--- a/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpURLConnection.java	Thu Sep 23 08:50:17 2010 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpURLConnection.java	Thu Sep 23 08:56:38 2010 -0700
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ abstract public class HttpURLConnection 
 
         for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
             if (methods[i].equals(method)) {
+		if (method.equals("TRACE")) {
+		    SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
+		    if (s != null) {
+		        s.checkPermission(new NetPermission("allowHttpTrace"));
+		    }
+		}
                 this.method = method;
                 return;
             }