What is the maximum allowed url length in ie 5 and above?

Hi,
Who excatly limit the legnth of the url and the query string?

is it the browser,the web server or the HTTP protocol?

assuming it is the web server can i change the allowed length?

thanks

Re: What is the maximum allowed url length in ie 5 and above?

this ?
INFO: Maximum URL Length Is 2,083 Characters in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=208427

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>
> Hi,
> Who excatly limit the legnth of the url and the query string?
>
> is it the browser,the web server or the HTTP protocol?
>
> assuming it is the web server can i change the allowed length?
>
> thanks
>
>