Haven't had so many problems with crashing such as this, but I have had lots and lots of the SteamID stealing, including one my own SteamIDs. Within 2-3 weeks of this, all the SteamIDs were banned. This means that I play competition with a SteamID that I only use for competition play and another SteamID for pubbing. I hope the SteamID stealing problem gets fixed. In all cases I have seen, the servers have been VAC2 enabled.
I wonder what the official Valve stance is on the SteamID stealing. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [xXx] con Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 3:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Console Crashing Hacks i host for ghostfacekillerclan and they have had their server freeze a couple of times out of nowhere just like you speak of ----- Original Message ----- From: "sKel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Console Crashing Hacks > lol.. judgeing by there intro, i wouldn't doubt that its them. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:10 PM > Subject: [hlds] Console Crashing Hacks > > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > I own and operate the LANFusion gaming community. We have 5 source > > servers, > > and in the past week have been experiencing many problems with the servers > > going down. At first I thought it was something to do w/ the admin mods, > > however, I have traced it to a group of hackers. Basically, one of these > > guys comes into the servers, and starts using all the normal hacks (walls, > > aim, you name it). Then, when he knows he's been bagged (or about to be) > > he > > starts spamming text or music which tells people "Console hacks activated, > > press console button to turn on" (or something to that point). This gets > > people in the server to press the console button, and when they do, their > > HL2 program freezes. This causes people in the server to time out, and if > > enough do it, causes the server itself to have a memory read error. > > > > Now these people are tricky, because not only can they make the server > > crash, but they are using other peoples steam ids. The only way I have > > been > > able to stop them is by banning the IP address from which they connected. > > But they just change their IP address and come right back. I searched > > through my log files for the name and IP and found that one guy had > > connected from the same IP with about 15 different STEAMIDs. When i > > searched the steamid's he had, I saw that those steamid's belonged to > > other > > people who were in the server at the time. I have no idea how he's masking > > his actual steamid (or how he's stealing other peoples) but this is a real > > problem. > > > > One of my admins traced one of the guys back to a group called ICT or > > 'International Coding Team' (* *www.theict.com ). I tried to register on > > their forums but my account wouldn't activate. I'm not positive if these > > guys are the actual culprits, however, they are apparently coming out with > > a > > ton of hacks. > > > > Valve, are you aware of this exploit? Have any of you guys experienced a > > similar problem on your CS:S servers? If so, do you have any suggestions > > on > > how to get around it? > > > > Regards, > > > > Aaron Matthews > > #LANFusion | Bugs > > CEO, LANFusion LLC. > > http://www.lanfusion.com > > > > 69.9.36.4 (40 man, 66 tic) > > 69.9.36.7 (32 man, 66 tic) > > 69.9.43.180 (24 man, 100 tic) > > 69.9.43.181 (24 man, 100 tic) > > 69.9.43.182 (18 man, 100 tic) > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
