Re: [Lynx-dev] what controls the redirect limit?

[Jude DaShiell]

An engineering principle is once required capacity is found, build in 3
times that capacity for future unexpected events.
If you can get it, try for 60.


On Sun, 29 Aug 2021, Karen Lewellen wrote:

> Can speak to no one else, but in the cases I am encountering, there is
> progress  being made.
> Speaking personally raising it from 10 to say 20, would likely solve the issue
> for me at least.
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> On Sun, 29 Aug 2021, David Woolley wrote:
>
> > On 29/08/2021 09:25, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >>  Or ask the administrator to make the change as it seems like a fine one
> >>  for everyone.
> >
> > Not to a 1,000!  A redirect loop that long is likely to be treated as a
> > denial of service attack, even if it is, ultimately the server's fault.
> >
> > Before upping the limit in this specific case, you should make an attempt to
> > see if it is actually making progress on each redirect, rather than looping.
> >
> > I admit I'm surprised that gmail found a way to break even a limit of 10.
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