diff -ur omniORB-4.1-20080908/src/appl/omniNames/log.cc omniORB-4.1-20080908-computernamefix/src/appl/omniNames/log.cc
--- omniORB-4.1-20080908/src/appl/omniNames/log.cc	2008-01-03 21:03:15.000000000 +1100
+++ omniORB-4.1-20080908-computernamefix/src/appl/omniNames/log.cc	2008-09-10 14:39:19.385684961 +1000
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@
 
     // Get host name:
 
-    DWORD machineName_len = MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH;
-    CORBA::String_var machineName = CORBA::string_alloc(machineName_len);
-    if (!GetComputerName((LPTSTR)(char*)machineName, &machineName_len)) {
+    DWORD machineName_buflen = MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH+1;
+    CORBA::String_var machineName = CORBA::string_alloc(machineName_buflen-1);
+    if (!GetComputerName((LPTSTR)(char*)machineName, &machineName_buflen)) {
       cerr << ts.t() << "Error: cannot get the name of this host." << endl;
       exit(1);
     }