[users@httpd] Large File Upload blocking

[sirius black <pa...@gmail.com>]

I'm trying to prevent my users from uploding files larger than 500MB.  I
know that I can use LimitPayloadBody and ErrorDocument 413 to redirect the
users to a page telling them their file is too large.  But then it seems
like apache still has to read in the entire file before it returns the
user.  Even with a simple html file like this:

<FORM ENCTYPE='multipart/form-data' method='POST' action='http://localhost'>
<INPUT TYPE='file' NAME='mptest'>
<INPUT TYPE='submit' VALUE='upload'>
</FORM>


it takes a long time for a 1.9GB file to upload.

Is there a way to prevent Apache form continuing to read the socket?
If I try to break before that, I get an "Ivalid Response From the
Server" or something like that response.

Thanks

Re: [users@httpd] Large File Upload blocking

[Mohammed Salih <li...@gmail.com>]

Hi there,

Look for something related to Content-length request header. Usually
it contains the size of the POST data. You may need to use a mix of
the exisiting solution + the Content-length for security reasons.

Cheers
Salih

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:32 PM, sirius black <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to prevent my users from uploding files larger than 500MB.  I
> know that I can use LimitPayloadBody and ErrorDocument 413 to redirect the
> users to a page telling them their file is too large.  But then it seems
> like apache still has to read in the entire file before it returns the user.
> Even with a simple html file like this:
>
> <FORM ENCTYPE='multipart/form-data' method='POST' action='http://localhost'>
>
> <INPUT TYPE='file' NAME='mptest'>
>
> <INPUT TYPE='submit' VALUE='upload'>
>
> </FORM>
>
>
> it takes a long time for a 1.9GB file to upload.
>
> Is there a way to prevent Apache form continuing to read the socket? If I
> try to break before that, I get an "Ivalid Response From the Server" or
> something like that response.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>

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