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Re: don't use POST for big GET [was: Dictionaries in HTML ]

From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:21:07 PST
To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <96Feb8.172113pst.2733@golden.parc.xerox.com>
> (A) We really need to specify either a maximum length for URLs,
> or that there is no such maximum.  The current situation allows
> for non-interoperable assumptions.

I have this down as an issue for the HTTP/1.0 document, as soon as
we can decide what the reasonable length limit is.

(I'll be gathering a list of open issues and posting them sometime
soon; I apologize for not having had time to focus on the overall
group status report in a while.)
Received on Thursday, 8 February 1996 17:24:50 UTC

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