[HACKERS] Invalid length of startup packet - solved!

2002-05-28 Thread Henrik Steffen
uff, I am ashamed Tracing the problem I found out that the invalid startup packets were not triggered by the webserver either... looking more precisely I found out that the messages appeared regularly every 180 seconds in /var/log/messages This led me to the thought, that this has got to be

Re: [HACKERS] Invalid length of startup packet

2002-05-27 Thread Henrik Steffen
ssage - From: "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Henrik Steffen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Invalid length of startup packet > "Henrik Steffen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [HACKERS] Invalid length of startup packet

2002-05-27 Thread Tom Lane
"Henrik Steffen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know what the message "invalid length of startup packet" > in /var/log/messages means? Something is connecting to your postmaster and sending invalid data. > It says it's "fatal" - so what is the reason > for this message, what does it m

[HACKERS] Invalid length of startup packet

2002-05-27 Thread Henrik Steffen
Hello hackers! Does anyone know what the message "invalid length of startup packet" in /var/log/messages means? It says it's "fatal" - so what is the reason for this message, what does it mean and what can I do against it? I use the latest postgresql-release on a heavily loaded dedicated pentiu