erlang · garazdawi · Jun 1, 2026
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/guides/hardening.md b/lib/inets/doc/guides/hardening.md
@@ -229,22 +229,22 @@ or
 
 ### Request Size Limits
 
-Several size limits default to `nolimit`, which allows arbitrarily large
+Before OTP 30 several size limits default to `nolimit`, which allows arbitrarily large
 requests that can exhaust memory. Set explicit limits:
 
 ```erlang
-[{max_uri_size, 8192},              %% 8 KB URI limit
+[{max_uri_size, 8192},              %% 8 KB URI limit (default since OTP 30)
  {max_header_size, 10240},          %% 10 KB (already the default)
  {max_body_size, 10_485_760},       %% 10 MB body limit
  {max_content_length, 10_485_760}]  %% 10 MB Content-Length check
 ```
 
-- **[`max_uri_size`](`m:httpd#prop_max_uri`)** - Maximum URI length in bytes. Default: `nolimit`.
+- **[`max_uri_size`](`m:httpd#prop_max_uri`)** - Maximum URI length in bytes. Default: `8192` (8 KB).
 
 - **[`max_header_size`](`m:httpd#prop_max_header_size`)** - Maximum total header size. Default: `10240` (10 KB).
 
 - **[`max_body_size`](`m:httpd#prop_max_body_size`)** - Maximum received body size during parsing. Default:
-  `nolimit`.
+  `100_000_000` (100 MB).
 
 - **[`max_content_length`](`m:httpd#prop_max_content_length`)** - Rejects requests whose `Content-Length` header
   exceeds this value with a 413 response, before reading the body. Default:
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ requests that can exhaust memory. Set explicit limits:
 - **[`max_client_body_chunk`](`m:httpd#max_client_body_chunk`)** - When handling large PUT or POST bodies via
   `mod_esi`, setting this option enforces chunked delivery to the ESI
   callback. This prevents the server from buffering the entire request body
-  in memory, which could be exploited to cause memory exhaustion.
+  in memory, which could be exploited to cause memory exhaustion. Default: `nolimit`.
 
 > #### Note {: .info }
 >

diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_internal.hrl b/lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_internal.hrl
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 
 -include_lib("inets/src/inets_app/inets_internal.hrl").
 
--define(HTTP_MAX_BODY_SIZE,   nolimit).
+-define(HTTP_MAX_BODY_SIZE,   ?HTTP_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH). %% 100 MB, same as max-content length
 -define(HTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE, 10240).
--define(HTTP_MAX_URI_SIZE,    nolimit).
+-define(HTTP_MAX_URI_SIZE,    8192).
 -define(HTTP_MAX_VERSION_STRING, 8).
 -define(HTTP_MAX_METHOD_STRING, 20).
--define(HTTP_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH, 100000000).
+-define(HTTP_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH, 100000000). %% 100 MB
 
 -define(DATA_20MB, <<0:16#A000000>>).
 

diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd.erl
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ property list.
   client before closing the connection. Default is `150`.
 
 - [](){: #prop_max_body_size } **`{max_body_size, integer()}`**  
-  Limits the size of the message body of an HTTP request. Default is no limit.
+  Limits the size of the message body of an HTTP request. Default is `100000000` (100
+  MB).
 
 - [](){: #prop_max_clients } **`{max_clients, integer()}`**  
   Limits the number of simultaneous requests that can be supported. Default is
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ property list.
   MB).
 
 - [](){: #prop_max_uri } **`{max_uri_size, integer()}`**  
-  Limits the size of the HTTP request URI. Default is no limit.
+  Limits the size of the HTTP request URI. Default is `8192` (8 KB).
 
 - [](){: #prop_max_keep_alive_req } **`{max_keep_alive_request, integer()}`**  
   The number of requests that a client can do on one connection. When the server

diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_conf.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_conf.erl
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ validate_config_params([{max_content_length, Value} | Rest])
 validate_config_params([{max_content_length, Value} | _]) -> 
     throw({max_content_length, Value});
 
+validate_config_params([{max_uri_size, Value} | Rest]) 
+  when is_integer(Value) andalso (Value > 0) ->
+    validate_config_params(Rest);
+validate_config_params([{max_uri_size, Value} | _]) -> 
+    throw({max_uri_size, Value});
+
 validate_config_params([{server_name, Value} | Rest])  
   when is_list(Value) ->
     validate_config_params(Rest);

diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request.erl
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ parse_method(_, _, _, Max, _, _) ->
     %% will be able to handle it.
     {error, {size_error, Max, 413, "Method unreasonably long"}, default_version()}.
 
-parse_uri(_, _, Current, MaxURI, _, _)
-  when (Current > MaxURI) andalso (MaxURI =/= nolimit) -> 
+parse_uri(_, _, Current, MaxURI, _, _) when Current > MaxURI -> 
     %% We do not know the version of the client as it comes after the
     %% uri send the lowest version in the response so that the client
     %% will be able to handle it.
@@ -180,8 +179,7 @@ parse_version(<<Octet, Rest/binary>>, Version, Current, Max, Options, Result)  w
 parse_version(_, _, _, Max,_,_) ->
     {error, {size_error, Max, 413, "Version string unreasonably long"}, default_version()}.
 
-parse_headers(_, _, _, Current, Max, _, Result) 
-  when Max =/= nolimit andalso Current > Max -> 
+parse_headers(_, _, _, Current, Max, _, Result) when Current > Max -> 
     HttpVersion = lists:nth(3, lists:reverse(Result)),
     {error, {size_error, Max, 413, "Headers unreasonably long"}, HttpVersion};
 

diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ handle_body(#state{headers = Headers, body = Body,
 	_ -> 
 	    Length = list_to_integer(Headers#http_request_h.'content-length'),
 	    MaxChunk = max_client_body_chunk(ConfigDB),
-	    case Length =< MaxBodySize orelse MaxBodySize == nolimit of
+            case Length =< MaxBodySize of
 		true ->
 		    case httpd_request:body_chunk_first(Body, Length, MaxChunk) of 
                         %% This is the case that the we need more data to complete
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ handle_expect(#state{headers = Headers, mod =
 	      MaxBodySize) ->
     Length = list_to_integer(Headers#http_request_h.'content-length'),
     case expect(Headers, ModData#mod.http_version, ConfigDB) of
-	continue when (MaxBodySize > Length) orelse (MaxBodySize =:= nolimit) ->
+        continue when MaxBodySize > Length ->
 	    httpd_response:send_status(ModData, 100, ""),
 	    ok;
 	continue when MaxBodySize < Length ->
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ max_uri_size(ConfigDB) ->
     httpd_util:lookup(ConfigDB, max_uri_size, ?HTTP_MAX_URI_SIZE).
 
 max_body_size(ConfigDB) ->
-    httpd_util:lookup(ConfigDB, max_body_size, nolimit).
+    httpd_util:lookup(ConfigDB, max_body_size, ?HTTP_MAX_BODY_SIZE).
 
 max_keep_alive_request(ConfigDB) ->
     httpd_util:lookup(ConfigDB, max_keep_alive_request, infinity).