is there a way to disable dtd validation? one of the servers i deploy to does not have access to the internet. i wanted to change the dtd to SYSTEM as opposed to PUBLIC, but i really don't have the time (project-wise) to find a place to put it on the server... etc. etc. etc.

thanks in advance!

hibernate never access the internet to verify the DTD if the dtd declaration is correct

Well the problem I am having is that in one environment, I am getting this:

org.dom4j.DocumentException: Connection timed out Nested exception: Connection timed out

from another post I saw, it looks like my dtd is trying to validate if it can't find the correct dtd. That makes sense, until i factor in the following...

The same code (war file) deployed on the exact same distribution of jboss on a different server works....

In other words:

server1 + war1 + jboss1 = works
server2 + war1 + jboss1 = doesn't work

Any ideas where to look?

Any idea why hibernate would act this way?

Thanks in Advance!

if you use the wrong dtd..