CookieDecoder issues with Google Analytics

[Dave Siracusa]

Dave Siracusa 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.
> 
> 

Via ReflectionToStringBuilder:
HttpRequest:org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpRequest at 6c8dc7fe[
  method=GET
  uri=/custom-wood-furniture.html
  version=HTTP/1.1
  headers={Accept=[image/gif, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg,
application/x-ms-application, application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument,
application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, application/x-shockwave-flash,
application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword,
application/x-silverlight, */*], Accept-Encoding=[gzip, deflate],
Accept-Language=[en-us], Connection=[Keep-Alive], 
  Cookie=[ARPT=LWUKQPSWRTUN04CKKJI;
kw-2E343B92-B097-442c-BFA5-BE371E0325A2=unfinished furniture;
__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],
Host=[gelcowoodcraft.yb-masked-domain.com],
Referer=[http://gelcowoodcraft.yb-masked-domain.com/finished-unfinished-furniture-accessories.html],
User-Agent=[Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0;
SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729;
OfficeLiveConnector.1.4; OfficeLivePatch.1.3; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)]}
  content=BigEndianHeapChannelBuffer(ridx=0, widx=0, cap=0) ]

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