diff -r 4f0f0b1b8e0b -r f9f73eeba3b7 sources/network/bytestream.cpp
--- a/sources/network/bytestream.cpp	Thu Jul 23 18:26:30 2015 +0300
+++ b/sources/network/bytestream.cpp	Fri Jul 24 00:43:16 2015 +0300
@@ -192,22 +192,18 @@
 	unsigned char* stringBegin = m_cursor;
 	unsigned char* end = m_data + allocated_size();
 
-	// where's the end of the string?
+	// Where's the end of the string?
 	for (stringEnd = m_cursor; *stringEnd != '\0'; ++stringEnd)
 	{
 		if (stringEnd == end)
-			// past the end of the buffer! Argh!
-			throw IOError ("unterminated string in packet");
+		{
+			// Past the end of the buffer
+			throw IOError ("unterminated or too long string in packet");
+		}
 	}
 
+	unsigned int length = stringEnd - m_cursor;
 	m_cursor = stringEnd + 1;
-	unsigned int length = stringEnd - m_cursor;
-
-	// ensure we won't write past the buffer (note: we still moved
-	// past the excess bytes in the above statement, those are ignored)
-	if (length >= MAX_NETWORK_STRING)
-		length = MAX_NETWORK_STRING - 1;
-
 	memcpy (buffer, stringBegin, length);
 	buffer[length] = '\0';
 	return String (buffer);