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increase maxRequestLength in httpRuntime of Web.Config

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  11 months ago

  by bussureddy82

  Rajasekhar Reddy

  Hyderabad, India

  Joined 1 year ago
  Hi, Is there any performance issues to increase maxRequestLength in httpRuntime of Web.Config for asp.net application. Rajsekhar...
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  11 months ago

  by Slicksim

  Simon Cooper

  Lancaster, United Kingdom

  Joined 4 years ago
  Hi, Not really, only if you send it a stupidly large file, it will tie up your server for longer. Don't forget, if you are increasing the request length, you should also increase the timeout to prevent it being cut short. Regards Si
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  11 months ago

  by James Crowley

  James Crowley

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 8 years ago
  No performance issues that I'm aware of - but as Simon mentioned, this means your server could be tied up for longer ... something to bear in mind in relation to denial of service attacks (if the attacker can send 8MB requests off to your server and grind it to a halt!) :)
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