[WEB4LIB] Apache limits on access.conf

[Mary Elise Haug]

I've never been able to unearth anything about a size limit for a
.htaccess file.  We have over 900 domain names and ip addresses for the
INSPIRE project in Indiana.  

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*Mary-Elise Haug                 *"Not even computers will    *
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*Email: mehaug at incolsa.palni.edu * committees buy computers   *
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On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Thomas Dowling wrote:

> Web4Lib--
> 
> Has anyone out there ever discovered whether Apache has any sort of limit
> on lists of IP ranges listed in access.conf or .htaccess for restricting
> access?  I can't find anything in the server documentation, but OhioLINK's
> list of allowed IP ranges is now over 400, and I want to know if I'm
> risking performance problems or crashes.
> 
> We're using Apache 1.3.0 and 1.3.1.  (Hmm, I see they snuck 1.3.2 out the
> door already...)
> 
> 
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> 
>