[jira] [Created] (HTTPCLIENT-1700) CookieSpecBase & empty cookie names

["Michael Gardner (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Michael Gardner created HTTPCLIENT-1700:
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             Summary: CookieSpecBase & empty cookie names
                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1700
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1700
             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: HttpCookie
    Affects Versions: 4.5.1, 4.5.2
            Reporter: Michael Gardner
            Priority: Minor


As of HTTPCLIENT-1695, {{RFC6265CookieSpec}} accepts cookies with empty names. However, {{DefaultCookieSpec}} doesn't always choose this parser when it encounters such a cookie, and since {{CookieSpecBase}} rejects empty cookie names, we can end up with the same result unless we specify {{RFC6265CookieSpec}} explicitly (not ideal if we need to deal with a variety of sources).

In the interests of robustness, I would argue that {{CookieSpecBase}} should accept empty cookie names ("be conservative in what you send, liberal in what you accept").

Alternatively, {{DefaultCookieSpec}} could detect such cookies and parse them via {{RFC6265CookieSpec}}; but that would be more complex and might lead to other issues.



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