exception: invalid packet size?

[LaszloSebo]

Got an error like this, seems like something coming from deadline:

0: INFO: Render Tasks called
0: INFO: ERROR: Exception caught in 3ds max: simple_socket::receive: Invalid packet size (given 1131770482)
0: An exception occurred: Error in RenderTasks: RenderFrame: Exception caught in 3ds max: simple_socket::receive: Invalid packet size (given 1131770482)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)

[rrussell]

This error can happen when the socket connection between Deadline and Max gets corrupted. Are there any other errors for this job indicating that Max has crashed? Sometimes this error happens when Max crashes before Deadline can pull a meaningful error message from it.