Abstract: According to the subject matter disclosed herein, an application miming on a network communication subsystem is assigned with at least one respective database, where data inputs received by the application induce a database update in the respective database. A database update automatically induces packaging of the updated data in a network message followed by transmission of the message to one or more other network communication subsystems connected to the same network. Likewise, in the other direction, an incoming network data-update message, received by the network communication subsystem, initiates a chain of events that cause a database update, which may ultimately affect the data provided to an application miming at the application layer.

Abstract: A method for preventing cheating by users of client computers running a network game program includes installing a monitoring program, independent of the network game program, on a group of the client computers so as to detect, using the monitoring program, an anomalous use of an asset of at least one of the client computers that is indicative of an attempt to cheat in the game program. A message is conveyed over a network to a server from each of at least some of the client computers in the group. The message from each such client computer indicates that the monitoring program has been actuated on the client computer. Responsively to the message, the client computers receive a message from the server at the client computer indicating which ones of the client computers have actuated the monitoring program.