[closed] bug/error: Server Error 400: Bad Request

[Geoff]

Currently, I can't browse the forums with Firefox. It's only started happening this morning. The error is as follows:

 

Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

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Apache/2.2.0 (Fedora) Server at edugeek.net Port 80

Edited February 27, 2008 by ZeroHour

[Geoff]

Clearing my edugeek related cookies solves the problem for a little while, but the problem has returned. So I've had to clear my cookies again so I could post this.

[webman]

Can you not just cron an automatic cookie cleaning script then?

[Geoff]

No, but I can tell Zerohour where the apache config settings for the header length restrictions are.

[Geoff]

Infact, here it is. LimitRequestFieldSize.

 

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#limitrequestfieldsize

[ZeroHour]

I have increased it.

Normally I would not do it until more then one user reports it but I will for you Geoff

[Geoff]

No problems today so far