> So given that this is a denial of service attack prevention, how risky is
> it letting 1100 post parameters go through with every request? I'm figuring
> a real DoS attack would have a lot more than 1100 parameters, but setting
> post parameters for 11 times the security update value sounds like poor
> practice.

If you actually have forms that need that much data, I don't think
allowing that value is a significant threat. After all, people could
just run your actual form! You might want to reduce your form size for
future revisions of your application, though.

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