You misunderstood what I was saying. I was saying that the STEAM Client querys the Hardware address of the NIC directly and uses that as a Unique Hardware ID.
Again not sure how viable an option this is. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:25:43 -0800, m0gely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whisper wrote: > > > That being said, it still won't help you with Modem users who don't > > have a MAC address, well not one in the same way a NIC does. > > Dudes, your MAC (hardware) address never makes it to the servers you > play on unless they are on the local LAN. They aren't routed. You can > swap out, spoof, change, kick and spit on all your network gear all you > want. You can't control this sort of thing via MAC address over the > net. Sniff packets or something and you'll find out that all the > players on your server have the same MAC. It's the MAC of the router > your server is behind. You want to ban that? > > -- > - m0gely > http://quake2.telestream.com/ > Q2 | Q3A | Counter-strike > > _______________________________________________ > 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
