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5.1 Security Considerations for Implementers

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The DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Core and Service Providers provides no security features beyond those included in the underlying DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable ([MC-DPL8R]). The following are some security features that implementers might consider including in their implementations:

  • Check all packets to ensure that they are of the proper length and contain valid values.

  • Ignore malformed messages and messages from unknown clients, unless otherwise specified by the protocol.