[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBSEAM-2558) HTTP BASIC authentication support is broken

[Alan Feng (JIRA)]

HTTP BASIC authentication support is broken
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                 Key: JBSEAM-2558
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2558
             Project: JBoss Seam
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Core
    Affects Versions: 2.0.1.GA, 2.0.1.CR2, 2.0.1.CR1, 2.0.0.GA
         Environment: JBoss AS 4.2.2GA, Seam 2.0.0GA
            Reporter: Alan Feng


The class org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter, which provides HTTP BASIC authentication support, throws exception and never performs the authentication. 

If the user access the site the first time and the page accessed is protected by HTTP BASIC authentication, a NPE will occur from the AuthenticationFilter.processBasicAuth() method. 

In addition, the AuthenticationFilter.processBasicAuth() method does not invoke the identity.authenticate() method to actually perform the authentication, although it parses the BASIC authentication headers properly.

Please see the related forum post for detailed description of the problem and the proposed fixes.

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