From 72c404c4d49de6a037e9e6d1cb94993dfd360e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzz <zzz@mail.i2p>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 14:42:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]  * NTCP: Fix NPE (ticket #996)    (hopefully)

---
 .../java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
index 0ab8a2e049..2b2ae6a442 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class NTCPConnection {
     private long _lastReceiveTime;
     private long _lastRateUpdated;
     private final long _created;
-    private long _nextMetaTime;
+    // prevent sending meta before established
+    private long _nextMetaTime = Long.MAX_VALUE;
     private int _consecutiveZeroReads;
 
     private static final int BLOCK_SIZE = 16;
-- 
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