stacks interacting over LAN? (newbie)

[Björnke von Gierke]

Dear Frank, Richard

You both raise valid concerns. However there is barelay a chance 
getting someone to interrupt your communication. In fact, I have yet to 
hear of such an attempt executed, anywhere (besides rumors about the US 
government). While direct exploits of programmatically errors I have 
heard of quite often.
The chatrev protocol is strict. The client ignores every malformed 
message, the server disconnects you if you send wrong data. Of course I 
can not guarantee the integrity of the underlying TCP/IP stack,  but 
then who can? There is a certain degree of trust involved. Chatrev 
users trust me, as I both "made" the protocol, and I do host the 
server. I trust RunRev to deliver a secure internet expirience. They 
trust the people that made the tcp implementation they use. And so on.
If you both are so concerned about the security of the Chatrev users, 
why don't you join us in the chat, or try to dissect the protocol and 
give us some security tips?

As for my mail it was in fact written too quickly and without much 
thoughts about all the possible risks, even if I myself deem them 
minor.

greetings
Bjoernke von Gierke

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