Does making this value higher have a negative impact on the security of the networks being affected? I guess I'm a little fuzzy on what this actually affects.
Thanks gurus. -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 7:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FW-1] Maximum HTTP header length 2048 is a good start and I eventually had to take mine to 4096. Ray >From: "Quick, Richard A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 ><[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [FW-1] Maximum HTTP header length >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:17:29 -0500 > >I recently upgraded from NG FP3 to NG AI R55. Since then connections to >Yahoo mail and some private ISP mail servers are failing. I can see the >packets rejected in tracker with the error "exceeded maximum header >length" I took the default of 1000 and increased it to 1300. I'm still >seeing the errors. I want to find a consensus on what everyone feels is >an acceptable value that will still provide a high level of security. I >realize this is totally a judgment call but your input would be >appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Rick > >================================================= >To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, >send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >in the BODY of the email add: >set fw-1-mailinglist nomail >================================================= >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >please see the instructions at >http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html >================================================= >If you have any questions on how to change your >subscription options, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
