URL is treated as invalid

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We run our hudson on an internal server on port 8000. If we enter the URL 
of the server into the preference page, it is treated as "Invalid URL"

(If we use the IP Address instead of the name, "White spaces are 
requir...publicId and systemId." is reported) 

The server is bypassed in our proxy settings in eclipse.

The URL looks like this:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:8000 (masked because of corporate security)

if I work with a port forward, the URL

http://localhost:8090 (forwarted using "socat TCP-LISTEN:8090,fork 
TCP:xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:8000")

works fine.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Enter URL into preference page
2."Invalid URL" appeares

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Treat the URL as valid

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

hudson eclipse 1.0.5, 1.0.6 or 1.0.7 (1.0.8 don't work at all --> Issue 49)
Debian squeeze as vmware player guest

Original issue reported on code.google.com by wolfgang...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2009 at 9:46

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Should be fixed in 1.0.9

Original comment by jre...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2009 at 7:36

• Changed state: WontFix

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Sorry, but I tried with 1.0.9 and 1.0.10 and it don't work.

My port forward works, if I try to use an IP address instead of the full 
name, "White spaces are requir...publicId and systemId." is reported.

What is the purpose of the URL check ? How is this check done ?
Could there be some conflicts in my installation (java, ....)

Original comment by wolfgang...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2009 at 9:10