MK wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The following doc. discusses the  SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG:
> 
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ref/ssl/sslerr.html#1040406
> 
> It says this error occurs when"SSL received a record that exceeded the
> maximum permissible length". What is the maximum permissible length?

For SSL 2, it is 32KB.  For SSL3 and TLS, it is 16KB.

Perhaps a slightly more accurate statement of that error would be this:

SSL received a record header whose length field indicated that the record
length exceeds the maximum permissable length.

> Thanks
> MK


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Nelson Bolyard           
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