Cannot create HTTP Proxy with special charecters mentioned inside proxy username or password in Red Hat Satellite 6.7

Solution Verified - Updated 2024-06-14T01:19:52+00:00 -

Issue

While creating HTTP proxy with a proxy password having special characters e.g. [ ] @ , the test connection always fails with the following error and the password gets rejected upon submission.
```
bad password component
```
The same problem persists when the proxy username is a domain user and having special characters e.g. @ \ .
```
bad component(expected userinfo component or user component): user@domain
```

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