Thanks, Tim. I've turned up logging some more. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Tim <elatllat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > First google hit said this: > > "It seems (not sure) to occur when user retypes password fast. > Maybe in this case ODBC driver gets old connection somehow from driver > manager." > > also > "It looks to me like the ODBC driver is failing to follow the protocol. > It shouldn't respond with an 'X' if it doesn't have a password, just > disconnect." > I would start logging traffic so you have more to go on next time it > happens. > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Sam Stearns <samtstearns@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Anyone have any ideas on this? We're an ISP. I was thinking of the >> possibility of a hack attempt. >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Sam Stearns <samtstearns@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > Howdy, >> > >> > Environment: >> > >> > Postgres 8.2.3 >> > Solaris 10 >> > >> > We were unable to make a remote postgres connection for ~2 hours this >> > afternoon. Receiving the following message in the postgres log every >> > 30 seconds: >> > >> > LOG: expected password response, got message type 88 >> > >> > Connection limit is 300. 17 active connections at the time. Bounced >> > postgres successfully but the above error message was still being >> > logged. About 20 minutes later the error message stopped and >> > connections started to re-establish. >> > >> > Any ideas? >> > >> > Thank you, >> > >> > Sam >> > >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin > > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
