Commit 8556a873 authored by Bill Stoddard's avatar Bill Stoddard
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Make the doc agree with the implementation 

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@149276 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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docs/manual/mod/core.xml

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Changes for docs/manual/mod/core.xml: 14 added lines, 20 removed lines.
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@@ -1691,21 +1691,18 @@ client</description> 
<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. SPENGO

    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
@@ -1732,15 +1729,12 @@ from the client</description> 
<contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist>



<usage>

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

    the value of the compile-time constant

    <code>DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_LINE</code> (8190 as distributed)

    that will be allowed on the HTTP request-line.</p>

    <p>This directive sets the number of <var>bytes</var> that will be 

    allowed on the HTTP request-line.</p>



    <p>The <directive>LimitRequestLine</directive> directive allows

    the server administrator to reduce the limit on the allowed size

    of a client's HTTP request-line below the normal input buffer size

    compiled with the server. Since the request-line consists of the

    the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit on the allowed size

    of a client's HTTP request-line. Since the request-line consists of the

    HTTP method, URI, and protocol version, the

    <directive>LimitRequestLine</directive> directive places a

    restriction on the length of a request-URI allowed for a request