Limit of POST size over SSL?

[Havin_it2]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone has some definite info about sizes of fields that can be POSTed via SSL (128bit). I have a form field containing approx. 900 characters (all alpha, numeric or arithmetic, plus line-breaks) but I can't echo it on the next page.

Working backwards, it appears the maximum field I can post is 264 characters.

Chunking the data into smaller fields doesn't seem to help either, so I'm guessing it's a whole-request size limit I've exceeded.

I have set every available field-size related option to 'unlimited' or 'really ridiculously large' in php.ini and Apache's httpd.conf (couldn't find anything to tweak in openssl.cnf), to no avail whatsoever. This limit remains constant.

I've read differing accounts of POST placing its effective limit at between 4k and 400k (not much consistency!).

Being unfamiliar with the maths of bits, bytes and SSL, I was wondering if someone could tell me how to translate the number of characters into the encrypted size in bytes/kilobytes - or point me at a good 'end-user' source of such info.

Any help appreciated!
Cheers

[sergarbes]

Hi,

I've the same problem you described with forms and SSL.

I don't know the reason but it seems that there exist somehow a limitation of the amount of data that can be send via SSL using a HTTP POST form.

Do you reach a solution for the problem ?

Thanks