--- a/src/share/classes/java/net/SocketPermission.java	Mon Jul 18 13:10:02 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/net/SocketPermission.java	Mon Jul 18 22:25:58 2011 +0100
@@ -956,10 +956,16 @@
         String thisHost = hostname;
         String thatHost = that.hostname;
 
-        if (thisHost == null)
+        if (thisHost == null) {
             return false;
-        else
+        } else if (this.wildcard) {
+            final int cnameLength = this.cname.length();
+            return thatHost.regionMatches(true,
+                                          (thatHost.length() - cnameLength),
+                                          this.cname, 0, cnameLength);
+        } else {
             return thisHost.equalsIgnoreCase(thatHost);
+        }
     }
 
     /**

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/net/SocketPermission/Wildcard.java	Mon Jul 18 22:25:58 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7021280
+ * @summary SocketPermission should accept wildcards
+ */
+
+import java.net.SocketPermission;
+
+public class Wildcard
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        SocketPermission star_All =
+                new SocketPermission("*.blabla.bla", "listen,accept,connect");
+        SocketPermission www_All =
+                new SocketPermission("bla.blabla.bla", "listen,accept,connect");
+
+        if (!star_All.implies(www_All)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                   "Failed: " + star_All + " does not imply " + www_All);
+        }
+    }
+}