[jira] [Created] (HTTPCLIENT-1528) UTF-8 characters in user names not supported in Basic Authentication

["Christoph Pohl (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Christoph Pohl created HTTPCLIENT-1528:
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             Summary: UTF-8 characters in user names not supported in Basic Authentication
                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1528
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1528
             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: HttpAuth
    Affects Versions: 4.2.6
            Reporter: Christoph Pohl


If you try to use UTF-8 characters like the Euro sign ("€") in user names, httpclient does not compose the correct Base64-encoded basic authentication header. Suppose the following piece of code:

		CredentialsProvider credsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
		credsProvider.setCredentials(new AuthScope(post, port), new UsernamePasswordCredentials("€uro", "Admin1234"));
		httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(new ThreadSafeClientConnManager());
		httpClient.setCredentialsProvider(credsProvider);

...which results an Authentication header "Basic P1VSTzpBZG1pbjEyMzQ=" (equals to decoded "?URO:Admin1234"). However, browsers like Google Chrome correctly encode "Basic 4oKsdXJvOkFkbWluMTIzNA==" (equals to decoded "€uro:Admin1234").

Sorry if this bug has been reported already.



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