diff --git a/include/enet/enet.h b/include/enet/enet.h
index dd51e95..948f44e 100644
--- a/include/enet/enet.h
+++ b/include/enet/enet.h
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ ENET_API int enet_address_set_host (ENetAddress * address, const char * hostName
     @returns the null-terminated name of the host in hostName on success
     @retval 0 on success
     @retval < 0 on failure
-    @remarks if the name's length matches or exceeds nameLength, the result may not be null-terminated
 */
 ENET_API int enet_address_get_host_ip (const ENetAddress * address, char * hostName, size_t nameLength);
 
@@ -528,7 +527,6 @@ ENET_API int enet_address_get_host_ip (const ENetAddress * address, char * hostN
     @returns the null-terminated name of the host in hostName on success
     @retval 0 on success
     @retval < 0 on failure
-    @remarks if the name's length matches or exceeds nameLength, the result may not be null-terminated
 */
 ENET_API int enet_address_get_host (const ENetAddress * address, char * hostName, size_t nameLength);
 
diff --git a/include/enet/win32.h b/include/enet/win32.h
index d8968ee..e73ca9d 100644
--- a/include/enet/win32.h
+++ b/include/enet/win32.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #ifdef ENET_BUILDING_LIB
-#pragma warning (disable: 4996) // 'strncpy' was declared deprecated
 #pragma warning (disable: 4267) // size_t to int conversion
 #pragma warning (disable: 4244) // 64bit to 32bit int
 #pragma warning (disable: 4018) // signed/unsigned mismatch
diff --git a/unix.c b/unix.c
index e9a0602..5e7c731 100644
--- a/unix.c
+++ b/unix.c
@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@ enet_address_get_host_ip (const ENetAddress * address, char * name, size_t nameL
 #else
     char * addr = inet_ntoa (* (struct in_addr *) & address -> host);
     if (addr != NULL)
-        strncpy (name, addr, nameLength);
+    {
+        size_t addrLen = strlen(addr);
+        if (addrLen >= nameLength)
+          return -1;
+        memcpy (name, addr, addrLen + 1);
+    } 
     else
 #endif
         return -1;
@@ -170,8 +175,13 @@ enet_address_get_host (const ENetAddress * address, char * name, size_t nameLeng
 
     if (hostEntry == NULL)
       return enet_address_get_host_ip (address, name, nameLength);
-
-    strncpy (name, hostEntry -> h_name, nameLength);
+    else
+    {
+       size_t hostLen = strlen (hostEntry -> h_name);
+       if (hostLen >= nameLength)
+         return -1;
+       memcpy (name, hostEntry -> h_name, hostLen + 1);
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/win32.c b/win32.c
index c441841..04c7246 100644
--- a/win32.c
+++ b/win32.c
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ enet_address_get_host_ip (const ENetAddress * address, char * name, size_t nameL
     char * addr = inet_ntoa (* (struct in_addr *) & address -> host);
     if (addr == NULL)
         return -1;
-    strncpy (name, addr, nameLength);
+    else
+    {
+        size_t addrLen = strlen(addr);
+        if (addrLen >= nameLength)
+          return -1;
+        memcpy (name, addr, addrLen + 1);
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -94,14 +100,19 @@ enet_address_get_host (const ENetAddress * address, char * name, size_t nameLeng
 {
     struct in_addr in;
     struct hostent * hostEntry;
-    
+ 
     in.s_addr = address -> host;
     
     hostEntry = gethostbyaddr ((char *) & in, sizeof (struct in_addr), AF_INET);
     if (hostEntry == NULL)
       return enet_address_get_host_ip (address, name, nameLength);
-
-    strncpy (name, hostEntry -> h_name, nameLength);
+    else
+    {
+       size_t hostLen = strlen (hostEntry -> h_name);
+       if (hostLen >= nameLength)
+         return -1;
+       memcpy (name, hostEntry -> h_name, hostLen + 1);
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }