diff --git a/src/accept.c b/src/accept.c
index d86aba6..8948cef 100644
--- a/src/accept.c
+++ b/src/accept.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static void peerip_clients_config(void)
 		c->state = CSTATE_COREPEER;
 		c->validated = VALIDATED_WEAK;
 		c->flags = CLFLAGS_UPLINKPORT;
-		c->handler = &incoming_handler;
+		c->handler_line_in = &incoming_handler;
 		memcpy((void *)&c->udpaddr.sa, (void *)pe->ai->ai_addr, pe->ai->ai_addrlen);
 		c->udpaddrlen = pe->ai->ai_addrlen;
 		c->udp_port = pe->remote_port; // remote port
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ static void do_accept(struct listen_t *l)
 
 	c->state   = CSTATE_LOGIN;
 	/* use the default login handler */
-	c->handler = &login_handler;
+	c->handler_line_in = &login_handler;
 	c->keepalive = tick; /* monotonous time, for timed transmits */
 
 #ifdef USE_SSL
@@ -1333,13 +1333,13 @@ static int accept_liveupgrade_single(cJSON *client, int *rxerr_map, int rxerr_ma
 	
 	if (strcmp(state->valuestring, "connected") == 0) {
 		c->state   = CSTATE_CONNECTED;
-		c->handler = &incoming_handler;
+		c->handler_line_in = &incoming_handler;
 		strncpy(c->username, username->valuestring, sizeof(c->username));
 		c->username[sizeof(c->username)-1] = 0;
 		c->username_len = strlen(c->username);
 	} else if (strcmp(state->valuestring, "login") == 0) {
 		c->state   = CSTATE_LOGIN;
-		c->handler = &login_handler;
+		c->handler_line_in = &login_handler;
 	} else {
 		hlog(LOG_ERR, "Live upgrade: Client %s is in invalid state '%s' (fd %d)", l->addr_s, state->valuestring, l->fd);
 		goto err;
diff --git a/src/login.c b/src/login.c
index 712e6db..bb42a14 100644
--- a/src/login.c
+++ b/src/login.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int login_handler(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c, int l4proto, char *
 	sanitize_ascii_string(c->filter_s);
 	
 	/* ok, login succeeded, switch handler */
-	c->handler = &incoming_handler; /* handler of all incoming APRS-IS data during a connection */
+	c->handler_line_in = &incoming_handler; /* handler of all incoming APRS-IS data during a connection */
 	
 	rc = client_printf( self, c, "# logresp %s %s, server %s\r\n",
 			    username,
diff --git a/src/uplink.c b/src/uplink.c
index 6cd8a2e..6021d24 100644
--- a/src/uplink.c
+++ b/src/uplink.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ int uplink_logresp_handler(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c, int l4prot
 	
 	hlog(LOG_INFO, "%s: Uplink logged in to server %s", c->addr_rem, c->username);
 	
-	c->handler = incoming_handler;
+	c->handler_line_in = incoming_handler;
 	
 	/* mark as connected and classify */
 	worker_mark_client_connected(self, c);
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int uplink_login_handler(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c, int l4proto,
 	rc = client_write(self, c, buf, len);
 	if (rc < -2) return rc; // the client was destroyed by client_write, don't touch it
 
-	c->handler = uplink_logresp_handler;
+	c->handler_line_in = uplink_logresp_handler;
 	c->state   = CSTATE_LOGRESP;
 	
 	hlog(LOG_INFO, "%s: Connected to server, logging in", c->addr_rem);
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ connerr:
 	c->ai_protocol = req.ai_protocol;
 	c->state = CSTATE_INIT;
 	/* use the default login handler */
-	c->handler  = & uplink_login_handler;
+	c->handler_line_in = &uplink_login_handler;
 	c->flags    = l->client_flags;
 	c->keepalive = tick;
 	c->last_read = tick;
diff --git a/src/worker.c b/src/worker.c
index 41fc95e..0e609e7 100644
--- a/src/worker.c
+++ b/src/worker.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static int handle_corepeer_readable(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c)
 		}
 	}
 	
-	c->handler(self, rc, IPPROTO_UDP, c->ibuf, r);
+	c->handler_line_in(self, rc, IPPROTO_UDP, c->ibuf, r);
 	
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int client_postread(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c, int r)
 			  // *s = ch;
 
 			  /* NOTE: handler call CAN destroy the c-> object ! */
-			  if (c->handler(self, c, IPPROTO_TCP, row_start, s - row_start) < 0)
+			  if (c->handler_line_in(self, c, IPPROTO_TCP, row_start, s - row_start) < 0)
 			    return -1;
 			}
 			/* skip the first, just-found part of EOL, which might have been
diff --git a/src/worker.h b/src/worker.h
index 16dd479..f78bf80 100644
--- a/src/worker.h
+++ b/src/worker.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ struct client_t {
 	char  quirks_mode;  /* is this a known buggy-and-unmaintained application on our blacklist */
 	
 	/* the current handler function for incoming lines */
-	int	(*handler)	(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c, int l4proto, char *s, int len);
+	int	(*handler_line_in)	(struct worker_t *self, struct client_t *c, int l4proto, char *s, int len);
 
 	/* outbound filter chain head */
 	struct filter_t *posdefaultfilters;
diff --git a/tests/t/11misc-drops.t b/tests/t/11misc-drops.t
index 6178bd2..64f5820 100644
--- a/tests/t/11misc-drops.t
+++ b/tests/t/11misc-drops.t
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ my @pkts = (
 	"SRC2>DST,DIGI,TCPXX*,qAR,$login:>Packet from unverified login according to TCPXX* in path",
 	"SRC->DST,DIGI-0,qAR,$login:>should drop, too short SSID in srccall",
 	"SRC-111>DST,DIGI-0,qAR,$login:>should drop, too long SSID in srccall",
+	"EL-DH5FFL>DST,DIGI-0,qAR,$login:>should drop, much too long SSID in srccall",
 	"SRC>DST,DIGI-0,qAR,$login:>should drop, -0 SSID in viacall",
 );