Connection problems - local IP address refused! - Mailing list pgsql-general

Dear all, I need your advise. Found a tricky situation.

Without any changes in the configuration files, a **local** connection to a local VPN IP address could not be established with the following error:

The error (JDBC connection using driver version 1002):
2014-02-05 09:12:21.111 - xxxxx - org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: could not establish connection
  Detail: FATAL:  no pg_hba.conf entry for host "10.68.73.6", user "master", database "master", SSL off

org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: could not establish connection
  Detail: FATAL:  no pg_hba.conf entry for host "10.68.73.6", user "master", database "master", SSL off

        at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2157)
        at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1886)
        at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:255)
        at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:555)
        at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:403)
        at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeUpdate(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:331)
        at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingStatement.executeUpdate(DelegatingStatement.java:228)
        at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingStatement.executeUpdate(DelegatingStatement.java:228)
        at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingStatement.executeUpdate(DelegatingStatement.java:228)
        at br.com...

Current pg_hba.conf:
local   all             all                                                  peer
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32             md5
host    all             all             10.68.73.0/24           md5

If I run from the Local Server:
[root@mylocalserver logs]# psql -h 10.68.73.6 -d master -U master
Senha para usuário master:
psql (9.2.6)
Digite "help" para ajuda.

master=> select count(*) from pessoa;
 count
-------
     9
(1 registro)


If I run from a Remote Server:
[root@myremoteserver ssh]# psql -h 10.68.73.6 -d master -U master
Senha para usuário master:
psql (9.2.6)
Digite "help" para ajuda.

master=> select count(*) from pessoa;
 count
-------
     9
(1 registro)


So, seems that only JDBC is getting in trouble to connect to a local IP address.
Current interfaces (and yes, the tunneling is running - otherwise the remote server could not connect):

[root@mylocalserver logs]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  Endereço de HW XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
          inet end.: xxx.xx.xxx.85  Bcast:xxx.xx.xxx.87 Masc:255.255.255.248
          endereço inet6: xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Escopo:Link
          UP BROADCASTRUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Métrica:1
          RX packets:172557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:293439 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:24537681 (23.4 MiB)  TX bytes:227413210 (216.8 MiB)
          IRQ:28 Memória:fb000000-fb7fffff

lo        Link encap:Loopback Local
          inet end.: 127.0.0.1  Masc:255.0.0.0
          endereço inet6: ::1/128 Escopo:Máquina
          UP LOOPBACKRUNNING  MTU:16436  Métrica:1
          RX packets:138156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:138156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:31993170 (30.5 MiB)  TX bytes:31993170 (30.5 MiB)

tun0      Link encap:Não Especificado  Endereço de HW 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet end.: 10.68.73.6  P-a-P:10.68.73.5 Masc:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500 Métrica:1
          RX packets:149106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:274534 errors:0 dropped:199 overruns:0 carrier:0
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:6291572 (6.0 MiB)  TX bytes:381732404 (364.0 MiB)