CookieDecoder issues with Google Analytics

[Trustin Lee (이희승)]

Hi Dave,

Could you post the full HTTP header?

Thanks in advance

— Trustin Lee, http://gleamynode.net/



On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Dave Siracusa
<dave.siracusa at yellowbook.com> wrote:
>
> I'm getting the following exception:
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: name contains one of the following
> prohibited characters: =,; \t\r\n\v\f: /clearance,/32/dept.html
>        at
> org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultCookie.<init>(DefaultCookie.java:89)
>        at
> org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.CookieDecoder.decode(CookieDecoder.java:129)
>
> Sample cookie:
> __utma=48461872.1094088325.1258140131.1258140131.1258140131.1
>  __utmb=48461872.13.10.1258140131
>  __utmc=48461872
>
> __utmz=48461872.1258140131.1.1.utmcsr=overstock.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/Home-Garden/Furniture/Clearance,/clearance,/32/dept.html
>
> Google Analytics uses commas in their cookie value, and who can argue with
> Google.
>
> I looked at the w3c rfc 2109 and it appears (I guess) that ;, are legitimate
> delimiters.
> An excerpt from the rfc:
> The syntax for the header is:
>    cookie             =       "Cookie:" cookie-version
>                            1*((";" | ",") cookie-value)
>    cookie-value     =       NAME "=" VALUE [";" path] [";" domain]
>    cookie-version   =       "$Version" "=" value
>    NAME               =       attr
>    VALUE              =       value
>    path                 =       "$Path" "=" value
>    domain              =       "$Domain" "=" value
>
> So do we ignore commas?  Do we establish precedence with the first
> encountered delimiter and ignore the other?
>
> BTW - I didn't look at the cookeencoder.
>
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