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

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

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Michael Gardner commented on HTTPCLIENT-1700:
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Thanks!

The commit log says that the RFC 2965 cookie spec was included in the change, but the "empty name" check still exists in RFC2965Spec.java. Oversight?

> 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 similarly ignore cookie with empty names rather than throw an exception ("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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