diff --git a/htroot/Connections_p.java b/htroot/Connections_p.java
index 2a759a175..4eb4175a1 100644
--- a/htroot/Connections_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Connections_p.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public final class Connections_p {
                     // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
-                prop.put("list_" + idx + "_sessionName", currentSession.getName());
+                prop.putHTML("list_" + idx + "_sessionName", currentSession.getName());
                 prop.put("list_" + idx + "_proto", prot);
                 if (sessionTime > 1000*60) {
                     prop.put("list_" + idx + "_ms", "0");
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/search.java b/htroot/yacy/search.java
index c6ad03345..8418250c5 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/search.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/search.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public final class search {
             theQuery = new plasmaSearchQuery(null, queryhashes, excludehashes, rankingProfile, maxdist, prefer, plasmaSearchQuery.contentdomParser(contentdom), false, count, 0, filter, plasmaSearchQuery.SEARCHDOM_LOCAL, null, -1, constraint, false, yacyURL.TLD_any_zone_filter, client);
             theQuery.domType = plasmaSearchQuery.SEARCHDOM_LOCAL;
             yacyCore.log.logInfo("INIT HASH SEARCH (query-" + abstracts + "): " + plasmaSearchQuery.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.queryHashes) + " - " + theQuery.displayResults() + " links");
-            RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Remote Search Request from " + remoteSeed.getName(), plasmaSearchQuery.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.queryHashes)));
+            RSSFeed.channels(yacyCore.channelName).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Remote Search Request from " + remoteSeed.getName(), plasmaSearchQuery.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.queryHashes)));
             
             // make event
             theSearch = plasmaSearchEvent.getEvent(theQuery, rankingProfile, sb.wordIndex, sb.crawlResults, null, true); 
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
index a3aee77e1..144b95d91 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
                     ((yacyURL.probablyRootURL(result.hash())) ? ", probablyRootURL" : "") + 
                     (((wordURL = yacyURL.probablyWordURL(result.hash(), query[0])) != null) ? ", probablyWordURL=" + wordURL.toNormalform(false, true) : ""));
             plasmaSnippetCache.TextSnippet snippet = result.textSnippet();
-            prop.put("content_snippet", (snippet == null) ? "(snippet not found)" : snippet.getLineMarked(theQuery.queryHashes));
+            prop.putHTML("content_snippet", (snippet == null) ? "(snippet not found)" : snippet.getLineMarked(theQuery.queryHashes));
             serverProfiling.update("SEARCH", new plasmaProfiling.searchEvent(theQuery.id(true), plasmaSearchEvent.FINALIZATION + "-" + item, 0, 0));
             
             return prop;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
index 54c0fa19a..060f0796c 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import de.anomic.server.serverMemory;
 import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
 import de.anomic.xml.RSSFeed;
 import de.anomic.xml.RSSMessage;
+import de.anomic.yacy.yacyCore;
 import de.anomic.yacy.yacyDHTAction;
 import de.anomic.yacy.yacySeedDB;
 import de.anomic.yacy.yacyURL;
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndex implements indexRI {
                     "Anchors: " + ((document.getAnchors() == null) ? 0 : document.getAnchors().size()) +
                     "\n\tLinkStorageTime: " + (storageEndTime - startTime) + " ms | " +
                     "indexStorageTime: " + (indexingEndTime - storageEndTime) + " ms");
-            RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Indexed web page", entry.url().toNormalform(true, false)));
+            RSSFeed.channels(yacyCore.channelName).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Indexed web page", entry.url().toNormalform(true, false)));
         }
         
         // finished
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
index 99a4d7cb3..16abdfe62 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ import de.anomic.server.serverDate;
 import de.anomic.server.serverSemaphore;
 import de.anomic.server.serverSwitch;
 import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
+import de.anomic.xml.RSSFeed;
+import de.anomic.xml.RSSMessage;
 
 public class yacyCore {
 
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public class yacyCore {
     private static final int PING_MIN_DBSIZE = 5;
     private static final int PING_MIN_PEERSEEN = 1; // min. accessible to force senior
     private static final long PING_MAX_DBAGE = 15 * 60 * 1000; // in milliseconds
+    public static final String channelName = "PEERNEWS";
 
