--- server.c	2018-03-01 14:49:15.839472461 +0530
+++ server_new.c	2018-03-01 15:16:11.005709808 +0530
@@ -2242,7 +2242,8 @@
 					goto out;
 				}
 
-				if (val <= 0 ) {
+                                /* The value of 'inter' parameter cannot be greater than 24 hours */
+				if (val <= 0 || val >86400000) {
 					ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d]: invalid value %d for argument '%s' of server %s.\n",
 					      file, linenum, val, args[cur_arg], newsrv->id);
 					err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;