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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7344 Tomcat appears to be case-sensitive with regard to the token "Basic" in Authorization request parameter Summary: Tomcat appears to be case-sensitive with regard to the token "Basic" in Authorization request parameter Product: Tomcat 4 Version: 4.0 Final Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Catalina AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] While using OpenSTA for developing some automated tests, I noticed that it generates its Authorization string as follows: Authorization: BASIC lkjdflkjfdslkjfsdlkjsfd This seemed to cause problems with Tomcat 4, until we manually forced the string to be: Authorization: Basic lkjfdjkldsjklfdsjkllkjkjl RFC for HTTP says that the token identifying the authorization type should be case-insensitive (http://www-old.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/rfc1945.html#AA) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
