet.AppletPanel.getAccessControlContext(AppletPanel.java:1108)
        at sun.applet.AppletPanel.getClassLoader(AppletPanel.java:1009)
        at sun.applet.AppletPanel.init(AppletPanel.java:215)
        at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createClassLoader(AppletViewer.java:890)
        at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.appletInit(AppletViewer.java:701)
        at sun.plugin.viewer.LifeCycleManager.loadAppletPanel(LifeCycleManager.j
ava:165)
at sun.plugin.viewer.IExplorerPluginObject$Initer.run(IExplorerPluginObj
ect.java:272)
basic: Added  customer  listener:   xxxxx@xxxxx  
Posted Date : 2007-10-23 10:23:54.0

N/A

this exception trace is expected, and will only be displayed with tracing enabled.

closing as not a bug.
Posted Date : 2008-02-04 23:29:57.0

should not print the stack trace when we cannot resolve the hostname
Posted Date : 2008-04-08 21:01:51.0