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[jira] [Commented] (HTTPCLIENT-1489) Multiple, comma-separated
challenges in WWW-Authenticate are not recognized
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1489?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13944062#comment-13944062 ]
bitfire commented on HTTPCLIENT-1489:
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{quote}Such headers will really be fun to parse. I am no longer sure this issue can be resolved earlier than 4.4{quote}
I don't think it will be *that* hard because challenge parameters *must* have an "=" sign. The syntax definitions from the RFCs are:
{noformat}
WWW-Authenticate = "WWW-Authenticate" ":" 1#challenge
auth-param = token "=" ( token | quoted-string )
quoted-string = ( <"> *(qdtext | quoted-pair ) <"> )
qdtext = <any TEXT except <">>
{noformat}
where "1#element" means a comma-separated list of at least one element. So, the header you posted above is valid.
> Multiple, comma-separated challenges in WWW-Authenticate are not recognized
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HTTPCLIENT-1489
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1489
> Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: HttpClient
> Affects Versions: 4.3.3
> Reporter: bitfire
> Labels: authentication, parsing
> Fix For: 4.4 Final
>
>
> As per RFC 2616, WWW-Authenticate may contain more than one challenge:
> »User agents are advised to take special care in parsing the WWW- Authenticate field value as it might contain more than one challenge, or if more than one WWW-Authenticate header field is provided, the contents of a challenge itself can contain a comma-separated list of authentication parameters.« [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.47]
> For instance, https://contacts.icloud.com returns such a WWW-Authenticate header:
> > GET / HTTP/1.1
> > Host: contacts.icloud.com
> > Accept: */*
> >
> < HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
> < ...
> < WWW-Authenticate: X-MobileMe-AuthToken realm="Newcastle", Basic realm="Newcastle"
> The X-MobileMe-AuthToken challenge is recognized by HttpClient, but the Basic challenge is not. HttpClient logs when sending a GET request to https://contacts.icloud.com:
> [DEBUG] headers - http-outgoing-0 << HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
> [DEBUG] headers - http-outgoing-0 << Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:20:14 GMT
> [DEBUG] headers - http-outgoing-0 << X-Apple-Request-UUID: d1d0aa7d-d651-4da2-be9f-595f1619db85
> [DEBUG] headers - http-outgoing-0 << X-Responding-Instance: carddav:12100701:st13p21ic-quav11230703:8001:14B52:125783
> [DEBUG] headers - http-outgoing-0 << WWW-Authenticate: X-MobileMe-AuthToken realm="Newcastle", Basic realm="Newcastle"
> [DEBUG] headers - http-outgoing-0 << Content-Length: 0
> [DEBUG] MainClientExec - Connection can be kept alive indefinitely
> [DEBUG] HttpAuthenticator - Authentication required
> [DEBUG] HttpAuthenticator - contacts.icloud.com:443 requested authentication
> [INFO] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - GOT Auth header: X-MobileMe-AuthToken realm="Newcastle", Basic realm="Newcastle"
> [DEBUG] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Authentication schemes in the order of preference: [negotiate, Kerberos, NTLM, Digest, Basic]
> [DEBUG] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for negotiate authentication scheme not available
> [DEBUG] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for Kerberos authentication scheme not available
> [DEBUG] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for NTLM authentication scheme not available
> [DEBUG] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for Digest authentication scheme not available
> [DEBUG] TargetAuthenticationStrategy - Challenge for Basic authentication scheme not available
> The Basic auth challenge is NOT recognized!
> Reason: org.apache.http.impl.client.AuthenticationStrategyImpl:getChallenges iterates through the WWW-Authenticate HEADERS but doesn't take account that a single header may contain multiple challenges.
> How to fix:
> Split and parse the WWW-Authenticate header correctly in org.apache.http.impl.client.AuthenticationStrategyImpl:getChallenges
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