java rmi -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=localhost still opens a socket listening on 0.0.0.0

Question

I use the -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=localhost option to make rmi listen on localhost only, but netstat shows the socket is listening on 0.0.0.0.

Answer 1

Since Java 8u102 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host binds to the special ip address.