[Ietf-not43] First draft on Relay bags in FIRS

[Andrew Newton]

Eric A. Hall wrote:
> on 8/18/2003 11:21 AM Andrew Newton wrote:
> 
> 
>>Throwing 2 and 4k url-encoded binary data in a URL is certainly not what 
>>they were meant for and it has been known to cause problems with 
>>software in the past.  Otherwise, I would tend to agree with you.
> 
> 
> What if we point out that can happen when the extension is used? EG, if
> you issue the control in the request, be prepared for very large URLs.

We could do this, but it would only be effective if FIRS were being 
designed in isolation of LDAP.  What would happen if a regular LDAP 
client got it's grubby, little hands on one of these unwieldy URL's?

-andy