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Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

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Size of a request header field exceeds server limit. whist using Firefox beta 4 of version 3.6 + will not laod web page others work fine

Size of a request header field exceeds server limit. whist using Firefox beta 4 of version 3.6 + will not laod web page others work fine

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  • "Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
  • "Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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Please give the exact URL on which you see this problem, so other people can try and reproduce it.

Gerv

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my firefox version is 3.6.12, the detail is : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12

When I use firefox open the site cisco.com,I see the follow error response: Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

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Apache/2.0 Server at www.cisco.com Port 80

when I floow the upper post, clear my firefox 'offline storate' & 'cookie' it's ok now.

but I'm afraid if the problem will occur after few days ?