I would bet all the server software has a configuration option for limiting
upload size.
It can be abused to denial of service attack the web server. That would be
in addition to the limits a cgi program might have.
Consult the web server software documentation


On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 9:54 AM U.Mutlu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is it possible to set a max file size for file uploads?
>
> Can such a limit be tested/enforced at client side (ie. in the HTML)
> before
> the upload starts?
>
> Can such a limit be tested/enforced at server side (ie. in the cgicc
> 'script')
> before the download starts?
>
> The rationale is b/c the server has only limited ressources, esp. memory.
>
> And a related question:
> Is it possible at server side to download the file in multiple chunks, to
> conserve memory?
>
> Thx
>
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