title: What does System property http.nonProxyHosts has been set to local|*.local... mean? And what are the implications?
body: <p>I am a designer who has strayed into coding, and frequently my lack of knowledge snaggles me. Like this example: Working on Mac OS 10.5.8 in fdt 4 to build an osmf (open source media framework) media player, I suddenly started seeing this in the error log.</p>
  
  <p>System property <code>http.nonProxyHosts</code> has been set to <code>local|*.local|169.254/16|*.169.254/16</code> by an external source. This value will be overwritten using the values from the preferences.</p>
  
  <p>Please, what does it mean - and how can I reset it - and to what, if I need to?</p>