diff --git a/README b/README
index 838928e..fd217a2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 IIb. Receiving Data
 
  void libtelnet_push(libtelnet_t *telnet,
-     unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size, void *user_data);
+     const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size, void *user_data);
    When your application receives data over the socket from the
    remote end, it must pass the received bytes into this function.
 
@@ -132,13 +132,14 @@
    LIBTELNET_DONT.  The opt parameter is the option to
    negotiate.
 
- void libtelnet_send_data(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
-     unsigned int size);
+ void libtelnet_send_data(libtelnet_t *telnet,
+     const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size);
    Sends raw data, which would be either the process output from
    a server or the user input from a client.
 
  void libtelnet_send_subnegotiation(libtelnet_t *telnet,
-     unsigned char telopt, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size);
+     unsigned char telopt, const unsigned char *buffer,
+     unsigned int size);
    Sends a TELNET sub-negotiation command.  The telopt parameter
    is the sub-negotiation option.
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@
  pointer passed to libtelnet_init().
 
   struct libtelnet_event_t {
-    unsigned char *buffer;
+    const unsigned char *buffer;
     unsigned int size;
     libtelnet_event_type_t type;
     unsigned char command;
diff --git a/libtelnet.c b/libtelnet.c
index 78e58e2..9688d24 100644
--- a/libtelnet.c
+++ b/libtelnet.c
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 /* event dispatch helper; return value is value of the accept field of the
  * event struct after dispatch; used for the funky REQUEST event */
 static int _event(libtelnet_t *telnet, libtelnet_event_type_t type,
-		unsigned char command, unsigned char telopt, unsigned char *buffer,
-		unsigned int size) {
+		unsigned char command, unsigned char telopt,
+		const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
 	libtelnet_event_t ev;
 	ev.buffer = buffer;
 	ev.size = size;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 }
 
 /* push bytes out, compressing them first if need be */
-static void _send(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
+static void _send(libtelnet_t *telnet, const unsigned char *buffer,
 		unsigned int size) {
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
 	/* if we have a deflate (compression) zlib box, use it */
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 		int rs;
 
 		/* initialize z state */
-		telnet->z->next_in = buffer;
+		telnet->z->next_in = (unsigned char *)buffer;
 		telnet->z->avail_in = size;
 		telnet->z->next_out = deflate_buffer;
 		telnet->z->avail_out = sizeof(deflate_buffer);
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 	return LIBTELNET_EOK;
 }
 
-static void _process(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
+static void _process(libtelnet_t *telnet, const unsigned char *buffer,
 		unsigned int size) {
 	unsigned char byte;
 	unsigned int i, start;
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
 }
 
 /* push a bytes into the state tracker */
-void libtelnet_push(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
+void libtelnet_push(libtelnet_t *telnet, const unsigned char *buffer,
 		unsigned int size) {
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
 	/* if we have an inflate (decompression) zlib stream, use it */
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
 		int rs;
 
 		/* initialize zlib state */
-		telnet->z->next_in = buffer;
+		telnet->z->next_in = (unsigned char *)buffer;
 		telnet->z->avail_in = size;
 		telnet->z->next_out = inflate_buffer;
 		telnet->z->avail_out = sizeof(inflate_buffer);
@@ -792,10 +792,10 @@
 }
 
 /* send non-command data (escapes IAC bytes) */
-void libtelnet_send_data(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
+void libtelnet_send_data(libtelnet_t *telnet, const unsigned char *buffer,
 		unsigned int size) {
-	static unsigned char CRLF[] = { '\r', '\n' };
-	static unsigned char CRNUL[] = { '\r', '\0' };
+	static const unsigned char CRLF[] = { '\r', '\n' };
+	static const unsigned char CRNUL[] = { '\r', '\0' };
 	unsigned int i, l;
 
 	for (l = i = 0; i != size; ++i) {
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@
 
