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Can I assume that NVT ASCII strings are no longer than 1024 bytes? Can I assume that server responses over the control connection are no longer than 1024 bytes?

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Can I assume that NVT ASCII strings are no longer than 1024 bytes? Can I assume that server responses over the control connection are no longer than 1024 bytes?

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A. You may assume that NVT strings read over the control connection are no longer than this length (i.e. a single line of a response), and you do not need to handle servers that do not meet this assumption. However, the total length of a server response (e.g. a greeting) may exceed this length. Note that strings sent over the data connection should not be limited, since a LIST string can be of arbitrary length.