diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 5c63c3b73..0281b45f8 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Libpng 1.6.17beta03 - February 7, 2015
+Libpng 1.6.17beta03 - February 17, 2015
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ Version 1.6.17beta02 [February 7, 2015]
   Work around one more Coverity-scan dead-code warning.
   Do not build png_product2() when it is unused.
 
-Version 1.6.17beta03 [February 7, 2015]
+Version 1.6.17beta03 [February 17, 2015]
+  Display user limits in the output from pngtest.
+  Eliminated the PNG_SAFE_LIMITS macro and restored the 1-million-column
+    and 1-million-row default limits in pnglibconf.dfa, that can be reset
+    by the user at build time or run time.  This provides a more robust
+    defense against DOS and as-yet undiscovered overflows.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 06a07d401..ba429cd44 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5145,7 +5145,12 @@ Version 1.6.17beta02 [February 7, 2015]
   Work around one more Coverity-scan dead-code warning.
   Do not build png_product2() when it is unused.
 
-Version 1.6.17beta03 [February 7, 2015]
+Version 1.6.17beta03 [February 17, 2015]
+  Display user limits in the output from pngtest.
+  Eliminated the PNG_SAFE_LIMITS macro and restored the 1-million-column
+    and 1-million-row default limits in pnglibconf.dfa, that can be reset
+    by the user at build time or run time.  This provides a more robust
+    defense against DOS and as-yet undiscovered overflows.
 
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diff --git a/pngpriv.h b/pngpriv.h
index 4d7a665de..5b0213f42 100644
--- a/pngpriv.h
+++ b/pngpriv.h
@@ -300,46 +300,9 @@
 
 /* SECURITY and SAFETY:
  *
- * By default libpng is built without any internal limits on image size,
- * individual heap (png_malloc) allocations or the total amount of memory used.
- * If PNG_SAFE_LIMITS_SUPPORTED is defined, however, the limits below are used
- * (unless individually overridden).  These limits are believed to be fairly
- * safe, but builders of secure systems should verify the values against the
- * real system capabilities.
- */
-#ifdef PNG_SAFE_LIMITS_SUPPORTED
-   /* 'safe' limits */
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 1000000
-#  endif
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 1000000
-#  endif
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX 128
-#  endif
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX 8000000
-#  endif
-#else
-   /* values for no limits */
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 0x7fffffff
-#  endif
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 0x7fffffff
-#  endif
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX 0
-#  endif
-#  ifndef PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX
-#     define PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX 0
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-/* Moved to pngpriv.h at libpng-1.5.0 */
-/* NOTE: some of these may have been used in external applications as
- * these definitions were exposed in pngconf.h prior to 1.5.
+ * libpng is built with support for internal limits on image dimensions and
+ * memory usage.  These are documented in scripts/pnglibconf.dfa of the
+ * source and recorded in the machine generated header file pnglibconf.h.
  */
 
 /* If you are running on a machine where you cannot allocate more
diff --git a/pngtest.c b/pngtest.c
index 4e64def79..5d09f1c6e 100644
--- a/pngtest.c
+++ b/pngtest.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ pngtest_read_data(png_structp png_ptr, png_bytep data, png_size_t length)
    io_ptr = png_get_io_ptr(png_ptr);
    if (io_ptr != NULL)
    {
-      check = fread(data, (sizeof (png_byte)), length, (png_FILE_p)io_ptr);
+      check = fread(data, 1, length, (png_FILE_p)io_ptr);
    }
 
    if (check != length)
@@ -1610,8 +1610,8 @@ test_one_file(PNG_CONST char *inname, PNG_CONST char *outname)
          png_size_t num_in, num_out;
          char inbuf[256], outbuf[256];
 
-         num_in = fread(inbuf, 1, (sizeof inbuf), fpin);
-         num_out = fread(outbuf, 1, (sizeof outbuf), fpout);
+         num_in = fread(inbuf, 1, sizeof inbuf, fpin);
+         num_out = fread(outbuf, 1, sizeof outbuf, fpout);
 
          if (num_in != num_out)
          {
@@ -1701,6 +1701,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
    int multiple = 0;
    int ierror = 0;
 
+   png_structp dummy_ptr;
+
    fprintf(STDERR, "\n Testing libpng version %s\n", PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING);
    fprintf(STDERR, "   with zlib   version %s\n", ZLIB_VERSION);
    fprintf(STDERR, "%s", png_get_copyright(NULL));
@@ -1994,6 +1996,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
    else
       fprintf(STDERR, " libpng FAILS test\n");
 
+   dummy_ptr = png_create_read_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+   fprintf(STDERR, " Default limits:\n");
+   fprintf(STDERR, "  width_max  = %lu\n",
+      (unsigned long) png_get_user_width_max(dummy_ptr));
+   fprintf(STDERR, "  height_max = %lu\n",
+      (unsigned long) png_get_user_height_max(dummy_ptr));
+   if (png_get_chunk_cache_max(dummy_ptr) == 0)
+      fprintf(STDERR, "  cache_max  = unlimited\n");
+   else
+      fprintf(STDERR, "  cache_max  = %lu\n",
+         (unsigned long) png_get_chunk_cache_max(dummy_ptr));
+   if (png_get_chunk_malloc_max(dummy_ptr) == 0)
+      fprintf(STDERR, "  malloc_max = unlimited\n");
+   else
+      fprintf(STDERR, "  malloc_max = %lu\n",
+         (unsigned long) png_get_chunk_malloc_max(dummy_ptr));
+   png_destroy_read_struct(&dummy_ptr, NULL, NULL);
+
    return (int)(ierror != 0);
 }
 #else
diff --git a/pngusr.dfa b/pngusr.dfa
index 9d39564b5..83067c38c 100644
--- a/pngusr.dfa
+++ b/pngusr.dfa
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # here by entering the appropriate values as #defines preceded by '@' (to cause,
 # them to be passed through to the build of pnglibconf.h), for example:
 #
-# @# define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 1000000
-# @# define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 1000000
-# @# define PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX 128
-# @# define PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX 8000000
+# @# define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 65535
+# @# define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 65535
+# @# define PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX 256
+# @# define PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX 640000
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
index d98d27437..692fd5874 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
@@ -350,36 +350,15 @@ option USER_MEM
 
