Hendrik Schmieder wrote:
Do you know the rfc number for 'HTTP spec limits it to 2kb' ?.
I said IIRC, and it's a memory from a long time ago - pre-rfc2616.
It may no longer be valid, but it was standard advice in the early
days: don't make GET requests bigger than 2k.
Of course, no standard li
Nick Kew schrieb:
On 25 Nov 2009, at 10:18, Martucci, Andy wrote:
I've been reliably informed that 8190 bytes is the maximum size available for
the get method and anything over this should be done using the post method.
IIRC the HTTP spec limits it to 2kb, so you can't rely on any agent (ser
On 25 Nov 2009, at 10:18, Martucci, Andy wrote:
> I've been reliably informed that 8190 bytes is the maximum size available for
> the get method and anything over this should be done using the post method.
IIRC the HTTP spec limits it to 2kb, so you can't rely on any agent (server,
browser
or
lto:p...@philipwigg.co.uk]
Sent: 25 November 2009 09:39
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] CGI Apache Directive: LimitRequestLine
> Alas that isn't possible... there is a constraint in Apache that limits this
> to 8190... see following help text from Apache:
> Default: plac
pond, very much appreciated.
Regards, Andy.
-Original Message-
From: Philip Wigg [mailto:p...@philipwigg.co.uk]
Sent: 25 November 2009 09:39
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] CGI Apache Directive: LimitRequestLine
> Alas that isn't possible... there is a co
> Alas that isn't possible... there is a constraint in Apache that limits this
> to 8190... see following help text from Apache:
> Default: places 8190 in the edit field and "Bytes" in the first drop-down
> menu.
> Maximum: places 8190 in the edit field and "Bytes" in the first drop-down
> menu
menu.
This field is optional. Directive: LimitRequestLine
Regards, Andy.
-Original Message-
From: Philip Wigg [mailto:p...@philipwigg.co.uk]
Sent: 25 November 2009 09:23
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] CGI Apache Directive: LimitRequestLine
> However, the pro
> However, the problem we have stumbled onto is the maximum size of the query
> string that we can use... this is limited to 8190 bytes... I believe this is
> a "Directive" constraint in Apache called: LimitRequestLine
>
> We understand that there isn't such a limit using a "post" request but
> bef
