I was playing around with the IP's that always show up in the console that have the bad challenge message. I was under the impression that these were probably people that have an old version of HLSW. BUT as a test, I set up a new Source server(password protected so no one would join) using a "NEW" IP address thats never been used before. This way no one will have it in there HLSW.
Funny thing is that I still get the bad challenge errors. So I decided to do some more testing. I turned on net_showudp and below is a typical output that Constantly streams the console, Below is only a few seconds of the copy/paste. What I notice is that only the UDP packet that had a port "around" the range of ports used by CS got flagged. Also after playing with this for a little while, I basically figured out that these strange connections are probably people on the internet that have Virus's or spam on there computers and are broadcasting looking for others to infect. I am not sure if this means anything or not to anyone, but it's probably worth someone that is more knowledgable than I, try the same type of test and see what they think... note: net_showtcp didnt return ANYTHING even after leaving it on for several minutes. net_showudp 1 UDP <- 64.81.227.179:63392: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 64.81.227.179:63392: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 217.93.234.62:1960: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 217.93.234.62:1960: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 67.84.228.213:1699: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 67.84.228.213:1699: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 68.44.15.163:1691: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 68.44.15.163:1691: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 68.221.252.204:50576: sz=25 OOB 'T UDP -> 68.221.252.204:50576: sz=88 OOB 'I UDP <- 67.8.144.155:8128: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 67.8.144.155:8128: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 24.3.197.232:1123: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 24.3.197.232:1123: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 68.60.187.173:2936: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 68.60.187.173:2936: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 194.251.249.103:27243: sz=25 OOB ' UDP -> 194.251.249.103:27243: sz=88 OOB ' UDP <- 194.251.249.103:27243: sz=9 OOB 'V Old challenge from 194.251.249.103:27243. UDP -> 194.251.249.103:27243: sz=9 OOB 'A UDP <- 194.251.249.103:27243: sz=9 OOB 'U Bad challenge from 194.251.249.103:27243. UDP -> 194.251.249.103:27243: sz=9 OOB 'A UDP <- 68.228.152.246:3052: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 68.228.152.246:3052: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 69.247.4.250:1072: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 69.247.4.250:1072: sz=88 OOB 'I' UDP <- 68.191.165.193:61629: sz=25 OOB 'T UDP -> 68.191.165.193:61629: sz=88 OOB 'I UDP <- 80.139.93.15:2830: sz=25 OOB 'T' UDP -> 80.139.93.15:2830: sz=88 OOB 'I' net_showudp 0 Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
