[ic] Extended Value Access and File Upload

Erich Schreiber interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Tue Apr 23 17:38:01 2002


"Jim Webster" wrote,
>
> Extended Value Access and File Upload: Is it possible to limit the
file size
> to say... 50K?
>
> I checked everywhere, can't find info on this...
>
> Jim Webster

>From the Apache documentation:

[citation]
The LimitRequestBody directive allows the user to set a limit on the
allowed size of an HTTP request message body within the context in which
the directive is given (server, per-directory, per-file or
per-location). If the client request exceeds that limit, the server will
return an error response instead of servicing the request. The size of a
normal request message body will vary greatly depending on the nature of
the resource and the methods allowed on that resource. CGI scripts
typically use the message body for passing form information to the
server. Implementations of the PUT method will require a value at least
as large as any representation that the server wishes to accept for that
resource.

This directive gives the server administrator greater control over
abnormal client request behavior, which may be useful for avoiding some
forms of denial-of-service attacks.

If, for example, you are permitting file upload to a particular
location, and wich to limit the size of the uploaded file to 100K, you
might use the following directive:

LimitRequestBody 102400
[/citation]

Erich,
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Erich Schreiber
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