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  1. Undertow
  2. UNDERTOW-595

Basic authentication with credentials containing umlauts doesn't work on some browsers

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      1. unpack attached reproducer in wildfly installation directory
      2. start ./bin/standalone.sh
      3. go to http://localhost:8080/sec-test in Firefox and try to log in using credentials test:test123!ü
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      unpack attached reproducer in wildfly installation directory start ./bin/standalone.sh go to http://localhost:8080/sec-test in Firefox and try to log in using credentials test:test123!ü

      Firefox, Safari and IE use ISO-8859_1 character encoding when generating authentication header. If the credentials contain umlauts (eg. ü), the decoded string on the server is incorrect and authentication fails.

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              sdouglas1@redhat.com Stuart Douglas (Inactive)
              spyrkob Bartosz Spyrko-Smietanko
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