 /* send sub-request */
 void libtelnet_send_subnegotiation(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char telopt,
-		unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
+		const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
 	libtelnet_send_telopt(telnet, LIBTELNET_SB, telopt);
 	libtelnet_send_data(telnet, buffer, size);
 	libtelnet_send_command(telnet, LIBTELNET_SE);
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@
 
 void libtelnet_begin_compress2(libtelnet_t *telnet) {
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
-	unsigned char compress2[] = { LIBTELNET_IAC, LIBTELNET_SB,
+	static const unsigned char compress2[] = { LIBTELNET_IAC, LIBTELNET_SB,
 			LIBTELNET_TELOPT_COMPRESS2, LIBTELNET_IAC, LIBTELNET_SE };
 
 	/* attempt to create output stream first, bail if we can't */
diff --git a/libtelnet.h b/libtelnet.h
index a129438..a8bf4da 100644
--- a/libtelnet.h
+++ b/libtelnet.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 /* event information */
 struct libtelnet_event_t {
 	/* data buffer: for DATA, SEND, SUBNEGOTIATION, and ERROR events */
-	unsigned char *buffer;
+	const unsigned char *buffer;
 	unsigned int size;
 	/* type of event */ 
 	enum libtelnet_event_type_t type;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 extern void libtelnet_free(libtelnet_t *telnet);
 
 /* push a byte buffer into the state tracker */
-extern void libtelnet_push(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
+extern void libtelnet_push(libtelnet_t *telnet, const unsigned char *buffer,
 		unsigned int size);
 
 /* send an iac command */
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@
 		unsigned char opt);
 
 /* send non-command data (escapes IAC bytes) */
-extern void libtelnet_send_data(libtelnet_t *telnet, unsigned char *buffer,
-		unsigned int size);
+extern void libtelnet_send_data(libtelnet_t *telnet,
+		const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size);
 
 /* send sub-request, equivalent to:
  *   libtelnet_send_telopt(telnet, LIBTELNET_SB, telopt)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
  * thare are most easily implemented with a series of send_data calls.
  */
 extern void libtelnet_send_subnegotiation(libtelnet_t *telnet,
-		unsigned char telopt, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size);
+		unsigned char telopt, const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size);
 
