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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by st...@apache.org on 2005/01/31 18:59:15 UTC
svn commit: r149276 - httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
Author: stoddard
Date: Mon Jan 31 09:59:13 2005
New Revision: 149276
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=149276
Log:
Make the doc agree with the implementation
Modified:
httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml?view=diff&r1=149275&r2=149276
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml Mon Jan 31 09:59:13 2005
@@ -1691,21 +1691,18 @@
<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 @@
<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