Obviously the 512 byte limit is to short.

Any idea what a good assumption would be for the maximum size of a 
single HTTP header?
1k? 2k?

Hannes

Lin, Yaxiong wrote:

>I am getting the "HTTP Header too long" error on the WebServer (running on
>NT) when processing request from the client runing on zOS.  The same client
>java app running on NT does not cause this error on the same WebServer.
>
>I looked at the source code (WebServer.java), the IOException (HTTP Header
>too long) is thrown when the buffer size is > 512.
>
>My question is: why the same java client code causes the buffer overflow on
>the same WebServer (on NT) when run on the zOS (IBM) but not when run on NT?
>And how do I get around this problem?
>
>
>Thanks in advance for the help.
>
>- Yaxiong Lin
>  Mayo Clinic
>  Rochester, MN 55905
>



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