 /* begin sending compressed data (server only) */
 extern void libtelnet_begin_compress2(libtelnet_t *telnet);
diff --git a/telnet-chatd.c b/telnet-chatd.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 67cbe8d..0000000
--- a/telnet-chatd.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,327 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Sean Middleditch
- * sean@sourcemud.org
- *
- * The author or authors of this code dedicate any and all copyright interest
- * in this code to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
- * of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We
- * intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of
- * all present and future rights to this code under copyright law. 
- */
-
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
-#include "zlib.h"
-#endif
-
-#include "libtelnet.h"
-
-#define MAX_USERS 64
-#define LINEBUFFER_SIZE 256
-
-struct user_t {
-	char *name;
-	int sock;
-	libtelnet_t telnet;
-	char linebuf[256];
-	int linepos;
-};
-
-static struct user_t users[MAX_USERS];
-
-static void linebuffer_push(char *buffer, size_t size, int *linepos,
-		char ch, void (*cb)(const char *line, int overflow, void *ud),
-		void *ud) {
-
-	/* CRLF -- line terminator */
-	if (ch == '\n' && *linepos > 0 && buffer[*linepos - 1] == '\r') {
-		/* NUL terminate (replaces \r in buffer), notify app, clear */
-		buffer[*linepos - 1] = 0;
-		cb(buffer, 0, ud);
-		*linepos = 0;
-
-	/* CRNUL -- just a CR */
-	} else if (ch == 0 && *linepos > 0 && buffer[*linepos - 1] == '\r') {
-		/* do nothing, the CR is already in the buffer */
-
-	/* anything else (including technically invalid CR followed by
-	 * anything besides LF or NUL -- just buffer if we have room
-	 * \r
-	 */
-	} else if (*linepos != size) {
-		buffer[(*linepos)++] = ch;
-
-	/* buffer overflow */
-	} else {
-		/* terminate (NOTE: eats a byte), notify app, clear buffer */
-		buffer[size - 1] = 0;
-		cb(buffer, size - 1, ud);
-		*linepos = 0;
-	}
-}
-
-static void _message(const char *from, const char *msg) {
-	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i != MAX_USERS; ++i) {
-		if (users[i].sock != -1) {
-			libtelnet_send_printf(&users[i].telnet, "%s: %s\r\n",
-					from, msg);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-static void _send(int sock, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
-	int rs;
-
-	/* ignore on invalid socket */
-	if (sock == -1)
-		return;
-
-	/* send data */
-	while (size > 0) {
-		if ((rs = send(sock, buffer, size, 0)) == -1) {
-			if (errno != EINTR && errno != ECONNRESET) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "send() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-				exit(1);
-			} else {
-				return;
-			}
-		} else if (rs == 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "send() unexpectedly returned 0\n");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-
-		/* update pointer and size to see if we've got more to send */
-		buffer += rs;
-		size -= rs;
-	}
-}
-
-/* process input line */
-static void _online(const char *line, int overflow, void *ud) {
-	struct user_t *user = (struct user_t*)ud;
-	int i;
-
-	/* if the user has no name, this is his "login" */
-	if (user->name == 0) {
-		/* must not be empty, must be at least 32 chars */
-		if (strlen(line) == 0 || strlen(line) > 32) {
-			libtelnet_send_printf(&user->telnet,
-					"Invalid name.\r\nEnter name: ");
-			return;
-		}
-
-		/* must not already be in use */
-		for (i = 0; i != MAX_USERS; ++i) {
-			if (users[i].name != 0 && strcmp(users[i].name, line) == 0) {
-				libtelnet_send_printf(&user->telnet,
-						"Name in use.\r\nEnter name: ");
-				return;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* keep name */
-		user->name = strdup(line);
-		libtelnet_send_printf(&user->telnet, "Welcome, %s!\r\n", line);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* if line is "quit" then, well, quit */
-	if (strcmp(line, "quit") == 0) {
-		close(user->sock);
-		user->sock = -1;
-		_message(user->name, "** HAS QUIT **");
-		free(user->name);
-		user->name = 0;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* just a message -- send to all users */
-	_message(user->name, line);
-}
-
-static void _input(struct user_t *user, unsigned char *buffer,
-		unsigned int size) {
-	unsigned int i;
-	for (i = 0; i != size; ++i)
-		linebuffer_push(user->linebuf, sizeof(user->linebuf), &user->linepos,
-				(char)buffer[i], _online, user);
-}
-
-static void _event_handler(libtelnet_t *telnet, libtelnet_event_t *ev,
-		void *user_data) {
-	struct user_t *user = (struct user_t*)user_data;
-
-	switch (ev->type) {
-	/* data received */
-	case LIBTELNET_EV_DATA:
-		_input(user, ev->buffer, ev->size);
-		break;
-	/* data must be sent */
-	case LIBTELNET_EV_SEND:
-		_send(user->sock, ev->buffer, ev->size);
-		break;
-	/* error */
-	case LIBTELNET_EV_ERROR:
-		close(user->sock);
-		user->sock = -1;
-		if (user->name != 0) {
-			_message(user->name, "** HAS HAD AN ERROR **");
-			free(user->name);
-			user->name = 0;
