--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/03/01 18:53:42	1.23
+++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/03/06 08:38:42	1.24
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #  - pjm2@ukc.ac.uk
 #
 # $Author: pjm2 $
-# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.23 2001/03/01 18:53:42 pjm2 Exp $
+# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.24 2001/03/06 08:38:42 pjm2 Exp $
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -151,9 +151,17 @@ sub tcp_configure() {
     
     print $sock "FILTER\n";
     $response = <$sock>;
+    unless (defined($response)) {
+        print "Failed: Could not get a filter address from the filter manager.\n";
+        exit(1);
+    }
     chop $response;
     $response =~ /(.*);(.*);(.*)/;
     ($filter_addr, $udp_port, $tcp_port) = ($1, $2, $3);
+    unless (defined($filter_addr) && defined($udp_port) && defined($tcp_port)) {
+        print "Failed: Filter address response from server did not make sense: $response\n";
+        exit(1);
+    }
     
     print "Got filter data ($filter_addr, $udp_port, $tcp_port)\n";