     // public static yacyShare shareManager = null;
     // public static boolean terminate = false;
@@ -122,6 +125,11 @@ public class yacyCore {
 
         this.switchboard = sb;
         switchboard.setConfig("yacyStatus", "");
+        
+        // create a peer news channel
+        RSSFeed peernews = RSSFeed.channels(channelName);
+        peernews.setMaxsize(100);
+        peernews.addMessage(new RSSMessage("YaCy started", ""));
 
         // set log level
         log = new serverLog("YACY");
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java
index c8db8a504..b07364fa8 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class yacyNewsAction implements yacyPeerAction {
         String decodedString = de.anomic.tools.crypt.simpleDecode(recordString, "");
         yacyNewsRecord record = yacyNewsRecord.newRecord(decodedString);
         if (record != null) {
-            RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Peer Arrival", peer.getName() + " has joined the network"));
+            RSSFeed.channels(yacyCore.channelName).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Peer Arrival", peer.getName() + " has joined the network"));
             //System.out.println("### news arrival from peer " + peer.getName() + ", decoded=" + decodedString + ", record=" + recordString + ", news=" + record.toString());
             String cre1 = (String) serverCodings.string2map(decodedString, ",").get("cre");
             String cre2 = (String) serverCodings.string2map(record.toString(), ",").get("cre");
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class yacyNewsAction implements yacyPeerAction {
     }
 
     public void processPeerDeparture(yacySeed peer) {
-        RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Peer Departure", peer.getName() + " has left the network"));
+        RSSFeed.channels(yacyCore.channelName).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Peer Departure", peer.getName() + " has left the network"));
     }
 
     public void processPeerPing(yacySeed peer) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
index 03f17b8f5..7ab3d9a4f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
         incomingNews.push(record);
         
         // add message to feed channel
-        //RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Incoming News: " + record.category() + " from " + record.originator(), record.attributes().toString()));
+        //RSSFeed.channels(yacyCore.channelName).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Incoming News: " + record.category() + " from " + record.originator(), record.attributes().toString()));
     }
     
     public int size(int dbKey) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
index 4779fcfed..492d46f7b 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ public class yacySeed {
         final String flags = (String) this.dna.get(yacySeed.FLAGS);
         if ((flags == null) || (flags.length() != 4)) { this.dna.put(yacySeed.FLAGS, yacySeed.FLAGSZERO); }
         this.available = 0;
+        this.dna.put(yacySeed.NAME, checkPeerName(get(yacySeed.NAME, "∅")));
     }
 
     public yacySeed(String theHash) {
@@ -263,6 +264,17 @@ public class yacySeed {
         return name;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * check the peer name: protect against usage as XSS hack
+     * @param name
+     * @return a checked name without "<" and ">"
+     */
+    private static String checkPeerName(String name) {
+        name.replaceAll("<", "_");
+        name.replaceAll(">", "_");
+        return name;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Checks for the static fragments of a generated default peer name, such as the string 'dpn'
      * @see #makeDefaultPeerName()
@@ -363,7 +375,7 @@ public class yacySeed {
     }
 
     public final String getName() {
-        return get(yacySeed.NAME, "&empty;");
+        return checkPeerName(get(yacySeed.NAME, "&empty;"));
     }
 
     public final String getHexHash() {
@@ -811,6 +823,9 @@ public class yacySeed {
         final String seed = crypt.simpleDecode(seedStr, key);
         if (seed == null) { return null; }
         final HashMap<String, String> dna = serverCodings.string2map(seed, ",");
+        String peerName = dna.get(yacySeed.NAME);
+        if (peerName == null) return null;
+        dna.put(yacySeed.NAME, checkPeerName(peerName));
         final String hash = (String) dna.remove(yacySeed.HASH);
         final yacySeed resultSeed = new yacySeed(hash, dna);
         if (properTest) {