 option IO_STATE
 
-# This is only for PowerPC big-endian and 680x0 systems
-# some testing, not enabled by default.
-# NO LONGER USED
-
-#option READ_BIG_ENDIAN disabled
-
-# Allow users to control limits on what the READ code will
-# read:
-
-# Added at libpng-1.2.43; adds limit fields to png_struct,
-# allows some usages of these fields
-
-option USER_LIMITS
-
-# Added at libpng-1.2.6; adds setting APIs, allows additional
-# usage of this field (UTSL)
-
-option SET_USER_LIMITS requires USER_LIMITS
-
-# Feature added at libpng-1.4.0, this flag added at 1.4.1
-option SET_USER_LIMITS enables SET_CHUNK_CACHE_LIMIT
-# Feature added at libpng-1.4.1, this flag added at 1.4.1
-
-option SET_USER_LIMITS enables SET_CHUNK_MALLOC_LIMIT
-
-# Libpng limits.
+# Libpng limits: limit the size of images and data on read.
 #
-# If these settings are *not* set libpng will not limit the size of
-# images or the size of data in ancilliary chunks.  This does lead to
-# security issues if PNG files come from untrusted sources.  Settings have the
+# If this option is disabled all the limit checking code will be disabled:
+
+option USER_LIMITS requires READ
+
+# The default settings given below for the limits mean that libpng will
+# limit the size of images or the size of data in ancilliary chunks to less
+# than the specification or implementation limits. Settings have the
 # following interpretations:
 #
 # USER_WIDTH_MAX: maximum width of an image that will be read
@@ -389,17 +368,14 @@ option SET_USER_LIMITS enables SET_CHUNK_MALLOC_LIMIT
 #
 # Only chunks that are variable in number are counted towards the
 # USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX limit
-setting USER_WIDTH_MAX
-setting USER_HEIGHT_MAX
-setting USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX
-setting USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX
+setting USER_WIDTH_MAX default        1000000 /* Use 0x7fffffff for unlimited */
+setting USER_HEIGHT_MAX default       1000000 /* Use 0x7fffffff for unlimited */
+setting USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX default     1000 /* Use 0 for unlimited */
+setting USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX default 8000000 /* Use 0 for unlimited */
 
-# To default all these settings to values that are large but probably
-# safe turn the SAFE_LIMITS option on; this will cause the value in
-# pngpriv.h to be used.  Individual values can also be set, simply set
-# them in pngusr.dfa with '@#define PNG_setting value' lines.
-option SAFE_LIMITS enables USER_LIMITS disabled
-= SAFE_LIMITS SAFE_LIMITS
+# If this option is enabled APIs to set the above limits at run time are added;
+# without this the hardwired (compile time) limits will be used.
+option SET_USER_LIMITS requires USER_LIMITS
 
 # All of the following options relate to code capabilities for
 # processing image data before creating a PNG or after reading one.
@@ -541,6 +517,7 @@ option USER_TRANSFORM_INFO if READ_USER_TRANSFORM, WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM
 # non-IDAT chunks (zTXt, iTXt, iCCP, and unknown chunks).  This feature
 # was added at libpng-1.5.3.
 option WRITE_CUSTOMIZE_ZTXT_COMPRESSION requires WRITE
+option WRITE_CUSTOMIZE_COMPRESSION requires WRITE
 
 # Any chunks you are not interested in, you can undef here.  The
 # ones that allocate memory may be expecially important (hIST,
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
index a6101a931..7a683d31b 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /* pnglibconf.h - library build configuration */
 
-/* Libpng version 1.6.17beta03 - February 7, 2015 */
+/* Libpng version 1.6.17beta03 - February 17, 2015 */
 
 /* Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Glenn Randers-Pehrson */
 
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
 #define PNG_READ_tIME_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_tRNS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_zTXt_SUPPORTED
-/*#undef PNG_SAFE_LIMITS_SUPPORTED*/
 #define PNG_SAVE_INT_32_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SAVE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SEQUENTIAL_READ_SUPPORTED
@@ -129,6 +128,7 @@
 #define PNG_WRITE_BGR_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_COMPRESSED_TEXT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_CUSTOMIZE_COMPRESSION_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_CUSTOMIZE_ZTXT_COMPRESSION_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_FILLER_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_FILTER_SUPPORTED
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@
 #define PNG_QUANTIZE_RED_BITS 5
 #define PNG_TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION (-1)
 #define PNG_TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY 0
+#define PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX 1000 /* Use 0 for unlimited */
+#define PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX 8000000 /* Use 0 for unlimited */
+#define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 1000000 /* Use 0x7fffffff for unlimited */
+#define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 1000000 /* Use 0x7fffffff for unlimited */
 #define PNG_WEIGHT_SHIFT 8
 #define PNG_ZBUF_SIZE 8192
 #define PNG_ZLIB_VERNUM 0 /* unknown */