From b416628824d5f7889b93648fa7390a0ceed17db2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MayaTheShy <mayatheshy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:44:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: send DomainListRequest instead of Ping to avoid HMAC
 verification issues

---
 src/OverteClient.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/OverteClient.cpp b/src/OverteClient.cpp
index 85892b9..6908660 100644
--- a/src/OverteClient.cpp
+++ b/src/OverteClient.cpp
@@ -420,8 +420,10 @@ void OverteClient::poll() {
         auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         
         if (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(now - lastPing).count() >= 1) {
-            std::cout << "[OverteClient] Sending periodic ping to domain (localID=" << m_localID << ")" << std::endl;
-            sendPing(m_udpFd, m_udpAddr, m_udpAddrLen);
+            // EXPERIMENTAL: Send DomainListRequest instead of Ping to avoid HMAC verification issues
+            // DomainListRequest is non-sourced and non-verified
+            std::cout << "[OverteClient] Sending periodic DomainListRequest (keep-alive, localID=" << m_localID << ")" << std::endl;
+            sendDomainListRequest();
             lastPing = now;
         }