From 4a8c9289a9904990ee2d5eef14e8a2b0c50d3f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Bowen Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:54:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify docs for LimitRequestLine, as per bug #51665. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@1200947 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/mod/core.xml | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml index 1844f48bdfc..48c6fb7214f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml @@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ client that will be allowed in an HTTP request header.

The LimitRequestFieldSize directive - allows the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit + allows the server administrator to set 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 @@ -1914,7 +1914,8 @@ client Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from - the default. + the default. Also, you can't set this higher than 8190 without + modifying the source code and rebuilding. Warning

When name-based virtual hosting is used, the value for this @@ -1938,7 +1939,7 @@ from the client allowed on the HTTP request-line.

The LimitRequestLine directive allows - the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit on the allowed size + the server administrator to set 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 LimitRequestLine directive places a @@ -1958,7 +1959,8 @@ from the client Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from - the default. + the default. Also, you can't set this higher than 8190 without + modifying the source and rebuilding. Warning

When name-based virtual hosting is used, the value for this -- 2.47.2