Why don't people use cd in leagues? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlds] VAC Bans Method does not work > > Tell you what. You name me ONE league that supports CD as an > excepted option then. Everybody talks about using it, nobody > does, and nobody allows it in any league that I know of. So > on that note... UPDATE VAC!!! > Ray Spaulding > www.raynserv.com/rod > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Deadman Standing > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlds] VAC Bans Method does not work > > This always makes me laugh, "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!" > > Makes you wonder what mythical non-hacked game these players > are moving too, since any game I can think of has cheats > available for it. If you are so worried about hackers run > Cheating Death with a mediator plugin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whisper . > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:06 PM > To: HLDS > Subject: [hlds] VAC Bans Method does not work > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > MWEB: S.A.'s trusted Internet Service Provider. Just Like that. To join, click here or call 08600 32000.
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