5.1 Security Considerations for Implementers
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.