Re: [Bug 160] IF_HEADERS_CAN_GET_LONG

I have yet to hear of a concrete field problem for this.

+1 to leave as it it.

Am 24.11.2005 um 16:55 schrieb Julian Reschke:

>
> Cullen Jennings wrote:
>> Just to educate me, what is the limit on header length and where is 
>> that
>> defined?
>
> I don't think that there is a defined limit (see 
> <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2616.html#message.headers>).
>
> The concern was that clients/proxies/servers may indeed be limited, 
> and because the "If" header in theory can get very complex, that would 
> become a problem.
>
> What I would like to understand *before* changing RFC2518 is whether 
> the potential implementation limits are in header length, or in header 
> *line* length. In the latter case, the solution would be to just use 
> CRLF inside header lines, as allowed by RFC2616.
>
> Did anybody actually ever experience a problem? If not, I'd recommend 
> just leave things as they are in RFC2518.
>
> Best regards, Julian
>
>
>

Received on Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:08:47 UTC