[RayBornert]

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Ray,

1. Why couldn't a "certifying agency" sniff server-client traffic to confirm that all players are only receiving their own card info?

2. If you are suggesting that this could be bypassed in some way, why would this be any different in a LAN environment?

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in a typical internet server, the messages leave the port
of the network card in an encrypted state. if you put a
sniffer on the line it will see encrypted data and hopefully
it wont understand a thing otherwise the encryption is useless.

the pbwc will use a lan with non encrypted protocol.
this isn't an issue on a controlled network because
each laptop will only see the traffic intended for it.
everyone in the room will be able to eyeball the lan
cable from the laptop to the table router.

the sniffer would sit next to the server and listen to
all traffic to/from the server and record it. a post
diagnostic program can then be run to prove that there
was no undefined info in the data stream.

ray.