Problem authenticating if password contains a @

m_systemInfo.setUsername(username);
m_systemInfo.setPassword("XXXXXXX@XXXX");
m_systemInfo.get_system_information()

        private void btn_nodeView_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)             // EVENT - Opens GUI with Node Page on IP Address  
        {
            if (txt_serverIp.Text != "")
            {
                if (authenticated == true)
                {
                    if (ltmDerived != "")
                    {
                        getDeviceVersion(ltmDerived);

                        if (swVersion.Contains("v9"))
                        {
                            // v9 Syntax
                            // Example for Node 10.10.10.10 - https://LTMname/tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/locallb/node/properties.jsp?addr=10.10.10.10
                            web_ltmview.Url = new Uri(
                                "https://" +
                                txt_username.Text +
                                ":" +
                                System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(txt_password.Text) +
                                "@" +
                                ltmDerived +
                                ".company.com/" +
                                "tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/locallb/node/properties.jsp?addr=" +
                                txt_serverIp.Text
                                );
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            // v10 Syntax
                            // Example for Node 10.10.10.10 = https://LTMname/tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/locallb/node/properties.jsp?addr=10.10.10.10
                            web_ltmview.Url = new Uri(
                                "https://" +
                                txt_username.Text +
                                ":" +
                                System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(txt_password.Text) +
                                "@" +
                                ltmDerived +
                                ".company.com/" +
                                "tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/locallb/node/properties.jsp?addr=" +
                                txt_serverIp.Text
                                );
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        MessageBox.Show("Node not defined to LTM.  \r\n" +
                            "\r\n" +
                            "Can't Open Network Map for Undefined Node.",
                        "F5 Service.Hub - General Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("Perform 'Server Lookup' First.",
                        "F5 Service.Hub - Network Map Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("No Server Name and / or IP Specified!", "F5 Service.Hub - No Server Name Entered", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Asterisk);
            }
        } 

The brief overview, is that I'm trying to display the Admin GUI within the Windows C application, so when the user searches for a node, it displays a list within the app, then they can click on "Map Node" and it will bring up the GUI with the network map, using the node's IP address.

I was able to complete this in v9 using this syntax:

web_ltmview.Url = new Uri(

"https://" +

txt_username.Text +

":" +

System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(txt_password.Text) +

"@" +

ltmDerived +

".domain.com/" +

"tmui/Control/form?_form_holder_opener_=&handler" +

"=%2Ftmui%2Flocallb%2Fnetwork_map&handler_before=%2Ftmui%2Flocallb%2Fnetwork_map&showObjList=&showObjList_befor" +

"e=&hideObjList=&hideObjList_before=&enableObjList=partition_control&enableObjList_before=&disableObjList=&disa" +

"bleObjList_before=&form_page=%2Ftmui%2Flocallb%2Fnetwork_map.jsp&form_page_before=%2Ftmui%2Flocallb%2Fnetwork_" +

"map.jsp&error_page=%2Ftmui%2Flocallb%2Fnetwork_map.jsp&error_page_before=%2Ftmui%2Flocallb%2Fnetwork_map.jsp&s" +

"how_map=1&show_map_before=0&status_select_before=null&status_select=0&object_type_select_before=null&object_ty" +

"pe_select=&SearchString=" +

txt_serverIp.Text +

"&SearchString_before=*&irule_body_before=unchecked&Show+Summary_before=Show+Summary&Show+Map=Update+Map&Show+M" +

"ap_before=Update+Map"

);

I am unable to use that syntax in v10.

Any suggestions are much appreciated!

Joe / All,

I think this is more of a change in the way the GUI authenticates. I understand that it has been updated from Basic Auth to Forms Auth, but where I'm getting tripped up is how exactly to POST the proper data to authenticate successfully.

I've referenced this - but still can't quite get it to work : http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.ClientAuthUsingHTMLForms.ashx

From what I understand this is the flow of the login (w/ Forms)

1a. Page request for protected resource

1b. Server (LTM) responds with a 302 of the login page (/tmui/login.jsp)

2a. User POSTs data from the Auth Form to the server

2b. Server (LTM) responds with a 302 with the original page location and a set-cookie

3. Client requests original URL with cookie in header

Am I going down the right path?