It seems they probably hit a bunch of servers but only picked on runs running fakeclients, 4/5 of our tf2 servers had the cfgs downloaded 3 of those had the fakeclients plugin and of which only 1 was hit, all had the same rcons too.
Violent Crimes wrote: > My server has that file in it. But the thing is I do not run Fake > Clients nor have I ever. > > Octo wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 09:35:14PM -0800, SmOoThEm wrote: >> >> >>> The spaces were in the file name, that is an exact copy and paste of the >>> file name. And to reply about admins trying to get their servers started.... >>> if you have been doing this for as long as I have you find it gets really >>> old populating servers every day for years on end, especially when you have >>> 20+. >>> >>> >> Oh I know, I have had between 2 and 10 servers since tf2 beta (currently >> 8) but I still don't think that having a bunch of servers makes it ok to >> trick users or try to gain an advantage by faking information about your >> servers. Since people do cheat the system, that forces all the honest >> server operators to have to choose between also being dishonest or having >> to work even harder to get their servers going. This is the same garbage >> excuse that people spewed when they lied about their server tags - and >> it stunk then and it stinks now. I'll keep hoping that some day there >> is a blacklist, and then you can really experience empty servers. >> >> I like having players on my server as much as the next admin, but unless >> you're doing some sort of a money grab by selling admin or have found a >> way to convert server popularity into something useful IRL I honestly >> don't understand why there is such a drive to race to the bottom. >> >> -octo >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Octo >>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:14 PM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Its the law! >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:44:58PM -0800, SmOoThEm wrote: >>> >>> >>>> These people downloaded everyone's server configs, and my rcon password >>>> >>>> >>> was >>> >>> >>>> unhackable due to the complexity of it. Only one of my servers were >>>> affected. If you look in your cfg folder and you see a "server.cfg. >>>> >>>> >>> .ztmp" >>> >>> >>>> then you have been hacked too. I have a feeling there is a major exploit >>>> >>>> >>> in >>> >>> >>>> the wild that will soon hit more than fakeclient servers. >>>> >>>> >>> Are those spaces or a tab trailing the .cfg? >>> >>> >>> >>>> And for the record we run fake clients for one reason, so our server shows >>>> up on the list when you refresh. By default empty servers will not show up >>>> in the master list, no one will ever see the empty server to populate it. >>>> >>>> >>> We >>> >>> >>>> only have 1 client running because we know how much the community hates >>>> them. >>>> >>>> >>> So why not lobby for that setting to be changed, or maybe sit on your server >>> like other admins do trying to get them going? As an admin who does take >>> the >>> time to try to get his servers going and rewards users who take the time to >>> make the servers visible I'm glad to see that your community believes that >>> the >>> best way of achieving the same result is dishonesty. >>> >>> -octo >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 270.14.68/2507 - Release Date: 11/16/09 >> 14:53:00 >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
