Thanks! Sorry I misread that article. So I suppose it's the same for maxHttpRequestHeaderSize and maxHttpResponseHeaderSize?
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:45 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > On 25/05/2022 10:33, Aditya Kumar wrote: > > I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean by Integer.MAX_VALUE? > > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Integer.html#MAX_VALUE > > > Looking at https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/config/http.html > all I > > see is this:- > > "maxHttpHeaderSize > > > > The maximum size of the request and response HTTP header, specified in > > bytes. If not specified, this attribute is set to 8192 (8 KB)." > > This does not explain possible values. Can you give me an actual number > for > > the maximum? > > See above. > > The theoretical maximum is so far above any sensible value there is not > much point documenting it. > > > Also I saw in this article: > > > https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/how-pass-big-number-values-apache-tomcat-url-string > > > > " A value of less than 0 means no limit." > > That text is copied directly from the Tomcat documentation and is part > of the description for maxParameterCount, not maxHttpHeaderSize. What > makes you think it might apply to maxHttpHeaderSize? > > Mark > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:19 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> On 25/05/2022 09:51, Aditya Kumar wrote: > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I'm using Tomcat 9.0.46 and I want to know what is the maximum possible > >>> value for maxHttpHeaderSize > >> > >> Integer.MAX_VALUE > >> > >>> I have Tomcat setup using kerberos authentication and for some users > the > >>> Authorisation header is too large (too many AD groups). > >>> > >>> I have seen various articles when googling but I want something from > >>> official documentation to state what the possible values for this field > >>> are. Is it true that setting a value of "-1" causes a limitless maximum > >>> header size value? > >> > >> Where did you read that? I don't see that in the documentation. > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
