*/
    private boolean isWitnessServiceAvailable(InetAddress address) {
        // RPC endpoint mapper port and connection timeout
        final int RPC_ENDPOINT_PORT = 135;
        final int RPC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;

        try (Socket socket = new Socket()) {
            socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(address, RPC_ENDPOINT_PORT), RPC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS);
            return true;
        } catch (IOException e) {

    static final int ATTR_GET_MASK = 0x7FFF; /* orig 0x7fff */
    static final int ATTR_SET_MASK = 0x30A7; /* orig 0x0027 */

    static final int DEFAULT_ATTR_EXPIRATION_PERIOD = 5000;

    static final int HASH_DOT = ".".hashCode();
    static final int HASH_DOT_DOT = "..".hashCode();

    static LogStream log = LogStream.getInstance();