Re: invalid length of startup packet

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Dan The Man" <bitsandbytes88(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: invalid length of startup packet
Date: 2005-11-29 22:28:43
Message-ID: 10648.1133303323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Dan The Man" <bitsandbytes88(at)hotmail(dot)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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