Re: Invalid length of startup packet

Dear Ron,

thanks for your answer. This is what happens if I telnet or portscan, too.

The thing is, that noone is actually telnetting or portscanning in. The
server
is located inside the DMZ of a firewall. There is only one webserver which
is allowed
to connect. This server is located inside the same DMZ. This can't be the
reason.

On the Webserver the Pg.pm perl-module is used to connect to the DB-Server.
This seems to be the origin of the error messages because this is the only
process
which is allowed to connect.

If I run the same perl-scripts from the command prompt theres is no problem.
But using
Apache 1.3.24 with latest mod_perl the error message in /var/log/messages is
generated.

This is really weird.

I upgraded to the latest postgresql-rpm yesterday on both the Webserver and
the Db-Server,
this didn't change anything.

Additionally, the error is non-fatal: The connection is not dropped. Anyway,
the message
has got to have some reason, hasn't it?

Any comments?

Mit freundlichem Gruß

Henrik Steffen
Geschäftsführer

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Snyder" <snyder(at)roguewave(dot)com>
To: "'Henrik Steffen'" <steffen(at)city-map(dot)de>; <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Invalid length of startup packet

If we portscan our database server and include the postgres port in the list
of scanned ports, we'll get that error in our logs. You can also get that
message by attempting to telnet to your postgres port. I'm a little
surprised that postgres doesn't list some source ip information with the
message.

-ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Steffen [mailto:steffen(at)city-map(dot)de]
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 2:16 AM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Invalid length of startup packet
>
>
> (my apologies for the attachement in the last mail)
>
> Hello all,
>
> does anyone 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 pentium iv
> machine.
>
> Any help or information appreciated,
>
> thanks
>
>
> Mit freundlichem Gruß
>
> Henrik Steffen
> Geschäftsführer
>
> top concepts Internetmarketing GmbH
> Am Steinkamp 7 - D-21684 Stade - Germany
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