Blocking TCP will only prevent RCON access. Your server will continue to run just fine.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chad Austin Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:40 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Some guy crashing my servers Can I just block TCP at the firewall, or will that stop the server from running? Jake E wrote: > We had the same problem in Garry's Mod. > And because of the method Moderators use to kick, he was able to stay on by > COPYING someone elses name so there were two "bob0Fishkins" on the kick > menu. The gibberish characters were like a Y and a T with three crosses. > > To do it we had the owner go in to console and use multiple methods of > banning - name, steam id, and ip. > We never heard from him again... > > So basically, add his steam ID to the ban list, and add his IP to the ipban > list as well. > Also, if the rcon_password server cvar is not defined, I'm not sure how it > works in L4D, but in GMOD, that means the password is blank so if someone > enters rcon_password in console, it accepts it as the valid password. > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Chad Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thanks!!! It worked perfectly, ur a genius. >> >> Darren Gordon wrote: >> >>> Close your server. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Theres some guy who comes into my server with a name consisting of >>>> gibberish characters, and he gets everyone kicked from my server, how do >>>> I prevent this? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
