liquibase-core/src/main/java/liquibase/util/NetUtil.java
private static InetAddress getLocalHost() throws UnknownHostException, SocketException {
        // Windows Vista returns the IPv6 InetAddress using this method, which is not
        // particularly useful as it has no name or useful address, just "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1".
        // That is why windows should be treated differently to linux/unix and use the
        // default way of getting the localhost.
        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
        if ((osName != null) && osName.toLowerCase().contains("windows")) {
            return InetAddress.getLocalHost();
        }

        InetAddress loopback = null;
        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> e = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
        while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
            NetworkInterface i = e.nextElement();
            if (i.isUp() && !i.isPointToPoint()) {
                Enumeration<InetAddress> ie = i.getInetAddresses();
                while (ie.hasMoreElements()) {
                    InetAddress lch = ie.nextElement();
                    if (lch.isLoopbackAddress()) {
                        loopback = lch;
                    } else if (!lch.isLinkLocalAddress()) {
                        return lch;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return loopback;
    }
private static InetAddress getLocalHost() throws UnknownHostException, SocketException {
        // Windows Vista returns the IPv6 InetAddress using this method, which is not
        // particularly useful as it has no name or useful address, just "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1".
        // That is why windows should be treated differently to linux/unix and use the
        // default way of getting the localhost.
        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
        if ((osName != null) && osName.toLowerCase().contains("windows")) {
            return InetAddress.getLocalHost();
        }

        InetAddress loopback = null;
        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> e = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
        while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
            NetworkInterface i = e.nextElement();
            if (i.isUp() && !i.isPointToPoint()) {
                Enumeration<InetAddress> ie = i.getInetAddresses();
                while (ie.hasMoreElements()) {
                    InetAddress lch = ie.nextElement();
                    if (lch.isLoopbackAddress()) {
                        loopback = lch;
                    } else if (!lch.isLinkLocalAddress()) {
                        return lch;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return loopback;
    }
Smarter way to get localhost than InetAddress.getLocalHost.  See http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4665037