Re: invalid length of startup packet - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: invalid length of startup packet
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Msg-id 10648.1133303323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to invalid length of startup packet  ("Dan The Man" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com>)
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"Dan The Man" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com> writes:
> I've been using postgresql v810 for a couple of weeks.  I notice when I
> start it up I get 'invalid lenth of startup packet'  On a database that I
> just initialized I get ' incomplete startup packet' after I first started
> it.   This never happened that I can see in 8.0.3.

That has nothing to do with the state of the database --- it's an
indication of broken client software trying to connect, or possibly
something portscanning your system.

            regards, tom lane

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