Note that the buffer size is set to a maximum of 65536 when AJP is used as

per http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@httpd.apache.org/msg41843.html.

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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
index 019a7eb083b50ac4b198554c4d486e7ef9a15299..650fe7e1c1a22626aa059e8de89363a8eedf1614 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
@@ -1534,11 +1534,14 @@ connections</description>
     input and output. The size must be at least <code>512</code>.</p>
 
     <p>In almost every case there's no reason to change that value.</p>
+
     <p>If used with AJP this directive sets the maximum AJP packet size in
-    bytes. If you change it from the default, you must also change the
-    <code>packetSize</code> attribute of your AJP connector on the
-    Tomcat side! The attribute <code>packetSize</code> is only available
-    in Tomcat <code>5.5.20+</code> and <code>6.0.2+</code></p>
+    bytes. Values larger than 65536 are set to 65536. If you change it from
+    the default, you must also change the <code>packetSize</code> attribute of
+    your AJP connector on the Tomcat side! The attribute
+    <code>packetSize</code> is only available in Tomcat <code>5.5.20+</code>
+    and <code>6.0.2+</code></p>
+
     <p>Normally it is not necessary to change the maximum packet size.
     Problems with the default value have been reported when sending
     certificates or certificate chains.</p>