i was thinking more of a SM script, but that would work too hehe msleeper wrote: > It's doable. Assuming you mean having a plugin running that would report > the IPs, and a bash script or something that would IPTABLES or some > other IP block method them out, then that is very doable. > > > On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 15:14 -0400, SakeFox wrote: > >> Don't know if exist or not, but a script that would ip ban someone that >> connect x times in y seconds might be a good addition to stop some spam >> on that too >> >> MONDO wrote: >> >>> Actually, even with bans, we found that we would see the "PLAYERNAME has >>> joined the game" as they must attempt to connect for the bans to process. >>> The plugin that was linked by Jeff S. did the job. Sure, we can't see >>> when ANYONE joins the game, but it stopped the vulgar names from spamming >>> our screens constantly, and that was the goal. >>> Thanks again all. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Tony Paloma <drunkenf...@hotmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> You guys know they haven't allocated IP addresses by class since the 90's, >>>> right? The guy's IP block could be /anything. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Anthal >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:01 AM >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] blocking the server's "PLAYERNAME has joined the game" >>>> message >>>> >>>> A few class C's should work, if that. If you honestly think that it will >>>> have a huge effect on your playerbase, you've got some issues. The >>>> likelihood of multiple people playing on such a limited IP range is so >>>> small, you'd have a better chance of playing the lottery. Plus it only >>>> really needs to be in effect for a few hours or days. After they can't >>>> get the server to respond, most people stop trying. >>>> >>>> Oh, and a class B (/16) is only 65,536 IP's. Considering there are 4.2 >>>> billion IP's out there (including RFC 1918 addresses), it's a drop in >>>> the bucket. >>>> >>>> Matt Stanton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Ban a whole class b network block. That fixes most cable/dsl >>>>> customers... or small countries. >>>>> >>>>> Anthal wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Ban by subnet, solves all problems! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> >>>>> >>>> please visit: >>>> >>>> >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >
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