The methodology that VAC uses with this delayed banning does not work. This is why.
Either there is a hole in the STEAM_ID system or these hackers appear to have a supply of almost unlimited numbers of STEAM_ID's available to them, or at least that is how it is now appearing to us. We have a few hackers circulating through our servers who we banned more times than we can count. We have sophisticated systems to deal with removing hackers and trouble makers from our 80 odd HL based servers and they always come back, with new STEAM_ID's and/or new IP addresses. We are now resorting to dealing directly with other ISP's to get these peoples services supended, as some of you are aware this is ridiculously time consuming and not always a viable option in any case. Now as you can see, if you use the detect delay ban method VAC employs, these hackers that have access to vast amounts of STEAM_ID's never get caught because it is days/weeks/months between them using a STEAM_ID and then having that STEAM_ID permanently taken out of the system. At the rate of 1 ban per 3 days (using the detect, delay, ban methodology) it will take 300 bloody days for VAC to ban somebody who has access to 100 STEAM_ID's, if its a week, it will take just under 3 friggin years to remove them all!! This has to end or a critical mass will be achieved and Valve's games will die and then we will all be out of a job! _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
