Problem

If a gateway user is created with a password containing the colon character that user is unable to login. The exception error reported in the HTTP Basic filter in gateway or API server trace file is ...

ERROR 12/Sep/2013:16:35:14.928 [75000700] Policy 'Protect Management and Policy Director Interfaces' {
ERROR 12/Sep/2013:16:35:14.928 [75000700] Filter 'HTTP Basic' Status: ABORTED
ERROR 12/Sep/2013:16:35:14.928 [75000700] }
ERROR 12/Sep/2013:16:35:14.930 [75000700] nested fault: Wrong format for HTTP Basic Authentication: Username or Password cannot have ':' as its character:
com.vordel.common.VordelException: Wrong format for HTTP Basic Authentication: Username or Password cannot have ':' as its character
at com.vordel.security.auth.HttpBasicAuthN.getUserCredentialsFromRequest(HttpBasicAuthN.java:91)
at com.vordel.security.auth.HttpBasicAuthN.authenticate(HttpBasicAuthN.java:39)
at com.vordel.circuit.authn.HttpProcessor.performAuthentication(HttpProcessor.java:61)
at com.vordel.circuit.authn.HttpBasicProcessor.invoke(HttpBasicProcessor.java:41)
at com.vordel.circuit.InvocationEngine.invokeFilter(InvocationEngine.java:154)
at com.vordel.circuit.InvocationEngine.invokeCircuit(InvocationEngine.java:43)
at com.vordel.circuit.InvocationEngine.processMessage(InvocationEngine.java:229)
at com.vordel.circuit.SyntheticCircuitChainProcessor.invoke(SyntheticCircuitChainProcessor.java:36)
at com.vordel.dwe.http.HTTPPlugin.invokeDispose(HTTPPlugin.java:290)
at com.vordel.dwe.http.HTTPPlugin.invoke(HTTPPlugin.java:131)

Resolution

1) Upgrade to 7.2

2) Apply patch for 6.3.1 (VordelGateway_6.3.1-2013-09-12_All_patch)