Re: BUG #15292: Multiple Messages "2018-07-24 10:46:12.566 CEST [32029] LOG: invalid length of startup" in logfile

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: stefan(dot)muster(at)isc-ejpd(dot)admin(dot)ch
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Subject: Re: BUG #15292: Multiple Messages "2018-07-24 10:46:12.566 CEST [32029] LOG: invalid length of startup" in logfile
Date: 2018-07-24 13:54:14
Message-ID: 1433.1532440454@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?utf-8?q?PG_Bug_reporting_form?= <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Modification in pg_hba.conf:

> Add line "host all all 172.24.84.43/0
> md5" in Section # IPv4 local connections:

The above is accepting connections from *anywhere*, not only 172.24.84.43.
ITYM 172.24.84.43/32 ...

> And Modification in postgresql.conf:
> listen_addresses = '*'

> After Restart postgres Cluster, I receive all Minutes Messages like
> ""2018-07-24 10:46:12.566 CEST [32029] LOG: invalid length of startup" in
> Logfile. But the remote Connection from Host 172.24.84.43 is working as
> expected.

What that says is you're getting port-scanned by something or other,
once you expose a PG port on your network-accessible interface.

regards, tom lane

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