- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:29:49 -0700
- To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
Exactly. Most (if not all) intermediaries impose limits on URI length. It's not just origin servers and browsers out there... On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 09:59:58AM -0400, Hugo Haas wrote: > * Scott Cantor <cantor.2@osu.edu> [2001-08-27 23:47-0400] > > > Arguable. What spec. restricts the complexity of data sent > > > through GET? > > > > No spec, merely (nearly) every real world implementation. > > Actually, I found some interesting text in RFC2616[1] which I would > like to have more context about: > > 10.4.15 414 Request-URI Too Long > > The server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI > is longer than the server is willing to interpret. This rare condition > is only likely to occur when a client has improperly converted a POST > request to a GET request with long query information [..] > > Maybe I am going to find some info about that in the references sent > out by Larry. > > 1. http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.15 > -- > Hugo Haas - W3C > mailto:hugo@w3.org - http://www.w3.org/People/Hugo/ - tel:+1-617-452-2092 > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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