diff -abur --exclude-from=exclude_files ospfd1.7/src/asexlsa.C ospfd1.8/src/asexlsa.C
--- ospfd1.7/src/asexlsa.C	Fri Jun  2 11:25:15 2000
+++ ospfd1.8/src/asexlsa.C	Fri Jun  2 11:40:10 2000
@@ -501,7 +501,11 @@
 void ExitOverflowTimer::action()
 
 {
+    if (ospf->n_exlsas >= ospf->ExtLsdbLimit)
+	return;
+
     ospf->OverflowState = false;
+    stop();
     // Reoriginate AS-external-LSAs
     // by rerunning AS-external routing calculations
     ospf->reoriginate_ASEs();
diff -abur --exclude-from=exclude_files ospfd1.7/src/ospf.h ospfd1.8/src/ospf.h
--- ospfd1.7/src/ospf.h	Fri Jun  2 11:25:15 2000
+++ ospfd1.8/src/ospf.h	Fri Jun  2 11:40:10 2000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 // Exit database overflow timer.
 
-class ExitOverflowTimer : public Timer {
+class ExitOverflowTimer : public ITimer {
   public:
     virtual void action();
 };

.