wrong decryption of password/cipher

Following the description at http://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/spring-cloud-config.html#_encryption_and_decryption I tried to encrypt and decrypt my passwords. This works all fine, unless the password contains a “+” (plus) sign. If I decrypt the cipher of a encrypted password with a “+” then the resulting string does not contain the “+” anymore.

e.g.

$> curl localhost:8080/encrypt -d myp+ass
$> 3bd5c274f5d5bdcb9c93069a370a17ca4b8abc8174e8178a2f36134758d946f9
$> curl localhost:8080/decrypt -d 3bd5c274f5d5bdcb9c93069a370a17ca4b8abc8174e8178a2f36134758d946f9
$> myp ass   # -> missing "+"

I also tried with with escaping “myp+ass”, but it does not help either. This seem not like such a big deal when you have the chance to define your passwords by yourself, but when the passwords are generated then this is a blocker (like on AWS).

[dsyer]

It works if you encode the input:

$ CIPHER=`curl localhost:8888/encrypt -d my%2Bpass`
$ curl localhost:8888/decrypt -d $CIPHER
my+pass

also if you use Content-Type: text/plain:

$ CIPHER=`curl -H "Content-Type: text/plain" localhost:8888/encrypt -d my+pass`
$ curl localhost:8888/decrypt -d $CIPHER
my+pass

or with --data-urlencode:

$ CIPHER=`curl localhost:8888/encrypt --data-urlencode my+pass`
$ curl localhost:8888/decrypt -d $CIPHER
my+pass

[imod]

👍 yes, encoded works - thanks!