> From: Looijmans, Mike [mailto:mike.looijm...@oce.com] > Subject: RE: AJP with HTTPD - Buffer Size on long URLs > > > Looijmans, Mike wrote: > > > The RFC specs a maximum URL size of 4k. > > > > Where precisely did you find that ? > > RFC2068 (old HTTP/1.1 spec)
Citing an obsoleted RFC is a bit odd. Regardless, the actual wording from section 3.2.1 of 2068 and 2616 (the superseding document) is: "The HTTP protocol does not place any a priori limit on the length of a URI." Followed shortly by: "A server SHOULD return 414 (Request-URI Too Long) status if a URI is longer than the server can handle (see section 10.4.15)." (Note the SHOULD, not MUST.) There is also a warning note: "Note: Servers should be cautious about depending on URI lengths above 255 bytes, because some older client or proxy implementations may not properly support these lengths." No mention of a 4K limit anywhere that I can find. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