-		}
-		libtelnet_free(&user->telnet);
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* ignore */
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-	unsigned char buffer[512];
-	short listen_port;
-	int listen_sock;
-	int rs;
-	int i;
-	struct sockaddr_in addr;
-	socklen_t addrlen;
-	struct pollfd pfd[MAX_USERS + 1];
-
-	/* check usage */
-	if (argc != 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage:\n ./telnet-chatd <port>\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* initialize data structures */
-	memset(&pfd, 0, sizeof(pfd));
-	memset(users, 0, sizeof(users));
-	for (i = 0; i != MAX_USERS; ++i)
-		users[i].sock = -1;
-
-	/* parse listening port */
-	listen_port = strtol(argv[1], 0, 10);
-
-	/* create listening socket */
-	if ((listen_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "socket() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* reuse address option */
-	rs = 1;
-	setsockopt(listen_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &rs, sizeof(rs));
-
-	/* bind to listening addr/port */
-	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
-	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-	addr.sin_port = htons(listen_port);
-	if (bind(listen_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "bind() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* listen for clients */
-	if (listen(listen_sock, 5) == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "listen() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	printf("LISTENING ON PORT %d\n", listen_port);
-
-	/* initialize listening descriptors */
-	pfd[MAX_USERS].fd = listen_sock;
-	pfd[MAX_USERS].events = POLLIN;
-
-	/* loop for ever */
-	for (;;) {
-		/* prepare for poll */
-		for (i = 0; i != MAX_USERS; ++i) {
-			if (users[i].sock != -1) {
-				pfd[i].fd = users[i].sock;
-				pfd[i].events = POLLIN;
-			} else {
-				pfd[i].fd = -1;
-				pfd[i].events = 0;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* poll */
-		rs = poll(pfd, MAX_USERS + 1, -1);
-		if (rs == -1 && errno != EINTR) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "poll() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		/* new connection */
-		if (pfd[MAX_USERS].revents & POLLIN) {
-			/* acept the sock */
-			addrlen = sizeof(addr);
-			if ((rs = accept(listen_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
-					&addrlen)) == -1) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "accept() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-				return 1;
-			}
-
-			printf("Connection received.\n");
-
-			/* find a free user */
-			for (i = 0; i != MAX_USERS; ++i)
-				if (users[i].sock == -1)
-					break;
-			if (i == MAX_USERS) {
-				printf("  rejected (too many users)\n");
-				_send(rs, (unsigned char *)"Too many users.\r\n", 14);
-				close(rs);
-			}
-
-			/* init, welcome */
-			users[i].sock = rs;
-			libtelnet_init(&users[i].telnet, _event_handler, 0, &users[i]);
-			libtelnet_send_printf(&users[i].telnet, "Enter name: ");
-		}
-
-		/* read from client */
-		for (i = 0; i != MAX_USERS; ++i) {
-			/* skip users that aren't actually connected */
-			if (users[i].sock == -1)
-				continue;
-
-			if (pfd[i].revents & POLLIN) {
-				if ((rs = recv(users[i].sock, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0)) > 0) {
-					libtelnet_push(&users[i].telnet, buffer, rs);
-				} else if (rs == 0) {
-					printf("Connection closed.\n");
-					close(users[i].sock);
-					if (users[i].name != 0) {
-						_message(users[i].name, "** HAS DISCONNECTED **");
-						free(users[i].name);
-						users[i].name = 0;
-					}
-					libtelnet_free(&users[i].telnet);
-					users[i].sock = -1;
-					break;
-				} else if (errno != EINTR) {
-					fprintf(stderr, "recv(client) failed: %s\n",
-							strerror(errno));
-					exit(1);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* not that we can reach this, but GCC will cry if it's not here */
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/telnet-client.c b/telnet-client.c
index ef1b8e6..e801611 100644
--- a/telnet-client.c
+++ b/telnet-client.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void _send(int sock, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
+static void _send(int sock, const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
 	int rs;
 
 	/* send data */
diff --git a/telnet-proxy.c b/telnet-proxy.c
index f767188..e8f2661 100644
--- a/telnet-proxy.c
+++ b/telnet-proxy.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void print_buffer(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
+static void print_buffer(const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
 	unsigned int i;
 	for (i = 0; i != size; ++i) {
 		if (buffer[i] == ' ' || (isprint(buffer[i]) && !isspace(buffer[i])))
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void _send(int sock, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
+static void _send(int sock, const unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size) {
 	int rs;
 
 	/* send data */