[emielm]

This brings back memories of when I created a webbased version of spotify[1], using their (custom) encrypted protocol over TCP[2].

Notably: back then I used flash to speak TCP, with a memory-leaky and bug-ridden mechanism to transfer byte buffers between JS and Flash.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2556118 [2] https://github.com/EmielM/spotifyontheweb-crypt

[swyx]

how did you reverse engineer a custom encrypted protocol? i wouldnt even know where to begin.