diff -r 5bd10c0ae650 -r b54d76467040 c++/domain-socket-bridge/domain-socket-bridge.cpp
--- a/c++/domain-socket-bridge/domain-socket-bridge.cpp	Sun Nov 20 21:00:47 2016 +0100
+++ b/c++/domain-socket-bridge/domain-socket-bridge.cpp	Mon Nov 21 22:48:29 2016 +0100
@@ -148,10 +148,11 @@
 	struct event_base *base = bufferevent_get_base(bev);
 
 	size_t len = evbuffer_get_length(input);
-	char *data = (char*) malloc(len);
+	char *data = (char*) malloc(len + 1);
+	data[len] = 0; // as a string must be terminated by \0 
 	evbuffer_copyout(input, data, len);
 
-
+	//TODO: there might already be \0 in the byte stream, only the part before the first \0 will be formatted as a string
 	string dataFormated(data);
 	dataFormated = regex_replace(dataFormated, regex("\\n"), "\\n");
 	printf("%4d %8s '%s'\n", connectionId, "IN", dataFormated.c_str());