How about you password your rcon. That would be a start. 2009/1/16 Tony Paloma <[email protected]>
> 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
