Do you do anything with the data you receive? That's going to take time and add the risk of missing a message anyway. Have you tried running coroutines or parallel functions to resolve the problem?
You can also try similar to what is being talked about in this post
http://www.computerc...for-broadcasts/
Using a loop with nothing but a receive in it isn't very practical..
/> It probably doesn't happen much if at all, unless someone is trying to force something like this to happen.
This is why I still think this is no bug and is just something your code is going to have to be smart enough to handle(if they aren't already) if your playing on a server where these types of attacks may take place.
I have tried sending these attacks to my receiving programs and they all handle it just fine. I have not taken any steps in any of my programs to stop any attacks since I mainly play with close friends or in SSP.
Just incase it's the fact that I'm running allot of memory in my computer I figured I would go a little further. I have 4 different real programs running that all sit waiting for rednet messages. One of which generates a list of names with the messages it receives. I have been sending the attack for nearly 10 mins so far and nothing. Seems pretty robust to me, none of these programs are setup to avoid an attack such as this. i have a really long list of the word "STUFF".
Edited by luanub, 19 April 2012 - 09:56 PM.