* Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> I'm not entirely sure why we put a range limit on time values at all,
> but given that we do, it'd probably be a good idea to check the range
> in the recv functions. I'm inclined to fix this for 8.4, but not
> back-patch because of compatibility considerations. Any objections
> out there?
Are we confident it can't be abused to impact other clients connecting
or break the back-end in some way? More specifically, could it be a
security issue? Havn't looked at it yet, but getting what sounded like
corrupted data back out could be bad..
Stephen
