@@ -221,18 +221,18 @@
 
 	return newsock;
 }
 
 - (size_t)readNBytes: (size_t)size
-	  intoBuffer: (uint8_t*)buf
+	  intoBuffer: (char*)buf
 {
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET)
 		@throw [OFNotConnectedException newWithClass: [self class]];
 
-	switch ((ret = recv(sock, (char*)buf, size, 0))) {
+	switch ((ret = recv(sock, buf, size, 0))) {
 	case 0:
 		@throw [OFNotConnectedException newWithClass: [self class]];
 	case -1:
 		@throw [OFReadFailedException newWithClass: [self class]
 						   andSize: size];
@@ -241,18 +241,18 @@
 	/* This is safe, as we already checked < 1 */
 	return ret;
 }
 
 - (size_t)writeNBytes: (size_t)size
-	   fromBuffer: (const uint8_t*)buf
+	   fromBuffer: (const char*)buf
 {
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET)
 		@throw [OFNotConnectedException newWithClass: [self class]];
 
-	if ((ret = send(sock, (char*)buf, size, 0)) == -1)
+	if ((ret = send(sock, buf, size, 0)) == -1)
 		@throw [OFWriteFailedException newWithClass: [self class]
 						    andSize: size];
 
 	/* This is safe, as we already checked for -1 */
 	return ret;
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@
 {
 	if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET)
 		@throw [OFNotConnectedException newWithClass: [self class]];
 
 	return [self writeNBytes: strlen(str)
-		      fromBuffer: (const uint8_t*)str];
+		      fromBuffer: str];
 }
 
 - setBlocking: (BOOL)enable
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32