If you can't easily use network broadcasts, you could setup a local IRC server, and have each app' connect to that as a client. Sort of your own LAN botnet! On a LAN, UDP works nicely too, if the LAN is not too busy.
Most local machine AV/Firewall systems will allow outgoing connections, and the resulting replies. But indeed will prevent unscheduled incoming data, even from other LAN clients, unless they are preconfigured to allow such stuff. Historicaly, windows messaging was a popular vector for bad guys to use. If you do your own IRC server/client scheme, you can use non standard ports and protocols, hopefully reducing any likelyhood of any trouble if a machine should become visible to the www. But whatever you do, keep a check on your message buffer pointers and boundries, and the ammount of incoming data destined for them. Ie, try to prevent creating (yet) another buffer overflow problem. Just one idea. Regards. Dave B. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul [mailto:paul.blommae...@telenet.be] > Sent: 02 September 2009 08:05 > To: TWsocket > Subject: [twsocket] Broadcasts on local network > > I'm searching for a way to broadcast messages over a local network. > The application acts as a sort of chat program, but for > application messages. > The problem is that almost all AV scanners block applications > with listening sockets. > > Any ideas are welcome > > Paul > > > -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
