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RE: siezlimit in RFC2251



Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Hedberg [mailto:roland@catalogix.se]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 16. November 2000 22:41
> To: Mark Wahl
> Cc: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Re: siezlimit in RFC2251
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 12:01:39PM -0600, Mark Wahl wrote:
> > Roland Hedberg wrote:
> > > 
> > > 4.5.1 Search Request
> > > 
> > >  - sizelimit: A sizelimit that restricts the maximum 
> number of entries
> > >      to be returned as a result of the search. A value of 
> 0 in this
> > >      field indicates that no client-requested sizelimit 
> restrictions are
> > >      in effect for the search.  Servers may enforce a 
> maximum number of
> > >      entries to return.
> > >
> > There is no limit on continuation references.  You always 
> receive all of them.
> 
> Oh, that's interesting.
> So a client can protect itself from receiving to much back
> when it concerns entries but not when dealing with references.
> 
> So it would be OK for a LDAP server to return 1.000.000 ( 
> just to pick a 
> big number) sets of continuation references or more. I wonder 
> how many client 
> implementors that has taken this into account.

But thats also the way how it is in X.500. The references have nothing to do
with 
the sizelimit.

Helmut
> 
> -- Roland
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