Commit 235ef9d7 authored by Jeff Trawick's avatar Jeff Trawick
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Backport changes to LimitRequestFieldSize docs to reflect 

the lifting of a related restriction in 2.0.53.  This
was a missed portion of that backport.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x@279024 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
parent 3e312567

docs/manual/mod/core.html.en

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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>

<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>

</table>

    <p>This directive specifies the number of <var>bytes</var> from 0

    to the value of the compile-time constant

    <code>DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_FIELDSIZE</code> (8190 as

    distributed) that will be allowed in an HTTP request

    header.</p>

    <p>This directive specifies the number of <var>bytes</var>

    that will be allowed in an HTTP request header.</p>



    <p>The <code class="directive">LimitRequestFieldSize</code> directive

    allows the server administrator to reduce the limit on the allowed

    size of an HTTP request header field below the normal input buffer

    size compiled with the server. A server needs this value to be

    large enough to hold any one header field from a normal client

    request. The size of a normal request header field will vary

    greatly among different client implementations, often depending

    upon the extent to which a user has configured their browser to

    support detailed content negotiation.</p>

    allows the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit 

    on the allowed size of an HTTP request header field. A server

    needs this value to be large enough to hold any one header field 

    from a normal client request. The size of a normal request header 

    field will vary greatly among different client implementations, 

    often depending upon the extent to which a user has configured

    their browser to support detailed content negotiation. SPNEGO

    authentication headers can be up to 12392 bytes.</p>



    <p>This directive gives the server administrator greater

    control over abnormal client request behavior, which may be
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    <div class="note">Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from

    the default.</div>



    <div class="note">Apache 2.0.53 or higher is required for increasing the

    limit above the compiled-in value of DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_FIELDSIZE

    (8190 as distributed).

    </div>





</div>

<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>

docs/manual/mod/core.xml

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<contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist>



<usage>

    <p>This directive specifies the number of <var>bytes</var> from 0

    to the value of the compile-time constant

    <code>DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_FIELDSIZE</code> (8190 as

    distributed) that will be allowed in an HTTP request

    header.</p>

    <p>This directive specifies the number of <var>bytes</var>

    that will be allowed in an HTTP request header.</p>



    <p>The <directive>LimitRequestFieldSize</directive> directive

    allows the server administrator to reduce the limit on the allowed

    size of an HTTP request header field below the normal input buffer

    size compiled with the server. A server needs this value to be

    large enough to hold any one header field from a normal client

    request. The size of a normal request header field will vary

    greatly among different client implementations, often depending

    upon the extent to which a user has configured their browser to

    support detailed content negotiation.</p>

    allows the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit 

    on the allowed size of an HTTP request header field. A server

    needs this value to be large enough to hold any one header field 

    from a normal client request. The size of a normal request header 

    field will vary greatly among different client implementations, 

    often depending upon the extent to which a user has configured

    their browser to support detailed content negotiation. SPNEGO

    authentication headers can be up to 12392 bytes.</p>



    <p>This directive gives the server administrator greater

    control over abnormal client request behavior, which may be
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    <note>Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from

    the default.</note>



    <note>Apache 2.0.53 or higher is required for increasing the

    limit above the compiled-in value of DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_FIELDSIZE

    (8190 as distributed).

    </note>



</usage>

</directivesynopsis>