On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 19:04, Roy T. Fielding <field...@gbiv.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 27, 2019, at 5:19 AM, Ivan Zhakov <i...@visualsvn.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 at 10:05, Ivan Zhakov <i...@visualsvn.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Please find patch that changes HTTPD to return HTTP 431 (Request > >> Header Fields Too Large) for requests with large headers. This status > >> code is defined by RFC 6585 [1]. Currently HTTPD returns generic HTTP > >> 400 (Bad Request) status code for requests with large headers. > >> > >> [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6585#section-5 > >> > > Hey folks, > > > > Is there any feedback on the proposed patch? > > > > I believe that using the custom status code would be more appropriate > > in these cases. > > I missed the patch, but +1 to the idea. We should always use a specific code > when available. > The patch is available at the beginning of this thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d709e8882cd5bfa59c5e48bf3011fe914efa5c586b7d5a4e1f1b887@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
-- Ivan Zhakov
