title: What is the maximum number of HTTP redirections allowed by all major browsers?
body: <p>I am designing a web site, spread across many servers, and there are pages where I need up to chain up to 4 redirections in a row.  I tried a few browsers (firefox, chrome, IE) and it seems to work fine.</p>
  
  <p>Apparently, Firefox's default limit is 20 redirections in a row, Chrome's default seems to be 20, and IE8's limit seems to be 10 redirections.</p>
  
  <p>What is the maximum number of HTTP redirections allowed by all major browsers?  Is it 10?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong>:</p>
  
  <p>Why do I need 4 redirections? Basically, the user is in a hotspot, she tries to go to (say) google.com, there is a local captive portal that captures the request and redirects (#1) the user to a local server.  The local server checks some things about the user, but if it does not have the data locally, it redirects (#2) the user to the central web site.  If the user is already logged in to this central Web site, she gets redirected (#3) to another server (there are different portals depending on the user).  Finally, the server checks the user's rights, and if she has the appropriate rights, there is a final (#4) redirection to the local access controller, in order to get access to the appropriate service.  Believe me, I tried my best to remove redirections, but I cannot see where this can be optimized.</p>