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cf.tls_client_auth.cert_chain_rfc9440_too_large

cf.tls_client_auth.cert_chain_rfc9440_too_large Boolean

Returns true when the RFC 9440 encoded client certificate chain exceeds the 16 KiB size limit.

When true, cf.tls_client_auth.cert_chain_rfc9440 contains an empty string instead of the encoded certificate chain.

This field defaults to false if the connection does not use mTLS authentication.

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