Hi,
Each POST request has a header Content-Length*. The value of this tells the
length of the request.
Using this you may be able to achieve the desired functionality.
A pseudo code of the form
int length = request.getContentLength();
if( length > RESTRICTED LENGTH)
{
// take some action..
}
else
{
...
...
You may also look at Jason Hunters file uploading package available from
www.orielly.com It provides an inbuilt functionality for this in the
MultipartRequest class.
Regds,
Gokul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Koscak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 8:41 AM
Subject: [SERVLET-INTEREST] How do I stop people dumping large files on my
server using POST
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have spent some time on the archives, as yet I have been unable to find
> information on this quesiton.
>
> If I have a servlet that processes form data using POST, do I have to add
> functionality to stop people potentially dumping large files on the form
and
> uploading these to the server?
>
> Do servlets automatically restrict the size of data a user can send or can
> we restrict this manually. If we can restrict upload size how would I go
> about doing this.
>
> Thank-you for your consideration.
>
> Regards
> Mark
>
>
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