Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 86593 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2004 23:03:49 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Aug 2004 23:03:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 36316 invoked by uid 500); 16 Aug 2004 23:03:42 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 36297 invoked by uid 500); 16 Aug 2004 23:03:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 36284 invoked by uid 99); 16 Aug 2004 23:03:42 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [217.160.171.50] (HELO jupiter.hal-nine-zero-zero-zero.net) (217.160.171.50) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with SMTP; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:03:38 -0700 Received: (qmail 17362 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2004 23:03:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO news.perlig.de) (80.131.129.210) by jupiter.hal-nine-zero-zero-zero.net with SMTP; 16 Aug 2004 23:03:39 -0000 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:03:35 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Andr=E9?= Malo To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: Increasing LimitRequestFieldsize Message-Id: <20040817010335.07019abe@parker> In-Reply-To: <16A24B6050584143978000646801E935022BCDC0@cacexc03.americas.cpqcorp.net> References: <16A24B6050584143978000646801E935022BCDC0@cacexc03.americas.cpqcorp.net> Organization: TIMTOWTDI X-Mailer: Yes! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N * "Mathihalli, Madhusudan" wrote: > : It might make sense to increase the compile-time default=20 > : while retaining 8k as the config-file default. (But this=20 > : would probably require changing the name of the constant to=20 > : avoid confusing people.) >=20 > It's precisely what I was planning to do. Has somebody tried something > like that (I mean: do you see any security issues around it) ? Actually, I see no sense in restricting at compile time at all. As far as I can see, we can just take the 8k config default and drop the upper compile time limit. nd --=20 Wenn nur Ingenieure mit Diplom programmieren w=FCrden, h=E4tten wir wahrscheinlich weniger schlechte Software. Wir h=E4tten allerdings auch weniger gute Software. -- Felix von Leitner in dasr