Index: /src/router/services/sysinit/defaults.c
===================================================================
--- /src/router/services/sysinit/defaults.c (revision 12397)
+++ /src/router/services/sysinit/defaults.c (revision 12425)
@@ -2635,10 +2635,15 @@
 					 defaultnum);
 	for (i = 0; i < defaultnum; i++) {
-		int vl = getc(in);
+		unsigned int vl = (unsigned int)getc(in);
 		if (vl) {
 			srouter_defaults[i].name = malloc(vl + 1);
 			fread(srouter_defaults[i].name, vl, 1, in);
 			srouter_defaults[i].name[vl] = 0;
-			vl = getc(in);
+			vl = (unsigned int)getc(in);
+			if (vl&128)
+			    {
+			    vl&=127;
+			    vl|= (unsigned int)getc(in)<<7;
+			    }
 			srouter_defaults[i].value = malloc(vl + 1);
 			fread(srouter_defaults[i].value, vl, 1, in);
Index: /src/router/services/bin/defaults.c
===================================================================
--- /src/router/services/bin/defaults.c (revision 12396)
+++ /src/router/services/bin/defaults.c (revision 12425)
@@ -17,5 +17,14 @@
     putc(strlen(srouter_defaults[i].name),out);
     fwrite(srouter_defaults[i].name,strlen(srouter_defaults[i].name),1,out);
-    putc(strlen(srouter_defaults[i].value),out);
+    len =  strlen(srouter_defaults[i].value);
+    if (len>127)
+	{
+	len|=128;
+	putc(len,out);
+	putc(strlen(srouter_defaults[i].value)>>7,out);
+	}else
+	{
+	putc(len,out);	
+	}
     fwrite(srouter_defaults[i].value,strlen(srouter_defaults[i].value),1,out);
 	}else{