Example: LimitRequestLine 200
Since: Apache 1.3
This directive specifies the maximum size of an HTTP request
line. The bytes argument must be an integer size (in bytes)
ranging from 0 to 8,190. Use of this directive allows the
server administrator to reduce the allowed size of a client's
HTTP request line below the normal input buffer size compiled
with the server. Because the request line consists of the HTTP
method, URL, and protocol version, the LimitRequestLine
directive places a restriction on the length of the URL allowed
for a request on the server.
This value should be large enough to hold any of the resource
names, including any information that might be passed in
the query part of a GET request. Use of this directive
gives a server administrator greater control over abnormal
client request behavior, which help prevent some forms of
denial-of-service attacks.