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Applet Failing with ClassNotFoundException Caused by UnknownHostException (Doc ID 1478533.1)

Last updated on MARCH 31, 2023

Applies to:

Java SE JDK and JRE - Version 6 to 8
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)

Symptoms

Intermittently, the next-generation plugin for Java 6 and 7 fails to use the proxy.pac file and instead defaults to proxy=DIRECT.  This causes the applet to fail with the following error:

 

Cause

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