alt Hacker NewsAs long as programmers trust 3rd-party-provided content-length input, it will be insecure. At this point, I'm not sure why we even use content-length anymore since you're going to need to size your buffers based on the actual content.
As long as programmers trust 3rd-party-provided content-length input, it will be insecure. At this point, I'm not sure why we even use content-length anymore since you're going to need to size your buffers based on the actual content.
Because when file finishes you want to verify whether the size matches.
And for non-malicious content, you can drop file above the upload max limit before user wastes time sending the file.