Edit WebSEAL configuration file so that you can configure how WebSEAL processes data in POST bodies that contain information from forms.
The forms that provide data to the server are forms that are part of WebSEAL, such as login forms. These forms all declare the character set to be UTF-8. Thus the default value is yes. If an administrator edits these forms and changes the character set to a non-UTF-8 setting, such as a local code page, this configuration setting must be changed. If some forms use UTF-8 and some use a local code page, use the auto value. If all forms are modified to use a non-UTF-8 setting, use the no value.
[server]
utf8-form-support-enabled = {yes|no|auto}The three possible values are as follows:
WebSEAL recognizes only UTF-8 encoding in forms and the data is used without modification. These UTF-8 characters are then validated and taken into account when it processes the data. Other encoding techniques are not accepted.
When double-byte-encoding is set to yes, Unicode of the form %HH%HH is supported. When a double-byte Unicode character is detected, the entire string must be double-byte encoded.
This value is the default value and appropriate for most environments.
WebSEAL does not recognize UTF-8 encoding in forms. Used for local code page only. If the form data can be validated, it is converted to UTF-8 for internal use.
WebSEAL attempts to distinguish between UTF-8 and other forms of language character encoding. WebSEAL correctly processes any correctly constructed UTF-8 input. If the encoding does not appear to be UTF-8, then the coding is processed as non-UTF-8.