To further protect yourself you could run apache instead of IIS. http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2008-October/052140.h tml
^^^ contains what I did to secure mine. Granted that was under linux - dunno if the same setup works under apache + windows. -mauirixxx - Sent from my #hlserveradmins IRC fanboyism -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of msleeper Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:02 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] how does sv_downloadurl work? Don't publicly share your downloadurl then? Plus it would be kind of dumb to rip off someone else's content since you don't know what they may or may not have, or you might delete something altogether. You should also put a blank index file in each directory in your downloadurl, so people can't snoop around and get a directory listing (assuming directory listings are enabled, which they shouldn't be). On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 21:58 +0000, Patrick Shelley wrote: > As it is the client making a direct connection, theres no way you can > prevent your sv_downloadurl being used by other server admins as their > fast dl source - leeching from you? > > I was under the impression that even though the fast dl is a different > source to the game server, the game server acted as a 'gateway' for > the client to grab those files. > > If that was the case, In IIS i could prevent all other IP's except my > game server IP's being able to connect successfully to the fast dl > source - and stop a server admin being to use my sv_downloadurl to leech from it - but... > as confirmed in an above post, thats not the case and im gutted :( > _______________________________________________ > 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
