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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by rb...@apache.org on 2011/11/11 18:09:28 UTC
svn commit: r1200961 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
Author: rbowen
Date: Fri Nov 11 17:09:28 2011
New Revision: 1200961
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1200961&view=rev
Log:
Clarify docs for LimitRequestLine, as per bug #51665.
Modified:
httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml?rev=1200961&r1=1200960&r2=1200961&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml Fri Nov 11 17:09:28 2011
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ client</description>
that will be allowed in an HTTP request header.</p>
<p>The <directive>LimitRequestFieldSize</directive> 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
@@ -2429,7 +2429,8 @@ client</description>
</example>
<note>Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from
- the default.</note>
+ the default. Also, you can't set this higher than 8190 without
+ modifying the source code and rebuilding.</note>
<note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>
<p> When name-based virtual hosting is used, the value for this
@@ -2452,7 +2453,7 @@ from the client</description>
allowed on the HTTP request-line.</p>
<p>The <directive>LimitRequestLine</directive> 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
<directive>LimitRequestLine</directive> directive places a
@@ -2472,7 +2473,8 @@ from the client</description>
</example>
<note>Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from
- the default.</note>
+ the default. Also, you can't set this higher than 8190 without
+ modifying the source and rebuilding.</note>
<note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>
<p> When name-based virtual hosting is used, the value for this