diff --git a/server/handlers.go b/server/handlers.go
index d1acb29..f08f24a 100644
--- a/server/handlers.go
+++ b/server/handlers.go
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
+const (
+	// limit requests to only 32 mib to mitigate potential DoS attacks
+	maxRequestBodySize int64 = 1024 * 1024 * 32
+)
+
 func (svr *Server) handleHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) error {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	return nil
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ func (svr *Server) handlePostOPGenericCommitment(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 
 func (svr *Server) handlePostShared(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, comm []byte, meta commitments.CommitmentMeta) error {
 	svr.log.Info("Processing POST request", "commitment", hex.EncodeToString(comm), "commitmentMeta", meta)
-	input, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	input, err := io.ReadAll(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxRequestBodySize))
 	if err != nil {
 		err = MetaError{
 			Err:  fmt.Errorf("failed to read request body: %w", err),
diff --git a/verify/cli.go b/verify/cli.go
index 39b994d..d931e43 100644
--- a/verify/cli.go
+++ b/verify/cli.go
@@ -11,17 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda/encoding/kzg"
 )
 
-var (
+const (
 	BytesPerSymbol     = 31
 	MaxCodingRatio     = 8
-	MaxSRSPoints       = 1 << 28 // 2^28
-	MaxAllowedBlobSize = uint64(MaxSRSPoints * BytesPerSymbol / MaxCodingRatio)
+	SrsOrder           = 1 << 28 // 2^28
+	MaxAllowedBlobSize = uint64(SrsOrder * BytesPerSymbol / MaxCodingRatio)
 )
 
-// TODO: should this live in the resources pkg?
-// So that if we ever change the SRS files there we can change this value
-const srsOrder = 268435456 // 2 ^ 32
-
 var (
 	// cert verification flags
 	CertVerificationDisabledFlagName = withFlagPrefix("cert-verification-disabled")
@@ -125,7 +121,7 @@ func ReadConfig(ctx *cli.Context, edaClientConfig clients.EigenDAClientConfig) C
 		G1Path:          ctx.String(G1PathFlagName),
 		G2PowerOf2Path:  ctx.String(G2PowerOf2PathFlagName),
 		CacheDir:        ctx.String(CachePathFlagName),
-		SRSOrder:        srsOrder,
+		SRSOrder:        SrsOrder,
 		SRSNumberToLoad: MaxBlobLengthBytes / 32,       // # of fr.Elements
 		NumWorker:       uint64(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)), // #nosec G115
 	}