diff --git a/src/client/NP/NPClient.cs b/src/client/NP/NPClient.cs
index 27ba3dd..414e996 100644
--- a/src/client/NP/NPClient.cs
+++ b/src/client/NP/NPClient.cs
@@ -91,15 +91,14 @@ namespace NPSharp.NP
                 catch (ProtocolViolationException error)
                 {
                     _log.ErrorFormat("Protocol violation: {0}. Disconnect imminent.", error.Message);
-                    Disconnect();
                 }
                 catch (Exception error)
                 {
                     _log.ErrorFormat("Loop error in RPC read: {0}", error.ToString());
-                    Disconnect();
                 }
 
                 _log.Debug("Now not receiving RPC messages anymore");
+                Disconnect();
             }, _cancellationToken);
 
             _log.Debug("Connect() done");
@@ -187,9 +186,9 @@ namespace NPSharp.NP
         ///     Authenticates a server ticket.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>True if the ticket validation succeeded, otherwise false.</returns>
-        public async Task<bool> ValidateTicket(IPAddress clientIP, ulong guid, Ticket ticket)
+        public async Task<TicketValidationResult> ValidateTicket(IPAddress clientIP, ulong guid, Ticket ticket)
         {
-            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<TicketValidationResult>();
 
             RPC.AttachHandlerForNextMessage(packet =>
             {
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ namespace NPSharp.NP
                 if (result == null)
                     return;
 
-                tcs.SetResult(result.Result == 0);
+                tcs.SetResult(new TicketValidationResult(result));
             });
 
             RPC.Send(new AuthenticateValidateTicketMessage
diff --git a/src/client/NPSharp.Client.csproj b/src/client/NPSharp.Client.csproj
index 50af11e..8702151 100644
--- a/src/client/NPSharp.Client.csproj
+++ b/src/client/NPSharp.Client.csproj
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.7.0.1-beta1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="protobuf-net">
       <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\protobuf-net.2.0.0.668\lib\net40\protobuf-net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
diff --git a/src/client/RPC/Messages/Data/TicketValidationResult.cs b/src/client/RPC/Messages/Data/TicketValidationResult.cs
index 87056fd..d98e622 100644
--- a/src/client/RPC/Messages/Data/TicketValidationResult.cs
+++ b/src/client/RPC/Messages/Data/TicketValidationResult.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,65 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
 namespace NPSharp.RPC.Messages.Data
 {
     /// <summary>
-    ///     Represents the outcome of a ticket validation attempt.
+    ///     Represents the outcome of a ticket validation attempt, including eventual NPv2 authentication identifiers passed by the server.
     /// </summary>
-    public enum TicketValidationResult
-    {
-        Valid = 0,
-        Invalid = 1
+    public class TicketValidationResult
+    {
+        internal TicketValidationResult(Server.AuthenticateValidateTicketResultMessage message)
+        {
+            IsValid = message.Result == 0;
+
+            Identifiers = ParseIdentifierList(message.Identifiers);
+        }
+
+        internal IEnumerable<string> ParseIdentifierList(string serializedList)
+        {
+            // current layer1 implementation uses JSON, formatted as `[ [ <type>, <value> ]... ]` - we'll concatenate these as strings to prevent this implementation detail
+            // this is consistent with the external API for `profiles` in Citizen itself
+            JToken jsonValue;
+
+            try
+            {
+                jsonValue = JToken.Parse(serializedList);
+            }
+            catch (FileLoadException)
+            {
+                return new string[0];
+            }
+
+            var identifiers = new List<string>();
+
+            if (jsonValue.Type == JTokenType.Array)
+            {
+                var array = (JArray)jsonValue;
+
+                foreach (var identifierToken in array.Children())
+                {
+                    if (identifierToken.Type == JTokenType.Array)
+                    {
+                        var identifierArray = (JArray)identifierToken;
+
+                        identifiers.Add(string.Format("{0}:{1}", identifierArray[0], identifierArray[1]));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return identifiers;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether the ticket is valid or not.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsValid { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A list of NPv2 authentication identifiers belonging to the ticket session.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IEnumerable<string> Identifiers { get; private set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/client/RPC/Messages/Server/AuthenticateValidateTicketResultMessage.cs b/src/client/RPC/Messages/Server/AuthenticateValidateTicketResultMessage.cs
index 1f55659..32eef88 100644
--- a/src/client/RPC/Messages/Server/AuthenticateValidateTicketResultMessage.cs
+++ b/src/client/RPC/Messages/Server/AuthenticateValidateTicketResultMessage.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ namespace NPSharp.RPC.Messages.Server
         public UInt64 NPID { get; set; }
 
         [ProtoMember(3)]
-        public int GroupID { get; set; }
+        public int GroupID { get; set; }
+
+        [ProtoMember(4, IsRequired = false)]
+        public string Identifiers { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/packages.config b/src/client/packages.config
index 9c39bb2..1f02dcb 100644
--- a/src/client/packages.config
+++ b/src/client/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-
-<packages>
-  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="protobuf-net" version="2.0.0.668" targetFramework="net45" />
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<packages>
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="7.0.1-beta1" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="protobuf-net" version="2.0.0.668" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file